EcoLiteracy 101
References for Students  
 
This site contains information and internet links to websites used in
the EcoLiteracy 101 seminar.
 
Power Point Presentation  (6 slides per page, 19 pages, 16.8 Mb)
 
Student Handout
 
 
Part A: Ecological Awareness
 
The New Facts of Life: Connecting the Dots on Food, Health and the Environment
(Fritjof Capra)
 
Ecosystem Services: A Primer  (ActionBioscience.org)
 
Where Does Atmospheric Oxygen Come From?  (wiseGEEK.com)
 
Water Purification: An Essential Ecosystem Service  (Ecological Society of America)
 
Soil Bacteria  (The University of Western Australia)
 
The Value of Ecosystem Services  (The Academy of Natural Sciences)
 
Biosphere II  (The University of Arizona)
 
Sustainability: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the  ability of future generations to meet their own needs.  
 
Part B: Earth Issues
 
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment  (the United Nations)
 
The Economics of Climate Change  (Office of Climate Change, UK)
 
No Breathing Room: National Illness Costs of Air Pollution  (Canadian Medical Association)
 
The Report of the Commission on Nitrates in Groundwater  (Government of Prince Edward Island)
 
We are all Upstream, We are all Downstream, We are all Part of a Watershed  (Government of Prince Edward Island)
 
State of the Forest Report  (Government of Prince Edward Island)
 
10 Popular Myths About Climate Change  (Sierra Club of Canada)
 
Global Population Clock (University of California, Berkeley)
 
The IPAT Equation  (The Sustainable Scale Project)
 
Environmental News Network  (Environmental News Network)
 
 
Part C: You and Your Planet
 
How Big is Your Ecological Footprint?  (Redefining Progress)
 
Prof. Schpinkee's Greenhouse Calculator  (Australian Broadcasting System)
 
The Prince Edward Island Ecological Footprint  (GPI Atlantic)
 
Living Planet Report  (WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature)
 
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement  (the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement)
 
A World Without People  (Silver Donald Cameron)
 
Sustainable Living Guide  (People and Planet)
 
100 Ways I Can Reduce My Environmental Impact (Atlantic Ecoworks)
Contact Information
Rod Dempsey 
 
Tel: 
(902) 628-8382
 
Email: 
rdempsey@atlanticecoworks.ca
 
Mail: 
900 East Suffolk Road
RR #3
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 7J7
 
Click here to go to the main Atlantic EcoWorks website