printer friendly pageEARTHSYS 91EJ: Environmental Justice Storytelling: Writing for Impact (PWR 91EPA)
In this class students will explore groundbreaking environmental justice (EJ) stories created in multiple mediums including podcasts, documentaries, op-eds, and social media. Over the quarter you will research and develop your own EJ story and select a genre to communicate it as you work through key questions to take outside of the class and into your career: What is the role of the writer in addressing our greatest environmental and social challenges? What impact can stories have in shifting power and changing policies? How do we transform mainstream narratives? How do we engage the most impacted voices in the making of our stories? How do we figure out the audience to reach and how best to reach them? Finally, where are the places we find hope in this work? This course does not fulfill the WR1 or WR2 requirement.
Last offered: Autumn 2022
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-EDP
EARTHSYS 95: Liberation Through Land: Organic Gardening and Racial Justice (AFRICAAM 95, CSRE 95)
Through field trips, practical work and readings, this course provides students with the tools to begin cultivating a relationship to land that focuses on direct engagement with sustainable gardening, from seed to harvest. The course will take place on the O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm, where students will be given the opportunity to learn how to sow seeds, prepare garden beds, amend soils, build compost, and take care of plants. The history of forced farm labor in the U.S., from slavery to low-wage migrant labor, means that many people of color encounter agricultural spaces as sites of trauma and oppression. In this course we will explore the potential for revisiting a narrative of peaceful relation to land and crop that existed long before the trauma occurred, acknowledging the beautiful history of POC coexistence with land. Since this is a practical course, there will be a strong emphasis on participation. Application available at
https://goo.gl/forms/cbYX3gSGdrHgHBJH3; deadline to apply is September 18, 2018, at midnight. The course is co-sponsored by the Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) and the Earth Systems Program.
Last offered: Autumn 2018
EARTHSYS 96: Land Justice: Unearthing Histories & Seeding Liberation
Through readings, class discussions, direct interviews, peer reviews, and blog posts, this course grounds students in United States land histories, explores contemporary efforts towards food and land justice, and equips students with the frameworks to envision and work towards an equitable and just food and land management system, and greater environmental movement. Teams of students will have the opportunity to delve deeper into course concepts through direct engagement with our community partners. This course acknowledges the ways that historical and contemporary colonial violence, racism, and systemic injustice shape our food and land systems, while empowering students to envision and help build an equitable, just, sovereign, and healthy land future. Although this is an online course, there will be a strong emphasis on community engagement and in-class participation. If you are interested in enrolling in this course, please apply by Friday, March 12, 2021 through the following form: https://bit.ly/37yO9Tk. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Last offered: Spring 2021
EARTHSYS 100: Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains (ESS 101)
Three-week, field-based program in the Greater Yellowstone/Teton and Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Field-based exercises covering topics including: basics of structural geology and petrology; glacial geology; western cordillera geology; paleoclimatology; chemical weathering; aqueous geochemistry; and environmental issues such as acid mine drainage and changing land-use patterns.
Last offered: Autumn 2018
EARTHSYS 100A: Introduction to Data Science for Geoscience (EPS 6)
(Formerly
GEOLSCI 6) This course provides an overview of the most relevant areas of data science to address geoscientific challenges and questions as they pertain to the environment, earth resources & hazards. The focus lies on the methods that treat common characters of geoscientific data: multivariate, multi-scale, compositional, geospatial and space-time. In addition, the course will treat those statistical method that allow a quantification of the human dimension by looking at quantifying impact on humans (e.g. hazards, contamination) and how humans impact the environment (e.g. contamination, land use). The course focuses on developing skills that are not covered in traditional statistics and machine learning courses. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 9 units total)
EARTHSYS 101: Energy and the Environment (ENERGY 101)
Energy use in modern society and the consequences of current and future energy use patterns. Case studies illustrate resource estimation, engineering analysis of energy systems, and options for managing carbon emissions. Focus is on energy definitions, use patterns, resource estimation, pollution.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Azevedo, I. (PI)
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Durlofsky, L. (PI)
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Beck, M. (TA)
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Instructors:
Azevedo, I. (PI)
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Durlofsky, L. (PI)
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Beck, M. (TA)
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Nairn, I. (TA)
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Venukanthan, S. (TA)
EARTHSYS 101C: Science for Conservation Policy: Meeting California's Pledge to Protect 30% by 2030 (BIO 101)
California has set the ambitious goal of conserving 30% of its lands and waters by the year 2030. In this course, students will develop science-based recommendations to help policymakers reach this '30 by 30' goal. Through lectures, labs, and field trips, students will gain practical skills in ecology, protected area design in the face of climate change, and science communication. Students will apply these skills to analyze real-world data, formulate conservation recommendations, and communicate their findings in verbal and written testimony to policymakers. Prerequisites:
BIO 81 or BIO/
EARTHSYS 105 or BIO/
EARTHSYS 111 or instructor approval.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
EARTHSYS 102: Fundamentals of Renewable Power (ENERGY 102)
Do you want a much better understanding of renewable power technologies? Did you know that wind and solar are the fastest growing forms of electricity generation? Are you interested in hearing about the most recent, and future, designs for green power? Do you want to understand what limits power extraction from renewable resources and how current designs could be improved? This course dives deep into these and related issues for wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, tidal and wave power technologies. We welcome all student, from non-majors to MBAs and grad students. If you are potentially interested in an energy or environmental related major, this course is particularly useful.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA, GER:DB-EngrAppSci
EARTHSYS 103: Understand Energy (CEE 107A, CEE 207A, ENERGY 107A, ENERGY 207A)
NOTE: This course will be taught in-person on main campus, lectures are recorded and available asynchronously. Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy is also a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource - including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts - students will also be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, climate change and greenhouse gas emiss
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NOTE: This course will be taught in-person on main campus, lectures are recorded and available asynchronously. Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy is also a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource - including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts - students will also be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world. The 4 unit course includes lecture and in-class discussion, readings and videos, homework assignments, one on-campus field trip during lecture time and two off-campus field trips with brief report assignments. Off-campus field trips to wind farms, solar farms, nuclear power plants, natural gas power plants, hydroelectric dams, etc. Enroll for 5 units to also attend the Workshop, an interactive discussion section on cross-cutting topics that meets once per week for 80 minutes (Mondays, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM). Open to all: pre-majors and majors, with any background! Website:
https://understand-energy-course.stanford.edu/
CEE 107S/207S Understand Energy: Essentials is a shorter (3 unit) version of this course, offered summer quarter. Students should not take both for credit. Prerequisites: Algebra.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Gragg, D. (PI)
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Stasio, K. (PI)
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Woodward, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Gragg, D. (PI)
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Stasio, K. (PI)
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Woodward, J. (PI)
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Blackwell, E. (TA)
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Budd, H. (TA)
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Choudhary, D. (TA)
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Kelley, B. (TA)
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Underwood, S. (TA)
EARTHSYS 104: The Water Course (EARTHSYS 204, GEOPHYS 104, GEOPHYS 204)
The Central Valley of California provides a third of the produce grown in the U.S., but recent droughts and increasing demand have raised concerns about both food and water security. The pathway that water takes from rainfall to the irrigation of fields or household taps ('the water course') determines the quantity and quality of the available water. Working with various data sources (measurements made on the ground, in wells, and from satellites) allows us to model the water budget in the valley and explore the recent impacts on freshwater supplies.
Last offered: Winter 2022
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
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