The environment is the earth, air, water, landscape, weather, and even sound. the environment is other people and what they contribute.

The PHYSICAL environment is the earth, air, water, landscape, weather, and even sound. The SOCIAL environment is other people and what they contribute.

This is how the general community works and functions. Ideally it should be a mutual understanding between the two environments, but humans are more capable of destroying the physical environment benefiting from its abundant resources.