1. Systems Thinking

2. The perspective of seeing and understanding systems as a whole rather than a collection of parts.

3. Ice Berg Model What happened? What’s been happening? What are the forces at play? How do processes and organizations interact? How does our thinking allow this to persist?

4. Applying Systems Thinking Photo by Chris Jordan

5. Reflection How did applying systems thinking affect how you viewed the photo?

6. Science vs. Psuedoscience

8. Let’s compare… “There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.”

9. Reflection What examples of pseudoscience have you heard of? Why are they pseudoscience?

10. What is Environmental Science?

11. Environmental Science A multidisciplinary academic field that physical, biological, and information sciences to study the environment and develop solutions to environmental problems

12. How does each of the following fields contribute to environmental science? o Geography o Soil Science o Atmospheric Science o Sociology o Psychology o Politics o Economics o Geology o Physics o Chemistry o Zoology o Botany o Oceanology

13. Reflection How does systems thinking help you determine the difference between science and pseudo science? Why is knowing the difference between science and pseudoscience important? How can systems thinking help us understand environmental science better?

14. How do we fix this?