ActionPlan Resources

Intersections of geoscience and sustainability

Society and geoscience•Human security•Natural hazards•Toxic hazards•Food security•Disease•Energy security•Availability of resources

•Social equitability•Open space•Access to resources•Efficient transportation•Efficient housing•Education•Jobs

Economics and geoscience•Resource economics•Land use planning,•Land value•Energy•Mining

•Agriculture•Fisheries•Forests•Environmental regulations•Permitting•Carbon emissions

•Cap and trade• Infrastructure

Environment and geoscience•Water•Air•Climate•Biodiversity•Soils•Forests•Coastlines•Oceans•Grasslands•Habitats•Pollution

Intersections of geoscience and sustainability

Society and climate•Human security•Extreme weather• Sea level rise• Food security•Water resources•Disease•Energy security•Availability of resources•Displaced population• International tension or

cooperation•Social equitability•Efficient transportation•Efficient housing•Unequal distribution of

impacts

Economics and climate•Price of energy•Emissions policy•Price of food•Price of water•Property destruction (sea level rise)• Impacts of emergency

response, health care• Impacts to tourism• Impacts to recreation•Costs of carbon sequestration •Costs of other adaptation measures Environment and

climate•Species loss•Habitat alteration/destruction• Impacts from carbon-free energy (nuclear waste)•Benefits from carbon-free energy (renewables)•Climate feedbacks•Unpredictable impacts•Effects of carbon sequestration

Specific example for climate

Society and energy•Human security•Energy security•Mine safety

•Social equitability•Efficient transportation•Efficient housing•Affordability of energy•Storage of waste products •Viewshed•Jobs

Economics and energy•Price of energy•Emissions policy•Infrastructure

•Rare earth elements•Military conflicts over resources•Costs of cleanups•Costs of waste

storage

Environment and energy•Acid mine drainage•Nuclear waste•Greenhouse gas emissions•Dams•Impacts to air•Impacts to water•Oil spills

Specific example for energy

http://faculty.washington.edu/rturner1/Sustainability/Big_Ideas01.htm

Resource:

http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/workshops/sustainability2012/key_concepts.html

Resource:http://serc.carleton.edu/dev/integrate/teaching_materials/systems.html

IntegrativeAssignment

or Units

Key Concepts and Geoscience: Assignment/Unit Examples:

Key Concepts and Geoscience: Course Structure Examples:

Course StructuresFor

Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning

Workshop Resource:http://serc.carleton.edu/dev/integrate/teaching_materials/service_learning.html

Resource:http://serc.carleton.edu/sisl/index.html

Resource:http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/index.html

Workshop Resource:http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/workshops/sustainability2012/outcomes.html

Resource: http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/programs/embed_sustainability/index.html

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