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GEO 101 World Human Geography
Spring 2011
Lecture Outline

Geography
Matters!

Sustainability and Environmental Justice


Before Lecture
Reading assignment for today:
Chapter 14
Important Concepts from the textbook you should review before lecture (write a short definition): resources; renewable resources; non-renewable resources; what are some examples of both renewable and non-renewable resources; the uneven distribution of resources; Air pollution; global warming, global-scale ozone damage, chlorofluorocarbons, scales of air pollution (global, regional, local), acid precipitation, water pollution, water use, land pollution, landfills, hazardous waste, recycling, re-manufacturing, sustainability, conservation, preservation, sustainable development, biodiversity
I have the following question(s) about the textbook reading:

 


Environmental Problems/Environmental Justice: Bombing the Margins

Resources

  • Renewable Resources
  • Non-Renewable Resources

Sustainability

  • Conservation
    • Recycling
    • Efficiency
    • Substituting for Non-renewable resources
    • Cleaning up pollution
  • Preservation

Environmental Justice

  • East LA Zip Code 90058
  • Project Plowshare and atomic testing
    • The "fallacy of remoteness"
    • Locating a testing site (site and situation)

Interconnection, The Environment, and Marginality

 


After Lecture

What was the main point of today's lecture?

 

Important concepts covered in this lecture (write a short definition):

One thing I did not fully understand today is:

 

What did I learn today that I did not know before?

 

 

 

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