Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative
Big Ideas,
Learning Outcomes, Skills, and References
Relevant to a
Sustainability Course or Curriculum
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Web Site Bibliography (citations 1-50, 51-100)
What follows is a collection
of citations, all with active links to online documents. Each document or external web page relates to
the adjacent term. Documents were
selected based on their application in our teaching, not necessarily because
they are the best sources of information on the big idea, learning outcome,
method or skill.
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Term/Tag |
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Community
Sustainability Graphic |
Monday, J (2002). Principles of Sustainability, in Building Back Better: Creating a Sustainable Community After
Disaster. University of Colorado at Boulder Natural Hazards Center. Online: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/publications/informer/infrmr3/informer3c.htm |
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Spirituality |
Orr,
D (2003). Four Challenges of
Sustainability. David W. Orr.com. Online: http://www.davidworr.com/files/Four_Challenges.pdf |
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Connection to
Place |
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Dualism/Relativism |
Kuster, TA
(2007). William Perry's
"Scheme" as a Justification for Teaching Debate in Schools. SpeakerPoints,
11(1). Phi Rho Pi. Online: http://www.phirhopi.org/phi-rho-pi/spts/spkrpts11.1/perry.html |
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Hope/Despair |
Orr,
D (2007). Optimism and Hope in a Hotter Time.
Conservation
Biology, 21(6): 1392–1395. Online: http://www.davidworr.com/files/CB-57_Hope_Hotter_Time.pdf Cuaron, A (2007).
The Possibility of Hope. Bonus Feature Documentary on Children of Men DVD.
Universal Studios. http://video.yahoo.com/watch/228678/1798167 |
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Monism/Pluralism |
Edelglass, W (2007). Moral Pluralism, Skillful Means, and
Environmental Ethics. University of
Oregon. Online: http://ephilosophy.uoregon.edu/Edelglass_3.2.pdf Rosenthal,
JH (2011). In Search of a Global Ethic. Bard College Globalization and
International Affairs Program Tenth Anniversary Lecture Series. Carnegie Council. Online: http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/transcripts/0425.html
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Capitalism |
Speth, JG
(2011). The Bridge At the End of the
World – About the Book. Yale
University Press. Online: http://www.thebridgeattheedgeoftheworld.com/about-the-book.php |
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Eco-feminism |
Gaard, G
(2010). Ecofeminism Revisited: Rejecting Essentialism and
Re-Placing Species in a Material Feminist
Environmentalism. Feminist Formations, 23(2): 26–53. Online: http://gretagaard.efoliomn.com/Uploads/EcofeminismRevisited2011.pdf |
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Eco-Localism |
Curtis, F (2002). Eco-localism and
Sustainability. Ecological Economics,
46: 83-102. http://www.china-sds.org/kcxfzbg/addinfomanage/lwwk/data/kcx1011.pdf Albo, G (2007).
The Limits of Eco-Localism: Scale, Strategy, Socialism. Online: Socialist
Project. Online: http://www.socialistproject.ca/theory/albo_ecolocalism.pdf
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Nihilism Moral
Equivalence |
Rosenthal, JH
(2011). In Search of a Global
Ethic. Bard College Globalization and
International Affairs Program Tenth Anniversary Lecture Series. Carnegie Council. Online: http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/transcripts/0425.html |
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Sustainability |
Prugh, T and Assadourian, E (2003). What is Sustainability, Anyway? World Watch Magazine, 16(5). 13p.
Online: http://www.worldwatch.org/system/files/EP165A.pdf Dresner, S (2002). Principles of
Sustainability. Earthscan, London. Online: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=33941 |
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Baselines |
Puget Sound Partnership (2008). Shifting Baselines in the Sound.
Online: http://www.psp.wa.gov/shiftingbaselines.php |
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Biogeochemical
Cycles |
Ritter, M.E.
(2006). Biogeochemical Cycles, in
The Physical Environment: An Introduction to Physical Geography. The
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Online: http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/earth_system/biogeochemical_cycles.html |
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Bioregion |
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Carrying
Capacity |
Richard, G (2002). Human
Carrying Capacity of Earth. Institute for Life Cycle Assessment. 7p. Online: http://www.all-creatures.org/hope/DOE/3%20-%20Human%20Carrying%20Capacity%20of%20Earth.htm
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Collapse |
Diamond, J (2005). Collapse. Penguin Books.
