Integrative Biology 102: Lecture Outline
Environmental Ethics ~~ Feeding a Hungry World

Lecture Objectives:

By the end of the lecture (and after some work with the text), you should be able to: 
  1. explain the process of scientific investigation.
  2. explain why science is valued in our society.
  3. give examples of the use of scientific knowledge to sway public opinion.
  4. explain the connection between environmental science, environmentalism and environmental ethics.
  5. list the areas of science knowledge necessary for understanding hunger in a world of plenty.

Readings: Ch. 2, Ch. 9.1

Terms:
  • bias
  • scientific consensus
  • paradigm shifts
  • ethics
  • worldview
  • ecofeminism
  • LULU
  • environmental racism
  • toxic colonialism
  • stewardship
Sites:
2009 Year of Science
Planet Diaries:  Traveling Planet Earth to find sparks of green innovation and the pioneers who create them.
Action Against Hunger
Global Issues: Causes of Hunger are related to Poverty
World Food Programme:  Hunger
OneWorld.net:  Food Security Guide

Movies:
Food Crisis in Haiti
Global Food Crisis Hits World's Poor
Chester Environmental Justice
Crying Indian Public Service Commerical
Don't Chop That Tree Service Commercial
Environmental History
1.  The scientific process








2.  Value of science









3.  Environmental movement and environmental ethics
Union of Concerned Scientists













4.  World Food Crisis:  It is all about energy--how do we feed the people of the world
The Hunger Site
Bread for the World:  Hunger Facts; International and Domestic
World Hunger Education Service:  Why are People Hungry?
























For the next lecture on Energy Flows, Matter Cycles, read Ch. 3 and be ready to answer these questions in lecture: