Introduction to Environmental Science Study Guide for Weeks 1 and 2
Lecture Slides for Weeks 1 and 2
Additional Handout With Figures From Lecture:
Quiz from first class/extra credit opportunity (take the quiz and write a 150 word analysis of your results comparing them to the average American):
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Required Readings:
"Environment", Chapters 1 (pages 2-9;14-19), 6 (to page 139) and 24
Required Viewings:
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Process of Science and Scientific Integrity - (See study guide and lecture slides posted for the previous topic)
Additional Handout With Figure from Lecture and Other Resources:
Evaluating Science in the Media In Class Exercise
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Required Readings:
"Environment", read Chapter 1, pages 10-14
Required Viewing:
Film "Merchants of Doubt" (also available at the public library, Google Play, AppleTV or Amazon) - Additional questions to consider when watching "Merchants of Doubt" (if helpful)
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Environmental Economics and Policy Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Additional Handouts With Larger Figures From Lecture:
In Class Viewings and Study Aids:
Van Jones on Building a Green Economy (first 4 minutes)
CA 4th Climate Change Assessment, Appendix B Economic Impacts (pages 94-97)
Required Readings:
"Environment", Chapters 6 (from page 139) and 7
Required Viewings:
Endangered Planet (Click Here for Additional Questions to Consider - if Helpful)
Extra Credit Viewings:
OR Daly: Economics for a Full World AND Costanza: Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Earth's Systems: Matter, Energy, and Environmental Systems Study Guide and Lecture Slides
In Class Figures, Photos, Viewings and Study Aids:
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapters 2 and 5
Required Viewings: NO CRITIQUE REQUIRED, JUST WATCH
Suggested Viewings:
Environmental Health and Toxicology Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Other Handouts and Resources:
To learn latest published toxicity information on chemicals search Pubmed using chemical name and keywords "toxicity" and "review"
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Endocrine Disruption, Environmental Justice and the Ivory Tower (from 2 to 8 minutes)
Watch How Scientists Are Attempting to Replace the Ubiquitous BPA
Required Readings: "Environment", Chapter 14
Required Viewings: NOTE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Videos on the Six Classes Approach (7, ~3 minute videos. State where each class of chemicals is found and indicate if you are exposed or not. PLEASE BE SPECIFIC). See my email for further instructions and examples.
10 Americans (watch to first 18 minutes)
Extra Credit Film:
The Devil We Know OR Our Chemical Lives AND Intellectual Ecology: Green Chemistry and Biomimicry (start at 15 to 28 min)
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Evolution and Principles of Ecology Study Guide and Lecture Slides
In Class Viewings and Study Aids:
Required Readings:
"Environment", Chapters 3 and 4
Required Viewings:
Extra Credit Viewing:
PBS film Serengeti Rules OR Sea Change Project My Octopus Teacher
Suggested Viewings:
Human Population Dynamics Study Guide and Lecture Slides
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 8
Required Viewings:
Suggested Viewings:
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Stuff you can do:
CNPS: Why Garden With Native Plants and Calscape (to find plants)
SF Plant Finder: Greening San Francisco and Restoring Biodiversity: Resources
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
IUCN Red List Statistics and video A Barometer of Life
Amazing Animal Bridges and Coyotes and Others Traverse a Culvert
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 11
Required Viewings:
From Ants to Grizzlies: A General Rule for Saving Biodiversity
The Last Cranes of Cambodia OR American Prairie Reserve OR These Warriors Once Hunted Lions, Now They Protect Them OR How Bees Can Keep Peace Between Elephants and Humans
Extra Credit Viewings:
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Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Other Handouts and Resources:
In Class Viewings, Figures, Photos and Study Aids:
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 12
Required Viewings:
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Urbanization and Creating Sustainable Cities Study Guide (see Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas Study Guide) and Lecture Slides
In Class Viewings, Figures, Photos and Study Aids:
Rise of the Urban Planet (scroll down to animated graphic)
US High Speed Rail Network Map and HSR Development Worldwide