Online: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670033379,00.html
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The Commons |
Hardin, G
(1968). TheTragedy of the Commons. Science, 162(1968):1243-1248. Online:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/162/3859/1243.full |
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Feedbacks |
Ritter, M.E.
(2006). Future Geographies: Feedbacks
Driving Global Warming and Environmental Change, in The Physical
Environment: An Introduction to Physical Geography. The University of
Wisconsin Stevens Point. Online: http://www4.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/earth_system/Future_Geographies_Feedbacks.html |
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Future
Scenarios |
Raskin, PD, Electris, C
and Rosen, RA (2010). The Century Ahead:
Searching for Sustainability. Sustainability, 2: 2626-2651. Online: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/8/2626/pdf
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Scientific
Method |
Carpi, A and Egger, A
(2008).
Research Methods: The Practice of Science. VisionLearning,
Inc. Online: http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=148 |
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Trend |
Kates, R and
Parris, T (2003). Long-term Trends and a Sustainability
Transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
of America, 100(14): 8062-8067.
Online: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/100/14/8062 United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2002). Global Challenge Global Opportunity: Trends
in Sustainable Development. Online: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/critical_trends_report_2002.pdf
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Facets of
Sustainability |
Wals, AEJ and Jickling, B (2002). From
Doublethink and Newspeak to Critical Thinking and Meaningful Learning. International Journal of Sustainability in
Higher Education, 3(3):221-232. Online: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=839783&show=html
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Indicators of
Sustainability |
Interagency Working Group on
Sustainable Development Indicators (n.d.). Sustainable Development Indicators. NASA
Headquarters. Online: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/iwgsdi/
United
Nations Division for Sustainable Development (2001). Indicators of Sustainable Development. Department of Economic and Social
Affairs. Online: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/isdms2001/table_4.htm Environment Australia (2002). Are We Sustaining Australia?
Report Against Headline Sustainabilty Indicators.
Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts. Online: http://www.environment.gov.au/archive/esd/national/indicators/report/index.html
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Affluenza |
Prugh, T and Assadourian, E (2003). What is
Sustainability, Anyway? World Watch
Magazine,
16(5). 13p. Online: http://www.worldwatch.org/system/files/EP165A.pdf |
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Carbon
Footprint |
Carbonfund.org
(2011). Take Action Now - Offset Your Carbon Footprint.
Online: http://www.carbonfund.org/Calculators#Home |
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Climate
Change |
International Panel on Climate Change
(2011). Assessment Reports. Online: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.shtml
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Corruption |
Block, B (2008). Water Corruption Prevents Progress. Worldwatch Institute. Online: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5872?emc=el&m=140664&l=4&v=812cdc52d2
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Ecological
Footprint |
Redefining Progress (2002). Ecological Footprint
Quiz. Online: http://www.myfootprint.org/
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Endocrine
Disruption |
Jack, R and Lester, D (2007). Survey of Endocrine
Disruptors in King County Surface Waters. King County. Online: http://green.kingcounty.gov/wlr/waterres/streamsdata/reports/Endocrine-disrupting-compounds.aspx
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Environmental
Refugees |
Goffman, E (2006). Environmental Refugees: How Many, How Bad?
CSA Discovery Guide. Online: http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/refugee/review.pdf
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Global
Environmental Outlook |
United Nations Environment Programme
(2007). Global
Environmental Outlook 4. Online: http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4.asp |
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Happiness/Happy
Planet Index |
The New
Economics Foundation (2009). The Happy
Planet Index 2.0. Happy Planet
Index.org. Online: http://www.happyplanetindex.org/public-data/files/happy-planet-index-2-0.pdf Marks, N (2010). The Happy Planet Index. TED.com.
Online: http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html
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I = P x A x T |
Daily, G and Ehrlich, P (1992). Population,
Sustainability and Earth's Carrying Capacity. Bioscience, 42(10): 761-771.
Online: http://dieoff.org/page112.htm |
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Living Planet
Index |
World
Wildlife Federation (2010). Living
Planet Report 2010: Biodiversity, Biocapacity and
Development. Online: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/living_planet_report/
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Millenium Development Goals |
United Nations (2011). The Millenium
Development Goals Report. Online: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/11_MDG%20Report_EN.pdf United Nations Development Programme
(2011). The Millenium
Development Goals. Online: http://www.beta.undp.org/undp/en/home/mdgoverview.html
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Millenium Ecosystem Assessment |
Millenium Ecosystem
Assessment (2005). Online: http://www.maweb.org/en/index.aspx
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Peak Oil |
Wood, JH, Long, GR, and Morehouse, DF
(2004). Long-Term World Oil Supply
Scenarios: The Future Is Neither as
Bleak or Rosy as Some Assert. Energy
Information Agency. Online: http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas_petroleum/feature_articles/2004/worldoilsupply/oilsupply04.html
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Planetary
Boundaries |
Johan Rockström, Will
Steffen, Kevin Noone, Åsa
Persson, F. Stuart Chapin, Eric F. Lambin, Timothy M. Lenton,
Marten Scheffer, Carl Folke,
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Björn
Nykvist, Cynthia A. de Wit, Terry Hughes, Sander
van der Leeuw, Henning
Rodhe1, Sverker Sörlin,
Peter K. Snyder, Robert Costanza, Uno Svedin, Malin Falkenmark, Louise Karlberg,
Robert W. Corell, Victoria J. Fabry,
James Hansen, Brian Walker, Diana Liverman,
Katherine Richardson, Paul Crutzen, Jonathan A.
Foley (2009). A Safe Operating Space for Humanity. Nature, 461(24): 472-475. Online: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7263/pdf/461472a.pdf
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Sanitation |
Watkins, K (2006). Ending the Crisis in Water and
Sanitation, in Human Development Report 2006 - Beyond Scarcity: Power,
Poverty and the Global Water Crisis. United Nations Development Programme. Pp. 25-74. Online: http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/ |
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Sprawl |
McElfish, J
(2007). Ten Things Wrong with
Sprawl. E Magazine. http://www.emagazine.com/archive/3641
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Water
Footprint |
Chapagain, AK, Hoekstra, AY and Mekonnen, M (2007).
Individual Water Footprint - The Quick Calculator. University of Twente. Online: http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=cal/waterfootprintcalculator_indv
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Waste |
Leonard,
A (2007). The Story of Stuff. Tides Foundation & Funders Workgroup for Sustainable
Production and Consumption. Online: http://www.storyofstuff.com
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Life Cycle
Assessment |
Scientific Applications International
Corporation (2006). Life Cycle
Assessment: Principles and Practice.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Online: http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/lcaccess/pdfs/600r06060.pdf
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Carbon
Mitigation Wedges |
Princeton University (2011). Carbon Mitigation Initiative: Stabilization
Wedges. Online: http://cmi.princeton.edu/wedges/ |
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Cheeseburger/Meat
Footprint |
Environmental Working Group (2011). Meat Eater’s Guide to
Climate Change + Health: At-A-Glance.
Online: http://breakingnews.ewg.org/meateatersguide/at-a-glance-brochure/ Cascio, J (2007). The Cheeseburger Footprint. Open the Future.
Online: http://openthefuture.com/cheeseburger_CF.html
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Climate
Change Models |
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Disposable |
Leonard,
A (2007). The Story of Stuff. Tides Foundation & Funders Workgroup for
Sustainable Production and Consumption. Online: http://www.storyofstuff.com
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Ecosystem
Services |
Butler, C and Oluoch-Kosura,
W (2006). Linking Future Ecosystem Services and Future Human Well-being. Ecology and Society, 11(1): 30-46.
Online: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art30/
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Ecovillage |
Dawson, J (2010). Ecovillages and the
Transformation of Values, in 2010
State of the World – Transforming Cultures from Consumerism to
Sustainability. Worldwatch Institute. Pp: 185-190.
Online: http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Social%20Movements.pdf
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Industrial
Agriculture |
Official Food, Inc. Movie Site (2011).
Online: http://www.foodincmovie.com/
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