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Introduction to Biogeography of the Global Garden
The document outlines a course titled 'GEOG1403: Biogeography of the Global Garden,' focusing on environmental science rather than activism. It introduces biogeography as the study of species distribution and emphasizes the relationship between living organisms and their environment. Students are encouraged to share personal connections with nature and learn about the impact of environmental factors on life.
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Introduction to Biogeography of the Global Garden
- 1. GEOG1403 BIOGEOGRAPHY OFTHE GLOBAL GARDEN
- 2. June 11, 2007 Humanitymade history.
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- 4. rural urban population population
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- 6. nature can seemdistant and alien
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- 12. DOES NATURE REALLY MATTER ANY MORE?
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- 14. A wildfire burnsnear the Los Alamos Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on June 28, 2011. Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
- 15. The carcass ofa cow decomposes on the side of a road near Lagbogal, Kenya. Sayyid Azim/Associated Press
- 16. The Quad CitiesRiver Bandits and the Peoria Chiefs play a game inside the Mississippi River on April 20, 2011. Paul Colle i/The Dispatch/AP
- 19. WHAT IS NATURE WORTH?
- 20. GEOG1403 BIOGEOGRAPHY OFTHE GLOBAL GARDEN
- 21. This course isNOT about environmental activism. Photograph: paolaharvey
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- 24. OUR ENVIRONMENT living things The MAIN focus of our course.
- 25. THE BIOSPHERE the globalecological system including all living things, as well as their relationships with the elements of the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere.
- 26. We’ll start withthe fundamentals of our physical environment
- 27. How do speciesinteract with their environment? Photograph: Frank Kovalchek
- 28. Why do someorganisms thrive... Photograph: Ki en Wants
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- 30. “ Biogeography is the study of the facts and the patterns of species distribution. It's the science concerned with where animals are, where plants are, and where they are not. ” David Quammen, Song of the Dodo
- 31. Provided by theSeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE
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- 34. STEP ONE Turn tothe person on your left and introduce yourself. (If you don’t have anyone on your left, join the two folks to your right).
- 35. STEP TWO Identify TWOways the environment has an influence on your life. (Be as specific as you can)
- 36. WHAT IS NATURE WORTH? TOYOU
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- 39. Please call me Scott
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- 42. Collecting specimens tostudy tree growth in southern Arizona
- 43. Taken during myfirst trip in a helicopter, flying over the northern Rockies.
- 44. X Photograph: Arlen Tees
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- 47. Where am Ifrom?
- 49. Winnipeg Minneapolis
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- 53. Bachelor of Science Master of Science Doctor of Philosophy University of Winnipeg University of Western Ontario University of Arizona
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- 57. What will you getout of this class?
- 58. Former GEOG1403 studentsstudying how natural hazards affect Minnesota’s forests.
- 59. ! Biological Sciences requirement ! Environmental Theme requirement
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- 63. GEOG1403 XTC L AS S NE We’ll talk about how this course is going to work.
- 64. By FRIDAY’S CLASS READTHE SYLLABUS
- 65. IF YOU WANTTO BE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST Send an email to Ms. Bonnie Williams Department of Geography [email protected]