Steffen Seamon and Simon Cohen Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 11-15-18 _ocene Lab Week 11 Background We have chosen to examine how intense urbanization has shaped the relationship between people and their environments in the modern day. Our project is situated in Japan, as it is a country both of us … Continue reading Week 11 Lab Report
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Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 11-11-18 Capitalocene Lab Week 10 Background This week acted as our final investigation into the capitalocene. In the previous three weeks we investigated the capitalocene and its effects on a global scale. We analyzed country-wide and regional data in an attempt to establish trends relating wealth … Continue reading Week 10 Lab Report
Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 10-18-18 Capitalocene Lab Week 9 Background In the ninth week of our lab, we continued to analyze the possible effects and validity of the capitalocene. The first and second weeks of our lab included look at Yale Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI) and World Bank statistics to … Continue reading Week 9 Lab Report
Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 10-18-18 Capitalocene Lab Week 8 Background The purpose of this lab was to further our understanding of the capitalocene through spatial analysis of statistics we perceived as being indicative of the relationship between capitalism and the natural world. As we saw in Against the Anthropocene by … Continue reading Week 8 Lab Report
Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 10-18-18 Capitalocene Lab Week 7 Background This lab marked our shift into research about the capitalocene. The capitalocene is a definition of our modern era that was created to further define the relationships in the anthropocene. As we saw in readings by Ellis et al. the … Continue reading Week 7 Lab Report
Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 9-20-18 Land Use/Cover Change Lab Week 4 Background Over the last month, we have been observing 12 distinct sites across the Collins View neighborhood, River View Natural Area (RVNA), and the Lewis and Clark campus to observe changes due to land use. In the first week, … Continue reading Week 4 Lab Report
Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 9-20-18 Land Use/Cover Change Lab Week 3 Background The purpose of this lab has been to observe how three distinct types of land use contribute to cover change across previously forested areas in and around the Lewis & Clark campus. Our site is situated within the … Continue reading Week 3 Lab Report
Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: September 6, 2018 Land Use/Cover Change Lab Background In the anthropocene, land is being constantly modified by humans to serve a number of different purposes. People have changed their local environments to suit their needs, often without thought as to how that affects the ecosystem. Land … Continue reading Week 1 Lab Report
Lab Group: Steffen Seamon, Simon Cohen Date of Inquiry: 9-13-18 Land Use/Cover Change Lab Week 2 Background In the first week of the lab, we established our site in Collins View to gather data on land use and cover change. The purpose of establishing our lab in Collins View was to observe how land … Continue reading Week 2 Lab Report
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