review terms for FINAL EXAM

"You and the Atom Bomb"
Aldo Leopold
Werner von Braun
Bikini Atoll
David Bradley
"Duck and Cover"
Silent Spring
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
October, 1962
Partial Test Ban Treaty
Operation "Ranch Hand"
"Earthrise"
April 22, 1970
Paul Ehrlich
Carl Sagan
Nuclear Winter
The Ninth Ward
"The Bridge to Gretna"
Joseph Fourier
Svante Arrhenius
G.S. Callendar
Charles David Keeling
Fukushima Daiichi
BP Oil Spill
The Goldilocks Effect
Gray Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure
Naomi Klein
Public Trust Doctrine
Joseph Sax
Environmental Justice
Externalities

Big History: the 'goldilocks effect' and avoiding catastrophe

In this talk, historian David Christian talks about the 'goldilocks effect' that has provided the foundation for life on earth and the emergence of the human race. At the end of his lecture, he also discusses the possible catastrophes that threaten our biosphere and our global civilization.

inside report from the Fukushima evacuation zone

Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei?

Here's a link to the Frontline profile of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei.

& here's a recent CNN interview with the artist:

two essays comparing the Japan quake of 2011 to the Lisbon quake of 1755

Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post compares our response to the disaster in Japan to the European reaction to the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755. Patrick J. Deneen responds to this essay in the blog Front Porch Republic.