Share your ideas. Set up a bulletin board display of pictures showing man and his influence on environment. Through class discussion, students define environment as everything around us, both living and non-living. Discus the environment's impact on man, through climate, weather, air pollution, noise pollution, and water pollution by using the T chart to record information. Discuss man's impact on environment, writing responses on board, through domesticating animals, farming techniques, hunting, dumping toxic waste products, dumping garbage, cutting trees, man's social interests and actions, man's political actions, recreational interests.
Nature has the ability to maintain balance within itself.
Most environmental problems are caused by people interfering with this balance. People's lifestyles directly affect their immediate environment and indirectly affect environment as a whole because of nature's interdependence. The choices that we make about our lifestyles and our environment control our future. The technology and knowledge are available to allow people to manage the environment without destroying it. The key to making sound choices for the future is to weigh both the costs and benefits of decisions carefully, not only in terms of dollars, but in terms of its effect on the quality of our lives.