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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 119 963 88 SE 020 015 TITLE Man's Impact on the Environment: The City as an Ecosystem. INSTITUTION Brevard County School Board, Cocoa, Fla. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE [75] NOTE 180p.; For related documents, see SE 020 014-017. Newspaper examples used may reproduce marginally EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$10.03 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS Conservation Education; *Ecology; *Environmental Education; *Instructional Materials; Learning Activities; *Population Education; Science Education; Science Materials; *Teaching Guides IDENTIFIERS Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III; ESEA Title III ABSTRACT This environmental education program emphasizes the cause and effect of change in a city ecosystem with special attention given to man and his role in environmental change. Concepts are employed from the natural and social sciences to investigate environmental problems. Unit activities are inquiry oriented and answer these questions: (1) What is an ecosystem?; (2) What is a description of the ecosystem being investigated?; (3) What are some of the biotic and abiotic features of the ecosystem and how do these features interrelate?; (4) Where are some specific locations of the ecosystem being investigated?; (5) What biotic and abiotic features ir. the ecosystem have changed and are undergoing change?; (6) What are the natural factors causing change in the ecosystem and how have they been changed?; (7) What are the man-made factors causing change in the ecosystem and how have they been brough, about?; (8) What are the results of the changes?; (9) What, if any, new changes are needed in the ecosystem?; and (10) How might these needed changes to the 'cosystem be brought about? Questions 6-8 are answered through population, water supply, and air pollution activities. The teacher's guide also contains resources, evaluation techniques, and teacher suggestions for program implementation. Readings, maps, and other handouts are given for learner use. (Author/MR) *********************************************************************** * Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EARS are the best that can be made from the original. * ***********************************************************************

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Page 1: DOCUMENT RESUME 88 SE 020 015 - ERIC · DOCUMENT RESUME ED 119 963 88 SE 020 015 TITLE Man's Impact on the Environment: The City as an. Ecosystem. INSTITUTION Brevard County School

DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 119 963 88 SE 020 015

TITLE Man's Impact on the Environment: The City as anEcosystem.

INSTITUTION Brevard County School Board, Cocoa, Fla.SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education

(DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C.PUB DATE [75]NOTE 180p.; For related documents, see SE 020 014-017.

Newspaper examples used may reproduce marginally

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$10.03 Plus PostageDESCRIPTORS Conservation Education; *Ecology; *Environmental

Education; *Instructional Materials; LearningActivities; *Population Education; Science Education;Science Materials; *Teaching Guides

IDENTIFIERS Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III; ESEATitle III

ABSTRACTThis environmental education program emphasizes the

cause and effect of change in a city ecosystem with special attentiongiven to man and his role in environmental change. Concepts areemployed from the natural and social sciences to investigateenvironmental problems. Unit activities are inquiry oriented andanswer these questions: (1) What is an ecosystem?; (2) What is adescription of the ecosystem being investigated?; (3) What are someof the biotic and abiotic features of the ecosystem and how do thesefeatures interrelate?; (4) Where are some specific locations of theecosystem being investigated?; (5) What biotic and abiotic featuresir. the ecosystem have changed and are undergoing change?; (6) Whatare the natural factors causing change in the ecosystem and how havethey been changed?; (7) What are the man-made factors causing changein the ecosystem and how have they been brough, about?; (8) What arethe results of the changes?; (9) What, if any, new changes are neededin the ecosystem?; and (10) How might these needed changes to the'cosystem be brought about? Questions 6-8 are answered throughpopulation, water supply, and air pollution activities. The teacher'sguide also contains resources, evaluation techniques, and teachersuggestions for program implementation. Readings, maps, and otherhandouts are given for learner use. (Author/MR)

************************************************************************ Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished *

* materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort ** to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal *

* reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality *

* of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available *

* via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not *

* responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions ** supplied by EARS are the best that can be made from the original. *

***********************************************************************

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RA

TIO

NA

LE

Env

iron

men

tal d

egra

datio

n is

rec

ogni

zed

as a

con

cern

of

incr

easi

ng m

agni

tude

. Man

is th

e pr

e-ci

pita

ting

fact

or in

the

dete

rior

atio

n of

the

hum

an a

nd n

on-h

uman

fac

tors

of

his

envi

ronm

ent,

his

high

lyto

uted

acc

ompl

ishm

ents

not

with

stan

ding

.It

is p

ostu

late

d th

at e

nvir

onm

enta

l pro

blem

s ar

e ex

acer

bate

dby

man

's la

ck o

f kn

owle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

his

sur

roun

ding

s, b

oth

phys

ical

and

soc

ial,

as w

ell a

sin

divi

dual

mot

ivat

ion

to a

ct r

espe

ctfu

lly to

war

d hi

s en

viro

nmen

ts.

Thi

s br

oad

spec

trum

eny

irO

nmen

tal e

duca

tion

prog

ram

has

bee

n de

velo

ped

to c

omba

t thi

s sh

orta

geof

und

erst

andi

ng a

nd f

eelin

g.E

mpl

oyin

g co

ncep

ts f

rom

bot

h th

e di

scip

lines

of

natu

ral a

nd s

ocia

l sci

ence

s,a

lear

ner

can

be e

xpos

ed n

ot o

nly

to th

e ph

ysic

al p

heno

men

a th

at a

re b

eing

aff

ecte

d in

his

env

iron

men

tbu

t als

o ca

n be

mad

e aw

are

of th

e hu

man

con

sequ

ence

s of

thes

e ch

ange

s. T

he a

pplic

atio

n of

the

self

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scov

ery

tech

niqu

es u

sed

in th

is le

arni

ng a

ctiv

ity p

acka

ge w

ill r

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t in

a le

arne

r w

ho:

1.D

emon

stra

tes

a si

gnif

ican

tly in

crea

sed

leve

l of

know

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing

of th

ein

terr

elat

ions

hip

of b

oth

hum

an a

nd n

on-h

uman

asp

ects

of

his

envi

ronm

ent.

2.D

emon

stra

tes

a si

gnif

ican

tly h

ighe

r po

sitiv

e at

titud

e to

war

d hi

s en

viro

nmen

t.

By

acco

mpl

ishi

ng th

ese

obje

ctiv

es w

ith a

sub

stan

tial n

umbe

r of

stu

dent

s, th

ey w

ould

be

equi

pped

with

the

basi

c to

ols

with

whi

ch to

act

ivel

y pu

rsue

sol

utio

ns to

env

iron

men

tal p

robl

ems.

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F C

ON

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NT

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FOR

EW

OR

D

Man

's I

mpa

ct o

n th

e E

nvir

onm

ent i

s a

lear

ning

act

ivity

pac

kage

desi

gned

to f

oste

r an

impr

ovem

ent

in th

e le

arne

r's k

now

ledg

e of

and

atti

tude

tow

ard

his

envi

ronm

ent.

As

the

title

mig

ht s

ugge

st, t

his

pack

age

view

s m

an a

s he

aff

ects

his

env

iron

men

t, bo

th th

e liv

ing

and

non-

livin

gfe

atur

es.

Con

sequ

ently

, the

uni

t

of a

naly

sis

used

for

this

stu

dy is

the

ecos

yste

m, a

sys

tem

in w

hich

the

man

y re

latio

nshi

ps a

mon

g th

e

livin

g (b

iotic

) an

d no

n-liv

ing

(abi

otic

) as

pect

s of

any

giv

en e

nvir

onm

ent a

rein

vest

igat

ed.

The

eco

syst

em v

iew

of

the

envi

ronm

ent i

s br

ough

t int

o sh

arp

focu

sby

util

izin

g th

e co

ncep

tual

them

e

of c

hang

e.B

iolo

gica

l, ph

ysio

logi

cal,

and

soci

olog

ical

cha

nge

are

all f

acet

s of

this

part

icul

ar c

once

ptua

l

appr

oach

. Maj

or e

mph

asis

is g

iven

to th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f ch

ange

in a

nec

osys

tem

and

spe

cial

atte

ntio

n

is g

iven

to m

an a

nd h

is r

ole

in e

nvir

onm

enta

l cha

nge.

To

faci

litat

e th

e in

vest

igat

ion

of c

hang

e in

var

ious

eco

syst

ems,

an

anal

ytic

al m

odel

- a

ser

ies

of

gene

raliz

ed b

ut b

asic

que

stio

ns a

pplic

able

to a

num

ber

of s

imila

run

its o

f an

alys

is -

abo

ut c

hang

e in

an

ecos

yste

m h

as b

een

deve

lope

d. I

n M

an's

Im

pact

on

the

Env

iron

men

t, le

arni

ngac

tiviti

es a

re p

rovi

ded

that

appl

y th

is a

naly

tical

mod

el to

a s

erie

s of

spe

cifi

c ec

osys

tem

s: b

arri

erbe

ach,

est

uary

, fre

shw

ater

mar

sh,

the

city

.It

is b

elie

ved

that

onc

e a

lear

ner

beco

mes

acq

uain

ted

with

this

mod

el,

he c

an u

se it

as

a gu

ide

to s

tudy

any

eco

syst

em h

e w

ishe

s.

The

app

licat

ion

of th

is m

odel

to s

elec

ted

ecos

yste

ms

is m

ade

thro

ugh

an in

quir

y, o

r se

lf-d

isco

very

,

lear

ning

app

roac

h. E

ven

thou

gh th

e le

arni

ng a

ctiv

ities

are

bas

ed o

n a

very

dire

cted

inqu

iry

tech

niqu

e, th

e

lear

ner

still

ben

efits

fro

m u

sing

his

ana

lytic

al s

kills

, gai

ning

fac

ts, a

nd e

xplo

ring

and

clar

ifyi

ng h

is v

alue

s

and

attit

udes

tow

ard

the

envi

ronm

ent.

vii

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How

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earn

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ivid

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to th

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ent C

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omm

ents

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ities

sec

tion

prov

ides

in-

.

vest

igat

ions

for

eac

h in

quir

y qu

estio

n lis

ted

in th

e an

alyt

ical

mod

el. T

hese

inve

stig

atio

ns a

re d

esig

ned

to g

uide

the

lear

ner

tow

ard

a w

ell g

roun

ded

conc

lusi

on to

the

inqu

iry

ques

tions

.A

long

with

the

Lea

rnin

g

Act

iviti

es, t

his

divi

sion

incl

udes

Res

ourc

es n

eede

d to

com

plet

e th

e in

vest

igat

ions

,su

gges

ted

Eva

luat

ion

proc

edur

es f

or s

tude

nt p

erfo

rman

ce, a

nd T

each

er S

ugge

stio

ns. T

he e

valu

atio

n te

chni

ques

are

expl

aine

d

in d

epth

late

r in

this

For

ewar

d. S

tude

nt C

omm

ents

are

rea

ding

s, m

aps,

and

oth

erha

ndou

ts th

at a

re

inte

gral

par

ts o

f th

e L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

es a

nd a

re to

be

repr

oduc

ed f

or le

arne

r us

e. T

heSt

uden

t Com

men

ts

are

num

bere

d an

d lo

cate

d al

l tog

ethe

r fo

llow

ing

the

sect

ior

,on:

:L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

es.

Tea

cher

Com

men

ts

give

bac

kgro

und

info

rmat

ion

on a

var

iety

of

aspe

cts

of th

e ec

osys

tem

bei

ng s

tudi

ed. E

ven

thou

gh th

e T

each

er

Com

men

ts a

re p

rim

arily

des

igne

d fo

r th

e te

ache

r, m

any

inst

ruct

ors

have

fou

nd it

use

ful t

ore

prod

uce

thes

e

for

thei

r st

uden

ts to

use

.

In a

n ef

fort

to m

ake

this

lear

ning

pac

ket a

s st

uden

t-or

ient

ed a

s po

ssib

le, t

here

has

bee

nin

clud

ed

an e

xpla

natio

n of

a w

orka

ble

prog

ram

in w

hich

stu

dent

s co

nduc

t cla

ssdi

scus

sion

. Rea

d ca

refu

lly th

e fd

l-lo

win

g Su

gges

ted

Mod

el f

or S

tude

nt-D

irec

ted

Cla

ss D

iscu

ssio

n fo

r po

ssib

le im

plem

enta

tion

in y

our

clas

sroo

m.

Man

's I

mpa

ct o

n th

e E

nvir

onm

ent a

lso

prov

ides

a s

erie

s of

sug

gest

ed m

etho

ds f

or e

valu

atin

gle

arne

rpe

rfor

man

ce. E

mpl

oym

ent o

f th

ese

part

icul

ar te

chni

es a

re n

ot c

ritic

al to

the

succ

ess

of th

e le

arni

ngun

it, b

ut a

re p

roce

dure

s th

at h

ave

prov

ed m

eani

ngfu

l to

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

rs w

ho d

evel

oped

this

lear

ning

activ

ity p

acka

ge. A

Pro

pose

d Sc

hem

e of

Tec

hniq

ues

for

Eva

luat

ing

Stud

ent P

erfo

rman

ce m

erits

clo

seat

tent

ion

and

can

be f

ound

in th

is F

orew

ard.

viii

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A S

ugge

sted

Mod

el f

or S

tude

nt-D

irec

ted

Cla

ss D

iscu

ssio

n

"The

onl

y le

arni

ng w

hich

sig

nifi

cant

ly in

flue

nces

beh

avio

r is

sel

f-di

scov

ered

, sel

f-ap

prop

riat

edle

arni

ng.

Self

-app

ropr

iatio

n or

'lea

rnin

g it

for

mys

elf'

happ

ens

whe

n th

ere

is p

roce

ss, o

r w

hen

the

stud

ent i

s an

act

ivis

t_

.. o

rw

hen

the

stud

ent i

s se

arch

ing,

or

whe

n th

e st

uden

t is

doin

g an

ythi

ng w

ithth

e te

ache

r --

like

und

erst

andi

ng o

r lo

ving

him

."*

One

pro

cess

that

can

be

activ

ely

utili

zed

for

self

-dis

cove

red

lear

ning

is th

e st

uden

t-di

rect

ed c

lass

disc

ussi

on. D

iscu

ssio

n re

volv

ing

arou

nd c

halle

ngin

g, in

quir

y or

ient

ed q

uest

ions

sup

plie

d by

the

teac

her,

but c

ondu

cted

exc

lusi

vely

by

the

stud

ents

, will

pro

vide

the

part

icip

antg

the

oppo

rtun

ity f

or a

ctiv

e in

volv

e-m

ent.

Stud

ent-

dire

cted

dis

cuss

ions

allo

w th

e st

uden

t to

expr

ess

opin

ions

ope

nly

and

argu

e fr

eely

for

his

poin

t of

view

in a

n at

mos

pher

e m

onito

red

by h

is p

eers

inst

ead

of th

e, m

ore

ofte

n th

an n

ot, s

taid

que

stio

nan

d an

swer

situ

atio

n st

ruct

ured

by

the

teac

her.

t--a

,t-

a.C

lass

dis

cuss

ions

dir

ecte

d by

stu

dent

s al

so f

ree

the

teac

her

to b

ecom

e a

shar

per

obse

rver

of

stu-

dent

inte

ract

ion,

a b

ette

r lis

tene

r, a

nd m

ore

effe

ctiv

e ev

alua

tor.

