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Abigail R. Jahiel Associate Professor of Environmental and International Studies

Life Cycle Analyses, Trans-boundary Impacts, and the Centrality of Asia to Environmental Studies. Abigail R. Jahiel Associate Professor of Environmental and International Studies Illinois Wesleyan University Asian Studies Teaching Colloquium on Environment, Science and Technology

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Abigail R. Jahiel Associate Professor of Environmental and International Studies

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  1. Life Cycle Analyses, Trans-boundary Impacts,and the Centrality of Asia to Environmental Studies Abigail R. Jahiel Associate Professor of Environmental and International Studies Illinois Wesleyan University Asian Studies Teaching Colloquium on Environment, Science and Technology Beloit College October 1, 2010

  2. Road Map • Background • Assignment: Life Cycle Analysis • (ENST 100: Environment and Society) • Pedagogical Approach: Trans-boundary Impacts • (ENST 375: The Transboundary Environmental Impacts of Asian Development)

  3. ENST 100: Environment & Society References to Asia: • Images of nature • Religion: Buddhism, Daoism • The Environmental Predicament • Population/Limits to Growth: China, India, Asia • Our Consumer Society • Export of consumer society to Asia • Ecological life cycle analysis

  4. ENST 100: Environment & Society …a pedagogical tool for teaching about Asia

  5. Assignment 4: Ecological Life-Cycle Analysis How much of an impact do your everyday consumption patterns have on the environment? In this assignment, you will begin to consider this question by conducting an ecological life-cycle analysis of just one of your possessions. Select an object that you can’t live without and research the ecological implications of: 1) the object’s birth what it is made of production process and the by-products environmental and health impacts 2) your use of the object 3) what will happen to the object once you are done with it.

  6. Finished Product iPhone Life-Cycle Factory Production Mining Gold (Indonesia) E-Waste Toxic Exposure

  7. ENST 375: The Trans-boundary Impacts of Asian Economic Growth …a pedagogical approach for teaching about the environment

  8. Asia’s Environmental Challenges • 60% of world population • China accounts for 20% • India accounts for 17% • Water shortage crisis proportions • 1 billion people in Asia will struggle to find fresh water • Food security concerns • Demographics, hydrologic al problems, depleted soils, loss of fisheries • Deforestation • Desertification • Climate Change

  9. Boundaries & the Transgression of Boundaries • Boundaries: • Political • Ecological • Social (class) • Economic • Are they co-terminus? • How solid are they? • How do they interact? • With what results?

  10. Changing Landscapes Mining Deforestation Commodity Crops Dams Climate Change

  11. Mekong River

  12. Dams Mekong River

  13. Dam(n)ingttheMekong River

  14. Himalayan Glaciers Melting

  15. The Water Towers of Asia The Water Towers of Asia

  16. Thank You

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