1. Final exam review sheet: Review Questions for Final Exam
2. Items due for Wed. Dec. 10 with final presentation: Final project_Dec 10
Category Archives: Readings, films, guest lecturer readings
Final Presentation schedule for Dec. 10
Please see attached and instructions.
The US Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction
Executive Summary – Center for Integrative Environmental Research
Executive Summary-Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Please read for Wed. Nov. 26 (pgs. 3 – 12)
Nov. 19: U.S. Green Jobs Surveys and Greening NYC
1. Please read for Wed. Nov.19
Green Jobs Survey_US Green Bldg Council (Pages 1 -11)
2. New York City Green Jobs Survey newyorkcity_green jobs survey_NYSDOL
3. Powerpooint – Labor market and green jobs Week 11_labor market and green jobs
4. Building for the Next Big Storm
5. The Big U http://www.rebuildbydesign.org/project/big-team-final-proposal/
Group discussion/assignment questions – Nov. 19 Group project_Building for the Next Big Storm_11-19-14
This will be counted as an extra credit assignment; if you already completed, then the extra credit has been applied. If you wish this to be counted as an extra credit assignment, then please complete by Dec. 3.
Readings for Wed. Nov. 12
1. “The GDP Myth: Why ‘growth’ isn’t always a good thing” The Washington Monthly, 1999
2.”Greening the Gross Domestic Product” Garrett C. Groves and Michael E. Webber.
Greening the Gross Domestic Product
3. “The Non-market benefits of nature,” James Boyd. The Nonmarket bebefits of nature
Psychological Underpinnings ofPromoting Environmentally Sustainable Behaviors and Policies
PowerPoint presentation by Prof. P. Her; Oct. 1.Environmental Econ Presentation
Link to filim on Brooklyn Grange Farm
Please view and be prepared to discuss on October 29.
- Brooklyn Grange Farm: sustainable resource use of urban space and its benefits http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/episode322/
“Achieving food security in face of climate change” for Oct. 22
Please read chapter 2 of the following article for Wed. Oct 22 (pgs. 8 – 16) climate_food_commission-final-mar2012
Then look through the rest of the article where specific recommendations for change are made.
Discussion questions:
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Reminder – assigned reading for Wed. Oct.15
Please read the attached article, “Sustainable development and tourism destination management: A case study of the Lillemammer region, Norway,” and come prepared to discuss the questions that follow in class on Oct. 15.Sustainable Development Lillehammer
1. What are some of the benefits (positive impacts) that tourism can provide to communities?
2. What are some of the costs (negative impacts) of tourism?
3. How can the good impacts be maximized and the bad minimized so that the local community benefits more from tourism?
4. How can the local community participate more in tourism development?