The Philippine environment in the ecozoic age principles of environmental science in the Philippine setting - Galang, Angelina P. (Pasig City Published and exclusively distributed by Anvil Publishing, 2009)
Environmental science: starting a journey from origins to destiny -- Environmental Science -- Irony of the human vantage point -- Ecosystems: the fundamental design for life -- The ecosystem -- Biomes -- Terrestrial biomes -- Montane biomes -- Life zones -- Extreme ecosystems -- Ecosystems ecology and the symphony of life-forms on planet earth -- Biotic components and trophic relationships -- Other relationships -- Biogeochemical cycles and the biosphere -- Dynamic nature of ecosystems -- Ecological functions of ecosystems -- Earth ecosystems -- Evolution of GAIA -- Biosphere and noosphere: constant evolution -- Human cultural evolution: underpinnings -- Interplay of significant factors in cultural evolution -- Hunting-gathering or the paleolithic: First technological stage -- Technology: development of agriculture and its great dilemmas -- The coming of agriculture -- Agri developments: social changes -- Agri developments and political changes -- Agri developments and economic changes -- Sustainable systems: experiences -- The apex of technology in the industrial revolution and its natural backlash -- The advent of industrialization -- Changing the world: the impact of fuels -- Three conventional sources of power -- Nine non-conventional sources of power and other uses -- Changing the world: the impact of synthetic chemicals -- Environmental impact -- The culture of economics: shaking the earth -- Economics -- The main economic systems -- Conventional economic systems: environmental impact -- Ecological economic systems: shifting paradigms -- Ecozolic age: the imperative of sustainable development -- The culture of politics: dominance at the cost of the planet -- Politics -- Political and economic power -- Hope in the Philippine laws -- War- The most destructive political intervention -- Worldviews -- The population factor and earths's carrying capacity -- Global population growth -- Population and ecological footprint -- The case of the Philippines -- Living in today's soil and land: unhealthy and inhospitable ground -- Soil and land: Characteristics and threats -- Soil and land: availability and productivity -- The Philippine situation -- Today's waterless specter: What planet? -- Global distribution of water -- The Philippine situation -- Pollution today: prospects of an airless, wasted, burning planet -- Toxic substances -- hazardous substances -- Ecologically dangerous substances -- Mineral resources: a one-way street -- Indispensable, non-renewable resources -- Petroleum -- Metals -- Biodiversity: the best things in life are a free; where have all the flowers gone -- Connecting with life on earth -- The need for million of species -- Loss of biodiversity -- Reasons for extinction -- Philippine biodiversity -- Noospheric challenge: from dominance to stewardship -- A science-based practical guide -- The way forward -- Noosphere change: national framework for action -- Beyond survival -- Sustainable development -- Changes in thinking: national framework for action -- At the Philippine tipping point: painful decision-making -- Weighing alternatives -- Noosphere change: international framework action -- Changes in thinking international framework for action -- World cooperation for leadership: the family of nations -- Noosphere acceptance of the environmental dimension measures of development -- Measuring development -- Noosphere destiny and a planet in peril.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-227) and index.
Keywords: Environmental sciences -- Popular works; Environmental sciences -- Textbooks; Environmental sciences -- Philippines -- Textbooks; Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching -- Philippines; Philippines -- Environmental conditions