Unit 1 Environmental Problems and Critical Thinking
| 1. Exponential growth and Linear growth
2. Sustainabilty 3. Solar and Earth Capitol 4. Doubling Time 5. Rule of Seventy 6. Economic Growth 7. Gross National Product 8. Gross Domestic Product 9. MDC's vs. LDC's: Compare/contrast 10. Resource(s) 11. Nonrenewable Resources 12. Renewable Resources 13. "Potentially" Renewable Resources 14. Biodiversity 15. Sustainabilty Yield |
16. Global Commons
17. Tragedy of the commons 18. Anthropogenic 19. Point Source Pollutants/Pollution 20. Nonpoint Source Pollutants/pollution 21. Economic depletion 22. Pollutant Severity Factors 23. Biodegradable 24. Pollution Cleanup vs. Prevention 25. "Carrot" and "Stick" Approaches 26. Poland Case Study 27. "Key"/ Major Environmental Problems/Causes 28. "Root Causes" of Environmental Problems 29. "Connections" between Root Cause and Problem 30. Julian Simon vs. Anne and Paul Ehrlich: Views 31. Ehrlich-Holdern Equation |
| 1. Conservationists vs. Preservationists
2. North American Bison: Case Study 3. Hunter-Gatherers 4. Agricultural Revolution 5. Agroforestry 6. Subsistence Farming 7. Shifting Cultivation 8. Slash-n-Burn Cultivation 9. Significant Effects of Shift from H-G to Farming 10. Industrial 11. Industrial Revolution 12. Advanced Industrial Societies 13. Frontier Expansion 14. Federal Government Role in Resource Conservation 15. "Environmental Legislation" 16. Significant "Environmental Events" 17. Rachel Carson 18. Gifford Pinchot |
19. John Muir
20. Carol Browner 21. Lester Brown 22. "Science" 23. Scientific Data 24. Hypothesis 25. Theory vs. Law 26. Scientific Method 27. Control vs. Variable Group(s) 28. Independent Variable(s) 29. Dependent Variable(s) 30. Environmental Science: "define." 31. Feedback Loops 32. Gaia 33. Homeostasis 34. Butterfly Effect 35. Time Delays 36. Synergy |
| 1. Matter, Elements, Organic compounds
2. Ions, Isotopes, Molecules, Atoms 3. Atomic Number, Mass Number 4. Chemical Formulas 5. High-Quality vs. Low-Quality 6. Forms of Energy 7. Heat and TEmperature 8. Electromagnetic Radiation 9. Ionizing Radiation 10. Major Energy Resources used Today |
11. Energy quality
12. Physical and Chemical Changes 13. Law of Conservation of Matter 14. Circle of Poison 15. Nuclear Changes 16. solar-Hydrogen Revolution 17. Half-Life 18. Laws of Energy 19. Biota and the Second Law of Energy 20. Environmental Problems Linked to the Matter and Energy Laws |
| 1. Basic Processes Maintaining Biota
2. Major Living and Nonliving Parts of an Ecosystem 3. Fate(s) of Matter and Energy in an Ecosystem 4. Roles of different types of Organisms in an ecosystem 5. Atmosphere, Troposphere, Stratosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Ecosphere/Biosphere 6. Biogeochemical cycles, N, O, H, P, S, Water 7. Biota Classification 8. Major Biomes 9. Climate 10. Ecotone 11. Habitat, Niche 12. Population, Community 13. Orgasm, Species 14. Aquatic Life Zones 15. Auto- and Hetero- Trophs 16. Producers and Consumers 17. Detritus 18. Photosynthesis and Aerobic respiration |
19. Matter Cycling; One-way Energy Flow
20. Range of Tolerance 21. Law of Tolerance 22. Acclimation 23. Threshold Effect 24. Limiting Factor(s); Limiting Factor Principle 25. Food Chains and Food Webs 26. Trophic Levels 27. Ecological Pyramids 28. GPP and NPP 29. "The Specifics" of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles 30. Specialist and Generalists Species 31. Native Species 32. Alien Species 33. Indicator Species 34. Keystone Species 35. Species Interaction 36. Fundamental and Realized Niche 37. Predator-Prey Interactions |
| 1. Climate determining Factors
2. Wind as a Transport 3. Where is "Away" 4. Principle types of Biomes 5. Climate Influence on Biome types 6. Types of Aquatic Life Zones 7. Climate vs. Weather 8. Global Air Circulation: Solar Energy, Earth's Surface, Earth's Axis, Earth's Rotation, Properties of Air and Water 9. Hadley Cells 10. Ocean Currents and Climate: e.g., ENSO 11. Atmospheric Composition and Climate 12. The Greenhouse Effect and the Ozone Layer 13. Topography and Climate 14. Microclimates 15. Rain and Shadow Effect |
16. Weather Extremes
17. Climate and Regulation 18. Deserts, Grasslands, Forests 19. Effects of Latitude and Altitude on Climate and Biomes 20. The Kangaroo Rat: Adaptation; Keystone sp. 21. Permafrost 22. The Coastal Zone and the Open Ocean 23. Estuaries 24. Coral Reefs: Significance of 25. Freshwater Lakes: Zones of 26. Thermal Stratification: Epiliminon, Hypoliminon, Thermocline, Fall and Spring Turnover 27. Watersheds 28. Nutrients and Age of Lake 29. Wetlands |
