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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.publicforuminstitute.org/issues/energy/index.htm Energy and the Environment Issues Page] |
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* [http://www.alternet.org/story/15814 AlterNet: Why Ecocide Is 'Good News' for the GOP] |
* [http://www.alternet.org/story/15814 AlterNet: Why Ecocide Is 'Good News' for the GOP] |
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* [http://eco-web.com/ Green Pages - The Global Directory for Environmental Technology] |
* [http://eco-web.com/ Green Pages - The Global Directory for Environmental Technology] |
Anenvironment is a complex of external factors. It acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. An environment may be thought of as a superset, of which the given system is a subset. An environment may have one or more parameters, physical or otherwise. The environment of a given system must necessarily interact with that system.
Generally, the environmentormilieu of some objectoraction consists of the substances, circumstances, objects, or conditions by which it is surrounded or in which it occurs. (Although the two terms are usually synonyms, some sciences prefer the less common milieu to avoid confusion with the more wider-known meanings of environmentinecology, politics, and sociology.)
Either word may be used with specialized meaning in various contexts: