Lecture notes (mostly pdf's of the Powerpoint lectures) 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 Thursday. 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
Aug. 25 and 27 Intro and Models lecture slides (PDF)
Week 2
Sept. 1: Intro Theme 1, and Lowenthal reading
Sept. 3: Cont. Theme 1, Lowenthal reading, intro Dunlap reading
Week 3Sept. 8: New Ecological Paradigm, Dunlap et al
Sept. 10: More on Dunlap et al, and Lowenthal
Week 4
Sept. 15: Wrap up Lowenthal, introduce Leiserowitz reading
Sept. 17: Wrap up Leiserowitz and Introduce Theme 2: Human Transformation of Earth
Week 5
Sept. 22: Theme 2: Human Transformation of Earth
Week 6
Sept 29: More theme 2: Social Drivers of Ecological change, Chap. 3 Millennial Assessment
Oct. 1: Exam 1 (some smaple questions here).
Week 7
Oct. 6: Continue: Human transform of biodiversity, Chap 4 Millennial Assessment
Oct. 8: Continue Chap. 4 Millennial Assessment
Week 8
Oct. 15: Natural Resources concepts (Rees); Boulder's water resource
Week 9
Oct. 20: Natural Resources concepts (Rees); Boulder's water resource
Oct. 22: Natural Resources concepts (Rees); Boulder's water resource
Week 10
Oct. 27: Environment as natural hazard
Oct. 29: Environment as natural hazard; Kastes et al reading on Reconstruction of New OrleansWeek 11
Nov. 3: Second exam
Nov. 5: Wrap-up Natural Hazards, Intro: Global Warming
Week 12
Week 13
Nov. 17: Ideas for Ex. 7; Global Warming
Week 15
Dec. 1: "What is Sustainable Development?"
Dec. 3: "What is Sustainable Development?" continued
Week 16 (last week of class)
Dec. 8: "Sustainable Development in Pracrtice: the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations