Click on the links below to review the slides used in each section of the course.  Holding your cursor over any given "thumbnail" view will cause a brief description of its contents to appear.  Clicking on the thumbnail will open the full-size slide in a new window.

I. Introductory Remarks
II. Historical Overview
III. U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy
IV. Regulating Public Health and Safety
V. Biodiversity and Endangered Species
VI. Managing the Land
VII. Toxic and Solid Waste Disposal
VIII. Concluding Thoughts

 

 

 

 

 

I.   Introductory Remarks

The view from Walden  The site of Thoreau's cabin  Thoreau quote  Environmental politics is about making hard choices

 

II.   Historical Overview

What are the causes of global environmental crisis?  Who should we believe?  Cartoon: "It's not scary enough"

 

III.   U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy

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IV.   Regulating Public Health and Safety

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V.   Biodiversity and Endangered Species

The passenger pigeon  Aldo Leopold's "On a Monument to the Pigeon"  Frequency of Documented Extinctions of Animals  Status of species listed under the ESA, 1992  Photographs of various endangered species

 

VI.   Managing the Land

Daguerreotype of Niagara Falls  National Park Service map  Threats to the National Parks  Map of Yellowstone National Park  Natural management defined  Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park  S.H. Hammond writing about the Adirondacks   19th century advertisements for the Adirondacks   "Forever Wild"   The Adirondack Park's "Blue Line"

 

VII.   Toxic and Solid Waste Disposal

Is there a garbage crisis?  Composition of municipal solid waste  Where does our garbage go?   Myth's of the "garbage crisis" - Tierney's list   Anti-recycling myths - The EDF's list   What's recycling worth?

 

VIII.   Concluding Thoughts

Top 10 lessons worth remembering