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- 1. Sustainable Energy Studies LNT101; SES 101 Fall 2017 Mark Valen
- 2. Sustainable Energy Studies –News and Announcements: » August 21, 2017: Total Eclipse of the Sun
- 3. Sustainable Energy Studies –News and Announcements: » August 21, 2017: Total Eclipse of the Sun
- 4. Sustainable Energy Studies –News and Announcements: » August 21, 2017: Total Eclipse of the Sun
- 5. Sustainable Energy Studies –Studythe growth of the human population and its effects on energy and climate demands with an emphasis on landscaping and the built environment
- 6. Sustainable Energy Studies AncientPueblo peoples: 12BCE – 12CE
- 7. Sustainable Energy Studies AncientPueblo peoples: 12BCE – 12CE
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- 13. Sustainable Energy Studies Planof entire Spruce Tree House from above, cut from a laser scan.
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- 15. Sustainable Energy Studies –Three Sisters Agriculture » Corn (maize) » Beans » Squash
- 16. Sustainable Energy Studies Prehistoricroads and great houses in the San Juan Basin.
- 17. Sustainability Disappeared between the12th and 13th Century CE
- 18. Sustainability Disappeared between the12th and 13th Century CE • The ancient Pueblos attained a cultural "Golden Age" between about 900 and 1150. • During this time the climate was relatively warm and rainfall mostly adequate. • Communities grew larger and were inhabited for longer periods of time. • Highly specific local traditions in architecture and pottery emerged, and trade over long distances appears to have been common.
- 19. Sustainability Disappeared between the12th and 13th Century CE • Starting in 1150, North America experienced a 300-year drought. • The population of the region continued to be mobile, abandoning settlements and fields under adverse conditions. • Southwest farmers developed irrigation techniques, including soil and water control features such as check dams and terraces. • There was a drop in water table levels due to a different cycle unrelated to rainfall.
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- 21. Sustainability Disappeared between the12th and 13th Century CE Most modern Pueblo peoples assert the ancient Pueblo did not "vanish", as is commonly portrayed in media presentations or popular books, but migrated to areas in the southwest with more favorable rainfall and dependable streams. They integrated with the various Pueblo peoples whose descendants still live in Arizona and New Mexico.
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- 25. Sustainability – Politically feasible –Economically feasible – Not part of a pyramid or bubble – Socially enlightened – Conservative small government – Liberal principles of social justice – Morally desirable – Sensibly far-sighted
- 26. Sustainability –“sustainable development is developmentthat meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.“ AKA “The Brundtland Report”
- 27. Sustainability –“sustainable development is developmentthat meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.“ AKA “The Brundtland Report”
- 28. Sustainability Mainstream economics refusesto differentiate between needs and wants.
- 29. Sustainability Mainstream economics refusesto differentiate between needs and wants. The work of Wilfred Pareto was crucial to this refusal: because satisfactions and pleasures are subjective, there is no rational way to compare the degree of pleasure that different people will gain by satisfying desires.
- 30. Sustainability Mainstream economics refusesto differentiate between needs and wants. The work of Wilfred Pareto was crucial to this refusal: because satisfactions and pleasures are subjective, there is no rational way to compare the degree of pleasure that different people will gain by satisfying desires. All we can do is assert that if an economic arrangement satisfies more human wants, it is objectively better than an arrangement that satisfies fewer human wants.
- 31. Sustainability Economic science, inits desire to be grounded on rational, objective principles, concludes that were we to take a dollar from a billionaire and give it to a starving man to buy food, we can’t know for certain that we have improved the sum total of human satisfaction in the world. “All we can do” is promote the growth of income; and if we care about that starving man, we must work to produce two dollars’ worth of goods where before there was only one, so that both the billionaire and the starving man can satisfy their wants.
- 32. Sustainability –“sustainable development is developmentthat meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.“ AKA “The Brundtland Report”
- 33. Sustainability –“sustainable development is developmentthat meets the needs desires of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs desires.” United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.“ AKA “The Brundtland Report”
- 34. Sustainability –“sustainable development is developmentthat meets the needs desires of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs desires.” United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.“ AKA “The Brundtland Report”
- 35. Sustainability Can humans, throughtechnological development, solve any problem brought on by resource scarcity and the limited capacity of ecosystems to absorb our acts and works?
- 36. Sustainability Can humans, throughtechnological development, solve any problem brought on by resource scarcity and the limited capacity of ecosystems to absorb our acts and works? When all is said and done, can we enlarge the economy’s ecological footprint forever in order to create wealth?
- 37. Sustainability Can humans, throughtechnological development, solve any problem brought on by resource scarcity and the limited capacity of ecosystems to absorb our acts and works? When all is said and done, can we enlarge the economy’s ecological footprint forever in order to create wealth? Gradually, we are coming to recognize that the answer is no.
- 38. Sustainability –“sustainable development is developmentthat meets the needs desires of the present without compromising the ability of future generations (assuming that will be possible) to meet their own needs desires.” United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.“ AKA “The Brundtland Report”
- 39. Sustainability Human civilization hasbeen built on the exploitation of the stored solar energy found in four distinct carbon pools: (soil, wood, coal, and petroleum)
- 40. Sustainability Coal and petroleumare ancient, stored solar energy, and their stock is finite. Since agriculture and forestry exploit current solar income, civilizations built on these resources had the opportunity to be sustainable. (Many were not.)
- 41. Sustainability • “A sustainablesystem is one that produces enough energy over its lifetime to maintain and duplicate itself.” Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton, Permaculture Design Course, 2005 University of Melbourne
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- 43. Ecological Dilemmas • ClimateChange • Peak Oil • Population
- 44. Energy • Energy Auditing •Solar – Passive Design – Photovoltaic – Hot Water • Energy Codes • Jobs
- 45. Water • Water Auditing •Greywater • Rainwater Harvesting • Water Efficient Landscapes
- 46. Building • Green BuildingCodes • LEED • Climate Appropriate Design • Energy, Water, Resource
- 47. Landscape • Design, Install,Maintenance • Soils • Water • Food
- 48. Other Topics • Waste •Transportation • Business • Community
- 49. Economy Green Jobs Cities and other Agencies Residential Property Owners Landscape Professionals Manufacturers andRetailers Local Business Non-Profits Water Agencies County, State, & Federal Regulators Watershed Protection Agencies