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

2 A conceptual formula for analyzing environmental problems and solutions

3 Impact = Environmental Footprint  Resources consumed  Wastes generated  Energy used

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

6 Reivis family, North Carolina

7 The Cavens, California

8 Luxemburg

9 Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca

10 India: The Patkars of Ujjain

11 Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village

12 Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo

13 Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp

14 So which families have the biggest footprint? The smallest? More? Better? P184 Deep Economy How do Europeans view wealth and community compared to Americans?

15 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?

16 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.

17  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%.

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

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

20 Compare/Contrast  Easter Island  Planet Earth


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