Friday, April 8th

NO STARTER. Happy Friday!

Agenda
1st period: Guest Speaker, Geoscientist Professor Lauren Heerschap from Fort Lewis College  to speak on Climate Change

2nd period: 
Class Biz:  
Poll on our camping trip-- Who is coming? Who has a 4-person tent? Who has a good stove?

1. Go over note-taking form for Environmental Ethics content
2. Intro to Envt. Ethics: POWERPOINT LINK
3. If time and/or if boredom from powerpoint becomes too unbearable, we'll check out some of the resources below.  

Resources to build on "Bakken Business" (recommended, not required)
 1. Short Film about the Bakken: "White Earth"Goal: To see what life is like for folks in the trenches of oil and gas production (not just company CEO's or consumers benefiting from these energy sources)

• Do you think that jobs for folks like those featured in this short film outweigh environmental concerns and/or concerns for the future welfare of our planet and future generations of people?

2. Great website with videos outlining pros/cons of various energy production schemes

• 2 minute video on benefits of fracking
• 2 minute video on risks of fracking