| 1. Environmental Stress; Influence on Biota
2. Populations Adapting to Environmental Changes 3. Emergence of Life on Earth 4. Communities Adapting to Small- and Large-scale Environmental Stress 5. Human Impacts on Populations, Communities, and Ecosystem 6. Ecosystem Restoration 7. Stability in the Face of Change: Inertia/Persistence 8. Population Dynamics: Population Size, Density, Dispersion, Age Structure 9. Biotic Potential 10. Environmental Resistance 11. Carrying Capacity 12. Population Growth Curves: S-, Overshoot 13. R- and K- Strategies 14. Survivorship Curves 15. The Oxygen Revolution |
16. Evolution, Adaptation, and Natural Selection
17. Differential Reproduction 18. Coevolution 19. Speciation, Extinction, and Biodiversity 20. Reproductive Evolution 21. Adaptive Radiation 22. Ecological Succession / Community Development Orderly Sequence? 23. Primary Succession 24. Pioneer Species 25. Secondary Succession 26. Inhibition, Tolerance 27. The Role of Disturbance 28. The Hubbard Brooks Experiment Forest / Borman-Likens 29. Monocultures 30. To Mimic the Processes of Nature |
| 1. Major Types of Forests
2. Tropical .Deforestation 3. Tropical Deforestation 4. Fuelwood Shortages 5. Old-Growth Forests: Pacific NW Case Study 6. Commercial Importance of Forests 7. Ecological Importance of Forests 8. Madagascar Case Study |
9. Extractive Reserves: Chico Mendes
10. Chemical Prospecting 11. Decreasing Tropical Deforestation 12. Debt-for-Nature Swaps 13. Costa Rica: CAse Study 14. Western Canada: CAse Study 15. The Chipko Movement |
| 1. Conservation Biology
2. Wildlife Management 3. Types of Public Lands in the United States: Multiple Use, Moderatedly-Restricted Use, Restricted Use 4. Management of Public lands in the US 5. Forest Management 6. Fire Ecology 7. Sustainable Forestry 8. Reforming Federal Forest Management |
9. Reducing Wood Waste
10. Alternatives to Traditional paper 11. Rangeland Management 12. Riparian Zones 13. The Coyote Case Study 14. Wild Game Ranching 15. National Park Management 16. Wilderness Management |
| 1. Reasons to sustain / preserve / protect wild species
2. Bioethics and Wild species 3. Reducing the erosion of biodiversity 4. Background and Mass extinction 5. Endangered and threatened species: examples of ... 6. Causes of premature extinction: root causes: habitat loss, fragmentation, degradation, commercial hunting / poaching, predator / pest control, climate change & pollution, deliberately introduced species, accidentally introduced species 7. Protecting wild species from extinction: CETES Treaty, E.S.A. |
8. Privatizing Wildlife Protection
9. Wildlife Refuges: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge case study 10. Gene banks, Botanical Gardens, Butterfly Farms, Zoos 11. Wildlife Management: manipulating vegetation and water supplies, sport hunting, migratory waterfowl 12. Fishery Management: freshwater and marine 13. Magnuson Fisheries Management & Conservation Act 14. Advantages and Disadvantages of ITQs 15. The Whaling Industry |
| 1. Earth Structure and Composition
2. Earth's Internal zones 3. Composition of Earth's Crust by mass: the big 8 4. Continental vs. Oceanic Crust 5. Internal and external Earth processes 6. Plate Tectonics 7. Plate boundaries 8. Erosion vs. weathering 9. Mass wasting |
10. Frost wedging
11. Mechanical and Chemical weathering 12. Rock Cycle: Rock types 13 Mineral vs. rock 14. Types of coal 15. Reserves 16. Formation and Concentration of mineral resources 17. Extracting Crustal Resources 18. Acid Mine Drainage |
| 1. Economic depletion
2. Depletion time 3. 1872 U.S. Hardrock Mining Law 4. Superfund legislation 5. Reserve to Production ratio 6. The "New Gold Rush" 7. Reforming the 1872 Mining Law 8. Antarctica Case Study 9. Biomining 10. Mining Oceans 11. Mineral substitutes 12. Soil layers, components, and types 13. Soil profiles |
14. Soil horizons
15. Humus 16. Infiltration, Percolation and Leaching 17. Soil Texture 18. Soil Porosity and Permeability 19. Loam 20. Soil pH 21. Soil Erosion: Major agent of 22. Soil as a Potentially renewable resource 23. Desertification: Australia Case Study 24. Soil Conservation Approaches 25. Maintaining and Restoring soil fertility 26. Salinization and Waterlogging |
| 1. When is a Lichen Like a Country
