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Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Sustainability
University of West Florida Pressbooks
Summer 2023
Appears in University of West Florida Pressbooks
Abstract
Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainability is a free and open textbook that enables students to develop a nuanced understanding of today’s most pressing environmental issues while also discussing the essentials of sustainability and best practices to incorporate ways we can incorporate socially and environmentally sustainable communities. This text helps students grasp the scientific foundation of environmental topics so they can better understand the world around them and their impact upon it. This book collaborates with various authors and organizations committed to providing students with high-quality and affordable textbooks. Mainly, this text draws from the following open sources, in addition to new content from the editor:
Biology by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 3.0
Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation by Tom Theis and Jonathan Tomkin, Editors, is licensed under CC BY 3.0
Essentials of Environmental Science by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0
The Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainability cover features images provided by the University of West Florida (UWF) and the UWF Photography Library.
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Details
- Title
- Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Sustainability
- Resource Type
- Textbook
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Pressbooks; Pensacola, Florida
- Format
- link and pdf
- Number of pages
- 408
- Copyright
- Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainability is licensed under CC BY 4.0 and was edited and co-authored by Emily P. Harris, M.S., with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of West Florida.
- Identifiers
- 99380455196806600
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; Office of Undergraduate Research; Pressbooks; University of West Florida Libraries
- Language
- English
- Course Name
- Introduction to Environmental Sciences; EVR 2001