APES Course Goals:

*Environmental Literacy*Prepare for AP test*Build skills for college

Sept

A conceptual formula for analyzing environmental problems and solutions

Impact = Environmental Footprint

Resources consumed

Wastes generated Energy used

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?

Reivis family, North Carolina

The Cavens, California

Luxemburg

Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca

India: The Patkars of Ujjain

Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village

Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo

Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp

So which families have the biggest footprint? The smallest?

More? Better?P184 Deep EconomyHow do Europeans view wealth and community compared to Americans?

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?

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.

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%.

Objective update!

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

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!

Compare/Contrast

Easter Island Planet Earth