APES Course Goals Sept Environmental Literacy Prepare for

APES Course Goals: Sept ¡*Environmental Literacy ¡*Prepare for AP test ¡*Build skills for college

A conceptual formula for analyzing environmental problems and solutions

Impact = Environmental Footprint ¡ ¡ ¡ Resources consumed Wastes generated Energy used

Hungry Planet Peter Menzel (2005) ¡ How many people in the family? ¡ Food types: ¡ l l l Fresh? Processed? Preserved? Variety? What types of technologies were used to produce these foods? What are the chances these food items were grown locally?

Reivis family, North Carolina

The Cavens, California

Luxemburg

Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca

India: The Patkars of Ujjain

Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village

Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo

Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp

So which families have the biggest footprint? The smallest? More? Better? P 184 Deep Economy How do Europeans view wealth and community compared to Americans?

Using I=PAT for finding solutions ¡ The average tomato travels 1, 500 miles from field to table. A local tomato bought at a farmer’s market might travel only 40 miles. A tomato grown in your back yard may travel only 40 feet. ¡ Kroger’s is NOT a local system – even if you live next door to one Farmer’s markets: advantages to local production? ¡

Solar panels are mandatory on all new buildings in Spain. A solar powered airplane flew for the first time on purely solar power in May 2010. Designers plan to fly around the world in such a plane in 2012.

¡ New Yorkers, possibly because they tend to walk rather than drive, emit only 1/3 the carbon per capita than the average American. ¡ In the first 6 months of 2008, sales of new small cars were up 11%, while sales of SUV’s were down 14% and pickup trucks were down 23%.

Objective update! ¡ With neighbor and using a different colored pen, add details to your answer for Objective #2.

Easter Island ¡ Compare your answers to Obj #1. Review the story of Easter Island be able to summarize it for the class. Don’t crowd me dude!

Compare/Contrast ¡ Easter Island ¡ Planet Earth