ESS 1.1

Perspective

How a particular situation is viewed and understood by an individual.

Argument

Statement or statements made to support a personally held perspective or to counter a different one.

Values

Qualities or principles that people feel have worth and importance in life. They may be individual or held by a group.

Worldviews

Lenses shared by groups of people through which they perceive, make sense of, and act within their environment.

Environmental value system

Model that shows the inputs affecting our perspectives and the outputs resulting from our perspectives.

Enviroment

The surroundings and conditions in which living things exist, including air, water, land, climate and living organisms.

Nature

The natural world that exists without being created by humans, including plants, animals, ecosystems, landscapes and natural process.