By

allo

win

g st

uden

ts th

e ch

ance

to c

on-

duct

cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

ns a

nd r

efra

inin

g fr

om v

oici

ng p

erso

nal o

pini

ons

and

mak

ing

auth

orita

tive

stat

emen

ts,

the

teac

her

will

hav

e m

ore

time

to o

bser

ve, l

iste

n, a

nd e

valu

ate.

Stu

dent

con

fide

nce

is d

evel

oped

whe

nth

e te

ache

r al

low

s th

em to

wor

k ou

t the

ir o

wn

prob

lem

s an

d ac

ts a

s a

guid

e an

d no

t the

sol

e in

telle

ctua

lau

thor

ity in

the

room

. Tea

cher

sug

gest

ions

sho

uld

be o

ffer

ed s

pari

ngly

and

onl

y if

stu

dent

s ge

t too

far

off

the

subj

ect a

nd ju

st c

an't

get b

ack

to th

e bu

sine

ss a

t han

d.O

ne h

ighl

y su

cces

sful

mod

el f

or s

tude

nt-d

irec

ted

clas

s di

scus

sion

has

bee

n em

ploy

ed f

or s

ever

alye

ars

in s

ocia

l stu

dies

cla

sses

at D

eLau

ra J

unio

r H

igh

Scho

ol, S

atel

lite

Bea

ch, F

lori

da.

* C

arl R

oger

s

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Stud

ents

ass

ume

the

thre

e fo

llow

ing

posi

tions

:(1

) M

oder

ator

, (2)

Boa

rd R

ecor

der,

(3)

Des

k R

e-co

rder

. The

se p

ositi

ons

are

all v

olun

tary

and

stu

dent

s m

ay c

hoos

e to

be

one,

two,

or

all t

hree

, not

all

at o

nce.

A s

heet

of

pape

r fo

r ea

ch p

ositi

on m

ay b

e pa

ssed

aro

und

the

room

, and

stu

dent

s m

ay s

ign

upfo

r an

y, a

ll, o

r no

ne o

f th

ese.

Whe

n an

y po

sitio

n is

nee

ded,

the

teac

her

can

just

pic

kon

e st

uden

t, st

art-

ing

at th

e to

p of

the

list.

Mod

erat

or a

nd B

oard

Rec

orde

r se

rve

one

clas

s pe

riod

and

the

Des

k R

ecor

der

serv

es th

roug

hout

the

entir

e di

scus

sion

of

the

over

all i

ssue

. The

se p

ositi

ons

are

exce

llent

for

thos

e qu

iet,

shy

stud

ents

who

hes

itate

to e

xpre

ss th

eir

opin

ions

in a

larg

e gr

oup.

A te

ache

r sh

ould

aw

ard

extr

a po

ints

to th

ose

stud

ents

who

vol

unte

er f

or th

ese

posi

tions

.(1

)T

he M

oder

ator

- R

espo

nsib

ilitie

sA

.C

alls

on

stud

ents

who

wis

h to

exp

ress

them

selv

es.

B.

Con

tinue

s to

cal

l on

stud

ents

who

wis

h to

spe

ak a

s lo

ng a

s th

ere

is q

uiet

coo

pera

tion

-s NI

of th

e re

mai

ning

stu

dent

s.C

.M

aint

ains

par

liam

enta

ry p

roce

dure

.(S

impl

e pa

rlia

men

tary

pro

cedu

re m

ight

be

ex-

plai

ned

by th

e te

ache

r --

poi

nt o

f or

der,

cal

l for

que

stio

n,m

akin

g a

mot

ion,

etc

.)D

.D

oes

not e

xpre

ss a

n op

inio

n.(2

)T

he B

oard

Rec

orde

r -

Res

pons

ibili

ties

A. R

ecor

ds p

ertin

ent i

nfor

mat

ion

on c

halk

boar

das

dir

ecte

d by

stu

dent

s so

that

the

Des

kR

ecor

der

can

mak

e a

copy

of

the

info

rmat

ion

for

the

clas

s lo

g an

d he

lp k

eep

disc

ussi

onon

the

poin

t.B

.M

ay e

xpre

ss o

pini

ons

whe

n re

cogn

ized

by

the

Mod

erat

or.

(3)

The

Des

k R

ecor

der

- R

espo

nsib

ilitie

sA

. Rec

ords

in a

cla

ss lo

g in

form

atio

n ex

actly

as

it ap

pear

son

the

chal

kboa

rd.

B.

Act

s as

sec

reta

ry w

hen

argu

men

ts o

ccur

ove

r pr

evio

us m

ater

ial b

y re

ferr

ing

topr

e-vi

ous

reco

rds

in lo

g.

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C.

Plac

es p

revi

ous

day'

s w

ork

on c

halk

boar

d at

the

begi

nnin

g of

eac

h cl

ass

mee

ting.

D. R

ecor

ds in

form

atio

n on

ditt

o at

the

conc

lusi

on o

f th

e di

scus

sion

s fo

r di

stri

butio

n to

mem

bers

of

the

clas

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cant

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ssio

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esks

sho

uld

be s

ituat

ed s

o th

at s

tude

nts

can

gene

rally

fac

e ea

ch o

ther

for

eas

ier

inte

ract

ion

and

see

the

chal

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he te

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an

obse

rver

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tene

r, a

nd e

valu

ator

! O

ne s

ugge

sted

sch

eme

for

eval

uatin

g la

rge

grou

p di

scus

sion

is e

xpla

ined

in th

e ne

xt s

ectio

n on

Eva

luat

ion

Tec

hniq

ues.

If

this

Stu

dent

-Dir

ecte

d C

lass

Dis

cuss

ion

is to

be

adop

ted

in y

our

clas

sroo

m, t

horo

ugh

expl

anat

ion

shou

ld b

e m

ade

to y

our

stud

ents

bef

ore

star

ting

the

unit

of s

tudy

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rida

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A P

ropo

sed

Sche

me

of T

echn

ique

s fo

r E

valu

atin

g St

uden

t Per

form

ance

Eva

luat

ing

stud

ent p

erfo

rman

ce is

dif

ficu

lt at

bes

t.M

ost c

lass

room

teac

hers

hav

e de

velo

ped

syst

ems

for

"gra

ding

" th

eir

stud

ents

with

whi

ch th

ey a

re m

ost c

omfo

rtab

le. O

ther

teac

hers

are

qui

te u

ncom

fort

able

with

any

tech

niqu

es f

or m

easu

ring

stu

dent

pro

gres

s. W

e m

ake

no a

ttem

pts

at s

olvi

ng th

e pr

oble

ms

and

in-

equi

ties

inhe

rent

in m

ost e

valu

atio

n sc

hem

es. W

e on

ly p

rese

nt s

ome

way

s th

at s

ome

clas

sroo

m te

ache

rsha

ve u

sed

and

have

fou

nd to

be

succ

essf

ul f

or th

em.

Plea

se r

evie

w th

e su

gges

ted

met

hods

incl

uded

her

ean

d m

odif

y fo

r us

e in

you

r ow

n si

tuat

ion.

Wha

teve

r ge

nera

l eva

luat

ion

proc

ess

is c

hose

n, e

xpla

in it

s fu

nctio

nto

you

r st

uden

ts b

efor

e be

ginn

ing

the

unit

of s

tudy

.St

uden

t ach

ieve

men

t can

be

eval

uate

d on

mor

e th

an w

ritte

n te

sts,

eve

n th

ough

thes

e ha

ve th

eir

plac

e.A

dditi

onal

are

as o

f m

easu

rem

ent m

ay in

clud

e la

rge

grou

p di

scus

sion

, sm

all g

roup

wor

k, s

elf-

eval

uatio

n,or

al r

epor

ts, v

isua

l cre

atio

ns (

post

ers,

cha

rts,

gra

phs,

dia

gram

s, c

olla

ges)

, and

wri

tten

assi

gnm

ents

.O

ne s

ugge

sted

met

hod

of s

cori

ng th

ese

and

othe

r ar

eas

is th

roug

h a

poin

t sys

tem

in w

hich

a h

ighe

rnu

mbe

r of

poi

nts

refl

ects

hig

her

qual

ity. A

poi

nt s

cale

is e

stab

lishe

d fo

r ea

ch a

rea

bein

g ju

dged

, poi

nts

are

gran

ted

eith

er b

y st

uden

ts o

r te

ache

r fo

r an

indi

vidu

al's

per

form

ance

and

eac

h st

uden

t rec

ords

his

ow

nac

cum

ulat

ion

of p

oint

s.T

his

reco

rd c

ould

take

the

form

of

an I

ndiv

idua

l Poi

nt S

heet

(I.

P. S

.) s

how

n on

the

next

pag

e. T

he s

heet

ser

ves

as a

sum

mar

y fo

r po

ints

giv

en in

the

four

cat

egor

ies

of e

valu

atio

n di

scus

sed

in th

is s

ectio

n on

Eva

luat

ion

Tec

hniq

ues.

Oth

er a

spec

ts o

f ev

alua

tion,

not

incl

uded

on

the

Indi

vidu

al P

oint

Shee

t may

be

incl

uded

at t

he te

ache

r's d

iscr

etio

n. B

e cr

eativ

e an

d re

war

d yo

ur s

tude

nts

for

the

good

they

do.

Acc

entu

ate

the

posi

tive

and

elim

inat

e th

e ne

gativ

e.Po

int S

heet

s ar

e ke

pt f

or o

ne w

eek

at a

tim

e by

the

stud

ent w

ho to

tals

his

poi

nts

and

then

turn

sth

em in

to th

e te

ache

r. A

t the

end

of

a st

anda

rd g

radi

ng p

erio

d, a

ll I.

P. S

. tot

als

are

adde

d an

d th

ete

ache

r co

nver

ts th

em in

to a

gra

de.

Eac

h of

the

divi

sion

s on

the

I. P

. S. a

re e

xpla

ined

on

the

follo

win

g pa

ges

and

deta

iled

scor

ing

inst

ru-

men

ts a

re p

rovi

ded

for

your

con

side

ratio

n in

the

Tea

cher

Com

men

t sec

tion.

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IND

IVID

UA

L P

OIN

T S

HE

ET

Tot

al P

oint

s

Nam

e

11

Peri

od

Wee

k

Lar

ge G

roup

Dis

cuss

ion

Poin

tsSe

lf-E

valu

atio

n Po

ints

M.

-M

.

T.

T.

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ork

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ual-

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Lar

ge G

roup

Dis

cuss

ion

Lar

ge g

roup

dis

cuss

ion

is p

roba

bly

the

mos

t wid

ely

used

lear

ning

tech

niqu

e in

the

clas

sroo

m.

Mos

t of

the

time

this

type

of

disc

ussi

on is

teac

her-

cent

ered

or d

irec

ted.

How

ever

, it i

s po

ssib

le f

orcl

ass

disc

ussi

ons

to b

e st

uden

t dir

ecte

d; th

is le

aves

the

teac

her

free

to b

e an

obs

erve

r, li

sten

er, a

ndev

alua

tor.

The

sec

tion,

A S

ugge

sted

Mod

el f

or S

tude

nt-D

irec

ted

Cla

ss D

iscu

ssio

n, p

age

ix, g

ives

de-

tails

in h

ow to

est

ablis

h a

stud

ent-

dire

cted

dis

cuss

ion.

With

stu

dent

s di

rect

ing

clas

s di

scus

sion

the

teac

her

has

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

bec

ome

a m

ore

re-

liabl

e ev

alua

tor.

Mos

t tea

cher

s ha

ve th

eir

own

met

hods

for

judg

ing

thei

r st

uden

ts' c

omm

ents

as

agr

oup

disc

ussi

on p

rogr

esse

s, h

owev

er f

or th

ose

inst

ruct

ors

who

may

wis

h so

me

help

in th

is m

atte

rw

e ha

ve in

clud

ed a

sam

ple

chec

klis

t in

the

Tea

cher

Com

men

t Sec

tion

as a

pos

sibl

e m

easu

ring

dev

ice.

Lar

ge g

roup

dis

cuss

ions

are

use

d fr

eque

ntly

thro

ugho

ut th

isun

it of

stu

dy, e

spec

ially

as

ate

chni

que

for

sum

mar

izin

g or

rea

chin

ga

conc

ludi

ng a

nsw

er to

the

Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n be

ing

inve

stig

ated

.C

lass

dis

cuss

io..

has

been

sho

wn

to b

eon

e of

the

stud

ents

' fav

orite

mea

ns f

or le

arni

ng, t

here

fore

it is

an e

xcel

lent

opp

ortu

nity

for

the

teac

her

to e

valu

ate

youn

g pe

ople

's th

inki

ng a

ndex

pres

sion

.If

the

sug-

gest

ed c

heck

list m

entio

ned

abov

e is

to b

e em

ploy

ed, e

xpla

inits

use

to th

e st

uden

ts b

efor

e th

e un

it of

stud

y is

beg

un.

xiv

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Smal

l Gro

up W

ork

Smal

l Gro

up W

ork

is a

n ef

fect

ive

met

hod

used

to d

evel

op c

omm

unic

atio

n, c

oope

ratio

n,se

lf-

expr

essi

on, l

eade

rshi

p, c

reat

ivity

, int

erac

tion

and

shar

ing

of id

eas

and

know

ledg

e.T

his

tech

niqu

e is

succ

essf

ul w

ith s

tude

nts

in m

ost l

earn

ing

situ

atio

ns.

The

pur

pose

of

this

tech

niqu

e is

to d

evel

op a

stu

dent

-cen

tere

d cl

assr

oom

rat

her

than

a te

ache

r-di

rect

ed c

lass

room

. Thr

ough

thes

e sm

all g

roup

dis

cuss

ions

, stu

dent

s fe

elfr

eer

to e

xpre

ss th

emse

lves

and

som

e de

velo

p le

ader

ship

ski

lls w

hich

are

not

pre

sent

in la

rge

grou

ps.

Oth

er b

enef

fts

are

that

stu

-de

nts

lear

n to

wor

k or

coo

pera

te w

ith a

var

iety

of

thei

rpe

ers

and

not j

ust t

he s

ame

grou

p al

l the

tim

e.M

ost s

tude

nts

lear

n to

cop

e w

ith a

new

situ

atio

n an

d/or

pro

blem

to s

olve

.It

is im

pera

tive

that

a te

ache

rst

rive

to a

llow

stu

dent

s to

sol

ve th

eir

own

grou

p pr

oble

ms.

Tea

cher

s sh

ould

allo

w s

tude

nts

in s

mal

l1-

1gr

oups

to e

lect

thei

r le

ader

ship

exc

ept i

n N

o. 4

(C

apta

in-s

elec

tion)

of

the

idea

s be

low

.

Her

e ar

e so

me

sugg

este

d w

ays

to o

rgan

ize

stud

ents

into

sm

all g

roup

s.

1.C

ount

ing-

off

n.D

ecid

e th

e nu

mbe

r of

gro

ups

need

ed.

b.Su

gges

t fou

r to

six

mem

bers

in e

ach

grou

p.c.

