Class #11, 11/8/10

**Rosters, etc.

**Distribute/discuss final requirements for ecology project.

**"Then and Now" Exercise on use of resources, and discussion. 

----->Working in groups: Here are a group of lifestyle questions to consider. On the first time through them, answer each question about how you and your family have dealt with these issues in the past few years or months.


1--What wakes you up in the morning?


2--How do you find out what the weather will be today?


3--Who fixed breakfast; what did you eat?


4--What type of work do you do?


5--How do you get to work?


6--What do you bring for lunch? (--or do you bring a lunch?)


7--What time did you leave work to get home?


8--Who fixed dinner? How long did it take?


9--How did you obtain the meat items you had for dinner?


10--What about vegetables, and fruit?


11--Where do you keep your milk and butter?


12--When's the last time you ate something that had been frozen?


13--What did you do with the dinner waste and leftovers?


14--What do you do with your household trash?


15--I know this is nosy, but what happens to the human waste from your household?


16--What happened the last time someone got sick from the flu? What did happen (or would have happened) when someone broke a bone or had another serious injury?


17--When is the last time you heard from your family in Massachusetts? Assuming you needed to get a message to them, how long would it take to reach someone? What if it were urgent?


18--What is the anticipated level of education of the majority of your family (of your generation or younger)?


19--What do you do for entertainment? What pastimes does your family enjoy together?


Now your instructor will give you another processing assignment to go over, using the same questions. You'll need to use your imagination.... General discussion will follow, and you'll be asked to make a decision.


**This week's readings and information:  The validity of climate change--
 
----->Pew Center, "Understanding the causes of Global Climate Change," pp 569ff;


----->Gardiner, "Ethics and Global Climate Change," pp 573ff.

----->IPCC's web site.
 
**For next week, 11/15:  Readings on Economics and Ecology--
 
----->Herman Daly, "Consumption:  The Economics of Value Added and the Ethics of Value Distributed," pp 611ff.
----->Mark Sagoff, "At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, or Why Political Questions are not all Economic," pp 619ff.