Environmental Issues

Published on Dec 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Environmental Issues

EsPM 10, C30

about the course

  • what is the environment?
  • why should you care?
  • what is going to impact you in your life?

You can make change

tyler reynolds

my bartender at a trip to University of Kansas

business model on Toms Shoes

Cal Students

scott fujita

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ESPM 10 student hannah laura hagen

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Readings

  • pdf reader of selected topics
  • be prepared for current event readings as we go along
  • encourage you to do independent readings: NYTIMES, Science News, etc
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your environment

- The class reader

humor and perspective

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Five key Questions

  • What is important to you?
  • What will the world look like when you are 50?
  • What would Bono do?
  • What did the person who cut down the last tree on Easter Island think?
  • Do we have anywhere else to go?

What things concern you?

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what are your expectations for the year 2050?

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what is the environment?

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The idea of "The Environment"

APollo 8
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Earthrise

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we are On our own

"Despite the growing catalog of extrasolar planets, data so far do not alter esitmates that we are effectively on our own" American Scientist
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and we use more than we have

Writing assignments

  • What is your personal environment?
  • What environmental limitations may impact your vision for 2050?
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my environment

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You are all concerned about An Environment

We START local and then move to more global

Summary Points

  • "environment" varies from our local surroundings to our isolated planet
  • 5 key questions
  • environmental amnesia
  • we are on our own
  • start thinking about your formative "environment" and starting writing things down

Ronald Amundson

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