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Geography 12: Environmental Conservation Course Syllabus • Spring Semester 2005 • Wilson 128 Tuesday & Thursday 12:30 – 1:45 pm Instructor: David Havlick Office: 325 Saunders Hall Office Hours: 2:00-3:20 Tues./Thurs. and by appointment Email: [email protected] Home Phone: (919) 383-2606 Introduction: Why would a twenty-four year old woman live for more than two years on a small piece of plywood, nearly two hundred feet up in the limbs of a redwood tree in California? Where does your food come from and how is it produced? Is there anything wrong with driving a Hummer? Each of these questions points in some way to the topic of environmental conservation. Working through a foundation of environmental science, this course examines how people live in the world, looks at how values intersect with science and other forms of knowledge to spur conservation, and challenges us to think about what we can do to understand and, perhaps, contribute to this effort. This is also a course in geography, so we will focus on particular places and practices, consider a range of interactions between humans and the environment, and routinely attend to questions of scale, pattern, and process. The success of this class will depend substantially upon each of you as active participants: in coming to class regularly, completing assigned readings in advance, speaking up in class, asking questions, and thinking critically and inquisitively about the places, people, and issues we encounter. Grading: There will be two exams during the semester, and a final exam. The latter third of the course will emphasize small group projects and a series of debates on particular issues such as global climate change, forest policy, and energy production. We will also have a number of short 350-word response papers and in-class exercises, all of which will go toward the participation component of your course grade. The breakdown for grading is as follows: 1st exam: 2nd exam: Group debate: Final Exam: Participation: 20% 20% 20% 25% 15% Course Texts: White, Richard T. 2005. Environmental Science, 9th edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall). Available at campus bookstore, on 2-hr reserve at the UL, or web-based version. Orr, David W. 2004. Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect, 10th Anniversary Edition (Washington, D.C.: Island Press). Class Schedule: We will keep as close as possible to the following schedule, though expect some changes to come as the term progresses and we try to accommodate guest speakers or other circumstances. Date Subject Jan 13 Introductions, course overview Jan 18 The role of education, personal values Jan 20 Principles of ecology Jan 25 Nutrient cycles Jan 27 Conservation biology and biodiversity Feb 1 Population Feb 3 History of environmental conservation Feb 8 FIRST EXAM Feb 10 Transportation and Cities Feb 15 Food paths Feb 17 Water Feb 22 Air quality, global climate change, ozone Feb 24 Energy March 1 Environmental ethics March 3 Restoration ecology March 8 Conservation activism March 10 SECOND EXAM March 15/17 ** spring break ** March 22 Building design March 24 UNC campus conservation March 29 Forest Policy Debates March 31 Atmospheric Debates April 5 Animal Debates April 7 Energy Debates April 12 Food Debates April 14 Transportation and Campus Communities April 19 Wilderness Debates April 21 Ecological economics & ecological modernization April 26 Success Stories April 28 Earth in Mind: final chapters and review May 10 9:00 a.m. FINAL EXAM Assignments/Readings What is environmental conservation? Ecological footprint, Orr: chapters 1-5 White: 29-48 White: 65-81, 90-104 E-reserve White: 124-147 E-reserve: Leopold; NEPA White: 635-659; Toor & Havlick: 1-12 E-reserve: Manning; White: 236-247 White: 189-202; Orr: chs. 5-8 White: ;Energy audit White: 325-345; E-reserve: New Yorker Orr: chs. 9-12 E-reserve: Pollan E-reserve: Berry Orr: 13-16 Cynthia Shea Orr: 17-19 Orr: 20-21 Orr: 22-finish