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3/23: Particular Problems and Solutions (cont.): Aquatic Biodiversity, Extinction, Soil, Agriculture, and Food READINGS: Textbook, Ch. 11; Great Pacific Plastic Garbage Patch Textbook, Ch. 12 Word Count: 1117 Many counterarguments to environmentalist efforts go a little something like “that would cost too much to implement”, “increased regulations would hurt small business”, or “the world economyContinue reading “Final:”

Self-Grade Assessment: In the spirit of candor, this class has not gone particularly well for me. As a Gabelli student I am unaccustomed to this kind of extreme workload that comes from just one class and therefore the timeliness of my work has not been where I would have liked it to be. This isContinue reading “Midterm”

Textbook, Ch. 6 World Population Clock; U.S. Population Clock; World Death Rate Clock; The Impossible Hamster–What’s Wrong With Endless Population & Consumption Growth; The Good Life and Ecosystem Services; Center for a New American Dream; Steady State Economy; Degrowth Movement. Photographic Art: American Consumerism Self-Portrait; Portraits of Global Mass Culture  Textbook Ch. 22; Case Study:Continue reading “March 2nd: Population, Consumption & Sustainability”

Textbook Ch. 23 Value of the World’s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital; Sustainable Business Textbook Ch. 24 Consumer or Citizen? Environmental Law Word Count: 1077 There is a Pinterest quote that continuously floats around my feed (probably because I saved that one pin with an artsy gal holding a reusable bag): “Every time you spendContinue reading “February 24th – Economics, Politics, Law, & Sustainability”

Textbook, Ch. 25: “Philosophical Worldviews and Ethics” Environmental Justice Movement (intragenerational human justice); Duties to Future Generations (intergenerational human justice); Leopold’s Land Ethic (inter-specific justice) Childhood Development, Education and Nature: Biophilia; Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder; No Child Left Inside Movement #1; No Child Left Inside Movement #2 EnvironmentalContinue reading “February 17th – Philosophical Worldviews, Education, Ethics & Sustainability”

On Planetary Environmental History: Big History; Time Chart Planet Earth; The Anthropocene; Collapse: How Societies Chose to Fail or Succeed On US Environmental History: US Environmental History 1; US Environmental History 2 Word Count: 1066 This week’s articles were especially broad in both differing subject matter and timeframe covering everything from Big History to JaredContinue reading “February 10th – Human History and Sustainability”

Word Count: 1228 Nature is a series of interconnected, ever-changing systems that is reliant on maintaining fragile balance between the interplay of different species and net potential resources. From the relationship between wolves and rivers to sea otters and kelp forests, nature’s continued existence is dependent on maintaining equilibrium with each living organism playing aContinue reading “February 3rd – How Ecosystems and Their Services Work”

“Every single person on this earth has the power to change the world” — Emma Thompson Word Count: 1106 When confronted with this broad array of information on the current state of the environment, “overwhelm” is probably the most accurate summation. From the dire warnings from the UN to the dry condemnation of Miller andContinue reading “January 27th – Environmental Problems, Their Causes, & Sustainability”