Chiara 7A

Human Environment Interaction

Human environment interaction is one of the themes of geography that is
divided into three branches. How humans depend on the environment,
how humans modify the environment and how humans adapt to the
environment. Human environment interaction is basically how humans
interact with the environment. The first branch is how humans depend

on the environment. This branch is what humans need to be able to

survive. We need food, water, shelter, and clothing. We get these
things from the environment. Everything comes from nature. For
example, we make chairs from metal and plastic. We make the
plastic using oil and we get metal from the world. The second
branch is how humans modify the environment. Humans modify the
environment to reach their needs. For example, in GJS we cut down
the trees to build the school buildings that serves as shelter. When
we were in Jogjakarta, people used lava stone and made it into a
temple (Borobudur temple). They did this for religion and shelter
purposes. We also cut down trees and modify them into furniture
such as tables, chairs, etc. Other than shelter, we also kill animals
for food. At Jogjakarta, people cut the trees and modified it into a
farmland where they planted rice and corn and other plants. The
last branch is how humans adapt to the environment.
Humans adapt to the environment by using different clothing. For
example, people who live in Indonesia wear t-shirts and parts while
people who live in Canada wear coats, jackets and more. We also
create inventions to adapt into our environment. For example, we
created the air conditioner and the heater to keep us warm/cold. I
conclude that the geographic theme human environment interaction
is an important part of our everyday lives.

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Human environment
Jogja camp was like our What I discovered from
interaction (also known big walk-about where
the photographs were
as HEI) is one of the 5 we identified the three
that people in Jogja use
themes of geography.
branches of HEI.
the environment to
HEI is the interaction
We took pictures of the make a living. For
between humans and
examples of the three
example, the land for
the environment. HEi is branches of HEI. An
crops, the lava stone
divided into three parts. example of the model
for sculptures and
How humans depend
(photograph) we took is buildings, etc. I also

on the environment,
How humans
modify/change the
environment, and how
humans adapt to the
environment.

how the people chose

to use the field. They
used it to grow food
like rice and corn.

discovered that people

in Jogja adapt to the
environment by using a
specific type of hat for
farming to protect
themselves from the
sun.
This tells me that Jogja
is rich in materials that
come from the earth.
Therefor, Jogja is quite
dependent on natural
materials.

Humans depend on
the environment: we
depend the trees for
oxygen. We also get
our basic needs from
nature. We get some
building material
from the wood of

Humans adapt to the

environment: in the
picture, the girl is
wearing a jacket due to
the raining season in
Indonesia. We also wear
cloths (usually a shirt)
to protect us from the
sun since Indonesia is
very humid.

Humans modify the

environment: we dig
the ground to build
water systems, cut
the trees to make a
soccer field and
dig/make a hole in
the ground for
making a swimming
pool. There are many
other examples as
well.