Star

t cou

nt a

nyw

here

in th

e ro

om w

ith #

1 an

d go

to d

esir

ed n

umbe

r (4

-5-6

).d.

Con

tinue

cou

ntin

g of

f un

til a

ll st

uden

ts a

re m

embe

rs o

f a

grou

p.

2.D

raw

ing

num

bers

a.Sa

me

as N

o. la

abo

ve.

b.Sa

me

as N

o. lb

abo

ve.

c.it

in a

box

the

desi

red

sets

of

num

bers

.d.

Stud

ents

will

dra

w f

rom

the

box

a nu

mbe

red

slip

of

pape

r w

hich

will

det

erm

ine

thei

rgr

oup.

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3.Se

lf-g

roup

ing

a.A

rran

ge f

urni

ture

pri

or to

cla

ssm

eetin

g fo

r de

sire

d nu

mbe

r of

grou

ps.

b.C

hoic

e of

loca

tion

sele

cted

by

stud

ent

upon

ent

erin

g th

e ro

om.

4.C

apta

in-s

elec

tion

a.C

ount

off

and

sel

ect d

esir

ed n

umbe

rsu

ch a

s ev

ery

tent

hpe

rson

fro

m th

e ro

llboo

k.St

uden

t has

cho

ice

of b

eing

or n

ot b

eing

a c

apta

in.

b.C

ontin

ue th

is u

ntil

the

desi

red

num

ber

of c

apta

ins

have

bee

n ob

tain

ed.

c.Po

sitio

n ca

ptai

ns a

t var

ious

sta

tions

inth

e ro

om, a

s se

lect

ion

is b

eing

mad

e.d.

Cap

tain

sel

ects

team

mem

bers

.C

apta

in's

pos

ition

is r

otat

edam

ong

team

if d

esir

ed.

e.C

ontin

ue u

ntil

all m

embe

rs o

f th

ecl

ass

atel

on a

team

.?-

aC

O-

Dav

id M

cDon

ald,

Jun

e Sc

hmid

lkaf

orSo

cial

Stu

dies

Tea

cher

sD

e L

aura

Jun

ior

Hig

h Sc

hool

Sate

llite

Bea

ch, F

lori

da

Man

y te

ache

rs r

efus

e to

inco

rpor

ate

smal

l gro

up w

ork

in th

eir

clas

sroo

ms

beca

use

they

lack

asa

tisfa

ctor

y pr

oced

ure

for

eval

uatin

g th

eou

tcom

e of

suc

h ef

fort

s.Fo

r th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

uni

t of

stud

y,w

e su

gges

t the

use

of

the

follo

win

gpr

oces

s fo

r ch

ecki

ng th

e re

sults

of

grou

ps in

vest

igat

ing

each

Inq

uiry

Que

stio

n. U

se o

nly

whe

re it

ispr

actic

al to

do

so.

1.A

t the

end

of

the

stud

y of

eac

hIn

quir

y Q

uest

ion,

ther

e w

ill b

ean

exe

rcis

e .in

the

Lea

rnin

gA

ctiv

ities

col

umn

entit

led

Che

ck L

Q.

At t

his

poin

t hav

e ea

ch in

divi

dual

with

in a

sm

all g

roup

wri

te o

ut w

hat h

e th

inks

is th

ean

swer

to th

e In

quir

y Q

uest

ion,

by

filli

ng o

ut th

eup

per

half

of

the

I. Q

. (In

quir

y Q

uest

ion)

Che

ck f

orm

pro

vide

d in

the

Stud

ent

Com

men

t sec

tion.

xvi

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2.T

each

er c

olle

cts

I. Q

. Che

ck s

heet

s an

d gi

ves

to a

dif

fere

nt s

mal

lgr

oup

for

grad

ing.

3.C

lass

mem

bers

will

:a.

Hav

e in

fro

nt o

f th

em a

cop

y of

cla

ss c

oncl

usio

n fo

r th

e In

quir

y Q

uest

ion

arri

ved

atdu

ring

the

Inve

stig

atio

ns.

b.D

ecid

e ho

w m

any

tota

l gra

de-p

oint

s sh

ould

be

poss

ible

for

the

prop

er r

espo

nse

to th

eIn

quir

y Q

uest

ion.

4.E

ach

smal

l gro

up w

ill c

ompa

re th

e an

swer

she

et h

ande

d it

with

cla

ss c

oncl

usio

n an

d th

en f

illou

t the

low

er h

alf

of th

e I.

Q. C

heck

for

m. E

xper

ienc

e ha

s sh

own

that

mor

e ho

nest

and

ser

ious

eval

uatio

ns a

re m

ade

whe

n st

uden

ts d

o no

t kno

w w

ho is

che

ckin

g w

hose

pap

er. T

hena

me

ofth

e ch

ecke

r on

the

I. Q

. Che

ck f

orm

is f

or th

e te

ache

r on

ly.

5.R

etur

n L

Q. C

heck

s to

teac

her

who

may

rev

eal s

core

s to

stu

dent

s.

;-.A

.cz

,If

this

met

hod

of e

valu

atio

n is

em

ploy

ed, i

t wou

ld b

e es

sent

ial f

or s

tude

nts

to r

emai

n in

the

sam

esm

all g

roup

unt

il co

mpl

etio

n is

mad

e of

all

inve

stig

atio

ns f

or a

ny o

ne I

nqui

ry Q

uest

ion.

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Self

-Eva

luat

ion

App

rais

ing

one'

s ow

n pr

ogre

ss is

pro

babl

y th

e m

ost e

ffec

tive

mea

ns o

f ev

alua

tion.

No

one

bette

rth

an th

e st

uden

t him

self

kno

ws

how

inte

rest

ed h

e w

as in

the

subj

ect,

how

cle

arly

he

unde

rsta

nds

the

con-

cept

s, h

ow m

uch

effo

rt w

as e

xpen

ded

on th

e le

arni

ng a

ctiv

ities

,or

how

muc

h co

oper

ativ

e pa

rtic

ipat

ion

heto

ok in

-gro

up v

entu

res.

A s

yste

m o

f se

lf-e

valu

atio

nca

n gu

ide

a st

uden

t to

a pl

ace

whe

re h

e ca

n se

e hi

sow

n st

rong

fea

ture

s as

wel

l as

wea

k on

es. F

rom

this

van

tage

poi

nt, h

e ca

n be

gin

to m

ake

cons

truc

tive

chan

ges

in h

is b

ehav

ior.

In th

e St

uden

t Com

men

t Sec

tion

ther

e is

pro

vide

d on

e sa

mpl

e m

easu

ring

dev

ice

whi

ch c

ould

be

t.ut

ilize

d th

roug

hout

this

uni

t of

stud

y.If

this

inst

rum

ent o

r so

me

sim

ilar

form

is a

dopt

ed, p

leas

e ex

plai

n:`

-

c::'

its u

se to

stu

dent

s be

fore

any

lear

ning

act

iviti

es s

tart

.

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Ora

l - V

isua

l - W

ritte

n A

ssig

nmen

ts

Var

iety

is a

key

to c

ompr

ehen

sive

eva

luat

ion

of s

tude

nt p

rogr

ess.

Ora

l rep

orts

, vis

ual c

reat

ions

and

wri

tten

assi

gnm

ents

are

but

a s

mal

l lis

t of

activ

ities

that

can

be

used

to m

easu

re th

e gr

owth

of

stu-

dent

s.W

hile

for

mal

ora

l pre

sent

atio

ns a

re a

t a m

inim

um in

thes

e un

its o

f st

udy,

they

may

be

requ

ired

and

we

have

incl

uded

a s

ampl

e fo

rm f

or e

valu

atin

g su

ch r

epor

ts in

the

Tea

cher

Com

men

t Sec

tion.

Vis

ual w

ork

is c

alle

d fo

r m

ore

freq

uent

ly th

roug

hout

the

lear

ning

act

iviti

es, t

here

fore

we

have

sug

gest

edso

me

guid

elin

es f

or s

cori

ng th

is ty

pe o

f ef

fort

in th

e T

each

er C

omm

ent S

ectio

n.T

hese

two

form

s co

uld

be e

asily

mod

ifie

d fo

r an

y lo

cal s

ituat

ion.

The

ran

ge o

f w

ritte

n as

sign

men

ts r

eque

sted

is s

o gr

eat t

hat

the

eval

uatio

n of

this

are

a is

left

com

plet

ely

up to

the

teac

her.

Wha

teve

r m

etho

ds f

or e

valu

atin

g or

al,

visu

al, a

nd w

ritte

n as

sign

men

ts a

re a

pplie

d sh

ould

be

care

fully

exp

lain

ed to

stu

dent

s be

fore

beg

inni

ng th

eun

it of

stu

dy.

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AC

KN

OW

LE

DG

EM

EN

T

Thi

s Pr

ojec

t wou

ld h

ave

been

impo

ssib

le w

ithou

t the

eff

orts

and

coo

pera

tion

of th

e cl

assr

oom

teac

hers

who

hel

ped

deve

lop,

test

, and

rev

ise

thes

e en

viro

nmen

tal l

earn

ing

units

.T

he a

ssis

tanc

e gi

ven

by D

r. E

dwin

Shi

rkey

, of

Flor

ida

Tec

hnol

ogic

al U

nive

rsity

in O

rlan

do. F

lori

da, t

oev

alua

te th

e st

uden

ts'

perf

orm

ance

out

com

es w

as in

valu

able

.St

uden

ts p

artic

ipat

ing

in a

ll th

e Pi

lot C

lass

es m

ade

man

y co

n-

stru

ctiv

e su

gges

tions

for

rev

isin

g th

e le

arni

ng u

nits

.

Spec

ial m

entio

n go

es to

thos

e te

ache

rs w

ho p

erfo

rmed

ext

ra ta

sks.

Dav

idM

acD

onal

d an

d Ju

ne

Schm

idlk

ofer

wer

e in

stru

men

tal i

n w

ritin

g A

Sug

gest

ed M

odel

for

Stu

dent

-Dir

ecte

d C

lass

Dis

cuss

ion

and

part

s of

the

sect

ion

on e

valu

atin

g st

uden

t per

form

ance

. Eri

c Jo

hnso

n, R

ober

tFi

ndla

y an

d Jo

Ann

Str

inge

r

acte

d as

the

revi

sion

com

mitt

ee, m

akin

g th

e ch

ange

s th

at m

ade

this

fin

al p

rodu

ctpo

ssib

le.

Nin

a B

elle

Fri

tz,

Elle

n C

laus

sen

and

Lin

da L

inco

ln s

pent

hou

rs d

raw

ing

up a

pac

kage

of

mat

eria

l tha

tw

ould

exp

lain

to te

ache

rs

how

they

cou

ld u

se M

an's

Im

pact

on

the

Env

iron

men

t.

My

grea

test

app

reci

atio

n is

ext

ende

d to

all

of th

ese

indi

vidu

als.

Rog

er L

. Hen

ryC

hair

man

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LO

OK

ING

AH

EA

D

Loo

king

Ahe

ad is

a f

eatu

re p

rovi

ded

for

thos

e te

ache

rs w

ho w

ish

to b

e pr

epar

ed f

or th

e le

arni

ngac

tiviti

es b

y se

curi

ng th

e ne

eded

res

ourc

es n

ot s

uppl

ied

with

in th

is p

acka

ge b

efor

e it

is ti

me

to u

se th

em.

Loo

king

Ahe

ad a

t the

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ace

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asic

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A M

OD

EL

FO

R I

NV

EST

IGA

TIN

G C

HA

NG

E I

N E

CO

SYST

EM

S

An

Inqu

iry

Stud

y

I.W

hat i

s an

eco

syst

em?

II.

Wha

t is

a de

scri

ptio

n of

the

ecos

yste

m b

eing

inve

stig

ated

?

III.

Wha

t are

som

e of

the

biot

ic a

nd a

biot

ic f

eatu

res

of th

e ec

osys

tem

and

how

do

thes

e fe

atur

es in

terr

elat

e?

IV.

Whe

re a

re s

ome

spec

ific

loca

tions

of

the

ecos

yste

m b

eing

inve

stig

ated

?

V.

Wha

t bio

tic a

nd a

biot

ic f

eatu

res

in th

e ec

osys

tem

hav

e ch

ange

d an

d ar

e un

derg

oing

cha

nge?

NI

)4=

VI.

Wha

t are

the

natu

ral f

acto

rs c

ausi

ng c

hang

e in

the

ecos

yste

m a

nd h

ow h

ave

they

bee

n br

ough

tab

out?

VII

.W

hat a

re th

e m

an-m

ade

fact

ors

caus

ing

chan

ge in

the

ecos

yste

m a

nd h

ow h

ave

they

bee

n br

ough

t abo

ut?

VII

I.W

hat a

re th

e re

sults

of

the

chan

ges?

A. B

enef

icia

l?B

. Det

rim

enta

l?

IX.

Wha

t, if

any

, new

cha

nges

are

nee

ded

in th

e ec

osys

tem

?

X.

How

mig

ht th

ese

need

ed c

hang

es to

the

ecos

yste

m b

e br

ough

t abo

ut?

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AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

Intr

oduc

tion

(Inq

uiry

Que

stio

ns I

V)

1

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:I.

Wha

t is

an e

cosy

stem

?

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

nsIn

vest

igat

ion

#1:

A.

INT

RO

DU

CE

A.

INT

RO

DU

CE

A.

INT

RO

DU

CE

A.

INT

RO

DU

CE

1.W

rite

this

que

stio

n on

chal

kboa

rd: "

Wha

t is

an e

cosy

stem

?"2.

Tel

l cla

ss th

ey a

re g

oing

to:

a.O

bser

ve a

n ec

osys

tem

.

B.

OB

SER

VE

B.

OB

SER

VE

1.T

his

Inve

stig

atio

nr,

-w

ill le

ad s

tude

nts

to d

efin

eec

osys

tem

.2.

The

sch

ool g

roun

dsw

ill s

erve

as

an a

dequ

ate

ecos

yste

m f

or o

bser

vatio

n.

B.

OB

SER

VE

b.R

ecor

d al

l the

y se

e or

sens

e in

thei

r ob

ser-

vatio

ns.

c.Pr

edic

t a d

efin

ition

of

ecos

yste

m.

B.

OB

SER

VE

1.D

ivid

e cl

ass

into

sm

all

grou

ps.

2.T

ake

grou

ps o

utsi

de o

nsc

hool

gro

unds

and

dep

loy

atva

riou

s si

tes.

3.T

ell a

ll gr

oups

to r

ecor

dal

l the

y se

e an

d se

nse

in th

eir

sur-

roun

ding

s.

C.

PRE

DIC

T/D

ISC

USS

C.

PRE

DIC

T/

C.

PRE

DIC

T/

C.

PRE

DIC

T/D

ISC

USS

1.U

sing

thei

r re

cord

ed o

b-se

rvat

ions

, hav

e ea

ch g

roup

dev

elop

a pr

edic

ted

defi

nitio

n of

eco

syst

em.

DIS

CU

SSD

ISC

USS

1.A

t thi

s tim

e, d

o no

tm

ake

any

com

men

t on

whe

ther

or n

ot th

e de

fini

tion

is c

orre

ct.

2.R

ecor

d co

nsen

sus

onch

alkb

oard

.

Col

lect

wri

tten

copi

es o

f de

fini

tions

and

chec

k.2.

Hav

e ea

ch g

roup

rep

ort i

tsde

fini

tion

to th

e cl

ass

and

thro

ugh

disc

- -s

sion

, rea

ch a

con

sens

us o

nth

e m

eani

ng o

f ec

osys

tem

.

2

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:I.

Wha

t is

an e

cosy

stem

?

Lea

rnin

: Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

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VIE

WI7

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alte

rnat

e fi

lm-

stri

p th

at c

ould

be

used

:a.

Our

Env

iron

-

D.

VIE

W1

Tel

l the

cla

ss th

ey a

rego

ing

to: a.

Vie

w a

sou

nd f

ilmst

rip

b. C

ompa

re th

eir

defi

-ni

tion

of e

cosy

stem

with

wha

t the

y se

ean

d he

ar.

c.R

evis

e th

eir

clas

sde

fini

tion

if n

eces

sary

.2.

Show

film

stri

p on

eco

logy

.

E.

DIS

CU

SS

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VIE

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osey

s to

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VIE

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rder

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CU

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stri

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at s

how

s th

e de

fini

tion

of a

nec

osys

tem

can

be

used

.

E.

DIS

CU

SS1.

Thr

ough

cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

n,re

vise

pre

dict

ed c

lass

def

initi

on if

need

ed.

2.Fa

mili

ariz

e st

uden

ts w

ithth

e m

eani

ng o

f bi

otic

and

abi

otic

, as

1.O

ne d

efin

ition

of

ecos

yste

m -

- "a

sys

tem

inw

hich

the

biot

ic (

livin

g) a

ndab

iotic

(no

n-liv

ing)

fea

ture

sar

e in

con

stan

t int

erac

tion.

"2.

Mea

ning

s:B

iotic

mea

ns a

ll th

ings

livi

ngth

ey r

elat

e to

the

defi

nitio

n of

ecos

yste

m. T

hese

wor

ds w

ill b

eus

ed th

roug

hout

the

unit

of s

tudy

.

.

or r

ecen

tly li

ving

.A

biot

ic m

eans

all

thin

gs n

on-

livin

g.B

io-

from

the

Gre

ek, b

ios,

mea

ning

life

.A

-fro

m th

e G

reek

, mea

ning

....._

not.

3

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:I.

Wha

t is

an e

cosy

stem

?

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

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F..

OB

SER

VE

F.O

BSE

RV

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OB

SER

VE

3.T

C #

1, p

age

121,

will

hel

p in

a d

etai

led

dis-

cuss

ion

of w

hat i

s co

nsid

ered

livin

g an

d no

t liv

ing.

F.O

BSE

RV

E1.

Div

ide

clas

s in

to s

mal

lgr

oups

.2.

Tel

l stu

dent

s th

ey a

re g

oing

to:

a.C

heck

thei

r ne

w d

efi-

.ni

tion

with

the

eco

-

G. D

IAG

RA

M

Col

lect

list

of

ob-

serv

atio

ns.

_

G. D

IAG

RA

M

Rem

ind

stud

ents

to c

arry

are

vise

d de

fini

tion

with

them

to th

e sc

hool

gro

unds

.

G.

DIA

GR

AM

syst

em th

ey f

irst

obse

rved

.b.

Lis

t spe

cifi

c ex

ampl

esof

:(1

)bi

otic

/abi

otic

feat

ures

they

ob-

serv

e(2

)re

latio

nshi

psam

ong

thos

efe

atur

es.

3.T

ake

stud

ents

bac

k ou

t to

scho

ol g

roun

ds.

G. D

IAG

RA

MH

ave

each

gro

up w

ork

toge

ther

usi

ngC

olle

ct d

iagr

ams

and

chec

k.1.

Sugg

est t

hat a

rrow

s(-

-.-)

cou

ld b

e us

ed to

sho

wre

latio

nshi

ps.

2.T

his

coul

d be

an

indi

vidu

al a

ssig

nmen

t and

wor

ked

on a

t hom

e.

obse

rvat

ion

lists

and

pro

duce

one

diag

ram

whi

ch il

lust

rate

s th

e va

riou

sin

terd

epen

dent

rel

atio

nshi

ps a

mon

gth

e bi

otic

and

abi

otic

.

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Inqu

iry

Qt,

.stio

n:L

Wha

t is

an e

cosy

stem

?

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

ns

H. C

HE

CK

L Q

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EC

K L

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e st

uden

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heck

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ults

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rsm

all g

roup

wor

k.

LE

VA

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AT

E S

EL

FI.

EV

AL

UA

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SE

LF

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. 48.

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VA

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stud

ents

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lves

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ivid

ual P

oint

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ets

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iry

Que

stio

n:U

.W

hat i

s a

desc

ript

ion

of th

e ec

osys

tem

bei

ngin

vest

igat

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rnin

g A

ctiv

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Res

ourc

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valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

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Inve

stig

atio

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:A

. VIE

WA

. VIE

WA

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WA

. VIE

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"Tel

l cla

ss th

ey w

ill:

a.Se

e a

pict

ure

of a

nec

osys

tem

.b.

Wri

te a

ful

l des

crip

tion

of w

hat t

his

ecos

yste

mis

like

,2.

Show

pic

ture

s.

B. D

ISC

USS

/DE

SCR

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3, p

. 50.

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. DIS

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pic

ture

s in

SC

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coul

d be

rep

rodu

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rs o

r ac

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Pict

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cou

ld b

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on o

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B. D

ISC

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full

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To

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iry

Que

stio

n:II

.W

hat i

s a

desc

ript

ion

of th

e ec

osys

tem

bei

ng in

vest

igat

ed?

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rnin

: Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

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luat

ion

Tea

cher

Suz

:est

ions

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EC

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e st

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heck

res

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of

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all

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l gro

up w

ork.

I. T

VA

LU

AT

E S

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FI.

EV

AL

UA

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SE

LF

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, p. 4

8.

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VA

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ives

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this

che

ck.

I.E

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LU

AT

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stud

ents

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e th

emse

lves

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p. 4

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ndiv

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l Poi

nt S

heet

s(I

. P. S

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re to

be

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prod

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sam

ple

form

on

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Fore

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iry

Que

stio

n:II

I.W

hat a

re s

ome

of th

e bi

otic

and

abi

otic

fea

ture

s of

the

ecos

yste

m a

ndho

w d

o th

ese

feat

ures

inte

rrel

ate?

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rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

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esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

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vest

igat

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sm

all

grou

ps.

2.Sh

ow P

art 2

of

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film

stri

pan

d ha

ve s

tude

nts

list b

iotic

and

abio

tic f

eatu

res

of th

e ci

ty m

en-

tione

d di

rect

ly o

r in

dire

ctly

.3.

Kee

p lis

t for

fur

ther

use

.

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k C

ity: A

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olle

ct r

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the

list a

nd e

valu

ate.

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ther

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nd f

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good

for

this

act

ivity

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io-

Vis

uals

, New

Yor

k,N

ew Y

ork.

B. R

EA

DSC

FIT

,5, 6

, pp.

53-5

5.

C. D

IAG

RA

M

syst

em (

Film

stri

p #4

)In

terp

retiv

e E

duca

tion

400

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ant S

tree

tK

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azoo

, MI

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1

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EA

DH

ave

smal

l gro

ups

read

SC

#'s

4, 5

, 6,

and

note

bio

tic a

nd a

biot

ic f

eatu

res

foun

d in

the

city

.

C. D

IAG

RA

MC

. DIA

GR

AM

C. D

IAG

RA

M1,

Usi

ng th

e no

tes

from

rea

d-in

g an

d lis

t fro

m th

e fi

lmst

rip,

diag

ram

the

rela

tions

hips

bet

wee

nbi

otic

and

abi

otic

phe

nom

ena

in th

eci

ty. 2.

All

stud

ents

con

trib

ute

tom

akin

g on

e di

agra

m f

or th

e en

tire

grou

p.

Col

lect

dia

gram

and

eval

uate

with

TC

#5,

p. 1

31.

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Que

stio

n:II

I.W

hat a

re s

ome

of th

e bi

otic

and

abi

otic

fea

ture

s of

the

ecos

yste

m a

ndho

w d

o th

ese

feat

ures

inte

rrel

ate?

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rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

nsIn

vest

igat

ion

#2:

A. D

ISC

USS

/LIS

TA

. DIS

CU

SS/L

IST

A.

DIS

CU

SS/L

IST

A.

DIS

CU

SS/L

IST

1.D

ivid

e cl

ass

into

sm

all

grou

ps a

nd h

ave

them

dec

ide

on a

nan

swer

to th

is q

uest

ion:

Wha

t is

the

one

mos

t dom

inan

t bio

tic f

eatu

reof

the

urba

n ec

osys

tem

? (m

an)

2.H

ave

grou

ps li

st th

e m

ajor

basi

c ne

eds,

bot

h bi

otic

and

abi

otic

,re

quir

ed to

for

m a

n ur

ban

eco-

syst

em.

-

W CO B. R

EPO

RT

/DE

CID

EB

. RE

POR

T/

Col

lect

a c

opy

of th

e1.

The

use

of

the

wor

ddo

min

ant i

n th

e st

uden

t que

s-lis

t to

chec

k pr

og-

ress

of

stud

ents

.

B. R

EPO

RT

/

tion

is to

ref

lect

the

infl

uenc

em

an h

as o

n hi

s en

viro

nmen

t.2.

The

maj

or b

asic

need

s lis

t may

incl

ude,

but

not b

e lim

ited

to, t

hefo

llow

ing: - pe

ople

- ai

r-

wat

er-

ener

gy(p

ower

)-

food

- ra

w m

ater

ials

for

man

ufac

turi

ng

B. R

EPO

RT

/DE

CID

E

1.H

ave

each

gro

up r

epor

tth

eir

list t

o th

e cl

ass.

2. A

s a

clas

s, r

each

a c

on-

clus

ion

on a

com

posi

te li

st o

fba

sic

need

s.

C. L

IST

/DIS

CU

SS

DE

CID

ED

EC

IDE

C. L

IST

/DIS

CU

SSC

. LIS

T/D

ISC

USS

TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

C. L

IST

/DIS

CU

SS1.

Mak

e a

list o

f us

eful

pro

-du

cts

and

serv

ices

that

one

fin

dsin

the

city

.2.

Mak

e a

seco

nd li

st o

f no

n-us

eful

by-

prod

ucts

of

serv

ices

and

prod

ucts

fou

nd in

the

city

.

Col

lect

list

s an

dch

eck.

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Que

stio

n :

Di

Wha

t are

som

e of

the

biot

ic a

nd a

biot

ic f

eatu

res

of th

eec

osys

tem

and

- ho

w d

o th

ese

feat

ures

inte

rrel

ate?

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

ns3.

Con

side

r bo

th li

sts

care

-fu

lly a

nd th

en d

efen

d or

ref

ute

incl

ass

this

sta

tem

ent:

- "T

he d

isad

vant

ages

and

draw

back

s of

the

city

far

outw

eigh

its

adva

ntag

esan

d be

nefi

ts. "

D. R

EPO

RT

/CO

NC

LU

DE

D. R

EPO

RT

/

,

D. R

EPO

RT

/D

. RE

POR

T/C

ON

CL

UD

E..

1.H

ave

each

gro

up r

epor

tth

eir

list t

o cl

ass.

2. A

s a

clas

s, r

each

a d

e-ci

sion

on

a co

mpo

site

list

of

non-

usef

ul b

y-pr

oduc

ts.

E. D

IAG

RA

M

CO

NC

LU

DE

CO

NC

LU

DE

E. D

IAG

RA

ME

. DIA

GR

AM

TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

E. D

IAG

RA

MH

ave

each

stu

dent

, usi

ng th

e lis

tsfr

om A

ctiv

ities

B a

nd D

, con

stru

cta

sing

le d

iagr

am il

lust

ratin

g th

eba

sic

need

s (i

nput

) an

d th

e no

n-us

eful

by-

prod

ucts

(ou

tput

) of

the

urba

n ec

osys

tem

.

F. R

EPO

RT

/DE

CID

EF.

RE

POR

T/

Col

lect

dia

gram

san

d ev

alua

te w

ithT

C #

5, p

.131

.

F. R

EPO

RT

/

Plac

e re

pres

enta

tive

dia-

gram

s on

bul

letin

boa

rd.

F. R

EPO

RT

/DE

CID

E

1.H

ave

each

gro

up r

epor

tth

eir

diag

ram

to th

e cl

ass.

2.A

fter

dis

cuss

ing

all r

e-po

rted

dia

gram

s, h

ave

clas

s de

cide

on a

com

posi

te d

iagr

am.

DE

CID

ED

EC

IDE

Mak

e a

reco

rd o

f co

m-

polit

e di

agra

m f

or u

se in

late

r ac

tiviti

es.

1. T

C 4

3, p

. 129

.2.

TC

#6,

p.1

32.

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Que

stio

n:II

I.W

hat a

re s

ome

of th

e bi

otic

and

abi

otic

fea

ture

s of

the

ecos

yste

m a

ndho

w d

o th

ese

feat

ures

inte

rrel

ate?

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ogrc

esE

valu

atio

n1

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

G. C

HE

CK

L Q

.G

. CH

EC

K L

Q.

G. C

HE

CK

L Q

.G

. CH

EC

K L

Q.

Hav

e st

uden

ts c

heck

res

ults

of

thei

r sm

all g

roup

wor

k.

L E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FI.

EV

AL

UA

TE

SE

L F

SC h

, p. 4

8.

L E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

F

TC

#2,

p. 1

28, g

ives

pro

-ce

dure

for

this

che

ck.

L E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FH

ave

stud

ents

eva

luat

e th

emse

lves

.

CO

-V

4

SC #

2, p

. 40.

If I

ndiv

idua

l Poi

nt S

heet

s(I

. P. S

.) a

re to

be

used

,re

prod

uce

sam

ple

form

on

page

xiii

of

the

Fore

wor

dan

d di

stri

bute

to s

tude

nts.

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Que

stio

n:IV

.W

here

are

som

e sp

ecif

ic lo

catio

ns o

f th

e ec

osys

tem

bei

ng in

vest

igat

ed?

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #1

A. D

ISC

USS

/LIS

TA

. DIS

CU

SS/L

IST

A.

DIS

CU

SS/L

IST

A. D

ISC

USS

/LIS

T1.

Div

ide

clas

s in

to s

mal

lgr

oups

.2.

Ask

eac

h gr

oup

to d

iscu

ssan

d lis

t ans

wer

s to

the

follo

win

gqu

estio

n:W

hich

urb

an e

cosy

stem

s(c

ities

) ar

e m

ost l

ikel

y to

hav

e th

em

ost p

ersi

stei

f" e

nvir

onm

enta

lpr

oble

ms?

B. L

OC

AT

E/L

IST

B. L

OC

AT

E/L

IST

Col

lect

a c

opy

of th

elis

t and

che

ck s

tude

ntpr

ogre

ss.

B. L

OC

AT

E/L

IST

Stud

ents

und

oubt

edly

will

sele

ct c

ities

that

are

the

mos

tpo

pula

ted

as a

gen

eral

ans

wer

to th

eir

ques

tion.

B. L

OC

AT

E/L

IST

1.U

sing

a s

erie

s of

pop

ulat

ion

dens

ity m

aps

(wor

ld, n

atio

nal,

stat

e,lo

cal)

hav

e st

uden

ts lo

cate

and

not

ese

vera

l hig

hly

popu

late

d ci

ties

inea

ch o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

cate

gori

es:

- w

orld

(at

leas

t one

on

the

six

mos

t pop

ulat

edco

ntin

ents

)-

natio

nal

- st

ate

- co

unty

2.H

ave

stud

ents

mak

e a

list

of th

e m

ost p

opul

ated

citi

es,

plac

ing

them

und

er th

e pr

oper

cat

e-go

ry h

eadi

ng.

Popu

latio

n de

nsity

map

s us

ually

can

be

foun

d in

you

r sc

hool

'sso

cial

stu

dies

de-

part

men

t.

Col

lect

list

s an

dev

alua

te.

1. T

C #

7, p

. 133

, giv

esa

list o

f th

e w

orld

's m

ost

popu

late

d ci

ties.

2.If

wor

ld o

utlin

e m

aps

are

avai

labl

e, it

wou

ld b

ego

od f

or s

tude

nts

to p

lace

asy

mbo

l on

the

map

den

otin

gw

orld

loca

tion

of m

ajor

citi

es.

Thi

s w

ill h

elp

stud

ents

see

envi

ronm

enta

l pro

blem

s ar

ew

orld

wid

e.3.

Hav

e st

uden

ts k

eep

list f

or u

se in

a la

ter

activ

ity.

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stio

n:IV

.W

here

are

som

e sp

ecif

ic lo

catio

ns o

f th

e ec

osys

tem

bei

ng in

vest

igat

ed?

Lea

rnin

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ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

nsC

. CH

EC

K L

Q.

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.C

. CH

EC

K L

Q.

C. C

HE

CK

I. Q

.H

ave

stud

ents

che

ck r

esul

ts o

fth

eir

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FD

. EV

AL

UA

TE

SE

LF

SC #

1, p

. 48.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

F

TC

#2,

p. 1

28, g

ives

pro

-ce

dure

for

this

che

ck.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FH

ave

stud

ents

eva

luat

e th

emse

lves

.SC

#2,

p. 4

9.If

Ind

ivid

ual P

oint

She

ets

(I. P

. S.)

are

to b

e us

ed,

repr

oduc

e sa

mpl

e fo

rm o

npa

ge x

iii o

f th

e Fo

rew

ord

and

dist

ribu

te to

stu

dent

s.

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stio

n:V

.W

hat b

iotic

and

abi

otic

fea

ture

s in

the

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m h

ave

chan

ged

and

are

unde

rgoi

ng c

hang

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earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #1

A. R

AN

K17

75iv

ide

clas

s in

to s

mal

lgr

oups

.2.

Rev

iew

the

com

posi

te d

ia-

gram

of

a ci

ty's

bas

ic n

eeds

and

nonu

sefu

l by-

prod

ucts

.3.

Ran

k in

des

cend

ing

orde

r,th

e ne

eds

and

by-p

rodu

cts

whi

ch a

reth

ough

t to

be c

hang

ing

the

mos

t and

caus

ing

citie

s th

e m

ost p

robl

ems.

B. R

EPO

RT

/DE

CID

E

A. R

AN

KA

. RA

NK

A. R

AN

KD

iagr

am f

rom

Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n II

I,In

vest

igat

ion

#2,

Act

ivity

E.

13.

RE

POR

T/

Col

lect

ran

k lis

tsan

d ev

alua

te.

B. R

EPO

RT

/B

. RE

POR

T/D

EC

IDE

1.H

ave

each

gro

up r

epor

tto

the

clas

s.2.

Hav

e cl

ass

deci

de o

n on

eac

cept

able

ran

king

of

chan

ges

inth

e ne

eds

and

by-p

rodu

cts.

C. D

IST

ING

UIS

H

DE

CID

EM

UM

C. D

IST

ING

UIS

HC

. DIS

TIN

GU

ISH

TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

C. D

IST

ING

UIS

HT

hrou

gh c

lass

dis

cuss

ion,

dis

tin-

guis

h th

e ra

nked

cha

nges

as

toth

eir

bein

g bi

otic

, abi

otic

, and

/or

a co

mbi

natio

n of

bio

tic a

ndab

iotic

feat

ures

.

TC

#3,

p.1

29.

The

rem

aind

er o

f th

is u

nit

of s

tudy

will

dea

l with

the

follo

win

g sp

ecif

ic c

hang

esin

the

urba

n ec

osys

tem

:-

popu

latio

n-

wat

ersu

pply

- ai

r po

llutio

n

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stio

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.W

hat b

iotic

and

abi

otic

fea

ture

s in

the

ecos

yste

m h

ave

chan

ged

and

are

unde

rgoi

ng c

hang

e?L

earn

in: A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

ns

Inve

stig

atio

n #2

A. TAKE

QU

IZA

.TAKE

QU

IZA

.TAKE

QU

IZA

.TAKE QUIZ

Hav

e st

uden

ts a

nsw

er d

iagn

ostic

surv

ey in

SC

#7,

Par

t I.

B. D

ISC

USS

QU

IZ

SC #

7, p

. 56.

B.

DIS

CU

SS Q

UIZ

Do

not u

se s

core

Thi

s qu

iz s

erve

s as

an

intr

o-du

ctio

n to

the

maj

or c

hang

esin

the

city

whi

ch w

e w

illin

vest

igat

e.

B.

DIS

CU

SS Q

UIZ

for

eval

uatio

n.

B.

DIS

CU

SS Q

UIZ

Giv

e an

swer

s to

Qui

z by

hav

ing

stud

ents

rea

d SC

#7,

Par

t II,

and

disc

uss

reac

tions

.

C.ANALYZE

QU

IZ

SC #

7, P

art I

I,p.

57.

C.ANALYZE QUIZ

TC #3, p. 129.

C. ANALYZE

QU

IZC

.ANALYZE

QU

IZH

ave

stud

ents

in c

lass

dis

cuss

and

list o

n ch

alkb

oard

wha

t maj

or s

ub-

ject

s ar

e m

entio

ned

in th

e qu

iz.

TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

1.St

uden

ts n

o do

ubt

will

list

thes

e su

bjec

ts:

- po

pula

tion

- en

ergy

- w

ater

sup

ply

- w

aste

dis

posa

l-

air

pollu

tion

- no

ise

2.R

efer

to th

e ap

-pr

opri

ate

sect

ions

of

this

quiz

as

each

sub

ject

isst

udie

d in

sub

sequ

ent

inve

stig

atio

ns.

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.W

hat b

iotic

and

abi

otic

fea

ture

s in

the

ecos

yste

m h

ave

chan

ged

and

are

unde

rgoi

ng c

hang

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earn

ing

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iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #3

A. R

EA

DH

ave

stud

ents

rea

d SC

#8.

B. u

m'

Hav

e st

uden

ts li

st c

hang

es in

the

city

env

iron

men

t.

C. C

ON

SOL

IDA

TE

1.T

hrou

gh c

lass

dis

cuss

ion,

mak

e on

e co

mpo

site

list

of

chan

ges.

2.H

ave

stud

ents

cat

egor

ize

chan

ges

by b

iotic

and

abi

otic

.

A. R

EA

DSC

#8,

p.5

8.

B. L

IST

C. C

ON

SOL

IDA

TE

A. R

EA

D

B. L

IST

Col

lect

list

.

C. C

ON

SOL

IDA

TE

A. R

EA

DT

his

inve

stig

atio

n m

ay b

eun

nece

ssar

y, if

stu

dent

sha

ve a

lrea

dy r

each

ed a

nun

ders

tand

ing

of th

is I

nqui

ryQ

uest

ion.

B. L

IST

C. C

ON

SOL

IDA

TE

Use

this

list

as

a sp

ring

boar

dto

the

rest

of

the

unit

of s

tudy

.

Inve

stig

atio

ns 4

, 5, a

nd 6

em

phas

ize

thre

e de

mog

raph

icfa

cets

of

chan

ge in

the

city

's m

ost d

omin

ant b

iotic

fea

ture

popu

latio

n.

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:V

.W

hat b

iotic

and

abi

otic

fea

ture

s in

the

ecos

yste

m h

ave

chan

ged

and

are

unde

rgoi

ng c

hang

e?L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #4

A. P

RE

DIC

TH

ave

stud

ents

pre

dict

the

chan

ge in

city

pop

ulat

ion

over

the

last

30

year

s in

the

U. S

.(H

as it

incr

ease

dor

dec

reas

ed?)

B. V

ER

IFY

Show

SC

#9

to s

tude

nts

to v

erif

yth

eir

pred

ictio

ns.

C. D

ISC

USS

Hav

e st

uden

ts d

iscu

ss in

cla

ss:

- T

he m

eani

ng o

f ce

ntra

l city

and

subu

rb.

- T

he p

opul

atio

n ch

ange

sth

at h

ave

actu

ally

occ

urre

din

the

U. S

. dur

ing

the

last

oaw

.30

yea

rs.

1&-

The

pos

sibl

e re

sults

of

chan

ge in

pop

ulat

ion

dist

ri-

butio

n ov

er th

e pa

st 3

0 ye

ars.

Inve

stig

atio

n #5

A. G

UE

SSA

sk s

tude

nts

to m

ake

an e

duca

ted

gues

s to

thes

e qu

estio

ns:

- Is

the

U. S

. bir

th r

ate

decl

inin

g or

not

?-

Why

?B

. RE

VIE

WH

ave

stud

ents

rev

iew

SC

#10

toch

eck

thei

r "g

uess

es."

A. P

RE

DIC

T

B. V

ER

IFY

SC i

,ir

-576

T.

C. D

ISC

USS

A. G

UE

SS

B. R

EV

IEW

SC #

10, p

. 6g.

A. P

RE

DIC

T

B. V

ER

IFY

C. D

ISC

USS

TC

#3,

p.1

29.

A. G

UE

SS

B. R

EV

IEW

A. P

RE

DIC

TT

his

Inve

stig

atio

n ex

plor

eson

e as

pect

of

U. S

. pop

ulat

ion

chan

ge -

- di

stri

butio

n.

B. V

ER

IFY

C.

DIS

CU

SSC

entr

al c

ity is

usu

ally

thou

ght

to b

e th

e bu

sine

ss, c

ultu

ral,

gove

rnm

enta

l hub

of

an u

rban

area

.Su

burb

s ar

e th

e re

si-

dent

ial d

istr

icts

sur

roun

ding

the

cent

ral c

ity.

A. G

UE

SST

his

Inve

stig

atio

n is

con

-ce

rned

with

a f

eatu

re o

fU

. S. p

opul

atio

n ch

ange

--

decl

inin

g bi

rth

rate

.

B. R

EV

IEW

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:.

V.

Wha

t bio

tic a

nd a

biot

ic f

eatu

res

in th

e ec

osys

tem

hav

e ch

ange

d an

d ar

eun

derg

oing

cha

nge?

Lea

rnin

: Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

C. D

ISC

USS

C. D

ISC

USS

C. D

ISC

USS

C. D

ISC

USS

Dis

cuss

thes

e qu

estio

ns:

- W

hat c

hang

e ac

tual

ly o

ccur

red

inth

e U

. S. b

irth

rat

e?-

Wha

t man

-mad

e fa

ctor

s m

ost

likel

y ca

used

this

cha

nge?

- W

hat a

re p

ossi

ble

resu

lts o

f th

isch

ange

?In

vest

igat

ion

#6A

. ASK

A. A

SK

TC

#3,

p.1

20.

A. A

SKA

. ASK

Ask

ents

wha

t has

bee

n ha

ppen

ing

with

wor

ld p

opul

atio

n in

gen

eral

(no

tju

st in

citi

es)

duri

ng th

e la

st d

ecad

e?H

as it

incr

ease

d or

dec

reas

ed?

B. S

HO

W /D

ISC

USS

B. S

HO

W/D

ISC

USS

B. S

HO

W/D

ISC

USS

Thi

s In

vest

igat

ion

rela

tes

toan

ele

men

t of

wor

ld p

opul

atio

nch

ange

incr

ease

in to

tal

popu

latio

n.B

. SH

OW

/DIS

CU

SS1.

Show

stu

dent

s SC

#11

topr

ove

(or

disp

rove

) th

eir

answ

er.

2.D

iscu

ss th

ese

ques

tions

:-

Wha

t fac

tors

(nat

ural

/man

-m

ade)

may

hav

e ca

used

this

chan

ge?

- H

ow d

id th

ese

fact

ors

occu

r?-

Wha

t are

pos

sibl

e re

sults

of

this

cha

nge?

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

SC #

11, p

. 63.

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

TC

#3,

p.1

29.

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

Star

t dis

cuss

ion

by s

tude

nts

answ

erin

g th

ese

ques

tions

:-

Whi

ch w

orld

are

as h

ave

the

larg

est p

opul

atio

n?-

Why

do

you

thin

k th

ese

are

the

larg

est p

opul

ated

area

s?

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.H

ave

stud

ents

che

ck r

esul

ts o

f th

eir

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FD

. EV

AL

UA

TE

SE

LF

SC #

1, p

. 48.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

F

Eve

n th

ough

sm

all g

roup

sw

ere

not u

sed

in th

ese

inve

sti-

gatio

ns, t

he L

Q. C

heck

(SC

#1, p

. 48)

may

be

mod

ifie

d.D

. EV

AL

UA

TE

SE

LF

Hav

e st

uden

ts e

valu

ate

them

selv

es.

SC #

2, p

. 49.

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LE

AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

Cau

se/E

ffec

t of

Spec

ific

Cha

nges

(Inq

uiry

Que

stio

ns V

IV

III)

POPU

LA

TIO

N

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1

Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:V

LW

hat a

re th

e na

tura

l fac

tors

cau

sing

cha

nge

in th

e ec

osys

tem

and

how

hav

e th

ey b

een

brou

ght a

bout

?L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Inve

stig

atio

n #1

A.

STU

DY

Hav

e st

uden

ts r

ead

SC #

12

and

carr

y ou

t the

act

iviti

es s

ug-

gest

ed.

B.

DIS

CU

SS1.

Dis

cuss

res

ults

of

"The

Bla

ck D

eath

" st

udy

activ

ities

(SC

#12)

.2.

Ask

stu

dent

s:a.

Wha

t nat

ural

fac

tors

for

chan

ging

pop

ulat

ion

wer

e ci

ted

in th

is s

tudy

?b.

How

did

the

natu

ral

oP apfa

ctor

cite

d in

this

stud

y br

ing

abou

t the

chan

ge?

c.W

hat o

ther

nat

ural

fact

ors

affe

ct c

hang

esin

pop

ulat

ion?