2. The Atmosphere 3. Troposphere – the Weather Breeder 4. Stratosphere – Earth's Global Sunscreen 5. Mesosphere 6. Global Processes in the Atmosphere 7. Disruption of the Earth’s Gaseous Nutrient Cycle 8. Urban Outdoor Air Pollution from Smog 9. Major Types and Sources of Air Pollution 10. Photochemical Smog – Brown-Air Smog 11. Air Pollution in the Past: The Bad Old Days 12. Industrial Smog- Gray-Air Smog 13. Factors that Influence the Formation of Photochemical and Industrial Smog 14. Regional Outdoor Air Pollution from Acid Deposition 15. Acid Deposition 16. Areas Most Affected by Acid Deposition 17. Effects of Acid Deposition 18. Acid Deposition in the U.S. 19. Effects of Acid Depletion on Soil Nutrients and Forest Productivity |
20. Reduction of Acid Deposition
21. Indoor Air Pollution 22. Types and Sources of Indoor Air Pollution 23. Figure 18-10 24. Asbestos 25. Radon Gas Contamination 26. Effects of Air Pollution on Living Organisms and Materials 27. Human Health and Air Pollution 28. Death Rate Due to Air Pollution 29. Damage to Plants due to Air Pollution 30. Aquatic Life and Air Pollution 31. Materials and the Harmful Effects of Air Pollution 32. Solutions: Preventing and Reducing Air Pollution 33. Laws to Reduce Air pollution in the U.S. 34. Controversy over Stricter Particle Emission Standards in the United States 35. Improvement of US Air Pollution Laws 36. Use of Marketplace to Reduce Pollution 37. Protection of the Atmosphere |
| 1. A.D. 2060: Hard Times on Planet Earth
2. Greenhouse Effect 3. Causes: Carbon dioxide , Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Methane , Nitrous Oxide 4. Global Warming: 5. Scientific Consensus about the Earth’s Past Temperature 6. Computer Models to Model Greenhouse Warming 7. Scientific Consensus about Future Global Warming and Its Effects 8. Warmth of the Earth: Solar Outputs, Oceans, Water Vapor Content and Clouds , Polar Ice 9. Air Pollution and Climate 10. Carbon Dioxide Levels Affect Photosynthesis and Methane Emissions 11. Possible Effects of a Warmer World: Food Production, Water Supplies, Forests and Biodiversity, Sea Levels, Weather Extremes, Human Health |
12. Scientific Consensus About Global Warming
13. Global Warming, Kirklans's Warblers, and Adelie Penguins 14. Solutions: Dealing with the Threat of Global Warming (19-4,) 15. Possible Methods to Slow Global Warming: Energy Efficiency , Technofixes, Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions 16. Preparations for Possible Global Warming 17. Ozone Depletion 18. Chemicals that Cause Ozone Depletion 19. Chemicals that Deplete Stratospheric Ozone 20. Seasonal Thinning of Ozone over the Poles 21. Ozone Depletion and the Ultraviolet Zone 22. Ozone Layer Protection 23. Cancer You Are Most Likely to Get 24. Ray Turner 25. International Treaty to Slow Ozone Depletion |
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2. Water's unique physical properties. 3. Freshwater resources: amount of Earth's water that is freshwater; that is readily available freshwater 4. Amount of Earth's freshwater that is locked up as ice caps and glaciers. 5. The hydrologic cycle: what major processes occur in the cycle? Significance of this cycle? 6. Infiltration and percolation: what is the difference? 7. Evaporation and transpiration: what is the difference? 8. Soil moisture and surface runoff: what os the difference? 9. Drainage basin, watershed, and floodplains: how do these terms differ? 10. Groundwater, zone of saturation, water table, and aquifers: how do these terms differ? 11. Confined and unconfined aquifers; how do these terms differ? 12. Natural recharge and recharge areas: how do these terms differ? 13. Cone of depression and fossil aquifers: how do these terms differ? 14. World water use: Agriculture, Industrial, Domestic: how do these terms differ? 15. Comparison of water use in MDC's and LDC's: 16. freshwater shortages, draught, desiccation: 17. Human actions which increase flooding: 18. Channelization and levees: |
19. Contribution factors regarding flooding in Bangladesh:
