GEOGRAPHY 2412 Fall 2011 Environment Culture Professor Mara Goldman Lead TA Eric Reiff What to Expect The secrets to sustainable development How to reverse global climate change Learn to think critically about environmental problems and human environment relations Understand environmental issues in all their complexity cultural political ecological Challenge conventional wisdom your own ideas about the environment knowing about it and managing it TAs and Recitations Lead TA Eric Reiff eric reiff colorado edu Main contact for any recitation schedule conflict Joshua Rodd joshua rodd colorado edu 102 105 112 Emily Graham emily graham colorado edu 103 119 Meredith DeBoom meredith deboom colorado edu 107 108 117 Ian Rowen ian rowen colorado edu 104 113 120 Julia Hicks julia hicks colorado edu 106 115 101 Jamie Humphrey jamie humphrey colorado edu 109 110 118 Adam Williams adam williams colorado edu 111 114 116 What do I we expect Attendance in class and recitation Reading before class recitation Participation in recitation Critical Thinking Self reflection Respect No Laptops smart phones Class Structure T TH Lecture 11 11 50 Main points in reading guidelines additional information Recitations once a week Discussion debate assignments reading questions Assignments and discussion preps reading questions etc posted on website due in recitation NO RECITATION THIS WEEK Textbooks P Robbins J Hintz and S A Moore 2010 Environment and Society Additional Readings On Course web page http www colorado edu geography class homepages geog 2412 f11 Readings Assignments Syllabus Updates Web links Grading Structure RECITATION 50 Short written assignments 4 x 5 20 Final paper on one of the debates 10 Attendance participation in discussions 20 In Class Exams 50 2 Mid term exams highest score counts 25 Final examination Mon Dec 12 4 30 pm 25 Exams multiple choice matching T F Announcements No recitations this week No recitations Monday Sept 5 Labor Day Discussion Prep posted on website Class is Full Waitlist try to move to recitation with no waitlist 105 M 3pm 115 M 3 Add Deadline Aug 31 No Laptops smart phones Important Questions How do we know about the environment Where does knowledge of nature and the environment come from What is the environment What is Culture What constitutes nature and the social How are problems defined and sollutions proposed The Environment 1 The surroundings or conditions in which a person animal or plant lives or operates 2 The natural world as a whole or in a particular geographical area especially as affected by human activity Source Oxford Dictionaries online Population growth Urban Sprawl Consumption Agricultural Development Soil Erosion Deforestation global warming Urbanization and urban pollution carbon emissions water quality and scarcity Pollution Nature as the non human world Where do we find this nature Wilderness areas far from human development mother nature at her best Serengeti National Park TZ untouched wilderness But what about this
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