Environmental Biology

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain water pollution in terms of major causes, methods used by urban areas to treat and manage wastewater, the changes in aquatic ecosystems caused by pollutants, and related water pollution policy.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the movement of water through the hydrologic cycle including why water is vital to the earth and its inhabitants, how humans impact the cycle, strategies for provision of clean water, and options for managing water in a water-scarce world.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the value of wild species including their relationship to human activities, the impact of their loss, and current efforts to protect them.