Lecture notes (a mixture of MSword.doc's and pdf's of the Powerpoint files) will typically be posted on the day of the lecture sometime after class. In some cases one set of notes will encompass both lecture sessions that week, but may be posted on Tuesday or Thursay. Some notes will cover material that straddles two weeks. I'll try to make the links to the lecture material as explanatory as possible. Empty links mean that the notes have not yet been posted.
Week 1
Intro and Models lecture slides (PDF)
Intro and Models lecture slides (PPT)
Week 2
Sept. 5: Introduction to class themes, then focus on Theme 1
Sept. 7; Cont. Theme 1, discuss Lowenthal reading
Week 3Sept. 12: Cont. Lowenthal, introduce New Ecological Paradigm, Dunlap et al
Sept. 14: More on Dunlap et al, and Lowenthal
Week 4
Sept. 19: Wrap up Lowenthal, introduce Leiserowitz reading
Powerpoint version of Sept. 19 lecture notes
Sept. 21: Wrap up Leiserowitz and Introduce Theme 2: Human Transformation of Earth
Week 5
Sept. 26: Theme 2: Human Transformation of Earth
Sept. 28: Wrap up hydro-cycle, introduce human and the carbon cycle
Week 6
Oct. 5: Social Drivers of Eco change, and Biodiversity, Chaps. 3 and 4 Millennial Assessment
Week 7
Oct. 10: Continue: Biodiversity, Chap 4 Millennial Assessment
Oct. 12: Continue Chap. 4 Millennial Assessment
Week 8
Oct. 17-19: Theme 3: Part 1: Interacitng with Env. as Natural Resource
Week 9
Oct. 24: Continue natural resources
Oct. 26: Continue natural resources: focus on water
Week 10
Oct. 31: Wrap-up natural resources, start Theme 3, part 2: Natural Hazards
Noc. 2: Continue Natural Hazards
Week 11
Nov. 7: second exam.
Week 12
Nov. 14: Wrap up Natural Hazards (introduce Global Warming, see 11/16 notes)
Nov. 16: Global Warming (plus discussion of Exercise 6: Synthesis Essay)
Week 14
Nov. 28: Vulnerabiltiy to Climate Change (plus further ideas for Exercise 6: Synthesis Essay)
Nov. 30: Stretching the Resource/Hazard theme to potential for Dangerorus Cliamate Change
Week 15
Dec. 5 and 7: Setting policy to reduce global warming
Week 16 (last week of class)
Dec. 12: Sustianability Science and "What is Sustainable Devleopment?"