● Ecological Footprint, Players, Science & Ancient Philosophy● Going to emphasize 3 Corner stones:1. Ecosystem Structure & function focusing on simple thermodynamic laws of material and energy conservation2. Genetic Basis of Life and Selfishness of Genes3. Evolution - “Neo-Darwinian Theory”● apply to human interactions in environment via cooperation instead of selfishness.● review of tues’s class: ○ For 3 decades, human population was less than 1 billion, now 6 billion.○ ecological footprint = measure of human demand of Earth’s resources.● Socioeconomic Decisions = based on political decision & capitalist free market○ Adam Smith (1773-1790)■ Free market ideas book “Wealth of Nations”■ people work for themselves but also work better for themselves, and thus for society■ Economist○ Robert Malthus (1766-1833)■ we must plan!! Growth of populations will cause premature death in humanity from lack of food■ was also shunned as a “doomsdayer”■ Mathematician○ Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)■ laid foundation for field of biogeography■ In book Kosmos - unified diverse branches of science■ The Father of conservation■ ex: looked at vegetation on sides of mountains and found “zoning”’ universal among all mountains○ Charles Darwin - naturalist and geologist, evolutionary theory○ Gregor Mendel - founder of modern science of genetics○ Richard Dawkins - contemporary philosopher, evolutionary biologist○ George W. Bush - exemptionalist :(● Stars, Gold, Dung Beetles and Us○ NY Times article by Dennis Overby○ Overby humbles humans. makes a connection between us and stars and dung beetles.○ 60’s Joni Mitchell from Woodstock, sings “We are Stardust”● Link Lucretius book > to Joni Mitchell’s song, “Gardens” = the universe going back to “the organic”● Scientific Method○ observation○ hypothesis○ experiment○ (if proven correct), forms theory○ *don’t be afraid to form your own hypotheses, fail and adjust to gain new territory!● Marcus Byrne - Ted Talk on Dung Beetle Dance○ South Africa○ Africa has 2k dung beetle species○ World has 6k dung beetle species○ 10% of species make balls○ knows where it’s going and wants to go○ every so often, climb on top of ball and look at the sky. *use polarized light to determine○ also, wipes its front arms in hot places = Stilting, thermal behavior to avoid getting burnt.○ Pachysoma = homing, path integration○ Use sun as a compass *step counting system is only used by crabs○ In conclusion: dung beetles are smart.■ Ball rolling■ The Dance■ Navigation○ Egyptians also make dung beetle jewelry - maybe they worshipped them?● Periodic Elements Table○ left side wants to get rid of electrons○ right side wants electrons○ thus the flow of elements!○○ Also, since Earth is HOT center, cool outside, there is flow of energy between inner & outer of earth. ● Watched film, “The Overview” on Vimeo. website: weareplanetary.com○ The Overview Effect - the awe of seeing earth from above.○ “The Earth is one system, and we are all part of that system.”○ Buckminster Fuller, “The earth is a