This topic raises some engaging issues of debate concerning the moral justification for exploiting species and the moral imperative for conserving them. Do other organisms have a right to moral consideration? How is this justified? Do panda bears have a greater right than lichens? What about the rights of “pest” or pathogenic organisms? To what extent are these arguments based upon emotion and to what extent upon reason? And how does this affect their validity?
Anthropocene: a new epoch of geologic time?
define, diagram, opinion due 1/6 Environmental Perspectives due 1/9 Ch. 2 pages 17 - 26 Read all "To Do" pg 18 "To Do"; Review page 22 Readings page 24-25 questions 1-2, Case I and II response State of the Planet 1/4 Video discussion questions due 1/6 Red list Project Due 1/9 Sign-up List Assignment
The Cove 1/10-11
Conservation Organizations Reading pages 118-127 Due 1/13
Finding Genes That Fit Conservation Magazine Due 1/13
Marine Protected Areas: in class 1/13
Saving Species and Protected Areas Due 1/18 Chapter 6 pages 126 - 132 Research pg. 128 To Do pg. 132
