Chem321:Schedule
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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.
| Date | Unit | Topics | Readings/videos | Assignments |
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| July 6-8 | Unit 1 | What is sustainability? What is sustainable development? Agenda 21, government responses to sustainability. Current environmental problems |
Hill Ch. 1 The Guardian on Miami Picture gallery Biodiversity crisis Is climate change real? |
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| July 9-10 | Unit 2 | Economic & political aspects | Hill Ch. 1, Readings: Bjorn Lomborg reading and Naomi Klein reading | |
| July 13-14 | Unit 3 | Science and technology. Matter, energy & thermodynamics. | Hill Ch. 2 Matthew & Boltz reading |
Problem Set 1 due (Jul 13) |
| July 14-16 | Unit 4 | Business and sustainability, uses of technology, manufacturing |
Dorf, pages 101-107 & Chap 19; Responsible Innovation (read p17-21 on Innovation for Sustainable Development); Article by Bakker et al. | Problem Set 2 due (Jul 16) |
| July 16 | Unit 5 | Consumption | Hill Ch. 4 | |
| July 17 | Unit 6 | Impacts, carbon footprints, waste management & reduction |
Hill Ch. 5, RCRA vision statement (exec summary only), Video on greenhouse gases |
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| July 20-21 | Unit 7 | Energy | CNBC on going off the grid, videos of Visser and Ewy | Problem Set 3 due (July 20) |
| July 22-23 | Unit 8 | Material resources and mining, chemicals | Hill Ch. 3, 7 C&E News on Resource Sustainability |
First draft of case presentations due (~July 23) |
| July 24 | Unit 9 | Forestry, food & agriculture | Hill Ch. 8, and video TBA | Problem Set 4 due |
| July 27 | Unit 10 | Environmental management systems and ISO 14000 | Haworth,Lockheed Martin ISO 14001 summary, Two sample Env. Policies, IBM |
Final draft of case presentations due* |
| July 28-29 | Unit 11 | Ecologic, green engineering, green chemistry, green manufacturing | Hill Ch. 6 Anastas video |
Problem Set 5 due (July 29) |
| July 30 | Unit 12 | Transforming the corporate mindset, new business models | ||
| July 31 - Aug 3 | Unit 13 | Models for sustainable living | Hill Ch. 9, Envelope house exterior & interior Rose article |
First draft of term paper due (Jul 31) |
| Aug 4 | Unit 14 | What does the future hold? | Hill Ch. 9, videos on Masdar City & Melbourne |
Final draft of term paper due |
| Aug 6/7 | Final exam (Thu or Fri) |
- The exact date may be later, but this will be agreed when the draft presentations are reviewed, and the discussion dates chosen.
