Spring 2023
ENS 202 - Environment and Sustainability II Natural Sciences and Policy J. Anthony Stallins University of Kentucky Dept of Geography |
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| Jan | 1. The world viewed through sense, mind and context: where science and policy begin |
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| 12 | The Lost Norse (Science) | ||
| 17 | We Cannot Live By Skepticism Alone (Nature) | ||
| 19 | Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? (NYTimes) | ||
| 24 | Birds Aren't Real or Are They? (NYTimes) | ||
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| 31 | Test 1 | ||
Feb |
2. Order, disorder and complexity: how conceptions of change relate to policy |
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| 7 | The Game of Life | ||
| 9 | Has the Amazon Reached a Tipping Point (NY Times) | ||
| 14 | Super Tipping Points Could Trigger Cascade of Climate Action (The Guardian) | ||
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| 21 | Test 2 | ||
3. Comprehending prediction and human behavior as part of policy |
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| 28 | How to Convince People to Eat Insects (PNAS) | ||
| Mar | 2 | The Evolution of Trust | |
| 7 | Tit for Tat (Radiolab) | ||
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| 10 | Test 3 | ||
| 4. The foundation of sustainability: the coexistence of life forms |
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| 23 | Of Bombs and Butterflies | ||
| 28 | Trophy | ||
| 30 | A Taste of Whale | ||
| Apr | 4 | Test 4 | |
5. Science and policy for the Anthropocenes |
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| 13 | The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History's Biggest Mistakes (NYT) | ||
| 18 | Blanket Bans on Fossil Fuels Will Entrench Poverty (Nature) | ||
| 20 | The Climate Profit Buried in Scotland's Bogs (NYT) | ||
| 25 | Prep day | ||
| 27 | Reading day | ||
| Test 5: Posted online in Canvas Monday May 1st and due Thursday May 4th by 11:59 pm | |||