• UPDATED FEBRUARY 20, 2013

    • Freshman Seminar-Winter 2013
     
  • TEXT: "Mathematics for the Environment", by Martin Walter, 2011 (NOT REQUIRED)
  • No class meeting on January 8, 2013
  • Meeting of January 15, 2013---Lecture by Martin Walter, University of Colorado "The Logic of Nature Versus the Logic of Industrial Humans---END GAME" (pdffile) (TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO DOWNLOAD)
  • Meeting of January 22, 2013---Beginning of Chapter 1
  • Taken for a Ride (youtube video-56 minutes)--When you get to the YouTube page, search for "Taken for a Ride" to get the 56 minute documentary.
  • (pdffile) Also, see a Report by Bradford Snell 1974 referenced in the documentary "Taken for a Ride" (pdffile)
  • Meeting of January 29, 2013---Chapter 1, sections 1.1-1.4
  • Who Killed the Electric Car? (youtube video-92 minutes)--When you get to the YouTube page, search for "Who Killed the Electric Car" to get the 92 minute documentary. (We watched the first 15 minutes during the class)
  • "The Conspiracy Revisited" An article (4 pages) by Van Wilkins offers a guide and score-card relevant to "Taken for a Ride" (The New Electric Railway Journal/Summer 1995)
  • Some References for sections 1.1-1.4
  • The following four books will be available soon for 3 day reserve at Ayala Science Library (correction: I still have these books; the library has not responded to my request to put them on reserve---Just As Well!)
  • [188] Richard P. Feynmann, What do you Care What other People Think? 1988
  • [679] Terry Tamminen, Lives per Gallon 2006
  • [525] Adam L. Penenberg, Tragic Indifference 2003
  • [496] Dom Nozzi, Road to Ruin 2003
  • The following four books are available from me
  • [416] Stan Luger, Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry 2000
  • [560] Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, Toxic Sludge is Good for You 1995 (Borrowed by Dingyuan Zhang)
  • [142] Jack Doyle, Taken for a Ride 2000 (Borrowed by Haley Yzaguirre)
  • [424] Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, The Death and Life of American Journalism 2010
  • The following three books are also available from me
  • [39] Edwin Black, Internal Combustion 2006
  • Russell Mokhiber, Corporate Crime and Violence 1988 (from a footnote on page 9)
  • [53] Stephen R. Bown, Scurvy 2003
  • Meeting of February 5, 2013--- Chapter 1, sections 1.1-1.4, Exercise 1.1
  • Roger and Me (film by Michael Moore 1989) DVD available at the Newport Beach Public Library
  • Meeting of February 12, 2013--- Chapter 1, sections 1.5-1.7
  • "Transcript-The Diane Rehm show February 7, 2013 (14 pages)
  • The Diane Rehm Show website
  • New York Times, February 7, 2013-Climate Change on Broadway
  • Meeting of February 19, 2013--- Chapter 1, section 1.8 Exercise 1.6
  • The following three books are available from me
  • [461] Stacy Mitchell, Big Box Swindle 2006 (Borrowed by Tania Garcia)
  • [354] Michael T. Klare, Resource Wars 2001
  • [355] Michael T. Klare, Blood and Oil 2004
  • Earth's Changing Climate (course by Professor Richard Wolfson 1989) DVD available at the Newport Beach Public Library)
  • Earth's Changing Climate (Lecture 1 transcript) (pdf file)
  • Is the Carbon Tax an Idea Whose Time has Come? ('To the Point' on NPR December 10, 2012) (click here}
  • 'Hubris: Selling the Iraq War' (45 minute documentary in Six Parts(each preceded by a 30 second commercial)-February 18, 2013) (click here}
  • Meeting of February 26, 2013--- Chapter 1, section 1.9, No Exercise today
  • The following five books are available from me
  • [personal copy] Tim Flannary, The Weather Makers 2005 (Borrowed by Ryan Sekikawa)
  • [not in bibliography] Richard Heinberg, The Oil Depletion Protocol 2006
  • [317] James Hoggan, Climate Coverup 2009
  • [52] Mark Bowen, Censoring Science 2008
  • [272] James Hansen, Storms of my Grandchildren 2009 (Borrowed by Dingyuan Zhang)
  • Same video and audio as February 19 (this time with speakers)
  • Meeting of March 5, 2013--- Chapter 2, section 2.1-2.2, No Exercise today
  • The following book is available from me
  • [246] Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth 2006 (borrowed by Erika Huerta)
  • Forum on Climate Change (c-span---book tv---December 4, 2012) (click here}
  • Search the c-span website for environmental related issues
  • Meeting of March 12, 2013--- Chapter 2, section 2.3-2.4, Exercise 2.5
  • The following books are available in Langson Library (I did not check them out)
  • [584] Stephen M. Rosoff, Henry M. Pontell, Robert H. Tillman, Profit without honor (3rd edition) HV6769 R667 2004
  • [40] William Black, The best way to rob a bank is to own one 2005 HG 2151 B52 2005
  • [668] Joseph Stiglitz, Freefall 2010 HB3722 S842 2010)
  • [532] Kevin Phillips, Bad Money 2008 HC106.7 P52 2008
  • [415] Roger Lowenstein, The End of Wall Street 2010 HB 3743 L677 2010
  • Huffington Post--GREEN section (click here}
  • Search the Huffington Post website for environmental and all other issues
  • Democracy Now--Environment section (click here}
  • Search the DemocracyNow website for environmental and all other issues
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • References