Introduction to Environmental Studies
Course Activities
Week 1
Read all of chapter 4 in Botkins and Keller by class on Wednesday.
Read all of chapter 5 (Biogeochemistry) in Botkins and Keller by class on Friday.
Read all of chapter 9 (Productivity) in Botkins and Keller by class on Monday.
Week 2
FYI: Here is a link to the footprint organization I told you about, and here is a paper on methods for calculating a nation's ecological footprint.
Read all of chapter 11 (Food production) in Botkins and Keller by class on Monday.
Here are copies of the long and short versions of the fooprint questionaire
Week 3
Read all of chapter 12 (Agriculture and environment) in Botkins and Keller by class on Wednesday.
As per request, here is a link to the Ecology Action website.
Here is a nice summary paper on impacts of agriculture.
Week 4
Here is a link to a calculator that estimates CO2 emissons from your meal.
Be ready for an exam review next Monday and exam next Wednesday.
Week 11
Link to exam 3 review sheet.
Week 12
Great paper on economics of conventional and alternative electricity production.
Week 13
Class dataset on ecological footprints.
Week 14
Slides for alternative energy lectures.