If you have more than a causal interest in environmental issues
and are looking at the possibilities of developing an
environmentally related career you need to know that
"environment" is fundamentally different from many other fields
of study. If I had to express only three thoughts about
environmental ideas to today's college student I would be sure
to include the - Environmental Studies (or as it may be called
elsewhere Environmental Science, Environmental Education,
Natural Resource Management etc.). is an interdisciplinary
field. Hence, No single field is sufficient to solve real world
environmental problems. The biologist, the chemist, the land
planner, the legal advisor and many more disciplinarians, has an
important role to play . Since no one person will be expert in
every field, environmental professionals need to be fluent and
to appreciate what each of these fields brings to the table. We
need expert thinking but we also need to counter balance this
with systems thinking and analysis. What use is