GEOGRAPHY 370 Spring 2014
                        Problems of Resource Management: Energy and Climate Change
Time: MW 12:30 - 2:20 PM                                                     Classroom: MEB 248
Instructor: Craig ZumBrunnen                Office: Room 412E Smith Hall
Office Hours: MW 11:30-12:15 PM or by appointment     
Phone Office: 206-543-4915                          E-mail: craigzb@uw.edu
 
Class website access
URL: https://catalyst.uw.edu/workspace/craigzb/38018
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Course Goals:
 
The goal of this course is to help students become more effective participants in environmental decision making as citizens and professionals, especially with regard to energy and climate.  The course content includes some history of natural resource and energy use, core ecosystem and natural processes focusing on energy use/policies and climate change/policies leading to discussion, analyses, and critiques of alternative decision-making methods and strategies mainly, but not exclusively, regarding the US. You should take this course if you are interested in an environmental career, or simply want to be a more informed citizen.