Geography 1000: World Ecology Problems

Geography 1000: World Ecology Problems

Class: Monday/Wednesday 10:00am – 11:50am

Sangren Hall 02303

Dr. Greg Veeck

Office: Wood Hall 2114 (second floor across from computer labs) Map

Office Telephone: (269) 387-3420

E-Mail: gregory.veeck@wmich.edu

Graduate Teaching Assistant Susan Benston

Office: Graduate Assistant Cubicles #3513 (third floor in Geography office) Map

E-Mail: susan.benston@wmich.edu

Directions to Offices

Dr. Veeck’s office is on the second floor. Walk in the main doors of Wood Hall, you can see his office with the lanterns across the courtyard. The best way is to go left and right at the four-way intersection and then walk to the end of the hall and turn right again. Halfway down the hall is his office on the right hand side.

To get to the Geography Office walk in main doors of Wood Hall and take a left. You will come to a four-way intersection, take a left and go up the stairs.

LECTURES

The following is a list of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations that will be used during lecture. They are in numerical order, if there is an (a) that is the first part of the lecture and (b) is the second part. For example, 4 (a) and (b) will both be presented on the same day.

1. Lecture 1: Unifying Themes

2a. Lecture 2a: The Politics of Gl obal Issues

2b. Lecture 2b: Maps and Projections

3. Lecture 3: Major Environmental Debates

4. Lecture 4a: Eco-terms Defined and Classified

4b. Lecture 4b: Water Cycle

5. Lecture 5: Application of Concepts--China

6. Lecture 6: Population Change and Demography

7. Lecture 7: Global and US Energy-Production and Consumption

8. Lecture 8: Politics, Pragmatism and Power --Nuclear Power in America

9. Lecture 9: The Promise and Problems with Bio-FUELS

10. Lecture 10: Genetic Modifications, Agriculture, and Environment