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Revision as of 17:38, 6 July 2012
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| Syllabus — Schedule |
| Welcome page Contact Dr. Walker |
| This week |
| Today's tasks — (tomorrow) |
| Course units 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 |
| Moodle site |
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| Course content |
| Assignments Paper - Acme - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 |
| Practice problems |
| Discussions |
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| General wiki help |
| Basic editing Create an account Protocols Tutorial Demo, for practice |
The table below outlines the schedule for the whole semester. The details of each week's schedule can be accessed by clicking on the "week of" links. Additional readings may be assigned as the semester progresses.
| Week beginning | Unit | Topics | Readings | Assignments |
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| July 2-6 | Unit 1 | What is sustainability? What is sustainable development? Agenda 21, government responses to sustainability. Current environmental problems |
Hill Ch. 1 BBC, "Disposable Planet" |
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| July 10-11 | Unit 2 | Economic & political aspects | Hill Ch. 1, Brown reading | |
| July 12-13 | Unit 3 | Science and technology. Matter, energy & thermodynamics. | Hill Ch. 2 |
Problem Set 1 due (Jul 12) |
| July 16-18 | Unit 4 | Business and sustainability, uses of technology, manufacturing |
Problem Set 2 due (Jul 17) | |
| July 19 | Unit 5 | Consumption | Hill Ch. 4 | |
| July 20 | Unit 6 | Impacts, carbon footprints, waste management & reduction |
Hill Ch. 5, RCRA vision statement |
Problem Set 3 due |
| July 23-24 | Unit 7 | Energy | ||
| July 25-26 | Unit 8 | Material resources and mining, chemicals | Hill Ch. 3, 7 | First draft of case presentations due |
| July 27 | Unit 9 | Forestry, food & agriculture | Hill Ch. 8 | Problem Set 4 due |
| July 30-31 | Unit 10 | Environmental management systems and ISO 14000 | Sample plans | Final draft of case presentations due |
| Aug 1-2 | Unit 11 | Ecologic, green engineering, green chemistry, green manufacturing | Hill Ch. 6 Anastas & Warner article |
Problem Set 5 due (Aug 1) |
| Aug 3 | Unit 12 | Transforming the corporate mindset, new business models | First draft of term paper due | |
| Aug 3-6 | Unit 13 | Models for sustainable living, the hydrogen economy | Hill Ch. 9, Rifkin interview Goodall reading |
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| Aug 7 | Unit 14 | What does the future hold? | Hill Ch. 9, videos | Final draft of term paper due |
| Aug 9 | Final exam |
