Readings
Week 1: Jan 18 Introduction
Week 2: Jan 25 The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures at the Edge of a City, Robert Sullivan
Week 3: Feb 1 Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey
Week 4: Feb 8 Nature, Peter Coates (Part 1)
Week 5: Feb 15 Nature, Peter Coates (Part 2)
Week 6:Feb 22 Environment and Society, Robbins, et al., (Part 1)
Week 7: Feb 29 Environment and Society, Robbins, et al., (Part 2)
Week 8: March 7 Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer (Presenter)
Week 9: SPRING BREAK
Week 10: March 21 How to be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson
Week 11: March 28 Breakfast Of Biodiversity: The Political Ecology of Rain Forest Destruction,. Vandermeer & I. Perfecto
Week 12: April 4 Lawn People, Paul Robbins
Current Events
1) “WD’s Shipments Drop 42% Due to Severe Flooding in Thailand”
2) “Energy Poverty Remains a Global Challenge for the Future”
3) “Alien Species Invading Antarctica Via Tourist and Scientists”
4) “Sustainable Sushi See the video. But Don’t Eat the Eel”
5) “32,000 Year Old Plant Brought Back to Life- Oldest Yet”
6) ” Huge Swarm of Gelatinous Sea Creatures Imaged in 3D”
7) “Visions for the Car – Free City”
8) “Gulf Dolphins Exposed to Oil are Seriously ill, Agency Says”
9) “One Person Adds 37 Million Bacteria to a Room”
Project Updates
Combined post: Preliminary Proposal, Updates, Findings & Results
