(F) Interview with Dr. Shiva

In this interview, Dr. Vandana Shiva gives an account of her work in the sustainable agriculture... field.

(F) More Food Videos

Hopefully you enjoyed the food unit. Here is a bunch of information we just didn't get time to enjoy in class. If you plan to use food in your final project(s), you might still want to check it out.

The benefits of local food systems and economies can be found in a three-part series that starts here. And here's a video of your hero Michael Pollan on the benefits of local agriculture, or rather the dangers of Centralized agriculture

A family in Pasadena decides to grow almost all of their own food (and more to sell) on a single-family lot. The story.

Outside of the youtubes, a few videos might also inform you: The Future of Food, and King Corn

(F) Mechanically seperated chicken + different mcnuggets in different places

Eww. You've been warned. This is what your Nuggets are made of.

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/25/a-tale-of-2-nuggets/

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=ubuntu&channel=fs&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Mechanically+separated+chicken&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

(F) The World According to Monsanto

The World According to Monstanto

(F) Urban Aquaculture

Whether you read Bottomfeeder or not, you should know that agriculture is growing things in the earth in controlled conditions. Aquaculture, therefore, is growing things in water in controlled conditions. This video on urban aquaculture might catch your fancy, it's one of the largest aquaculture facilities in an urban environment.

Want to make your own aquaculture system, but don't have that kind of room? You might enjoy this video of home aquaculture and how to make it for yourself.

(F) Freeganism

I mentioned it in the vocabulary lessons, but you may be interested in Freeganism. First, an LA Times Article on Freeganism. Next, some Television coverage from CBS News. Last, an internet cooking show called Dumpster Chef. Bon apetit!

Food Vocabulary words

Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
Bycatch
Byproducts
Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs)
Monoculture, Polyculture
Companion planting
“Conventional” Farming
“Organic” Farming
Food Security
Sustainable Agriculture
Pesticides
Herbicides
Fungicides
Antibiotics
Piscicides
Radiation
Desertification
Runoff
“Dead Zones”
Assumption of abundance
Aquaculture
Shifting baselines syndrome

(E) Energy Capture Final Write - Society

Create a plan for a society that is designed to use the least energy possible, and explain from what sources the remaining energy will come.

You may use maps, charts, layout plans, etc to help you explain your designs. Incorporate small-scale and large-scale ideas. Last but not least, explain WHY these choices will lead to a more sustainable future than those ideas used today, as well as the ideas you totally heard your classmates propose.

Enjoy!

(E) Peak Oil Primer

Peak Oil explained with visuals

(E) Four Corners: Peak Oil?

Four Corners Australia, a TV newsmagazine show, published this investigation of Peak Oil that you might enjoy very much.

(E) Lighting Solutions

Inhabitat: CFLs vs Incandescents - Green? and of course, Inhabitat.com is a great source for more great information.

(E) Harpers: The Oil We Eat

The Oil We Eat is a great transition article into the food unit, and oil for thought. Heh.

(E) Climate Change Tipping Point

Fantastic viewing! Watch the video Wake up, Freak Out, then Get a Grip and then poke around the site, specifically, check out the links and sources provided in the script.

(E) Renewable Cart before the horse?

Are we putting the Renewable Energy cart before the horse?

(E) Oil / Climate Change Films

Website: A Crude Awakening (subtitled in... something I don't recognize...) - What happens when the oil runs out?

Website: Out of Balance - Is ExxonMobil, as the largest oil company in the world deliberately obfuscating the facts on global warming?

Website: Everything's Cool

(E) NPR: Reinventing the Power Grid

NPR has an excellent series of articles entitled Power Hungry: Reinventing the US power grid.

Note to Welch: There are several articles, which could be passed out as a jigsaw, or as a scavenger hunt/webquest. I should probably have the TAs copy and format the articles in case they one day disappear. PLUS! There are audio versions of many of the articles. Hooray!

(E) Geothermal

Etire town uses Geothermal energy

(E) Plastic Solar Cells

Plastic Solar Cells

(E) Cool Bicycles

Cool Bicycles for fun, and another cool >bike for transporting stuff

(E) Making the war in iraq more eco-friendly

The Onion: Making the war in Iraq more eco-friendly

(F) Annotating a Text

Today in class I gave you the handout on annotating a text, but didn't let you keep it. If you'd like to keep it as a reference, it is here for the taking.

Remember, this might come in handy in the future, perhaps in college. Consider saving it to a flash drive or something.

(E) Group Evaluation - Energy Research

1. You have 100 points. Distribute these points according to the contribution each group member made. Both preparation and actual presentation.


2. Explain in detail your point distribution.


3. Explain any special cases which were beneficial or detrimental to your group.


4. Aside from "more time," what should Mr. Welch do in the future to:


• make the Energy Capture Unit easier to understand.


• Explain research techniques better.


• Mention any tools (like easybib) you knew about that Mr. Welch didn’t mention.

Example: Person A worked harder than Person B, who worked harder than Person C, but just by a little bit each. So I am giving Person A 36 points, Person B 30 points, and Person C 24 points. Now, I will give a detailed written explanation of WHAT specifically justifies the similarity or differences in points.

Remember not to penalize your group mates from unavoidables like illness, death in the family, broken car, etc.

(E) China celebrates ranking: #1 carbon emitter

The onion: China celebrates rank as #1 carbon emitter

(E) Jimmy Carter on the Energy Crisis

A speech on the energy crisis from the late 70s - is it still applicable today?