Energy and the Environment

Course Documents:

• Course Syllabus
• Topics Outline
• Desire to Learn Brightspace
• Perusall - asynchronous group reading and discusion platform.
  
  Universal Excuse Form

Required Course Material:

• Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air by David JC MacKay (2009)
• Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown (2009)
• Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese (2016)
• Supplemental Readings (available online or as handouts

Time is important to keep in perspective - both in assessing a problem and in thinking about the future. Time is both an asset and a limited resource. I expect you to take the time to think about the issues we are exploring in this class. If you do get down, just remember... don't worry, be happy!

Speaking of no worries... here is a nice video showing how a dropped cat uses physics to land on its feet.

Additional Useful Material:

• Thinking in Systems by Donella H Meadows, Chelsea Green Publishing (2008)
• Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things by Alan Thein Durning and John C. Ryan, Sightline Institute (1997)
• The Nature of College by James J. Farrell, Milkweed Editions (2010)

• Hunting for Hope: A Father's Journeys by Scott R. Sanders, Beacon Press (1998)

• Do You Think What You Think You Think? by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom, Plume (a member of Penguin Group) (2007)

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