PRESENTATION OUTLINE
about the course
- what is the environment?
- why should you care?
- what is going to impact you in your life?
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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
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 are your expectations for the year 2050?
The idea of "The Environment"
and we use more than we have
Writing assignments
- What is your personal environment?
- What environmental limitations may impact your vision for 2050?
You are all concerned about An Environment
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