Environmental Science
Contents
Introduction
Ecology and Sustainability (formerly, Environmental Science and before that called Science, Man, and His Environment) is a first year, general education course in environmental science taught at Assumption University of Thailand. These pages contain the material for the course and other material of interest to students.
It is also designed to be used for any course in environmental science.
Course Notes
These contain the lecture notes from Ajahn John Stampe. They also include activities and resources related to those lectures.
- What is Environment?
- Population
- Ecological Footprint, Food, and Urbanization
- Ecology - Definitions and Outline
- Energy Flow in Ecosystems
- Population and Community Ecology
- Material Cycles
- Biodiversity
- Energy
- Atmosphere and Climate
- Global Warming
- Air Quality
- Water Quantity
- Water Quality
- Solid Waste
These two sections are from the former curriculum:
Activities
Activities are given within sections above:
Web Resources
This is a collection of all of the resources listed on the course notes pages. See also the next two sections.
| This is a collection of all of the resources listed on the course notes pages. See also the two sections below.
Thermodynamics - A wikieducator project on this topic Definition of Science at The Skeptic's Dictionary. Bad Astronomy - A blog about critical thinking, astronomy, and science. Global Footprint Network - Information about ecological footprint, including a footprint calculator. Population Statistics from UN Population Division Statistics and Reports from Population Reference Bureau International Data Base from US Census Bureau State of the World's Cities annual report of UN Habitat Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Well-Being A good article related to ecosystem services and the scientific literature around it IUCN Red List red list of endangered species Ecogeek - Website with all the recent news about energy especially renewable energy and energy conservation BP Oil Disaster - An excellent website by the BBC all about the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico The Role of Natural Gas in a Low-Carbon Energy Economy Report by the Worldwatch Institute World Commission on Dams 2000 Report on effects of large scale dams |
Other Resources
Environmental Education - This page is a link to web resources on the environment
Environmental Glossary - A glossary of environmental terms (note it is incomplete).
Ajahn John's blog on the environment (See also individual articles listed in the course notes)
Keeping up with environment news
One very good way to understand environmental issues is to follow the environmental news. There are a number of websites which are dedicated to environmental news (either general or a specific aspect).
RSS Feeds - one good way to keep up with news is to use RSS feeds. For a good description of RSS see the BBC's Feed Page. For reading feeds we recommend Feedly - especially since you can use it from any computer.
Below is some recommended sites.
News Sites
Blogs
- Triple Pundit (articles on sustainable business) (RSS)
Intergovernmental and Non-governmental Organizations