Inve

stig

atio

n #2

:

A. R

EA

DH

ave

stud

ents

rea

d SC

#13

and

dete

rmin

e w

hat n

atur

al f

acto

rsfo

r af

fect

ing

popu

latio

n ch

ange

are

desc

ribe

d in

the

read

ing.

B.

DIS

CU

SSH

ave

clas

s di

scus

s re

adin

g an

dun

ders

tand

that

nat

ural

fac

tors

stil

l

A. S

TU

DY

SC #

12, p

. 64.

B.

DIS

CU

SS

A. R

EA

DSC

#13

, p. 6

8.

B.

DIS

CU

SS

A.

STU

DY

B.

DIS

CU

SST

C #

3, p

. 129

.

A. R

EA

D

B.

DIS

CU

SST

C #

3, p

.129

.

Tea

cher

Su

A.

STU

DY

B.

DIS

CU

SS

A. R

EA

D

B.

DIS

CU

SS

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:V

LW

hat a

re th

e na

tura

l fac

tors

cau

sing

cha

nge

in th

e ec

osys

tem

and

how

hav

e th

ey b

een

brou

ght a

bout

?L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

play

a r

ole

in p

opul

atio

n co

ntro

l.

C. V

IEW

/DIS

CU

SSC

.V

IEW

/DIS

CU

SSC

.V

IEW

/DIS

CU

SSC

.V

IEW

/DIS

CU

SS1.

Show

SC

#14

as

a re

min

der

of o

ther

"ac

ts o

f G

od"

that

can

aff

ect

popu

latio

n.2.

Hav

e st

uden

ts s

umm

ariz

eth

e va

riou

s na

tura

l fac

tors

men

-tio

ned

in th

ese

two

Inve

stig

atio

ns.

D. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

SC #

14,

p. 7

0.

D. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

TC

#3,

p,1

29.

D. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

Rem

ind

stud

ents

that

eve

nth

ough

nat

ural

fac

tors

are

dram

atic

, the

aff

ect o

n po

pu-

latio

n is

min

imal

in c

ompa

ri-

son

to w

orld

wid

e po

pula

tion.

D. C

HE

CK

I. Q

.H

ave

stud

ents

che

ck r

esul

ts o

fth

eir

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

E. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FE

. EV

AL

UA

TE

SE

LF

SC h

, p. 4

8.(I

. Q. C

heck

)

E. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

F

Eve

n th

ough

sm

all g

roup

sw

ere

not u

sed,

SC

#1

may

be m

odif

ied.

E. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FH

ave

stud

ents

eva

luat

e th

emse

lves

.SC

#2,

p. 4

9.If

Ind

ivid

ual P

oint

She

ets

(I. P

. S.)

are

to b

e us

ed,

repr

oduc

e sa

mpl

e fo

rm o

npa

ge x

iii o

f th

e Fo

rew

ord

and

dist

ribu

te to

stu

dent

s.

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:V

II.

Wha

t are

the

man

-mad

e fa

ctor

s ca

usin

g ch

ange

in th

e ec

osys

tem

and

how

hav

e th

ey b

een

brou

ght a

bout

?L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Inve

stig

atio

n #1

:A

.PR

ED

ICT

1.D

ivid

e cl

ass

into

sm

all

grou

ps.

2.H

ave

each

gro

up p

redi

ctan

ans

wer

to th

is q

uest

ion:

-Wha

t are

som

e m

an-m

ade

fact

ors

that

aff

ect p

opu-

latio

n ch

ange

?3.

Mak

e a

list f

or c

lass

dis

-cu

ssio

n.

B.

CO

MB

MIE

Thr

ough

cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

n, c

ombi

neea

ch s

mal

l gro

up's

list

of

pre-

dict

ions

.

C. C

HE

CK

Rea

d SC

# 1

5to

ver

ify

the

clas

s' s

pred

ictio

ns.

D. R

EV

IEW

In c

lass

dis

cuss

ion,

com

pare

rea

d-in

g w

ith c

lass

list

and

cha

nge

ifne

cess

ary.

A.

PRE

DIC

T

B.

CO

MB

INE

C.

CH

EC

KSC

# 1

5, p

.71.

D. R

EV

IEW

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

A.

PRE

DIC

T

B.

CO

MB

INE

TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

C.

CH

EC

K

D. R

EV

IEW

A.

PRE

DIC

TR

emin

d st

uden

ts th

at p

opu-

latio

n ch

ange

can

be

a de

-cr

ease

as

wel

l as

an in

crea

se.

B.

CO

MB

INE

C.

CH

EC

KH

ave

stud

ents

rev

iew

SC

#10

,p.

62,

for

oth

er m

an-m

ade

fact

ors.

D. R

EV

IEW

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iry

Que

stio

n :

VII

.W

hat a

re th

e m

an-m

ade

fact

ors

caus

ing

chan

ge in

the

ecos

yste

m a

ndho

w h

ave

they

bee

n br

ough

t abo

ut?

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

n

Inve

stig

atio

n #2

A. R

ESE

AR

CH

Hav

e st

uden

ts s

elec

t one

cau

se f

orde

crea

se in

dea

th r

ate

from

SC

#15

and

do a

sho

rt r

esea

rch

pape

r on

how

this

cha

nge

was

bro

ught

abo

ut.

B. S

UM

MA

RIZ

EIn

cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

n, h

ave

stud

ents

sum

mar

ize

how

man

-mad

e fa

ctor

saf

fect

ing

popu

latio

n ch

ange

hav

ebe

en b

roug

ht a

bout

.

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.H

ave

stud

ents

che

ck r

esul

ts o

f th

eir

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FH

ave

stud

ents

eva

luat

e th

emse

lves

.

A. R

ESE

AR

CH

1.A

llow

am

ple

time

in s

choo

l li-

brar

y. 2.So

cial

Edu

-A

pril,

197

2."P

opul

atio

n -

the

U. S

. Pro

blem

the

Wor

ld C

risi

s, "

New

Yor

k T

imes

, Apr

il19

72 (

spec

ial s

up-

plem

ent)

.

catio

n, 3.

B. S

UM

MA

RIZ

E

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

F

A. R

ESE

AR

CH

Col

lect

fin

al p

aper

san

d ev

alua

te.

B. S

UM

MA

RIZ

ET

C #

3, p

. 129

.

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.SC

#1,

p. 4

8.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FSC

#2,

p. 4

9.

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

A. R

ESE

AR

CH

B. S

UM

MA

RIZ

E

C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.T

C #

2, p

. 128

.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FIf

Ind

ivid

ual P

oint

She

ets

(L P

. S.)

are

to b

e us

ed,

repr

oduc

e sa

mpl

e fo

rm o

npa

ge x

iii o

f th

e Fo

rew

ord

and

dist

ribu

te to

stu

dent

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n:V

ia.

Wha

t are

the

resu

lts o

f th

e ch

ange

s?A

.B

enef

icia

l?B

. Det

rim

enta

l?L

earn

ing_

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #1

A. C

OL

LE

CT

1.A

sk s

tude

nts

to c

olle

ctne

wsp

aper

s fr

om th

eir

h. .L

es f

oron

e w

eek.

2.W

eigh

the

colle

cted

pap

ers

at th

e en

d of

a w

eek

and

repo

rt th

ew

eigh

t to

clas

s.

B. C

OM

PUT

EM

ake

a ch

art o

n th

e w

eigh

t of

pape

rby

mak

ing

the

follo

win

g co

mpu

tatio

nan

d an

swer

ing

the

ques

tions

:-

Wha

t is

the

tota

l of

poun

dsof

pap

er u

sed

per

wee

k by

the

clas

s? - T

otal

for

sch

ool?

(Mul

tiply

tota

l of

clas

s by

num

-be

r of

cla

sses

in s

choo

l.)-

How

muc

h pa

per

is th

ispe

r ye

ar f

or c

lass

? Fo

r sc

hool

?

A.

B.

CO

LL

EC

T

CO

MPU

TE

A. C

OL

LE

CT

B. C

OM

PUT

EC

olle

ct in

divi

dual

char

ts a

nd e

valu

ate.

A. C

OL

LE

CT

1.T

his

Inve

stig

atio

n is

desi

gned

to e

mph

asiz

e th

eef

fect

pop

ulat

ion

has

onna

tura

l res

ourc

es.

2. W

e kn

ow th

at A

mer

i-ca

ns th

row

aw

ay a

bout

one

billi

on p

ound

s of

tras

h ea

chda

y an

d ab

out 1

4% o

f ci

tytr

ash

is n

ewsp

aper

s. A

l-th

ough

pap

er is

bio

degr

adab

le,

the

shee

r bu

lk o

f pa

per

was

teca

uses

it to

be

clas

sifi

ed a

sa

seri

ous

solid

-was

tepr

oble

m.

B. C

OM

PUT

E

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iry

Que

stio

n:V

III.

Wha

t are

the

resu

lts o

f th

e ch

ange

s?A

.B

enef

icia

l?B

. Det

rim

enta

l?L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

C. D

ISC

USS

1.H

ave

clas

s di

scus

s th

e re

-su

lts o

f th

eir

char

t in

rela

tion

toth

e fo

llow

ing

fact

:-

It ta

kes

abou

t 17

tree

s to

pro

duce

1,0

00po

unds

of

new

spri

nt.

2. H

ow m

any

tree

s w

ere

used

to p

rodu

ce a

new

spri

nt f

or th

e cl

ass'

fam

ilies

for

one

wee

k? O

ne y

ear?

3.W

hat c

an th

is in

vest

igat

ion

tell

us a

bout

an

incr

easi

ng p

opu-

latio

n an

d its

dem

and

for

natu

ral

reso

urce

s lik

e: - en

ergy

- w

ater

- ai

r

D. R

EA

D/R

EA

CT

Hav

e st

uden

ts r

ead

SC #

16' a

nd r

eact

to it

s m

eani

ng in

cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

n.

C. D

ISC

USS

D. R

EA

D/R

EA

CT

SC #

16, p

.73.

C. D

ISC

USS

TC

#3,

p. n

o.

D. R

EA

D/R

EA

CT

I

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

C. D

ISC

USS

1.R

ecor

d an

y co

n-cl

usio

ns to

dis

cuss

ion

onch

alkb

oard

and

hav

e st

uden

tske

ep f

or f

utur

e re

fere

nce.

2.M

ost s

tude

nts

will

real

ize

that

an

incr

ease

inpo

pula

tion

will

res

ult i

n an

incr

ease

dem

and

for

natu

ral

reso

urce

s.

D. R

EA

D/R

EA

CT

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iry

Que

stio

n :

VII

I.W

hat a

re th

e re

sults

of

the

chan

ges?

A.

Ben

efic

ial?

B.

Det

rim

enta

l?L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #2

A. R

EA

D/D

ISC

USS

1.H

ave

all s

tude

nts

read

SC #

17.

2.In

cla

ss, d

iscu

ss th

em

eani

ng o

f "z

ero

popu

latio

n gr

owth

"an

d th

e pr

os a

nd c

ons

oLpo

pula

tion

incr

ease

as

a pr

oble

m.

B. P

LA

N D

EB

AT

E1.

Org

aniz

e cl

ass

to d

ebat

e th

efo

llow

ing

issu

e: "

Res

olve

d, h

uman

bein

gs s

houl

d be

res

tric

ted

to b

ear-

ing

or f

athe

ring

two

live

child

ren.

"a.

Div

ide

clas

s in

to d

ebat

ete

ams

with

hal

f of

the

team

taki

ng th

e pr

o si

deof

the

issu

e an

d ha

lf th

eco

n si

de.

b.R

evie

w g

uide

lines

for

info

rmal

deb

atin

g (s

eeT

each

er S

ugge

stio

ns #

2).

2.H

ave

team

s re

ad e

ither

SC

#is

18 a

nd 1

9 (p

ro)

or S

C #

's 2

0,21

,22

, and

23

(con

) as

an

intr

oduc

tion

to e

ach

view

.

A. R

EA

D/D

ISC

US9

SC #

17, p

. 74.

B. P

LA

N D

EB

AT

E1.

Pro

view

,SC

#'s

18

and

19,

pp. 7

6-79

.2.

Con

vie

w,

SC V

s 20

, 21,

22

and

23, p

p. 8

1-95

.3.

Am

ple

time

in li

brar

y or

hom

e-w

ork

time.

A. R

EA

D/D

ISC

USS

TC

#3,

p.1

29.

B. P

LA

N D

EB

AT

E

A. R

EA

D/D

ISC

USS

ZPG

(SC

#17

) is

a p

riva

teor

gani

zatio

n th

at a

dvoc

ates

and

activ

ely

enco

urag

es a

natio

nal z

ero

birt

h ra

te. T

his

rate

wou

ld b

e at

a "

repl

ace-

men

t lev

el"

and

not a

n "i

n-cr

ease

leve

l. "

Cur

rent

pop

-ul

atio

n nu

mbe

rs w

ould

be

re-

plac

ed b

ut th

ere

wou

ld b

e no

incr

ease

in n

umbe

rs o

f pe

o-pl

e.T

his

wou

ld m

ean

the

aver

age

birt

h ra

te p

er w

oman

wou

ld b

e 2.

1 bi

rths

.

B. P

LA

N D

EB

AT

E1.

With

a n

umbe

r of

deba

te te

ams

all s

tude

nts

can

part

icip

ate

in r

esea

rch.

2.L

ocat

e gu

idel

ines

for

info

rmal

deb

atin

g in

any

text

book

use

d fo

r Sp

oken

Art

s' c

lass

es. O

ne e

xam

ple

is:

lc U

p!A

-m

s an

d Po

llock

Mac

Mill

an C

ompa

nyN

ew Y

ork,

NY

pp. 2

38, 2

41, 2

45.

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Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n :

VII

I.W

hat a

re th

e re

sults

of

the

chan

ges?

A.

Ben

efic

ial?

B.

Det

rim

enta

l?L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

esR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

3.A

llow

libr

ary

time

for

team

sto

res

earc

h th

eir

side

of

the

Res

o-lu

tion

and

plan

thei

r no

tes

for

deba

te.

C. C

ON

DU

CT

DE

BA

TE

S

Hav

e al

l tea

ms

pres

ent t

heir

deb

ate

to th

e cl

ass.

D. S

UM

MA

RIZ

E1.

In c

lass

dis

cuss

ion,

fol

-lo

win

g de

bate

s, h

ave

stud

ents

dec

ide

on e

ffec

ts (

bene

fici

al/d

etri

men

tal)

of b

oth

incr

ease

d or

dec

reas

edpo

pula

tion.

2.L

ist r

esul

ts o

n ch

alkb

oard

.3.

-Mak

e co

py o

f fi

nal r

esul

ts.

E. C

HE

CK

L Q

.H

ave

stud

ents

che

ck r

esul

ts o

fth

eir

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

F. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FH

ave

stud

ents

eva

luat

e th

emse

lves

.

C. C

ON

DU

CT

/D

EB

AT

ES

D. S

UM

MA

RIZ

E

E. C

HE

CK

L Q

.

E. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

F

C. C

ON

DU

CT

/D

EB

AT

ES

1..

Stud

ent

judg

es c

ould

be

used

to e

valu

ate

the

actu

alde

bate

.2.

Tea

cher

s of

othe

r su

bjec

ts c

ould

be in

vite

d to

judg

eth

e de

bate

.

D. S

UM

MA

RIZ

ET

C #

3, p

. 129

.

E. C

HE

CK

L Q

.SC

#1,

p. 4

8.

E. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FSC

#2,

p.4

9.

Tea

cher

Su

estio

ns

C. C

ON

DU

CT

/DE

BA

TE

Thi

s se

ries

of

deba

tes

may

beco

me

repe

titio

us in

nat

ure,

ther

efor

e de

cide

if e

ntir

ecl

ass

will

act

ually

per

form

or o

nly

sele

cted

team

s.T

eam

s co

uld

be n

umbe

red

and

sele

cted

by

chan

ce.

D. S

UM

MA

RIZ

E

E. C

HE

CK

L Q

.T

C #

2, p

. 128

, giv

es p

ro-

cedu

re f

or th

is c

heck

.

E. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FIf

Ind

ivid

ual P

oint

She

ets

P. S

.) a

re to

be

used

,re

prod

uce

sam

ple

form

on

page

xiii

of

the

Fore

wor

dan

d di

stri

bute

to s

tude

nts.

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AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

Cau

se/E

ffec

t of

Spec

ific

Cha

nges

CA

(Inq

uiry

Que

stio

ns V

IV

III)

LN

D

WA

TE

R S

UPP

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Inqu

i. y

tic .S

uwon

:vt

In

lsea

rnin

Act

iviti

esrt

zsou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #1

:A

. RE

AD

Stud

ent w

ill r

ead

SC P

s 24

-27.

B. I

NV

EST

IGA

TE

AN

D R

EC

OR

D

1. E

ach

stud

ent w

ill in

vest

igat

ew

ater

use

in h

is o

wn

hom

e fo

r on

ew

eeke

nd, r

efer

ring

to S

C #

25.

2. E

ach

stud

ent w

ill r

ecor

d in

-fo

rmat

ion

on w

ater

usa

ge in

his

hom

e du

ring

the

inve

stig

ativ

e pe

riod

.In

divi

dual

ly d

evel

oped

rec

ordi

ngpr

oced

ures

will

be

used

. Rec

ord

mus

t inc

lude

num

ber

of r

esid

ents

,to

tal a

mou

nt o

f w

ater

use

d, a

nd a

brea

kdow

n of

this

tota

l for

var

iety

of u

ses.

3.R

ecor

d nu

mbe

rs o

n w

ater

met

er e

arly

on

firs

t day

of

obse

r-va

tion

and

late

on

seco

nd c

lay.

A. R

EA

DSC

if's

24-

27, p

p. 9

6-10

0.

13. I

NV

EST

IGA

TE

AN

D R

EC

OR

D

SC it

25,

p. 9

7:

A. R

EA

D

B. I

NV

EST

IGA

TE

AN

D R

EC

OR

D

1. R

ecor

ding

proc

edur

e de

velo

ped

by s

tude

nt.

2. C

ompl

eten

ess,

orig

inal

ity, d

etai

l,ac

cura

cy a

nd n

eat-

ness

of

reco

rdsh

ould

be

cons

ider

edin

eva

luat

ing.

A. R

EA

DT

hese

res

ourc

es w

ill p

rovi

deth

e st

uden

t with

sta

tistic

alin

form

atio

n de

sign

ed to

acqu

aint

him

with

the

impo

r-ta

nce

of w

ater

to h

im.

Initi

al r

eadi

ng o

f th

ese

may

be p

erfu

ncto

ry, s

tude

nt w

illus

e ea

ch in

per

usal

of

re-

mai

nder

of

activ

ities

and

will

refe

r to

thes

e in

divi

dual

ly in

som

e de

tail.

B. I

NV

EST

IGA

TE

AN

DR

EC

OR

D

1. I

f w

ater

is m

eter

ed,

teac

her

may

sug

gest

that

stud

ent r

ead

met

er a

t beg

in-

ning

and

end

of

each

day

.E

ncou

rage

indi

vidu

ality

of

met

hod.

2. S

tude

nt m

ay d

evel

op a

vari

ety

of w

ater

-use

s ch

art

for

his

own

hom

e an

d m

ain-

tain

an

inve

ntor

y of

use

for

the

peri

od o

f in

vest

igat

ion.

3. I

ndiv

idua

l pro

blem

sw

ill b

e en

coun

tere

d. S

tude

nts

shou

ld b

e en

cour

aged

to s

eek

coop

erat

ion

and

advi

ce o

fth

eir

fam

ily in

see

king

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iry

Que

stio

n:V

IV

III

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

esE

valu

atio

nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

ns

Cif C. R

EPO

RT

C. R

EPO

RT

C. R

EPO

RT

info

rmat

ion

and

over

com

ing

obst

acle

s.4.

Tea

cher

may

sug

gest

that

stu

dent

s de

velo

p ow

nm

etho

ds to

det

erm

ine

ores

timat

e av

erag

e am

ount

of

wat

er u

sed

for

each

of

ava

riet

y of

com

mon

hou

seho

ldac

tiviti

es s

uch

as:

(a)

Bat

h(b

) Sh

ower

(c)

Sham

pooi

ng(d

) W

ashi

ng D

ishe

s(e

) L

aund

ry(f

) B

rush

ing

Tee

th(g

) C

ooki

ng D

inne

r(h

) M

akin

g C

offe

e, T

ea,

etc.

(i)

Flus

hing

Toi

let

(j)

Wat

erin

g L

awn

C. R

EPO

RT

Eac

h st

uden

t's h

ome

rese

arch

rec

ord

will

be

mad

e in

to f

inal

cha

rt f

orm

for

repo

rt to

oth

er s

tude

nts.

D.

CO

MPU

TE

D.

CO

MPU

TE

Col

lect

rep

orts

and

eval

uate

.

D.

CO

MPU

TE

D.

CO

MPU

TE

Stud

ents

will

use

indi

vidu

al r

e-po

rts

and

arri

ve a

t an

aver

age

amou

nt o

f w

ater

con

sum

ptio

n:a.

per

stu

dent

b. p

er f

amily

c. p

er in

divi

dual

use

liste

d.

Stud

ent H

ome

Re-

sear

ch R

ecor

dsD

epen

ding

on

clas

s si

ze, t

his

may

be

a cl

ass

activ

ity o

rco

mm

ittee

type

act

ivity

.

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iry

Que

stio

n:V

VII

I

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

our

ces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

E. D

ISC

USS

Stud

ents

will

dis

cuss

, and

com

pile

a ch

eck-

list o

f w

ays

in w

hich

fam

ilyw

ater

con

sum

ptio

n m

ay b

e di

min

-is

hed

with

out a

ppre

ciab

ly a

ffec

ting

thei

r pr

esen

t lif

e-st

yle.

F. A

PPL

Y/E

VA

LU

AT

E/C

OM

PAR

E

1.E

ach

stud

ent w

ill a

ttem

pt tc

appl

y ea

ch s

ugge

stio

n fr

om p

repa

red

chec

k-lis

t in

his

hom

e fo

r a

peri

odof

tim

e si

mila

r to

that

of

his

orig

i-na

l hom

e in

vest

igat

ion.

If u

nabl

e,or

it is

not

adv

isab

le to

impl

emen

ta

sugg

estio

n, s

tude

nt w

ill s

o in

di-

cate

on

chec

k-lis

t and

indi

cate

reas

ons.

2.E

ach

stud

ent w

ill m

aint

ain

a re

cord

of

wat

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

duri

ng th

is p

erio

d si

mila

r to

that

devi

sed

duri

ng o

rigi

nal i

nves

tigat

ion,

and

com

pare

the

wat

er u

se:

a.pe

r st

uden

tb.

per

fam

ilyc.

per

indi

vidu

al u

selis

ted

Aft

er a

pplic

atio

n of

stu

de:it

sug

-ge

stio

ns, c

ompa

re w

ith th

e sa

me

stat

istic

s pr

ior

to a

pplic

atio

n.

E.

DIS

CU

SS

F. A

PPL

Y/

EV

AL

UA

TE

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OM

PAR

EL

ist o

f st

uden

tsu

gges

tions

.

E. D

ISC

USS

TC

#3,

p. 1

29.-

A. A

PPL

Y/

EV

AL

UA

TE

/C

OM

PAR

E1.

Col

lect

com

-pl

eted

che

ck-l

ist.

2.St

uden

tre

cord

of

wat

erco

nsum

ptio

n.

E. D

ISC

USS

A. A

PPL

Y/E

VA

LU

AT

E/

CO

MPA

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Lea

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G. D

ISC

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h st

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ater

usa

ge r

epor

ts w

ithth

eir

fam

ily to

det

erm

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a.w

heth

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alue

in e

ach

appl

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wat

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on-

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atio

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vice

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cedu

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b.w

hich

, if

any,

of

the

ex-

peri

men

tal p

roce

dure

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eyw

ould

be

will

ing

to c

ontin

ueus

ing,

and

c.an

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ditio

nal s

ugge

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ave

for

hom

e co

nser

-C

JI c:va

tion

of w

ater

whi

ch th

eym

ight

be

will

ing

to a

ccep

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Res

ourc

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valu

atio

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each

er S

ugge

stio

ns

H. R

EPO

RT

/DIS

CU

SS

1. S

tude

nts

will

rep

ort r

esul

tsof

fam

ily d

iscu

ssio

n to

cla

ss.

2.St

uden

ts w

ill d

iscu

ss o

vera

llm

erits

of

this

inve

stig

atio

n in

arri

ving

at s

olut

ions

to I

nqui

ryQ

uest

ion.

G. D

ISC

USS

H. R

EPO

RT

/D

ISC

USS

G. D

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ISC

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vidu

al r

epor

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RT

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CU

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1

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Que

stio

n:V

IV

III

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

IR

esou

rces

Eva

luat

ion

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

Inve

stig

atio

n #2

:A

. RE

AD

/NO

TE

A. R

EA

D/N

OT

EA

. RE

AD

/NO

TE

A. R

EA

D /N

OT

E1.

Hav

e st

uden

ts r

ead

SC #

's 2

8an

d 29

.2.

Not

e an

swer

s to

Inq

uiry

que

s-tio

ns V

IV

III,

as

t h e

y a

pply

.to

the

new

s. a

rtic

le e

vent

s.

B. D

ISC

USS

SC #

's 2

8 an

d 29

,pp

.10

1-10

3.

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ISC

USS

Col

lect

a c

opy

ofno

tes

and

eval

uate

,

B. D

ISC

USS

Hel

p st

uden

ts w

ith te

rms

like: -

FCD

- E

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

stud

ies

- "N

atur

al s

yste

ms"

- Im

poun

dmen

t are

a-

Riv

er b

asin

- R

eser

voir

s

B. D

ISC

USS

1. I

n cl

ass,

dis

cuss

ans

wer

s to

the

abov

e qu

estio

ns.

2. R

each

a c

lass

con

sens

us o

nth

e ch

ange

s an

d re

sults

of

the

new

s-ar

ticle

eve

nts.

Inve

stig

atio

n #3

:A

. PL

AN

FIE

LD

TR

IPA

. PL

AN

FIE

LD

TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

A. P

LA

N F

IEL

D

Hav

e st

uden

ts k

eep

a co

py o

fco

nsen

sus

reac

hed.

A. P

LA

N F

IEL

D T

RIP

1. M

ake

arra

ngem

ents

for

a v

isit

to a

loca

l wat

er p

urif

icat

ion

plan

t.2.

Bef

ore

trip

, div

ide

clas

s in

tosm

all g

roup

s an

d ha

ve o

ne m

embe

rof

gro

up r

espo

nsib

le f

or o

ne q

ues-

tion

liste

d in

SC

#30

Ask

pla

ntop

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or th

e qu

estio

ns.

TR

IPT

RIP

1. W

hen

poss

ible

, allo

wst

uden

ts to

mak

e ar

rang

e-m

ents

for

con

tact

ing

plan

top

erat

or.

2. I

t may

be

wis

e to

sen

da

list o

f th

e qu

estio

ns (

SC #

30)

to th

e pl

ant o

pera

tor

befo

reth

e sc

hedu

led

visi

t.

SC #

30, p

. 104

.

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,y I

celL

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Inn

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valu

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each

er S

ugge

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Hav

e st

uden

ts r

evie

w a

ndun

ders

tand

que

stio

ns in

SC

#30

.

B. E

XE

CU

TE

FIE

LD

TR

IPB

. EX

EC

UT

E F

IEL

DB

. EX

EC

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E F

IEL

DB

. EX

EC

UT

E F

IEL

D T

RIP

Hav

e st

uden

ts o

bser

ve a

nd li

sten

clos

ely

as th

eir

tour

is c

ondu

cted

.

C. C

ON

DU

CT

PO

ST-T

RIP

TR

IPT

RIP

Rem

ind

stud

ents

que

stio

nsne

ed n

ot b

e lim

ited

to th

eon

es in

SC

#30

.

C. C

ON

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IES

1. H

ave

each

sm

all g

roup

com

-po

se a

wri

tten

repo

rt b

ased

on

the

answ

ers

to q

uest

ions

mad

e on

the

trip

. 2. I

n cl

ass

disc

ussi

on r

each

aco

nsen

sus

to e

ach

ques

tion.

Inve

stig

atio

n #4

:A

. RE

VIE

WA

. RE

VIE

W

1. C

olle

ct w

ritte

nre

port

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TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

A. R

EV

IEW

* A. R

EV

IEW

1. D

ivid

e cl

ass

into

sm

all g

roup

s.2.

Hav

e ea

ch g

roup

rev

iew

the

resu

lts o

f In

vest

igat

ions

1, 2

, and

3an

d w

rite

out

a g

ener

al c

oncl

usio

nto

eac

h In

quir

y Q

uest

ion,

VI

VII

I.

B. R

EPO

RT

/DIS

CU

SSB

. RE

POR

T/D

ISC

USS

Col

lect

a c

opy

of th

ew

ritte

n co

nclu

sion

s.

B. R

EPO

RT

/DIS

CU

SSB

. RE

POR

T/D

ISC

USS

Hav

e ea

ch g

roup

rep

ort t

o cl

ass

and

disc

uss

the

conc

lusi

ons

pres

ente

d.T

C #

3, p

. 129

.

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stio

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VI

VII

I

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

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valu

atio

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C. C

HE

CK

L Q

.H

ave

stud

ents

che

ck r

esul

ts o

fth

eir

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FH

ave

stud

ents

eva

luat

e th

emse

lves

.

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HE

CK

L Q

.

D. E

VA

LU

AT

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F

I

C. C

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CK

L Q

.SC

#1,

p.4

8.

D. E

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FSC

#2,

p. 4

9.

Tea

cher

Sug

gest

ions

C. C

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CK

L Q

.T

C #

2, p

. 128

, giv

es p

ro-

cedu

re f

or th

is c

heck

.

