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APES Course Goals:
*Environmental Literacy*Prepare for AP test*Build skills for college
Sept
A conceptual formula for analyzing environmental problems and solutions
Impact = Environmental Footprint
Resources consumed
Wastes generated Energy used
Hungry Planet
Peter Menzel (2005) How many people in the family? Food types:
Fresh? Processed? Preserved? Variety? What types of technologies were used
to produce these foods? What are the chances these food items
were grown locally?
Reivis family, North Carolina
The Cavens, California
Luxemburg
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
India: The Patkars of Ujjain
Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
So which families have the biggest footprint? The smallest?
More? Better?P184 Deep EconomyHow do Europeans view wealth and community compared to Americans?
Using I=PAT for finding solutions
The average tomato travels 1,500 miles from field to table. A local tomato bought at a farmer’s market might travel only 40 miles. A tomato grown in your back yard may travel only 40 feet.
Kroger’s is NOT a local system – even if you live next door to one
Farmer’s markets: advantages to local production?
Solar panels are mandatory on all new buildings in Spain.
A solar powered airplane flew for the first time on purely solar power in May 2010. Designers plan to fly around the world in such a plane in 2012.
New Yorkers, possibly because they tend to walk rather than drive, emit only 1/3 the carbon per capita than the average American.
In the first 6 months of 2008, sales of new small cars were up 11%, while sales of SUV’s were down 14% and pickup trucks were down 23%.
Objective update!
With neighbor and using a different colored pen, add details to your answer for Objective #2.
Easter Island
Compare your answers to Obj #1. Review the story of Easter Island and be able to summarize it for the class.
Don’t crowd me dude!
Compare/Contrast
Easter Island Planet Earth