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 13
Required Viewings:
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
How to Transform Sinking Cities into Landscapes That Fight Floods
Why Protected Bike Lanes are More Valuable Than Parking Spaces
Soil, Agriculture, and the Future of Food Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Other Handouts and Resources:
Local Harvest - find local farms, CSAs and farmers markets
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Rainfall Simulator (watch 3-7:45 min and 15-19:20 min)
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapters 9 and 10
Required Viewings:
Why Does Almost Half of America's Food go to Waste OR How the French are Feeding the Poor With Leftover Supermarket Food
Extra Credit:
Regreening the Desert and What Forty Years of Science Tells us About Organic Agriculture OR Biggest Little Farm OR Dirt Rich
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Freshwater Systems and Resources Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Things You Can Do:
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
60 Photos to Make You Think Twice About Leaving the Tap Running
Ever Wondered Where the Rain Goes? (LID examples)
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 15
Required Viewings:
Extra Credit Viewings:
Where is Water? and Explained: World's Water Crisis and Why We Should Stop Building Dams and The Story of Bottled Water
Suggested Reading:
Suggested Viewings:
Marine and Coastal Systems and Resources Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Other Handouts and Resources For Things You Can Do:
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 16
Required Viewings:
Extra Credit:
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets OR An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch OR The Ocean Cleanup Interceptor and Cradle to Cradle Oceans and Story of Microfibers
Suggested Viewings:
Atmospheric Science and Air Pollution Study Guide and Lecture Slides
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 17
Required Viewings: NO CRITIQUE REQUIRED
Extra Credit Viewing:
Suggested Viewings:
Global Warming and Climate Change Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Helpful Resource and Things You Can Do:
Talking Climate Handbook and 'Cranky Uncle' smart phone game will show you how to disarm climate deniers
Watch and Share: Nature Now
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Required Readings:
"Environment", Ch 18 & 19, pages 541-544
Required Viewings:
Extra Credit:
Case for Optimism on Climate Change AND What China is and (isn't doing) to Fight Pollution and Climate Change AND 5 Characteristics of Science Denial AND Climate Versus Weather
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Nonrenewable Energy and Minerals Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Things You Can Do:
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
Maps of Hazard Coal Ash Dump Sites and Coal Ash Contamination
Race for Resources (0 to 40 seconds & 2:00 to 2:30)
Nuclear Energy: Is Fission the Future? and Kammen on New Nukes
Required Readings:
"Environment" Chapters 19 (to page 541), 20 (to page 563) & 23
Required Viewings:
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Renewable Energy Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Other Resources and Things to Do:
Project Sunroof: Calculate Your Solar PV Rooftop Needs and Costs
Sign up for CleanPowerSF
In Class Viewings, Figures and Study Aids:
How do Solar Panels Work and How PV Cells Produce Electricity
Race for Resources (4:00 to 5:00)
Required Readings:
"Environment", Chapters 20 (from page 563) and 21
Required Viewings:
Extra Credit Viewing:
Suggested Readings:
Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation
Understanding Future Emissions of Low Carbon Power Systems...
Suggested Viewings:
DOE Energy 101 (Renewable Energy Videos)
Intl Partnership for the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy
Rethinking Waste and Waste Management Study Guide and Lecture Slides
Other Handouts & Stuff To Do:
Repair.org and iFixit
Required Reading:
"Environment", Chapter 22
Required Viewings:
Extra Credit Viewings:
Plastic Wars OR
What a Scrapyard Can Teach Us About Innovation AND Zero Waste is Not Recycling More, But Less AND Tracking America's Electronic Waste AND Plastic Pollution/Poverty/Plastic Bank. OR
Remolding Packaging from Products to Systems AND This San Francisco Art Exhibit Takes Another Look at Trash AND Could You Go a Week Without Producing Any Trash? AND How Close Are we to Reinventing Plastic?
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Viewings:
Virtual Tour of the Recology's Transfer Station and Recycle Central