20. Methods of managing water resources 21. Supplying more water: 22. The Aswan Dam case study: explain the significance of this project; costs and benefits. 23. Dams: costs and benefits 24. The water challenges in California 25. The Aral Sea case study: discuss the major points of this case study: 26. Ramifications of overusing/over tapping groundwater resources: 27. Ways to slow groundwater depletion: 28. the Ogallala aquifer case study/example of groundwater use: 29. Designation: Most widely used methods of desalinating: 30 Distillation: 31. Reverse osmosis: 32. Cloud seeding:Towering icebergs: 33. Ways to use water more efficiently: price of/cost; full-cost pricing; incentives, regional water author. 34. Ways to reduce irrigation losses: efficient irrigation systems; grip irrigation, center-pivot, gravity flow: 35. Ways to use water more efficiently in industry: 36. Ways to use water more efficiently in homes and businesses: 37. The Columbia River Basin: Uses and Abuses: 38. restoration in the Florida Everglades/ |
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2. Name four diseases transmitted to humans through contaminated water. 3. Distinguish between point and nonpoint sources of pollution. 4. Briefly discuss the availability of clean drinking water for the Earth's human population. 5. Draw an oxygen sag curve to illustrate what happens to dissolved oxygen levels and B.O.D. levels in streams where degradable, oxygen-demanding wastes are added. 6. Describe cultural eutrophication; discuss methods of preventing it. 7. Discuss the major sources of nutrient-overload in lakes and ponds. 8. How does biomagnification differ from bioaccumulation. 9. Distinguish between thermal pollution and thermal enrichment. 10. The Great Lake case study. 11. The Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge case study. 12. Lake Baikal case study. 13. Discuss the water quality of coastal wetlands, include ways to protect these areas, 14. Name and discuss the the major pollutants of ground water. 15. Explain why cleanup of groundwater is difficult. 16. Discuss three ways to prevent groundwater pollution. |
17. Briefly describe the major laws which protect water
quality in the United States of America.
18. The Chesapeake Bay case study. 19. The Valdez oil spill. 20. The Woburn , Massaschusetts case study. 21. Describe ways to prevent and reduce surface -water pollution resulting from agriculture. 22. Describe primary, secondary, and tertiary sewage treatment (wastewater treatment) 23. Discuss of the problems with drinking bottled water. 24. Describe five home-water purification devices; include the pros and cons for each. 25. Discuss advantages and disadvantages to: A) Combined sewage/storm runoff systems. B) Separate sewage/storm runoff systems. 26. Describe "Black Mayonnaise" 27. Explain "Thermal Shock" 28. Define dredge spoils. 29. What is meant by "effluent". 30. Which soil test would be most helpful in deciding where to place a septic tank. 31. Water Quality Tests: examples of, what is gained from these tests, ramifications of. 32. Minimata, Japan case study. |
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2. What are the benefits and drawbacks of the following alternatives? A- Improving energy efficiency: B- Using solar energy to heat buildings and water to produce electricity: C- Using flowing water to produce electricity: D- Using wind to produce electricity: E- Using biomass to heat buildings and water, for producing electricity, and for transportation: F- Generating hydrogen gas and using it to produce electricity, heat buildings and water, and to propel vehicles: G- Extracting heat for the earth's interior: 3. Define net energy and net energy ratio: 4. Describe the first and second laws of Thermodynamics: 5. How is it that such a large percentage (about 48%) of commercial energy is waster? -Explain 6. Define Cogeneration: |
7. Discuss four ways to improve energy efficiency in
industry:
8. Briefly describe "nesawatt revolution" 9. Discuss four ways to save energy in the transportation sector: 10. Briefly explain what is meant by "hard" and "soft" energy paths: 11. Describe what is meant by "a sustainable energy policy": 12. Distinguish between active and passive solar heating: 13. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using water to produce electricity via the following methods: tidal power, wave power, ocean thermal currents, and solar winds. 14. Describe four ways to save energy in homes and buildings: 15. Identify the major characteristics of a solar envelope home: 16. How do photovoltaic (PV) celss(solar calls) work? 17. Identify three "natural cooling" ,methods: 18. Briefly describe the major characteristics of solar thermal electric generation plants. 19. Identify the recommendation that the Armary Lovins would most likely make in regard to the desire/need for more electricity: 20. Identify and discuss the major trends in fig. 4-7, pg. 78: Commercial Energy Use in the World, MDCs, LDCs, and the United States. |
