William P. Cunningham University of Minnesota Mary Ann Cunningham Vassar College Copyright ? The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. *See PowerPoint Image Slides for all figures and tables pre-inserted into PowerPoint without notes. Chapter 01 Lecture Outline* Understanding our Environment Outline Introduction Current Conditions Historical Perspectives A Divided World Sustainable Development Indigenous People Environmental Ethics Environmental Justice Environmental Racism Introduction Humans have always inhabited both the natural world and the social world. Environment: Circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or groups of organisms The complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or community