Environmental Science Personal Statement Examples

I am aware of a Native American proverb which perfectly summarises my passion for studying Environmental Geography: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children". The idea of preserving this wonderful world for future generations inspires and motivates me to learn as much as I can about the earth...
Rapid urbanisation has transfigured India into a nation of avid consumers, culminating a society exerting a relentless call for resources and causing untold environmental strain. The poor recycling ethos has forged monumental waste mountains as seen in Ghazipur, Delhi...
I must describe as undetermined the moment from which my compassion began to aim predominantly towards the natural environment and all the elements that compose it. With the passing of the years since my existence here on Earth, I have been able to witness behind the transparent glass of “development”, how our relationship with nature is becoming more noxious; on having assumed us with the right to take a big part of our Earth as if it was completely within our jurisdiction...
There was never any doubt that I would pick environmental science. Studying at sixth form has made me realise that my favourite parts of each subject are based on the processes and sustainability of the environment...
Nuclear wars, pandemics, asteroid strikes and climate change. What do they all have in common? They could all lead to human extinction. What don’t they have in common? Only one of them is an issue today...
The recent global environmental issues demonstrated in the media have deeply captivated my interest in studying an environmental course at university level. I believe that the importance of the environmental ecosystem is crucial for the survival and existence of our earth...
The first time I really thought about climate change occurred when I spent a holiday week in a cycling camp organised by the WWF. We cycled through Switzerland and I experienced the transcendence of the Alps for the first time...
With the rise of environmental issues in the media, many are beginning to see solving these issues as a spectator sport. A sport in which humanity relies on policy makers, scientists, and others to make changes for them...
From an early childhood I have always had a very close relationship with the nature and the Earth. When I was younger and as a representative of Slovakia in squash visited many countries either when I travelled on my own, every time I was fascinated how different the various locations of our planet are...
Standing on the football field, watching as the smoke cloud from a nearby wildfire swept over the hill and headed for directly above us, is a picture I will never forget. The sun became a small red dot, ashes covered our cars and the sky became one giant dark cloud...
My interest in environmental science likely originated from my childhood growing up in francophone Central Africa with conservation biologist parents. However, I only learned to appreciate the subject once I took an environmental science class...
As the environment and documented effects of Global Climate Change become ever more prominent in the news and our daily lives, I feel highly enthusiastic towards the subject of geography and the many fields that branch from it...