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A- Oil B- Natural gas. C- Coal D- Conventional nuclear fission E. Breeder nuclear fission F- Nuclear fusion 2. Briefly describe how fossil fuels form: 3. describe primary and secondary oil recovery; explain tertiary recovery: 4. What is the "life span" of (a) proven and (b) estimated oil reserves, globally? 5. Identify the percent of the worlds oil reserves that are located in the United States: 7. What percent of the oil used in the United States in 1994 was imported? 8. Discuss the economic and environmental forces associated with Alaska's North Slope and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: 9. How would the price of oil change if full-cost pricing was utilized? 11. Identify the problems associated with "shale oil": 12. What are "gas hydrates:? 13. Explain what tar sand and bitumen are: 14. Discuss the major drawbacks to producing synthetic crude oil from tar sands: 15. Discuss the major environmental impacts of synfuels: 16. Identify the major gases which comprise natural gas: 17. Contrast conventional and unconventional natural gas. 18. What is LPG and where( in what situations) is it primarily used? |
19. What is LNG? 20. Identify the specific areas of the world which contain the greatest natural gas reserves: 21. Compare the three major types of coal in regard to energy content, moisture content, and sulfur content: 22. Describe fluidized-bed combustion: 23. describe coal gasification: 24. Describe coal liquefaction: 25. Discuss the significant advantages and disadvantages of (a) surface mining, and (b) subsurface mining: 26. compare the carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy for each fossil fuel and for nuclear power: 27. DEscribe the "hidden costs" of fossil fuel utilization: 28. Explain :the basics" of generating electrical power: 29. Contrast fission and fusion; give one example of each. 30. Describe how a nuclear fission reactor works: 31. If a nuclear fission reactor lacks a cooling tower, how is the plant water cooled: 32. Explain the concept of radioactive decay: 33. What are common units to express radioactivity? 34. Compare the "intended" and the "actual" operating life of nuclear power plants: 35. What are the decommissioning options regarding worn out nuclear power plants: 36. What does "embrittlement" refer to? 37. Is nuclear fusion a feasible option at the present time? 38. Identify and discuss the methods of managing low- and high- level radioactive wastes: 39. Describe the significance of the clean air act on coal burning; explain :pollution permits" and "allowance trading": 40. Discuss four major components of a sustainable energy policy or strategy for the United States; for all nations: |
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2. Definition of "hazardous waste" 3. Major sources of solid waste in the United States. 4. The amount of the worlds solid waste that is produced in the United States; the percentage of the worlds population that lives in the United States. 5. Municipal solid waste (MSW) 6. Explain what is meant by a "high waste/high throughput society" 7. Identify 5 materials which are not considered hazardous waste based on the narrow, official definition of a hazardous waste material. 8. What does the IWM stand for, and what are the 6 solid waste management alternatives (options) involved. 9. Methods of producing less waste and pollution: e.g. redesigning packaging, recycling, lg. scale compost. 10. Discuss the benefits of producing less waste: 11. What is meant by clean production, or industrial ecology? Discuss the goals of this approach: 12. Discuss the costs and benefits of reuse regarding :r refillable containers (bottles primarily), Bags (canvas, other cloth material), Tires. 13. Discuss the cost and benefits of recycling regarding: Organic solid waste (composting), Paper, paperboard, cardboard, aluminum, plastics 14. Discuss what takes place in composting: what type of process is occurring? Describe the conditions in the compost bin/chamber/digester. 15. Discuss the costs and benefits of centralized recycling plants (Materials recovery facilities) 16. Discuss the costs and benefits of the Source separation approach to recycling: |
