UNST 125g Sustainability

last website update: 3/11/12

reading questions 1:Balter, and Rowley-Conwy and Layton due 1/18
food audit data analysis: assignment
- food audit record sheet (pdf to print)
- food audit spreadsheet (updated)
- food audit group spreadsheet
- Ecological Footprint Atlas (link to pdf)
due 1/30
essay 1: humans in the biosphere
essay and research paper evaluation rubric
due 1/18
reading questions 2:Penna and Grimm chapter and article
Project Vulcan
due 1/25
Jaime Lerner TED talk
take note
reading questions 3: The Worst Hard Time overarching themes
related topics
- overview of scholarly analysis of U.S. incomes 1917 to 2008.
  For the short story, look at figure 1. Income distribution now looks like it did before and during the Great Depression.
- U.S. Banking Act of 1933, aka the Glass-Stegall Act
- income inequality today
- global income inequality
- popular protests in China
- Robert Reich speaking at Berkeley general strike (YouTube)
Dust Bowl climate data analysis project (questions 3 and 4 updated 2/20/12)
data spreadsheets
essay 2: niche construction
reading 4 (and an essay): change
reading 5: IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Synthesis Summary for Policymakers
reading 6 (and viewing): humanity and modernity
essay 3: What drives change in human cultural systems? (update: due 14 March)
Climate Voices