Environment is no one's property to destroy, it's everyone's responsibility to protect - Mohith Agadi Meaning of Environment  Environment is a word derived from French 'environer' - that which surround, enclose or encircle.  This leads to questions like  i) Who is surrounded?  ii) By what  surrounded?  iii) Where surrounded? The answer to the first question is considered to be living beings including and mainly humans. What all surrounds man ? to this question the answer arises if we just look around us. The abundant air, huge mountains, swifty rivers,lushy forests,  chirping birds , fierce animals and the list goes on.  The ultimate space is the answer for where surrounded.  Therefore, Environment is aggregate of all surrounding things and  conditions or influences that enclose human at a given point in space and time. Definition of Environment All the living and non living factors affecting an organism and ultimately deter...