- Intention and commitment
- Setting an intention “I will”
- What are the resources you need to make this happen?
- Big paper vision board
- —iPad check-in
- ch. 1 withgott notes-weblog
Withgott 7e, AP chapter 1 notes
Overview:
- Please purchase your own copy of this asap (rent online is cheapest)
- https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/environment-the-science-behind-the-stories/P200000006792/9780135848661
- Chapter one link is here: http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/_pdf/withgott7e_1.pdf
- Look over the table of contents, this lists much of what we will learn together
- Note what resonates with your vision board, make a note of these
- ecosystem "services" may be a new idea to you-the goal is to realize the financial and survival expense of certain systems
- Population growth: you will learn about IPAT in a few weeks. Look this up
- Ecological footprint: we will calculate these, today if we have time. Look up Mathis Wackernagel
- Make sure you have an idea of biocapacity and overshoot-think of your bank account
- APES is the most interdisciplinary course you might ever take
- Env science x= environmentalism: one is a course of study, one is a movement
- Easter island is a good case study, not only about sustainability, but science re-thinking cause and effect
- This course is all about cause and effect
- Independent (x) and dependent (y) variables again
- Reliability will be one of your generations' greatest challenges
- Lead and gasoline-more to this story
- Campus sustainability-everyone needs to be involved, not just the policy folks