visual summary of the core courses in env resource management & pollution prevention...
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Visual Summary of the Core Courses in
Env Resource Management &Pollution Prevention
(ERM&P2)
Env Studies Dept, DeAnza College
ERM: Efficient & sustainable use of our natural resources(Air, Water, Land, Food & Extracted Materials)
P2: Pollution control & pollution prevention.
ES 50: Intro to Env Resource Mgmt & Pollution Prevention
An intro to the ERM&P2 major, surveying the focus areas of:• ERM: Efficient & sustainable use of our natural resources• P2: Pollution control & pollution prevention.
ES 6: Intro To Environmental Law
An introduction to env law & regulation in the U.S. & California, covering:
• Air Quality • Natural Resource Protection/Mgmt
• Water Quality • Land Use Planning
• Solid & Hazardous Waste Mgmt • Global Warming & Energy Policy
• Hazardous Materials Mgmt
ES 56: Env Health & Env Justice
• Env Health: Examining effects that env hazards (air & water pollution, industrial & hazardous wastes, food & water-borne diseases, pesticides & other toxic chemical-containing products, including consumer products) have on human health.
• Env Justice: Addressing disproportionate “environmental burdens” (i.e., pollution & waste) borne by poor, largely-minority communities.
ES 61A: ERM&P2: Air, Water & Land
Examines the legal, technical & practical management aspects involved in protecting & sustainably using/managing our fundamental air, water & land resources.
Air Water Land
ES 61B: ERM&P2: Energy, Chemicals & Waste
Examines the legal, technical & practical management aspects in:• Producing & using energy & chemicals/chemical products. • Recovering resources from waste materials. • Disposing of non-recoverable waste materials.
Energy Chemicals Waste
ES 62A: Env Management Systems (EMS) & Env Performance Metrics
• Env Mgmt Systems: Systematic approaches (ISO 14001, EMAS, etc.) used to achieve both regulatory compliance & “beyond compliance” env improvement within businesses & organizations
• Env Performance Metrics: Various measurements of env performance & associated reporting of such metrics.
ES 62B: CEQA & Env Impacts Reports (EIRs)
• CEQA: California Environmental Quality Act• EIRs: Used to evaluate, potentially mitigate & publicly disclose
the env effects of significant public projects as req’d by CEQA.
ES 62C: Env Site Assessments (ESAs)
ESAs: Used to assess (prior to their sale or redevelopment/reuse) industrial, commercial & “brownfield” sites for env contamination.
ES 62D: Industrial Ecology & Sustainable Design Principles
• Industrial Ecology: Applying the lessons of nature to industrial processes, products/services & systems.
• Sustainable Design: Based on a combination of environmental, economic & social considerations.