The present study explored 10th graders’ perceptions of the human-environment relationship. The researcher administered a student task in which students individually drew what they thought about the relationship between humans and the environment. Students added a written note to elaborate on their drawings. Student drawings and writings were analyzed using content analysis in an inductive manner. Based on commonalities and differences among what student artifacts represented regarding students’ perceptions of the human-environment relationship, a set of criteria was developed: i) environmental values (i.e., intrinsic or instrumental), ii) power distribution (i.e., vertical or horizontal), iii) the type of interactions. The criteria allowed to group student artifacts into five categories: i) humans exploit the environment, ii) the environment needs to be conserved for the benefit of humans, iii) humans are merely a part of the environment, iv) the environment loves humans generously, v) humans and the environment need each other. Category Two and Five were the most prevalent among the students. The distributions of the five categories did not significantly differ by gender. Characteristics of the five categories of student perceptions are elaborated and implications for environmental education are discussed.