Summary and opinions
Find an article about science that relates to something that we’ve talked about or read about (see the course topics below) to get a clear picture about which article you should you can select as all topics are coming from the below 2 books.
- The Story of More by Hope Jahren 2020. Vintage Books (see the contain page)
- The Healing Earth. eBook version http://healingearth.ijep.net/
The article should be written for a general audience.
To get full points, you must:
1) post an article with the summary and opinions
2) Respond on two other students posts with at least 50 words for each respond
below table show you the topics that we’re going to take in the above 2 books.
| Topic | Reading Assignment |
| Introduction to Environmental Science | Jahren Part 1 (Chap 1-4) |
| Introduction to Environmental Science | The Healing Earth: Welcome and Introduction |
| Unit 1: Food
Grain |
Jahren Chap 5 |
| Meat | Jahren Chap 6 |
| Fish | Jahren Chap 7 |
| Sugar | Jahren Chap 8 |
| Waste | Jahren Chap 9 |
| Agriculture | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Food Section: Ecological Impacts of Modern Agriculture |
| Food and Ethics | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Food Section: Food and Ethics |
| Unit 2: Energy
Electricity and Gas |
Jahren Chap 10 and 11 |
| Nonrenewable Energy | Jahren Chap 12 |
| Nonrenewable Energy | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Energy Section: Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Section: Nonrenewable Energy Sources |
| Renewable Energy | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Energy Section: Renewable Energy Sources |
| Renewable Energy | Jahren Chap 13 |
| Renewable Energy | Guest Speaker |
| Unit 3: Climate Change
Air |
Jahren Chap 14 |
| Weather | Jahren Chap 15 |
| Ice/Water | Jahren Chap 16 and 17 |
| Extinction | Jahren Chap 18 and 19 |
| The Science of Climate Change | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Global Climate Change Section: Global Climate Change and Science Subsections: Climate, Weather and Atmosphere; Defining and Detecting Climate Change |
| The Science of Climate Change | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Global Climate Change Section: Global Climate Change and Science Subsections: Evidence of Climate Change |
| The Science of Climate Change | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Global Climate Change Section: Global Climate Change and Science Subsections: Climate Change Drivers |
| The Impacts of Climate Change | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Global Climate Change Section: Global Climate Change and Science Subsections: Climate Change Impacts |
| The Impacts of Climate Change | |
| Climate Change and Ethics | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Global Climate Change Section: Global Climate Change and Ethics |
| Climate Change and Ethics | |
| Climate Change and Spirituality | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Global Climate Change Section: Global Climate Change and Spirituality |
| Unit 4: Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Science |
The Healing Earth:
Chap: Biodiversity Section: Biodiversity and Evolution |
| Biodiversity and Science | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Biodiversity Section: Geographic Distribution of Biodiversity |
| Biodiversity and Science | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Biodiversity Section: Causes of Earth’s Declining Biodiversity |
| Biodiversity and Science | |
| Biodiversity and Ethics | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Biodiversity Section: Biodiversity and Ethics |
| Biodiversity and Ethics | |
| Biodiversity and Spirituality | The Healing Earth:
Chap: Biodiversity Section: Biodiversity and Spirituality |
| Unit 5: Action | Jahren Appendix |
| Action | The Healing Earth
Chaps: Food, Energy, Global Climate Change, Biodiversity Sections: Action Ideas (in all chapters) |
