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
My concentration focuses on architecture and its ability to structure urban environments in ways that minimize negative effects that cities put on the environment. In Portland, there are a number of buildings that have been built or retrofitted to meet established sustainability standards. Some of these, like Natural Capital Center, can be read about further … Continue reading The Portland Trail Blazers’ Efforts to Reduce Their Environmental Impacts
Summary Architecture shapes urban areas just as those urban areas create the needs for specific types of architectural design. According to the United Nations, 55% of people currently live in urban areas and by 2050 they expect 68% of people to live in urban areas (“68% of the World Population Projected to Live in Urban … Continue reading Concentration – Architecture’s Capability to Restructure Built Environments
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
This semester in Global Environmental History with professor Andrew Bernstein we read The Lost Wolves of Japan by Brett L. Walker. The book is a history of wolves in Japan and their extinction due to the modernization of the country during the Meiji period (1968-1912). The book focuses a lot on human relations with wolves … Continue reading Wolves and the Meiji Restoration
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
Recently, we had a panel discussion with people from Lewis and Clark College, River View Natural Area, and Collins View in class to add extra context to the labs we did on land cover change. Denise King, the Assistant Director of Budget and Planning at Lewis and Clark College, was one of the panelists that … Continue reading History of Lewis and Clark College and Land Change
Before taking this course, I did not know that ENVS 220 was the Environmental Studies’ methods course. At Lewis and Clark, you tend to hear a lot of dread from students towards the prospect of taking their respective methods courses. This talk did not do much to change my opinion. This lack of fear was … Continue reading Labs and Panel Discussion
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