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2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENV 495-01 - Senior Seminar: Food, Energy, Water Nexus

4 credits (Fall)
Food, energy, and water systems (FEWs) are intimately interconnected.  In this seminar, we will explore problems related to building sustainable and resilient FEWs within the context of a nexus framework.  Topics will include: water scarcity and water resource allocation, the impacts of fuel extraction (e.g., “fracking”) and agriculture on water quality (e.g., eutrophication), food security and obesity, and the impacts of climate change on the FEWs nexus.  The seminar emphasizes close reading of contemporary peer-reviewed literature and includes a major term-writing project.

Prerequisite: Open to Junior and Senior Environmental Studies Concentrators.
Instructor: A. Graham