17. does recycling make "economic sense"? Discuss:
18. Summarize the obstacles to reusing and recycling: 19. Discuss 8 potential ways to overcome the obstacles of recycling: 20. Discuss the methods used by Germany to reduce waste, beginning in the early 90's: 21. Have recycling rates gone up or down, on a global basis? In the United States? 22. What materials are recycled to the greatest extent in the United States? 23. Discuss pros and cons of solid waste incineration. 24. Approximately what percentage of the MSW in incinerated in the United States: 25. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of land filling MSW: 26. Describe the components of a sanitary landfill. 27. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of land filling MSW: 28. Describe leachate; how is it produced? 29. Approximately what percentage of the MSW is landfilled in the United States of America. 30. Identify the major hazardous waste land disposal methods which are utilized: 31. Be familiar with lead, dioxin, chlorine, PCB's: how have these substances entered the waste stream, or environment? Describe the major effect(s) of each. 32. Identify pros and cons of: exporting wastes; ocean dumping; 33. Identify and discuss the major legislature pertaining to solid waste and/or hazardous waste: 34. Love canal; case study: |
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2. Major problems/Challenges regarding food/food production. 3. Potential solutions to these (#2 above) problems 4. Types of agricultural /methods: names, discussion of each, pros and cons with each. 5. traditional subsistence agriculture. 6. Interplanting: polyvarietal cultivation, intercropping, agroforestry (alley cropping), polyculture. 7. Traditional intensive agriculture 8. Plantation agriculture. 9. Industrial agriculture. 10. Sustainable agricultural systems: requirments/ingredients. 11. The green revolutions: I, II 12. Relative impacts of eating meat-inclusive diet vs. vegetarian diet: discussion of 13. "Swidden"/"Milpa"/"Cultivation with forest:/:Bush Fallow"/"fang" agriculture. 14. Nutritional diseases: undernutrition, malnutrition, marasmus, kwashiorkor 15. Food additives. |
16. Increasing crop yields/increasing food supplies:(17-23,
others to include??...)
17. Genetic engineering and selective breeding. 18. New food sources 19. Cultivating more land. 20. Hydroponics 21. Improved irrigation 22. Better food distribution. 23. Mariculture, aquafarming, fish ranching. 24. Fishing techniques: purse seining, drift netting, trawling: pros and cons of each. 25. Overfishing and habitat degradation( of coastal zones, shipping channels, estuaries/deltas, the open ocean) 26. Government agricultural practices 27. International Food relief. 28. Land reform. 29. World food supply. 30. Case studies: China, Africa, Bluefin Tuna in the West Atlantic |
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2. "The Perfect Pesticide" characteristics of: (be gentle). 3. "The Ultimate Pest"" characteristics of. 4. First and second generation pesticides. 5. Broad- and narrow spectrum: 6. "Lesser-Known" uses of pesticides( the non-agriculutural, non-lawn use): 7. DDT: Classification as a pesticide: impacts of DDT. 8. Pros and cons of pesticides. 9. The pesticide treadmill: discussion of, impacts of, prevention/avoidance of. 10. Pesticide mobility: potential threats to wildlife, to humans, to wild humans ( Excellent, your reading the bioaccumulation prep. handout!!!), bioamplification/bioconcentration. 11. Agent Orange. 12. Malathion. 13. Bhopal, India case study: Methyl Isocyanate. 14. FIFRA: discussion of this law, what it states, and what it requires. 15. The "Circle of Poison". |
16. The Delay clause.
17. Biological control of pests: methods techniques, discussion, examples, pros, cons:(18-28) 18. Bioengineering 19. Natural predators 20. Biopesticides 21. Insect birth control 22. Pheromones 23. Hormones 24. Hot water 25. Soap-n-water 26. Radiation 27. Vacuuming (really) 28. Various trapping techniques 29. Integrated pest management (IPM): discussion of, pros and cons 30. "Against the Grain"*(video): be familiar with the "big ideas" in this piece: e.g., Discuss the potential economic and environmental benefits of a given chemical company buying a seed company. *Based on the book Against the Grain, Biotechnology and the corporate takeover of your food, (Common Courage Press, 1998) Marc Lappe and Britt Bailey. |