Outline of environmental studies

Short description: Overview of and topical guide to environmental studies

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to environmental studies:

Environmental studies – multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, and social sciences to address complex contemporary environmental issues. It is a broad field of study that includes the natural environment, the built environment, and the relationship between them.

Fields of study

• Aquatic and environmental engineering
• Biomimetics (Biomimicry)
• Climatology
• Conservation biology
• Conservation movement
• Ecocriticism
• Ecological economics
• Ecological engineering
• Ecological genetics
• Ecological humanities
• Ecological literacy
• Ecological psychology
• Energy and environment
• Energy conservation
• Environmental archaeology
• Environmental chemistry
• Environmental degradation
• Environmental design
• Environmental economics
• Environmental effects on physiology
• Environmental engineering
• Environmental ethics
• Environmental finance
• Environmental geography
• Environmental geology
• Environmental history
• Environmental impact assessment
• Environmentalism
• Environmental issues
• Environmental justice
• Environmental law
• Environmental management
• Environmental monitoring
• Environmental movement
• Environmental organization
• Environmental philosophy
• Environmental psychology
• Environmental policy
• Environmental protection
• Environmental racism
• Environmental remediation
• Environmental restoration
• Environmental science
• Environmental sociology
• Environmental soil science
• Environmental studies
• Environmental technology
• Environmental toxicology
• Geomatics
• Green chemistry
• Green computing
• Green economy
• Green engineering
• Landscape architecture
• Natural resource management
• Fishing
• Hunting
• Hydrology
• Oceanography
• Pollutant
• Pollution
• Renewable energy
• Renewable resource
• Restoration ecology
• Sustainability science
• Sustainability studies
• Toxicology
• Traditional environmental knowledge
• Waste management
• Waste minimisation
• Whaling
• Wildlife conservation
• Wildlife management
• Wildlife observation

Degrees

Primary undergraduate and graduate degrees in Environmental studies include the following.

Bachelors

• Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies BA 4sem
• Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES)
• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies (BS)

Masters

• Master of Arts in Environmental Studies (MA)
• Master of Professional Studies in Environmental Studies (MPS)
• Master of Science in Environmental Studies (MS)

Doctoral

• Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Studies (PhD)

Environmental education institutions and organizations

Listed here are primary, secondary, and non-degree granting environmental education institutions and organizations.

• Arkansas Environmental Academy
• Canadian Centre for Environmental Education (CCEE)
• Dekalb Academy of Technology and Environment
• Earhart Environmental Magnet Elementary School
• Ecovillage Training Center (in Tennessee in the US)
• Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Germany
• Environmental Charter High School
• Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
• European Academy of Environmental Affairs
• Fanling Environmental Resource Centre
• Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
• Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies
• Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School
• Jennings Environmental Education Center
• Jupiter Environmental Research and Field Studies Academy
• Kings Gap Environmental Education and Training Center
• Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC)
• London Environmental Education Forum (LEEF)
• Merry Lea Environmental Center
• NatureBridge (in California in the US)
• Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
• Pine Jog Environmental Education Center
• Rachel Carson Center, Environmental Studies Certificate Programme, Munich Germany
• School of Environmental Studies, Minnesota
• School of Social Ecology
• Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
• Southern Environmental Center
• Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UK
• Sunnyside Environmental School
• Sustainability Management School (SUMAS) (Switzerland)
• School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
• The School for Field Studies (SFS)
• Tokyo Global Engineering Corporation, Japan (global)

See also

• Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS), USA
• Fourth International Conference on Environmental Education (2007), India
• Milthorpe Lecture, Macquarie University, Australia
• National Environmental Education Act (1990), USA
• North American collegiate sustainability programs
• Phase I environmental site assessment, USA
• Environmental groups and resources serving K–12 schools
• IB Group 4 subjects
• Index of environmental articles
• Outline of environmental journalism

Lists

• List of environment research institutes
• List of environmental design degree–granting institutions
• List of institutions awarding Bachelor of Environmental Science degrees
• List of institutions awarding Bachelor of Environmental Studies degrees
• List of years in the environment
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Organizations and networks

• Chartered Environmentalist
• Environmental Change Network (ECN)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Society for Environment and Education