Environmental Science III

Examines environmental problems and issues related to energy and contamination such as air pollution, water pollution, and solid waste management. Explores relationships between environmental issues and society. Sustainable development is a dominant theme.

Picture of instructor and students in Old Growth Forest
Laboratory activities include an evaluation of energy resources, using wetlands for wastewater treatment, using aerial photography to assess land use changes, the impacts of mining, and a capstone field trip to a U.S. Forest Service experimental forest.

Course Outline

Course Laboratories and Activities

Course Objectives

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Text: Botkin, D. and E. Keller. 2000. Environmental Science: 
Earth as a Living Planet, 3rd ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. 649 pp.

Curriculum produced by NCSR. Funding Provided by the National Science Foundation.






Updated January 2008.

Copyright 2007 Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources,Salem,Oregon.