<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present manuscript presents the view point of the author for providing a course on environmental history for chemistry students and secondary school pupils. Special attention is paid on the societal developments in the twentieth century when the anthropogenic impacts on the environment have become especially deep and devastating. The course of lectures is focused on the environmental changes in each environmental phase (lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere) as well as in the society as a whole. The process of environmental changes is illustrated by various examples from each natural system in consideration and the anthropogenic factor for each one of them is defined and discussed. The presented material is an example for organization of an environmental history course of lecture which could be subject of additional information and conclusions related to the social attitude to the problem of environmental pollution and environmental risk assessment.</p></abstract>

The present manuscript presents the view point of the author for providing a course on environmental history for chemistry students and secondary school pupils. Special attention is paid on the societal developments in the twentieth century when the anthropogenic impacts on the environment have become especially deep and devastating. The course of lectures is focused on the environmental changes in each environmental phase (lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere) as well as in the society as a whole. The process of environmental changes is illustrated by various examples from each natural system in consideration and the anthropogenic factor for each one of them is defined and discussed. The presented material is an example for organization of an environmental history course of lecture which could be subject of additional information and conclusions related to the social attitude to the problem of environmental pollution and environmental risk assessment.

Environmental History of the Twentieth Century. An Introductory Didactic Course

University of Sofia “St. Kliment Okhridski”

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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The present manuscript presents the view point of the author for providing a course on environmental history for chemistry students and secondary school...

Environmental History of the Twentieth Century. An Introductory Didactic Course

Published Online: Feb 24, 2020

Page range: 7 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2019-0001

Keywords
environmental history, environmental pollution, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere

© 2019 Vasil Simeonov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Environmental History of the Twentieth Century. An Introductory Didactic Course

Published Online: Feb 24, 2020

Page range: 7 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2019-0001

Keywordsenvironmental history, environmental pollution, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere

© 2019 Vasil Simeonov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
environmental history, environmental pollution, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere