The Global Environment
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
offered by
The UCLA Institute of the Environment
(ENV M1)
and the
GE Cluster Program
(GE CLST M1)
Welcome to the ENV M1 2009-2010 Class Mackensen, Alec David
Aceves, Yvonne Michelle Goff, Amanda Elizabeth Smith, Tiffany Delores
Ames, Jillian Elizabeth G ld
Golden, Alexa
Al Lynn
L M k Lauren
Mackey, L Marie
M i Sodergren, Julianne Kristen
Andrade, Adrian Freire Gonzalez, Stephanie Maleki, Catherine Donna Stone, Megan Alicia
Arunarsirakul, Angela Greig, William Taber, Iv Marcarian, Andre Stuyvesant, Amy Elizabeth
Ayres, Kathryn Mary Gurrola, Elizabeth Marin Aguilar, Guadalupe Suen, Jennifer Amy
Baitchev, Atanas Tzankov Gutierrez, Michelle Diane Mart, Adrianna Paige Swanson, Karin Ann
Bales, Barbara Ann Haeri, Grace Soraya Martinez, Fabiola Swart, Adam Ramachandran
Bastrmadjian, Ellen Hamaji, Benjamin Mar Matsubara, Scott S Teebi, Noor
Bhakta, Ankit Hemant Han, Tiffany J Mendoza, Lizzette Torres, Autumn Rene
Bogda, Russell W Harris, Benjamin Avi Miletich, Maxwell Dean Tran, Chi Viet
Borsoni, Arianna Marie Hashemi, Layla Sayedeh Mitchell, Kathryn Rae Trans, Dana Jo
Brackbill, Nora Jane Hernandez, Elison Alma Moffa, Kathryn Theresa Tso, Yu-Hao
Bukowski, Darby Mitchell Ho, Vincent V Mostajeran, Yalda Valenzuela, Mallory Nor Herrera
Caine, Michelle Rose Cahill Horie, Julia Bree Masae Motamed, Diane Van Soye, Lauren Katherine
Canet, Jessica De Guzman Hurtt, Eleanor Dan Munoz, Alejandra Varing, Tyler Robert
Cardoza, Eddie Samuel Imbriano, Gabriella Murphy, Elaine Marie Vatchkova, Alexandra Nikiforova
Castellanos, Vanessa Jau, Shoshee Nee, Vicki Villanueva, Paulina Guadalupe
Chan, Elsa Nga Yee Jones, Briana Camille O, Hanbee Waizman, Nicolas Sebastian
Chang, Tiffany T Kelkar, Avanti Ravi Ogura, Naoya Wang, Hongyang
Chen, Melissa Grace Khalapyan, Zorayr Tigran Pahlavan, Sara Natasha Wheaton, Joanna Caitlin
Chen, William Kim, Bin Parikh, Trisha S Williams, Ariel Elizabeth
Chi
Chiang, A
Austin
ti Y
Yu Ki Kristine
Kim, K i ti Marie
M i P
Passaretti,
tti Jordan
J d Marie
M i Willi
Williams, Dayna
D A
Contreras, Tania Kristell Kim, Tanya Michelle Pena, Moises Jonathan Williams, Zyshia
Cornelius, Thomas Conner Kimbrough, Phyllisia Anne Perrine, Andrew Richard Willoughby, Kevin E
Cramer, Kira Patricia Lal, Aman Ashish Phillips, Kyra Barbara Wise, Ella Louise
Cruz, Yanet Esmeralda Lam, Cassandra P Pike, Sydney M Wong, Lisa
Davila, Monica Cristina Lancaster, Monica Rose Powers, Kathleen Donlon Woo, Suh Young
De Sario, Christine R Langdon, John William Reyes, Vanessa Wright, Michael Kirk
Dial, Thomas O, Ii Lee, Candace Yen Riley, Erin Vivid Wu, Paulina Jiefei
Dimacali, Katrina Lynn Lee, Edward J Rodriguez, Ariana Elinda Demi Wu, Sherbing
Do, Thach Huu Leng, Weiyu Rodriguez, Brenda Yiu, Allison
Doctor, Zachary Martin Les, Jacob D Rodriguez, Edzna Yu, Christina Mariko
Dougherty, Kelsey Lauren Linares, Bryan D Rosen, Noah Julius-Andrea Yuan, Helen
Douglas, Shakinah Robinette Liptak, Taylor Nicole Ross, Danielle K Zhao, Mindy
Dyar, Stephanie Kate Lomonico,, Serena Lynn
y Rudolph,
p , Jacob Daniel Zhou, Enid
Fang, Eleanor Lopez, Fernando Sanchez, Brian
Feighner, Brittany Anne Lopez, Juan Scott, Jeffrey Robert
Garcia, Ryann Denise Luu, Andrew Vinh Tuan Sheng, Anna
Gjerset, Alexandra Stefani Ma, John Shon, Hannah C
Godavarthi, Sindhuja Naga Ma, Peter Allen Siino, Nathaniel John
Faculty
• Prof. Randall Crane
Urban Planning
• Dr. Robert Gilbert
Institute of the Environment and UCLA Housing
and Hospitality Sustainability Coordinator
• Prof. Keith Stolzenbach
Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Prof. Wolfgang Buermann
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and
the Institute of the Environment
Teaching Fellows
• Aron Ballard, Political Science
• Brian Ellis,
Ellis Applied Linguistics
• Myralyn
y y OA Nartey,
y, African Studies and Public Health
• Katherine Pease, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
ENV M1 Planning Meeting
Th Global
The Gl b l Environment
E i t
Cluster Course Structure
• Fall quarter - lecture and discussions
• Winter quarter - lecture and discussions
• Spring quarter - seminars
Fall and Winter Quarters
• Lectures
– MWF 11:00-11:50 AM in Dodd 121
– Handouts in hallwayy near doors to the lecture hall
– Go to the web page or IoE office for back handouts
• Discussions
– Follow up on lecture material
– Writing
– “Labs”
• Field Trips
Major Lecture Topics
• Fall
– Ecology – Dr. Gilbert
– Water – Prof
Prof. Stolzenbach
• Winter
Wi t
– Climate, Energy and Air Quality – Prof.
Buermann
– People – Prof. Crane
Fall Q
Quarter - First Half
• Introduction
– Environmental Science and Sustainability
– Introduction
I t d ti to t Climate
Cli t Change
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• Ecology – Dr. Rob Gilbert
– Population, resources, and biogeochemical cycles
– Bi h andd biodiversity
Biosphere bi di it
– Energy flow in ecological communities
– Disturbance, succession, and restoration
– Food
– Endangered and invasive species
– Ecological impacts of climate change
– Guest lecturers
• Prof. Rich Ambrose on ecological restoration
• Prof. Richard Jackson environmental health
• Ca
Carbon
bo Footprint
ootp t and
a d Ecobeaker
cobea e Labs
abs
Fall Quarter – Second Half
• Water quantity
– Water and the sun - the hydrologic cycle
– Water supply and demand – definition of water scarcity
– Water and food – can we feed China?
– California water balance – planning for 2020
• California Water Balance Lab
– Water Markets – Prof. Crane
• Water quality
– Water and disease – Professor Jennyy Jayy
– Surface water quality and waste disposal
• Waste Disposal Lab
– Modern drinking water quality issues
• Quantity and quality
– Ground water
– Impacts of climate change on water resources – Prof. Terri Hogue
• Solid waste management
Writing
• Three writing assignments
– Summary – read “The Tragedy of the Commons” by G.
Hardin for discussion section next week!
– Critical evaluation
– Compare
C andd contrast
“Labs”
Labs
• Carbon Footprint
• Disturbance
Di t b andd Restoration
R t ti - Ecobeaker
E b k
• CA Water Balance
• Waste Disposal
Climate Culture Web Site
• Follow instructions on handout to sign in to the Global
Environment group and enter your personal footprint
information.
• Enter your results on the Footprint Results questionnaire
b 8:00
by 8 00 pm MMonday
d O October
b 5 and d bbring
i your results
l to
your discussion section in week 2.
Field Trips
• Each student must go on one trip in the Fall
quarter andd one the
h Wi
Winter quarter
• Use Field Trip Preference questionnaire on the
class web site to submit your preferences – by
Monday October 5 at 8:00 pm.
• Fall q
quarter trips
p
– Biogeography walk around UCLA
– Sustainability walk around UCLA
– UCLA Stunt Ranchh Reserve
– Los Angeles River
– Tillman Water Reclamation Plant
– Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific
Spring Seminars
• Environment, Development and Security – A. Ballard
• Sustainable Living in Los Angeles – B. Ellis
• Dynamics of Climate and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa – M.
Nartey
• Los Angeles Invaded: the Impacts and Management of Non-native
Species – K.
K Pease
• Environmental Engineering in Los Angeles – K. Stolzenbach
• Technology and the Environment: Past, Present, and Future – R.
Turco
• Plus 2 more!
Themes
• Sustainability
• Climate Change
• “Tragedy of the Commons”
• Population
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Stress
• C
Conservation
i andd Environmental
i l Protection
i
• Local and Global Scales
• D l d and
Developed dD
Developing
l i Societies
S i ti
• Urbanization
• Learning from History
Course Information
• Syllabus
y – some information may y change
g
• Weekly and daily announcements on web site:
http://ccle.ucla.edu/course/view/09F
http://ccle.ucla.edu/course/view/09F-
ENVIRONM1A-1
• Institute of the Environment Office
Sigrid Rian
300 LaKretz Hall
310-206-9193
Where is LaKretz Hall?
Dodd Hall
LaKretz Hall
General Education Credit
• 2 Fo
Foundations
ndations of Scientific Enq
Enquiry
ir
– Life Science (with lab/demo credit) - Fall
– Physical Science (with lab/demo credit) - Winter
• 1 Foundations of Society and Culture
– Social Analysis – Spring
• College Honors Credit for all three quarters
• Writing II requirement but Writing I must be passed
b the
by th endd off Spring
S i quarter
t (see
( webb site
it for
f
information on Winter and Spring enrollment in
English Comp. 3)
• Contact academic counselor for questions
Text
• Botkin and Keller,
Environmentall
Science, 7th ed.
– hardbound
– looseleaf
– www.coursesmart.com
Class Participation
• Mainlyy based on discussion section ((20 out
of 30 total points)
• Field trip attendance - 5 points
• Lecture attendance - 1 point each for each
of 5 unannounced presentations for which a
response form will be handed out and
collected at the end of lecture
Exams
• Midterm
– Wednesday, Nov. 4, 6:30-8:00 PM, DeNeve Auditorium
• Final
– Thursday, Dec. 9, 8:00 - 11:00 AM, DeNeve Auditorium
• Long (1-2 pages), medium (1/2 page), and short (several
lines) answers
• No memorization of dates,
dates people,
people etc.
etc out of context,
context but
facts necessary to answer essays
• Copies of previous exams will be posted
Grading
Points Percent
Midterm 60 20%
Final 90 30%
Wii
Writing 75 25%
Labs 45 15%
Participation 30 10%
Total 300 100%
Interactions Outside of Class
• See faculty and TAs during their office
hours or by
y appointment
pp
• Student/TA/Faculty Social to be scheduled
during the Fall quarter - food and talk
S you all
See ll on Monday.
M d
Have a great weekend!
