BIO 1000
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

What are some of the resources we mine in the Illinois Valley?  What are they used for?

What is the best way to ensure our resource use is sustainable?

• Give at least two options
• What are the potential impacts (positive and negative) of those options on the environment and on the quality of life.

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• Ch. 14, 23

Interviews

• On the overuse of resources  video | audio only
• on mining in Ghana
  • clip 1  video | audio only
  • clip 2  video | audio only
  • clip 3  video | audio only

On-line resources:

• Gary Chang's Transformed Tiny Apartment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lVIpEst6-4
• National Geographic articles & videos
  • The Price of Precious
  • Deep Sea Mining
  • Asteroid Mining
  • 1872 Mining Law
  • Can Modern Gold Mining be Sustainable?
• Article: Can the World Afford A Middle Class?
• Population & the Environment Fact Sheet
• Redefining Progress
• Global Development Research Center
• Ecological footprints: what they mean
  • GDRC info
  • calculator 1
  • calculator 2
  • calculator 3
  • CO2 calculator
  • more calculators