Environmental anthropology

What is environment?
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or
operates. OR
The sum total of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural forces and
other living things, which provide conditions for development and growth as well
as of danger and damage.

Types of environment
Physical environment
The part of the human environment that includes purely physical factors (as soil,
climate, water supply)
Biological environment:
The natural biological factors (such as wild animals and plants or bacteria) that
affect human life (as in a particular place or period)
Cultural environment:
The activities of humans and their relationship with their environments now and in
days of old are visible in the cultural environment.
A cultural environment is a set of beliefs, practices, customs and behaviors that are
found to be common to everyone that is living within a certain population. Cultural
environments shape the way that every person develops, influencing ideologies and
personalities.

The study of human societies and cultures and their development. OR

The study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their
evolution. OR
Anthropology is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary
history, how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate and
socialize with one another. The study of anthropology is concerned both with the
biological features that make us human (such as physiology, genetic makeup,
nutritional history and evolution) and with social aspects (such as language,
culture, politics, family and religion)
What is culture?
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded
collectively. OR
The ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society. OR
The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people
from another. Culture is transmitted, through language, material objects, ritual,
institutions, and art, from one generation to the next.
Culture is the social behavior and norms found in human societies. Culture is
considered a central concept in anthropology, encompassing the range of
phenomena that are transmitted through social learning in human societies. Some
aspects of human behavior, social practices such as culture, and expressive forms
such as art, music, dance, ritual, and religion, and technologies such as tool usage,
cooking, shelter, and clothing are said to be cultural universals, found in all human
societies.
What is society?
The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. OR
An organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity. OR
A society is a group of people involved in persistent social interaction, or a large
social group sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to
the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.