Environment and Sustainability

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Objective 1: Define environmental science and identify the disciplines that it draws from.

I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Environmental Scientists and Specialists
• Ohio State University | School of Environment and Natural Resources | Environmental Science

Objective 2: Describe environmental literacy and the environmental problems that this literacy helps us to solve. 

I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:

• North American Association for Environmental Education | May 2019 | eeLearn – What is EE – Environmental Literacy | 2:18 minutes 

• National American Association for Environmental Education | https://naaee.org/
• Yale Program on Climate Change Communication | September 2020 | Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2020

Objective 3: Outline the United States’ environmental history and understanding of Earth systems.

I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:

Environmental History

• Readings
  • American Environmental History | Dan Allosso
    • Directions: This is a full open source textbook on American Environmental History if you are interested in learning more on this subject and different periods within it in much more depth.
  • Scientific American | November 2012 | The First Americans
  • PBS | April 2014 | Timeline of Environmental Movement and History
  • National Park Service | Ann E. Chapman | July 2020 | Nineteenth Century Trends in American Conservation
  • Business Insider | James Pasley | August 2019 | 35 vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was regulated
• Videos
  • Intersectional Environmentalism | March 2021 | The Intersectional History of Environmentalism | 15:16 minutes

Objective 4: Recognize how our individual impact and actions as a species impact our planet and identify the potential for living sustainably. 

I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:

• Ted-Ed | David Biello | December 2017 | How long will human impacts last?| 5:29 minutes 

• NPR | Clare Lombardo | April 2021 | Life Kit Episodes to Help You Live More Sustainably – From The Kitchen To The Closet
• Global Footprint Network | May 2017 | Ecological Footprint of Countries: Deficit or Reserve? | 1:30 minutes 

• NPR | April 2021 | Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? The Truth is Complicated| 15:52 minutes 

• Earth Overshoot Day | https://www.overshootday.org/