Geography 98/198     Section 3     Fall 2007 Global Warming: Problems and Solutions Mondays 5-7pm     310 Hearst Mining Bldg.

Contact Course Facilitators:

Val Jaffee	vjaffee [AT] berkeley [dot] edu
Angie Lee	angiel [AT] berkeley [dot] edu
Lan Ma	lan [AT] berkeley [dot] edu

Course Syllabus

Schedule and Material:

week	date	instruction topic	discussion	assignments	speakers
1	08/27	No class
2	09/03	No class (Labor Day)
3	09/10	Intro / Logistics Overview of Class		Survey your friends about Global Warming	Prof. John Chiang Val Jaffee Angie Lee Lan Ma
4	09/17	Physical Sciences Greenhouse Effect	weather vs. climate ozone vs. GW survey results	Kolbert: Climate of Man I	Lan Ma
5	09/24	Physical Sciences Carbon Cycle	direct & indirect impacts get people moving or get technology moving?	Hayhoe et al. Emissions and Impacts on CA	Zan Stine
6	10/01	Biological Impacts Ecosystems and Local and Global Change	warm water expands heat waves, snow pack and water availability	none assigned	Prof. John Harte
7	10/08	Evaluating Science Screening "The Great Global Warming Swindle"	facts and twists of this movie (John's slides)	Pacala et al. Stabilization Wedges	Prof. John Chiang Lan Ma
8	10/15	Governmental Mitigation IPCC & Kyoto Protocol	policy planning wedges to cap emission	The Great Leap (China's Industrial Revolution)	Val Jaffee
9	10/22	Governmental Mitigation European Sustainability	sustainable Bay Area Australia environment China's industrialization	Photo Journal (4 entries minimum)	Angie Lee
10	10/29	Governmental Mitigation California Climate Policies	photo journals due	TIME article	Prof. Richard Norgaard
11	11/05	Individual Action Ecological Footprint	Focus the Nation photo journals personal habits	Calculate your Footprint (due 11/12)	Brooking Gatewood
12	11/12	No Class (Veteran's Day)
13	11/19	Individual Action Eco-Home	UC-BP deal our footprints	Photo Journal	Prof. Rob Rhew
14	11/26	Green Business Clean Energy Opportunities	evaluations	Photo Journal (due 12/03)	Prof. David Dornfeld
15	12/03	Undergrad Opportunities Research, Career, and Student Organizations	your involvement		Val Jaffee, Angie Lee, Lan Ma

On the News (some of these links might have expired)

12/04- East Bay announces its 'green corridor' ambitions (Berkeley as hub for environmental research and sustainable industry)

12/03- Rudd takes Australia inside Kyoto (US remains only developed nation that hasn't ratified Kyoto)

11/27- GW sends salamanders packing (diversified in past global warming, but may become extinct at today's)

11/27- Google to spend millions on green energy project ("ambitious but attainable")

11/26- Berkeley supports Kyoto Protocol (taking action at the local level)

11/25- Fuel Cells: the future of every day power (hydrogen fuel cells pushed to new level)

11/21- SF Intn'l Auto Show goes 'green' (various ways to cut down your emission)

11/19- Plastic bags banned in big SF grocery stores (only paper bags and compostable bags allowed)

11/19- Paying at the pump to fight Global Warming (More fees, will you drive less?)

11/18- Going Green with Wi-Fi Crystal Ball (smart device that alerts your energy consumption)

11/16- IPCC Synthesis Report out (Outlines global plan for action, also see IPCC website)

11/16- Using 'greywater' to help the environment (Saves water, nourish your plants)

11/14- UC-BP deal signed (Formation of Energy Bioscience Institute is officially under way)

    See the other side of the story from Stop BP-Berkeley

11/08- State sues EPA over auto emission standards (a 2-year old request, EPA still needs to make decision)

11/07- Moms share eco-friendly lifestyles ("saving the planet, one 'mom' at a time)

11/02- Styrofoam Police Out On a Mission (Volunteers spread the word to ban styrofoam use in restaurants)

10/25- Polar Palooza in Berkeley (3-day exhibit at Lawrence Hall of Science)

10/24- Environmental Impacts of SoCal Fire (featuring Prof. Inez Fung from UC Berkeley)

10/16- Get Your Paking Spot in SF (Save the circling time and gas money!)

10/16- Make Electricity Efficient (Check out some really cool ways of lighting while reducing ghg emission)

10/16- Napa Wineries Go Solar ("Wine is sunshine in a glass" - literally)

Gore & IPCC Share 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Gore in San Francisco Berkeley Professors Contributed to IPCC Work	10/12- Gore and IPCC won Nobel Prize for efforts in disseminating the message of man-made climage change Four Berkeley professors contributed to the climate science research (GO BEARS!)
Gore Climate Film's 'Nine Errors'	10/11- "An Inconvenient Truth" could be shown in school with updated guidelines (courtesy of John)
Feinstein Calls for Global Warming Legislation	10/11- Senator calls voters to urge Congress to pass legislation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Impact on Migrating Birds	10/10- Scientists Look To Protect Species from Climate Change
UN Chief urges action on climate Schwarzenegger Tells UN of Climate Efforts	09/24- Reps from 150 countries gathered in NY to discuss emission standards; Gov. Schwarzenegger was opening speaker

Supplementary Reading
Climate of Man II	"Climate of Man II" by Elizabeth Kolbert
Climate of Man III	"Climate of Man III" by Elizabeth Kolbert
IPCC WG1 SPM	Physical Science Basis of Climate Change
IPCC WG2 SPM	Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
IPCC WG3 SPM	Mitigation of Climate Change
RealClimate	Climate from Climate Scientists
Nature	Nature Reports Climate Change
NPR Climate Video Clips	We watched episode one in class; here are the rest
Eco Organizations, Festivities, Climate Related Activities
Focus the Nation	January 31, 2008 @ International House
Friends of Urban Forest in SF	"Creating a Greener San Francisco Tree by Tree"
Lights Out San Francisco	10/20 8-9pm: Fight climate change with a flip of a switch
Green Festival in SF	11/09-11/11 speakers, green businesses, organic food, and music

last updated 05 December, 2007