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Exploring Environmental Politics: Understanding Our Impact on Spaceship Earth

Delve into the intricate relationship between economics, politics, and ecology. Reflect on the interconnectedness of our world and learn why environmental issues matter. Join the discussion on climate change scenarios in Florida and the humorous take on our collective impact by renowned figures like John Muir, George Carlin, and Gary Larson. This engaging course invites you to rethink our role as stewards of the biosphere and our responsibility toward future generations.

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Exploring Environmental Politics: Understanding Our Impact on Spaceship Earth

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  1. Environmental Politics January 2004

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Preliminary Remarks • Information about the course and your participation in it • An opportunity to discuss yesterday's video • An opportunity to discuss today’s reading.

  3. Preliminary Remarks • Spaceship Earth • Progress • Ecosystem People • Biosphere People • Renaissance Man • Ecology • This Course • Economics & Politics • Why Bother?

  4. The First Principle of Ecology • “When we try to pick anything out by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” -- John Muir

  5. Walt Kelly: Earth Day Poster, 1970

  6. "The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are f**ked." -- George Carlin

  7. Climate Change in Florida 20,000 years ago

  8. Climate Change in Florida if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melted (17 feet)

  9. Climate Change in Florida if the East Antarctic Ice Sheet melted (170 feet)

  10. Gary Larson on Climate Change "The picture's pretty bleak, gentlemen. The world's climates are changing, the mammals are taking over, and we all have a brain about the size of a walnut."

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