Class Notes for Environmental Studies at University of Ottawa (UOTTAWA)

Here are some questions you can think about as you do your readings: Carrying capacity: a measure of the ability of a system to support life. Tragedy o

Assess the scope and historical patterns of human population growth: The current global population of 6. 7 billion people add about 80 million people p

2 essays: cgideon@uottawa. ca , midnight on wednesday before the class, explanation and critical view of the readings. Presentation: summary and view o

A movement to preserve the health of earth and its ecosystems. Social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world and by extension humans from u

Sustainability literacy has been become a subject of much discussion over the past forty years, many have heard the term before but may not have been c

Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression (active versus inactive genes) that does not involve changes to the underlying dna seq

Protection of non-human species in human activities: Indirect/ direct effect of the environment: creating a bridge over the rideau canal; we do not hav

The culture hit its" peak in 6000s, and the loss of its trees in order to make these statues eroded a lot of the soil and used too many of their resour

Think about an aspect of human-nature relation or environmental topic. Live and hunt in packs: basic organizational unit=breeding adult pair + offsprin