Answers:CW1

From Environmental Technology

PHS 101	Due Jan. 27, 2006
In-Class Coursework #01

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Answers to homework #1 will appear here after ~5pm on Friday, Jan. 27.

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Contents 1 ecological footprint 2 renewable resources 3 environmental sustainability 4 sustainable development 5 environmentalism 6 emission reduction credits 7 environmental ethics 8 environmental impact statement 9 Earth Day 10 Chernobyl

1. ) Internet Lookup: Use a computer connected to the internet to search using Yahoo, Google, or your-favorite-search-engine and find web addresses for the following key words/phrases. List the URL for each website/source, and give a brief description of each that is found from that website/source. Put your answers on a page in the following website using edit procedures outlined in previous classes. (20 points total)

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The following is an overview of good websites for answering this assignment.

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ecological footprint

• http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/focus/report/english/footprint/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_footprint
• http://www.sustaindane.org/main/EF1.htm
• http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2006/01/23/1407026-sun.html
• http://www.earthday.net/footprint/quiz.asp
• http://www.footprintnetwork.org/
• http://www.redefiningprogress.org/footprint/
• http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ecological%20footprint

renewable resources

• http://rredc.nrel.gov/
• http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/pub_summaries/renew_es.html
• http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2006/01/26/
• http://www.rnrf.org/
• http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/renew.htm
• http://www.grrb.nt.ca/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_resource
• http://www.envirogen.net/aternative-energy-green-def.html
• http://www.eco-pros.com/renewableresources.htm
• http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=renewable%20resource

environmental sustainability

• http://www.ecoearth.info/
• http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/esi/
• http://www.bsolr.com/Sustainability.pdf#search='define%20Environmental%20Sustainability'
• http://www.yale.edu/esi/
• http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/0/8d822748c6f30b31852565450065e876?OpenDocument
• http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/
• http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/esi/
• http://www.fao.org/ag/wfe2005/glossary_en.htm
• http://www.alliancees.org/home.htm

sustainable development

• http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
• http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/
• http://www.iisd.org/
• http://www.intelex.com/sustainable_development/
• http://www.wbcsd.ch/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?MenuID=1
• http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/index.html
• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:Sustainable+development
• http://www.sustdev.org/
• http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37425_1_1_1_1_37425,00.html
• http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/environmentbiz/g/sustainabledev.htm

environmentalism

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism
• http://www.newenvironmentalism.org/index.cfm
• http://www.cpn.org/topics/environment/civicenvironA.html

emission reduction credits

• http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dar/boss/ercindex.html
• http://www.fraqmd.org/ERCs.htm
• http://www.evomarkets.com/emissions/index.php?xp1=erc
• http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/frec444/444lec18.html
• http://www.cckn.net/compendium/int_emissions_trading.asp

environmental ethics

• http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Environ/Enviroethics.htm
• http://www.cep.unt.edu/
• http://www.phil.uga.edu/eande/
• http://www.cep.unt.edu/novice.html
• http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-environmental/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_ethics
• http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0070294267/student_view0/glossary_e-l.html
• http://daphne.palomar.edu/calenvironment/ethics.htm

environmental impact statement

• http://roadless.fs.fed.us/documents/feis/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_statement
• http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0188.html
• http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/environimp
• http://windeis.anl.gov/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_statement

Earth Day

• http://www.earthsite.org/day.htm
• http://earthday.wilderness.org/
• http://www.earthday.net/
• http://www.earthday.ca/EDy2k/Home/homefrm1.html
• http://www.moea.state.mn.us/ee/glossary.cfm

Chernobyl

• http://www.uic.com.au/nip22.htm
• http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.htm
• http://www.chernobyl.co.uk/
• http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Chernoby
• http://chernobyl.info/
• http://www.chernobylchildlifeline.org/section.asp?id=18
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_accident