1. Introduction to Course and Syllabus Review
2. Set up reading list assignments and presentation schedule

1. Lecture/Overview
2. Reading: Steinberg's Down to Earth (excerpt)
3. Activity: Bioregional Quiz

Thurs, 1.31 Convocation: Patrick Murphy: 11am in Kilpatrick (attendance required)

1. Reading: IPCC 2007 report (read online here)
2. NPR's Intelligence Squared: "Global Warming is Not a Crisis" (listen here before class)
3. Reading: Risk Theory (Beck and/or Van Wick) (handout) and Zizek (handout)

MARDI GRAS BREAK

DUE: READING LIST RESPONSE PAPER #1

1. Guest speaker: Murray Lloyd, local environmentalist and former member of city council
2. Reading: Hands-On Environmentalism
3. Assignment: Research, Interview, and Report on local environmental group/project

1. Updates on reports/podcasts
2. Reading: ECO Guide to Careers

DUE: REPORT OR PODCAST ON LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP OR PROJECT

1. Presentations: Reports/Podcasts
2. Planning and Preparation for Chimp Haven field trip

(MIDTERM) DUE: READING LIST RESPONSE PAPER #2

Field trip: Chimp Haven (Meet in classroom and carpool. Tour at 2:45)

Thurs, 3.13 Convocation: Jack LeBeau, MD: 11am in Whited Room (attendance required)

1. Reading: Environmental Justice (excerpts from Stein and Hofrichter)
2. Film: Texas Gold

EASTER RECESS

EASTER RECESS

DUE: READING LIST RESPONSE PAPER #3

1. Films: Striptease for the trees + Treesit: The Art of Resistance
2. Reading: Alaimo (handout)
3. Assignment: Final Research Paper/Project

1. Reading: Companion Species Manifesto
2. Film: The Witness
3. RL presentations (20 min) _____________ _____________

Sun, 4.13: Trinity River Trip

1. RL presentations (20 min) _____________ _____________
2. Conferences: Final Projects/Papers (sign up for times during the week)

EARTH WEEK! Check out Earth Day Events on Tuesday, 4.22

Tour of/Volunteer at Growing Station (a community garden located on our campus) with Jon Soul

4.28

PREP WEEK

1. Workshop: Final Projects/Papers
2. RL presentations (20 min) _____________ _____________ ______________

1. Final Projects/Papers due
2. Final Presentations (20 min)