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Back to OLLI climate change homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

OLLI \u2013 week 7\u00a0October 28th, 2014<\/h2>\n
Future Promise Part B:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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Biochar<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n
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Adaptation issues: sustainability<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n\n
NIMBY<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
My email contact is (copy\/paste) \u00a0pebelanger@glassdesignresources.com<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Original syllabus for Tuesday, October 28th, 9:30-11:30 a.m.:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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It\u2019s not about climate change as much as sustainability<\/li>\n
Energy<\/li>\n
Urban heat islands<\/li>\n
Food security<\/li>\n
Population growth; potential refugee issue of climate change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Revised and Expanded syllabus: <\/b><\/p>\n
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word document:\u00a0Belanger – Earth climate past present future – week 7 syllabus<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n
PDF document:\u00a0Belanger – Earth climate past present future – week 7 syllabus<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
BIOCHAR, promise for the future?<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 2012 VIDEO<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis video was\u00a0professionally\/created\/edited from a 2012 Biochar conference and was shown at a CRES-Jeffco (http:\/\/cres-energy.org\/chapters\/cres-jeffco-chapter\/<\/a> \u00a0 meeting 6\/26\/2014 where I first became aware of it (June\u00a0\u00a026<\/b>, 7:00 pm JUC:\u00a0Mike Rocke, Mike Chieke, Ron Larson: Biochar: A simple tool to fight global warming)<\/b>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
NOTE: You will have to slide the bar to get it to start at the points indicated below:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
Morgan Williams, CEO Biochar solutions (not shown in class)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a00<\/strong>\u00a0to 3:57<\/p>\n
Morgan Williams \u2013 president\/ceo Biochar solutions<\/p>\n
1 km trees = 1 million tons CO2<\/p>\n
Human output 8 gigatons carbon = 32 gigatons CO2 or 32,000 times those trees<\/p>\n
Efficiency doesn\u2019t remove carbon<\/p>\n
Carbon negativity \u2013 $25million prize for gigaton sequestering 3200 piles of wood<\/p>\n
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Air capture<\/li>\n
Biochar 3 companies<\/li>\n
Beccs \u2013 biomass powerplant and CCS<\/li>\n
Enhanced wx<\/li>\n
Land mgt \u2013 Savory institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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and at 3:57 \u2013 David Laird, Iowa state u\/dept Agronomy (not shown in class)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Geologist background, soil and earth science background<\/p>\n
Oil coal and natural gas 7million workers and 1.9 trillion dollars in govt subsidies<\/p>\n
6:00 CCS a drag on economy \u2013 not generating economic value.<\/p>\n
Soil and water quality improvement<\/p>\n
Increased yield;increased value of land for 100s of years<\/p>\n
Horticultural, reclamation \u2013 soil-water-holding capacity.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0and at <\/strong>8:55 Cool Planet presentation starts; features Cool Planet founder Mike Cheiky. I admit he overstates some of the claims of Global warming; try to overlook that and listen to the rest about biochar.<\/p>\n
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web site: http:\/\/www.coolplanet.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n
YouTube:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JPJsYZLU_sM&list=PLgCXzlciS1W3V4E6RZ0ePAXCWFLOH5kC7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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Future Adaptation issues: sustainability<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nOther class coverage: related to AR5\/WGII:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\u00a7\u00a0 II: IPCC CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT\/Working Group II (WGII): Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability \u2013\u00a0 volume 2, April 2014<\/span><\/a>; especially see:<\/h2>\n
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Summary for Policymakers (SPM)<\/a><\/li>\n
Video<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
Graphics — choose chapter<\/a>\u00a0and then right-click<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
If I\u2019m not able to cover all listed, please google and search out these topics<\/p>\n
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Human health and the built environment (6.1) MOOC 6.1 video<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nhttps:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/climate-change-challenges-and-solutions\/steps\/2630\/progress<\/a><\/p>\n
Climate change has the potential to change the way we live. How will climate change affect human activity in our built environment? Dr. Tristan Kershaw looks at how climate change can impact on our familiar urban landscapes. How might the severity of urban heat islands increase to constitute a significant threat to human health during heat wave events?<\/p>\n
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Urban Heat Islands (6.2):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis web page provides an excellent summary of urban heat islands. How do you think the land use planning in urban heat islands could be used to reduce the scale of such islands? http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=36227<\/a><\/p>\n
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Video activity (6.3): <\/strong>Climate change and food security<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nhttps:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/climate-change-challenges-and-solutions\/steps\/3307\/progress<\/a><\/p>\n
This activity is designed to help you recognize the human impact of climate change on the security of the global food supply. Professor Sarah Gurr introduces a surprising twist to potential impacts of climate change. Is the biggest potential threat to humanity a tiny fungus?<\/p>\n
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The global food security program (6.4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Global Food Security program is a multi-agency program bringing together the interests of the research councils, executive agencies and government departments. Its website is an excellent resource for gaining a broad understanding of this issue.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.foodsecurity.ac.uk\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n
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Tackling food security \u2013 thoughts to ponder (6.5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With a growing population and improving diets there is a need to double our food supply by 2050. Identify three measures you would take meet this demand. Identify one of your measures from your list and post your solution into the discussion – be prepared to defend your choice!<\/p>\n
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SUSTAINABILITY \/ LINKS:<\/h2>\n
$\"SUSTAINABILITY$ reference<\/b>: <\/a>Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity <\/a>by Johan Rockstr\u00f6m 1,2, Will Steffen 1,3 et al. (tables and reference links at bottom of article)<\/a><\/p>\n
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$\"Sustainability-Interrelationships\"$ <\/a><\/h2>\n
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reference<\/b>: Climate Change and Violent Conflict Science-2012-Scheffran-869-7<\/a><\/p>\n
$\"Sustainability2014\"$ <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a02014 \u00a0\u00a0 $\"Sustainability2013\"$ <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a02013<\/h3>\n
reference: http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/bookstore\/state-of-the-world<\/a> and \u00a0 http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/bookstore\/publication\/state-world-2014-governing-sustainability<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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NIMBY:<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n
VIDEO ON NIMBY: by <\/strong>Dr. Patrick Devine-Wright showed in class:<\/strong> no public videos but several articles by him \u2013 google him and see what you find. The little I found: <\/strong><\/p>\n
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Beyond NIMBYism: towards an integrated framework for understanding public perceptions of wind energy http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/we.124\/abstract<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n
Rethinking NIMBYism: The role of place attachment and place identity in explaining place-protective action: http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/casp.1004\/abstract<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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REFERENCES \/ LINKS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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Biochar video notes times\/links: go to my Biochar page – click here<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
Concerns about the effect of Renewable costs on Germany’s economy:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Germany’s Expensive Gamble<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
NEW MOOC CLIMATE COURSE – 5 weeks:<\/h2>\n
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New MOOC course that starts November 10th, 2014 for 5 weeks<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/our-changing-climate<\/a>;\u00a0Different \u00a0length and University. \u00a0Same middlemen as the MOOC course I took from University of Exeter in February 2014 whose syllabus was a model and some of whose videos I showed in class.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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Other MOOC courses OF ALL KINDS OF TOPICS – go here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/categories<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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