Environmental Possibilism

The environment is everywhere and noticeably our surroundings, however, what does environment meant to us? As per the Environment and Ecology Journal, Environment simply means the natural environment which encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on the planet Earth. However, the term environment derived from the French word “environ”, stands for everything that surrounds us or surrounding conditions comfortably for all living things and the area we live in.The environment is an ecosystem that consists of all the living and non-living things in a natural setting composed of plants, animals, insects, microorganisms, rocks, soil, water, and sunlight; where all types of ecosystems are categorized into terrestrial and aquatic categories. The terrestrial ecosystems are land-based composed of the upland and the lowland areas, while the aquatic ecosystems are water-based composed of oceans, rivers, and lakes. The types of environmental ecosystems we have on Earth are forest ecosystems, grassland ecosystems, desert ecosystems, tundra ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, and marine ecosystems