Restorative Natech: Mini-Lessons that use technology to connect with nature

This bonus track taps the deep knowledge to Roslynn Powell.  As a PhD Candidate in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management she is doing amazing research on the emotional labor Black folx do at parks and cultural heritage sites that are working, at long last, to include honest narratives of enslaved people into interpretive work. As a Master's student, Roslynn's work disrupted the assumption that technology necessarily separates people from nature. 

Olivia shares a Shitt's Creek example to explain coase theorem. Ewwww, David!

Define externality, market failure, transaction costs, monopoly, greenwashing, and green certification

Provide examples or hypothetical scenarios of the market response model, Coase Theorem, and Cap and Trade 

Identify real-world examples market-based solutions to environmental problems and policies related to those solutions

Critically analyze the implicit assumptions of real-world market-based solutions to environmental problem s, and explain if and in what ways they are misguided

Corresponds to content in  Robbins, P., Hintz, J., & Moore, S. A.  (2014). Environment and  society: a critical introduction. John Wiley  & Sons.

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You know Thomas Malthus is a problematic figure, but yet Malthusian thought is deeply ingrained in so many environmental science and ecological principles.  Olivia lays down the language and concepts associated with Malthusian and neoMalthusian demography and outlines how population-based arguments have been used to reinforce authoritarian control over women and colonized areas of the work. By listening, students will be able to...

Define carrying capacity, ecological footprint, zero population growth, birth rate, death rate, fertility rate.

Produce examples of how population size, affluence, and technology influence environmental impact.  

Synthesize what you learn about population growth and declines to critique solutions to environmental impacts.  

Critically analyze solutions to reduce environmental impacts of humans in a way that identifies potential injustices and trade-offs.

Created for Humans and Environment at NC State University. 

Corresponds to content in  Robbins, P., Hintz, J., & Moore, S. A. (2014). Environment and  society: a critical introduction. John Wiley & Sons.

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