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.