Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative
Big Ideas,
Learning Outcomes, Skills, and References
Relevant to a
Sustainability Course or Curriculum
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Environmental Perspective
Of the countless concepts encountered in environmental science,
environmental humanities, and environmental management, what follows are lists
of the ones most pertinent to sustainability.
The lists are broken down into 2 categories and a few
subcategories. They are:
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Environmental Practices
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Aquaculture |
Composting |
Conservation |
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Eco-Arts |
Eco-Philosophy |
Environmental Assessment |
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Environmental Ethics |
Environmental History |
Environmental Justice |
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Environmental Policy |
Epidemiology |
GIS |
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Green Design |
Greenroof |
Life Cycle Assessment 43 |
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Mass Transit |
Mitigation |
Monitoring |
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Organic Agriculture |
Permaculture |
Permitting |
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Planning |
Remediation |
Restoration |
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Risk Assessment |
Urban Ecology |
Vulnerability Assessment |
Environmental Concepts
What follows is a list of environmental concepts of relevance in
a sustainability course or curriculum. Additional
concepts associated with Climate Change Observations, Ecological Principles,
Natural Hazards and Disasters, and Pollution can be seen by clicking on those
terms.
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Anthropocene |
Anthropogenic |
Anti-Globalization Movement |
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Biodegradable |
Bio-mimicry |
Carbon Mitigation Wedges 44
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Carbon Sequestration |
Cheeseburger/Meat Footprint 45
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Climate Change 25 |
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Climate Change Denier/Skeptic |
Climate Change Models 46 |
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Cradle to Cradle |
Degradation |
Disposable 47 |
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Ecosystem Services 48 |
Ecovillage 49 |
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Eutrophication |
Extinction |
Gaia |
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GMOs |
Greenhouse Effect |
Green Jobs |
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The Green Revolution |
Greenwashing |
Groundwater Overdraft |
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Industrial Agriculture 50 |
NGOs |
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Planned Obsolescence 52 |
Precautionary Principle 53 |
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Principle of Integration 54 |
Renewable Energy |
Rural to Urban Migration |
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Simplicity Movement |
Slow Food |
Sustainable Development 55 |
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Transition Towns 56 |
Virtual Water 57 |
Water Scarcity/Stress |
Web Site Pages - Click a title and
go!
Climate Change Observations
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Abedo |
Coral Reef Bleaching |
El Nińo/La Nińa |
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Greenhouse Gas Concentrations |
Glacial Ice Melt |
Ocean Acidification |
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Milankovitch Cycles |
Permafrost Melt |
Precipitation Distribution |
Back
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Precipitation/Storm Intensity |
River Discharges |
Sea Level Rise |
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Species Migrations/ Distributions |
Temperature Records |
Thermohaline Circulation |
Ecological Principles
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Biome |
Biotic/Abiotic |
Conservation Reserve |
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Ecological Efficiency |
Evolution |
Food Chain/Web |
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Keystone Species |
Invasive Species |
Photosynthesis |
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Primary Productivity |
Respiration |
Secondary Productivity |
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Succession |
Trophic Transfer |
Trophic level |
Natural Hazards/Disasters
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Adaptative Capacity |
Drought |
Earthquake |
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Epidemic/Pandemic |
Flooding |
Heatwave |
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Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone |
Preparadeness |
Response |
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Storm Surge |
Tsunami |
Volcanic Eruption |
Pollution
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Bioconcentration/
Biomagnification |
Brownfield |
Cancer
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CFCs |
Combined
Sewer Overflow |
Concentration |
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Dead Zone |
Endocrine
Disruption |
Environmental
Estrogen |
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EPA |
Eutrophication |
Exposure |
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Fish
kills |
Greenhouse
Gas Emissions |
Harmful
Algal Blooms |
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Herbicide/Insecticide |
Impermeable Surface |
Leaching |
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Loading |
NPDES |
Nutrients |
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Ozone Depletion |
Pathogens |
Persistence |
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Persistent
Organic Pollutant (POP) |
Pesticide |
Point/Nonpoint |
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Runoff |
Standards |
Superfund |
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Total
Maximum Daily Load |
Toxicity
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Yield |
Have any problems
with this web site or questions? Contact
Rob Turner at rturner@uwb.edu.