Date Day
Lectures and assessments
 Readings Films
9-Jan Tues Unit 1: Introduction
The Anthropocene
Environmentalism and ecomodernism
 For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age A River Changes Course
11-Jan Thur Why Summers May Never Be the Same
12-Jan Fri The Merchants of Thirst
16-Jan Tues The Super Bowl of Beekeeping
18-Jan Thur The World's Population May Peak in Your Lifetime
19-Jan Fri The World is Becoming More African
23-Jan Tues  
25-Jan Thur Test 1  
26-Jan Fri Reading questions 1 due  
29-Jan Mon Film essay 1 due  
30-Jan Tues Unit 2: Population and resources
Demographic transition
Depopulation and youthquakes
New scarcities and abundances

 Electronic Marvels Turn Into Dangerous Trash Angry Inuk
1-Feb Thur Trying to Live a Day Without Plastics
2-Feb Fri In the Ocean, It's Snowing Microplastics
6-Feb Tues Quest for Treasure on Ocean Floor
8-Feb Thur A Power Struggle Over Cobalt
9-Feb Fri The World Wants Greenland's Minerals
13-Feb Tues  
15-Feb Thur Test 2  
16-Feb Fri Reading questions 2 due  
19-Feb Mon Film essay 2 due  
20-Feb Tues Unit 3: Human-wildlife interactions
Megafauna conservation
Hunting and harvesting as conservation
Legal and illegal trade in wildlife		 A Native Tribe Wants to Resume Whaling Tiger 24
22-Feb Thur Divide and Preserve: Reclassifying Tigers to Save Them
23-Feb Fri Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out
27-Feb Tues The Illicit Global Ape Trade
29-Feb Thur Who Would Kill a Monk Seal?
1-Mar Fri Asia's Illegal Wildlife Trade Makes Tigers a Meal
5-Mar Tues  
7-Mar Thur Test 3  
8-Mar Fri Reading questions 3 due  
10-Mar Sun Film essay 3 due  
19-Mar Tues Unit 4: Engineering food
Green Revolutions
GMOs
Alternative proteins and underutilized crops

 Learning to Love GMOs Bugs
21-Mar Thur How America's Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis
22-Mar Fri Save Our Food. Free the Seed
26-Mar Tues Let's Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat
28-Mar Thur Meet the Climate-Defying Fruits and Vegetables
29-Mar Fri Loss of Fertile Land Fuels Looming Crisis Across Africa
2-Apr Tues  
4-Apr Thur Test 4 (online; due 4/18)  
5-Apr Fri Reading questions 4 due  
8-Apr Mon Film essay 4 due  
9-Apr Tues Unit 5: Climate change
Sea level rise		 A Crisis Right Now: San Francisco and Manila UK Core film essay
11-Apr Thur The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas
12-Apr Fri What Survival Looks Like After the Oceans Rise
16-Apr Tues The East Coast is Sinking
18-Apr Thur Tokyo is Preparing For Floods
19-Apr Fri Venice is Saved, Woe is Venice
23-Apr Tues Prep Day    
25-Apr Thur Reading Day    
26-Apr Fri Reading Day    
UK Core film essay due    
29-Apr Mon Test 5 posted online    
Reading questions 5 due    
2-May Thur Test 5 due by 11:59 pm