D. E

VA

LU

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FIf

Ind

ivid

ual P

oint

She

ets

(I. P

. S.)

are

to b

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ed,

repr

oduc

e sa

mpl

e fo

rm o

npa

ge x

iii o

f th

e Fo

rew

ord

and

dist

ribu

te to

stu

dent

s.

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AR

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Cau

se %

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stio

n:V

IV

III

Lea

rnin

g A

ctiv

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Res

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valu

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nT

each

er S

ugge

stio

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A. R

EA

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vest

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#1

A. R

EA

DA

. RE

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A. R

EA

DH

ave

stud

ents

rea

d SC

#31

and

32

(bac

kgro

und

read

ings

to p

oint

out

air

pollu

tion

prob

lem

s of

urb

an a

reas

thro

ugho

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e w

orld

).

B. A

NSW

ER

SC #

's 3

1 an

d 32

,pp

. 105

-109

.

B. A

NSW

ER

B. A

NSW

ER

TC

#8,

p. 1

34, g

ives

ale

ngth

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ckgr

ound

on

air

pollu

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caus

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osts

,an

d co

ntro

ls.

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NSW

ER

Hav

e ea

ch s

tude

nt w

rite

ans

wer

s to

thes

e qu

estio

ns c

once

rnin

g SC

It's

31 a

nd 3

2: - W

hat a

reas

of

the

eart

hha

ve th

e m

ost s

erio

us a

ir p

ol-

lutio

n pr

oble

ms?

- W

hat a

re th

e ef

fect

s of

air

pollu

tion?

- W

hat a

re th

e ca

uses

of

air

pollu

tion

(nat

ural

/man

-m

ade)

?

C. D

ISC

USS

C. D

ISC

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C. D

ISC

USS

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ISC

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lass

, dis

cuss

fin

al a

nsw

ers

tore

adin

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estio

ns.

.

Inve

stig

atio

n #2

A. C

ON

DU

CT

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DU

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TC

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p.1

29.

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. CO

ND

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T/D

ISC

USS

1.H

ave

smal

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ups

cond

uct

Exp

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in S

C #

33.

2.D

iscu

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fex

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DIS

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SSD

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The

se e

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elp

stu-

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s in

tern

aliz

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ncep

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. 1f1

.C

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-su

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.--

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IV

III

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rnin

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ctiv

ities

Res

ourc

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valu

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each

er S

ugge

stio

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. CO

ND

UC

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ISC

USS

1.C

ondu

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xper

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SC #

34.

2.D

iscu

ss r

esul

ts o

fex

peri

men

t.

C. C

ON

DU

CT

/DIS

CU

SS

1.C

ondu

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xper

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t 3 in

SC #

35.

2.D

iscu

ss r

esul

ts o

fex

peri

men

t.

D. C

ON

DU

CT

/DIS

CU

SS

1.C

ondu

ct E

xper

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t 4 in

SC #

36.

2.R

esul

ts o

f th

is e

xper

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tw

ill b

e di

scus

sed

afte

r E

xper

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t 5ha

s be

en c

ompl

eted

to a

llow

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rob

serv

atio

ns.

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ON

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CT

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ondu

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xper

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t 5 in

SC #

37.

2.D

iscu

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esul

ts o

fE

xper

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Ret

urn

to E

xper

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t 4an

d di

scus

s its

res

ults

.

B. C

ON

DU

CT

/D

ISC

USS

SC #

34, p

. 113

.

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ON

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CT

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ISC

USS

SC #

35, p

. 114

.

D. C

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CT

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36,p

. 116

:2.

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r or

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utom

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,va

cuum

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. 117

.

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lect

wri

tten

re-

sults

of

expe

rim

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of

expe

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nd V

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2. T

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, giv

esin

form

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n on

tem

pera

ture

inve

rsio

ns.

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ctiv

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valu

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each

er S

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Tel

l stu

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s th

ey a

re:

a.to

see

a f

ilmst

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onai

r po

llutio

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to a

nsw

er th

ese

ques

tions

:-W

hat a

re th

e m

ajar

air

pollu

tant

s?-W

hat a

re th

e ef

fect

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re m

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on-

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to e

ach

of th

e qu

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nd r

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chal

kboa

rd..

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stig

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:A

.ST

WM

AR

TZ

FT

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tude

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they

are

to:

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of

the

follo

win

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a po

lluta

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the

pollu

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's m

ajor

sour

ce-

the

pollu

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's e

ffec

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the

envi

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und

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valu

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b.re

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last

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stig

atio

ns f

or th

e ne

eded

info

rmat

ion.

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RE

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NT

B. P

RE

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NT

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er m

akin

g th

e co

llage

, hav

e ea

chst

uden

t pre

sent

to th

e cl

ass

and

ex-

plai

n hi

s w

ork.

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stig

atio

n #5

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IST

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RE

A. L

IST

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MPA

RE

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luat

e ea

ch o

ral

pres

enta

tion

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2).

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IST

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RE

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IST

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RE

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ave

each

stu

dent

list

way

she

may

per

sona

lly b

e co

ntri

butin

gto

air

pol

lutio

n.2.

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ide

clas

s in

to s

mal

lgr

oups

and

hav

e gr

oup

mem

bers

com

pare

list

s an

d co

mpi

le o

ne li

stfo

r th

e gr

oup.

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ven

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ach

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port

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list t

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mpo

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ade.

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ave

clas

s di

scus

s w

ays

indi

vidu

als

can

help

pre

vent

or

cont

rol p

ollu

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a lis

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pre-

vent

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chal

kboa

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OM

PAR

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. CO

MPA

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TC

#3,

p. 1

29.

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OM

PAR

EC

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MPA

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e st

uden

ts r

evie

w S

C #

38 a

ndco

mpa

re w

ith th

e cl

ass

com

pose

dlis

t of

prev

entio

ns.

SC #

38, p

.120

.

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whi

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rt to

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qual

ity o

f th

een

viro

nmen

t.2.

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ort c

hoic

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cla

ss.

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HE

CK

L Q

.

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POR

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may

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of in

tere

st to

stu

-de

nts

to h

ave

"pro

gres

sre

port

s" f

or a

few

wee

ks o

rm

onth

s as

to th

eir

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rts

to p

erso

nally

impr

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qual

ity o

f th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

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CK

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HE

CK

L Q

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ave

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ents

che

ck r

esul

ts o

f th

eir

smal

l gro

up w

ork.

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VA

LU

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E S

EL

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EV

AL

UA

TE

SE

LF

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. 48.

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VA

LU

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EL

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TC

#2,

p. 1

28, g

ives

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-ce

dure

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che

ck.

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VA

LU

AT

E S

EL

FH

ave

stud

ents

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luat

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lves

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CA

SC #

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. 49.

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ndiv

idua

l Poi

nt S

heet

s(L

P. S

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re to

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prod

uce

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ple

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on

page

xiii

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the

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wor

dan

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stri

bute

to s

tude

nts.

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vest

igat

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#1

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I.D

ivid

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ass

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sm

all

grou

ps a

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ssig

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e of

the

fol-

low

ing

city

pro

blem

s to

var

ious

grou

ps:

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pula

tion

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ater

sup

ply

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r po

llutio

n2.

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e ea

ch g

roup

rev

iew

the

resu

lts o

f th

e pr

evio

us I

nves

ti-ga

tions

rel

atin

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thei

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sign

edci

ty p

robl

em.

3.H

ave

each

gro

up d

iscu

ssan

d su

gges

t ans

wer

s to

thes

e tw

oqu

estio

ns.

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hat n

ew c

hang

esar

e ne

eded

to h

elp

solv

eth

e ci

ty p

robl

em?

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ow a

re th

ese

pro-

pose

d so

lutio

ns to

be

brou

ght a

bout

?

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ESE

AR

CH

1.A

llow

libr

ary

time

for

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var

iety

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pose

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r pr

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way

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lutio

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ough

tab

out. 2.

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e st

uden

ts c

olle

ct n

ews-

pape

r an

d m

agaz

ine

artic

les

rela

ting

to th

eir

city

pro

blem

. SC

#39

is a

sam

ple.

A. R

EV

IEW

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EST

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ESE

AR

CH

SC #

39, p

.125

:

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luat

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EV

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EST

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AR

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luat

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l-le

ctio

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eria

l..

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gest

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EST

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CH

TC

Ws

11 a

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2, p

p. 1

55-1

561

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som

e ba

ckgr

ound

into

solu

tions

to p

opul

atio

n pr

ob-

lem

s.

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edia

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one

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utio

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D. P

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brou

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sens

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n ch

alkb

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stig

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ESI

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-1.

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to s

mal

lgr

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e ea

ch g

roup

, usi

ng th

elis

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solu

tions

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the

prev

ious

lyid

entif

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city

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d pr

ob-

lem

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t yet

dis

cuss

ed, p

lan

anid

eal c

ity in

whi

ch th

ese

prob

lem

sha

ve b

een

solv

ed.

3.D

escr

ibe

how

eac

h pr

oble

mw

ill b

e so

lved

by

grap

hica

lly d

e-pi

ctin

g an

idea

l city

.W

ritte

n co

m-

men

tary

sho

uld

acco

mpa

ny s

ketc

hes

of id

eal c

ity to

exp

lain

how

pro

b-le

ms

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ISC

USS

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tatio

ns m

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entir

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ass.

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ISC

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29.

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er f

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ns to

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CK

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esul

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smal

l gro

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. 131

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DE

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O. 4

: Som

e T

hing

s T

hat S

hare

the

City

With

Man

All

citie

s ar

e al

ike

in th

e w

ay th

ey d

estr

oy n

atur

e.E

ven

one

.hum

an o

n 1,

200

acr

es w

ill h

ave

som

e

effe

cts

on th

e pl

ants

and

ani

mal

s th

at s

hare

the

land

with

him

.H

e m

ust k

ill s

ome

anim

als

and

plan

ts f

or

food

.H

e m

ay k

ill o

r hu

rt m

any

mor

e by

acc

iden

t.B

ut im

agin

e ho

w 5

0, 0

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eopl

e w

ould

aff

ect t

he p

lant

s

and

anim

als

that

live

on

the

sam

e I,

ZO

O a

cres

!W

hen

peop

le b

uild

citi

es, t

hey

kill

near

ly a

ll th

e pl

ants

and

dri

ve o

utne

arly

all

the

wild

ani

mal

s th

at

live

on th

e la

nd.

The

soi

l its

elf

is c

over

ed w

ith b

uild

ings

and

str

eets

.So

me

of e

arth

's c

ities

hav

e se

t asi

de

land

for

par

ks. E

very

one

agre

es th

at it

is w

onde

rful

to h

ave

a pa

tch

of g

reen

tree

s an

d gr

ass

grow

ing

insi

de

the

city

.A

nd y

et, t

he p

arks

slo

wly

fill

up.

Stre

ets

and

high

way

s ar

e bu

ilt th

roug

h th

em.

Res

taur

ants

, zoo

s,

mus

eum

s, te

nnis

cou

rts,

pol

ice

stat

ions

,pl

aygr

ound

s, b

icyc

le p

aths

, hor

se-b

ack

ridi

ng tr

ails

, am

usem

ent

park

s, s

wim

min

g po

ols,

ska

ting

rink

s, th

eatr

es, p

laza

s, f

ount

ains

,an

d st

atue

s sl

owly

cov

er th

e op

en s

pace

.

Of

cour

se, t

hese

are

all

good

thin

gs to

hav

e in

the

city

.B

ut w

hy m

ust t

hey

take

the

plac

e of

tree

s an

d gr

ass?

Whe

n m

an f

inis

hes

his

citie

s, o

nly

four

kin

ds o

f th

ings

live

ther

ew

ith h

im. T

he f

irst

, and

rar

est,

....1

...3

are

bird

s, s

quir

rels

, and

oth

er a

nim

als

that

live

in th

e tin

y gr

een

patc

hes

left

insi

de th

e ci

ty.

The

sec

ond

are

pets

, hou

sepl

ants

, tre

es, s

hrub

s, a

nd f

low

ers

that

man

bri

ngs

into

the

city

to s

hare

his

life.

The

thir

d ar

e th

e pe

sts

that

live

in th

e ci

ty, w

heth

er m

an w

ants

them

or

not.

The

se in

clud

e ra

ts, m

ice,

and

a fe

w k

inds

of

bird

s an

d bu

gs.

Fina

lly, t

he c

ity is

ful

l of

the

tiny

thin

gs li

ke b

acte

ria

and

viru

ses

that

live

on

and

in th

e hu

man

bod

y.

Of

cour

se, t

hese

littl

e th

ings

live

with

man

whe

ther

he

is in

the

city

or

not a

nd s

omet

imes

cau

se a

lot o

f

trou

ble

whe

n pe

ople

live

cro

wde

d to

geth

er.

McC

ue, G

eorg

e, E

colo

gy: T

he C

ity, p

p. 1

0-11

, Ben

zige

r In

c.,

New

Yor

k: B

ever

ly H

ills,

197

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:L

ittle

Thi

ngs

Tha

t Mak

e M

an T

heir

Hom

e

Eve

ry h

uman

bei

ng is

a h

ome

for

man

y sm

all l

ivin

g th

ings

.Pe

ople

som

e tim

es h

ave

flea

s an

d lic

eliv

ing

in th

eir

hair

.M

illio

ns o

f pe

ople

hav

e tin

y an

imal

s ca

lled

mite

s liv

ing

in th

eir

eyel

ashe

s. Y

ou c

an't

see

the

mite

s, a

nd u

sual

ly th

ey d

on't

caus

e an

y tr

oubl

e, b

ut th

ey a

re th

ere.

Man

y ki

nds

of c

olor

less

pla

nts

calle

d fu

ngi l

ive

on th

e sk

in a

nd in

the

body

. Wor

ms

and

othe

r tin

y an

imal

s liv

e in

side

peo

ple;

and

the

skin

,m

outh

, int

estin

es, a

nd m

any

othe

r pa

rts

of m

an a

re a

hom

e fo

r ba

cter

ia a

nd v

irus

es. T

he h

uman

bod

y su

pplie

sth

ese

thin

gs w

ith f

ood,

wat

er, a

nd w

arm

th -

as

wel

l as

a fr

ee r

ide.

Not

eve

ry p

erso

n ha

s th

e sa

me

kind

s of

thin

gs li

ving

on

him

. As

a m

atte

r of

fac

t, ea

ch p

erso

n ha

s hi

sow

n sp

ecia

l com

mun

ity.

It is

oft

en h

ard

for

anyt

hing

new

to f

ind

a sp

ot to

gro

w o

n.B

ut b

efor

e yo

u st

art

scra

tchi

ng o

r ru

n ho

me

to ta

ke a

bat

h, r

emem

ber

thes

e th

ings

: fir

st o

f al

l, m

ost o

f th

e th

ings

that

.live

on

man

caus

e ve

ry li

ttle

trou

ble.

And

sec

ond,

a p

erso

n m

ay c

arry

a d

isea

se w

ithou

t bei

ng s

ick.

For

exam

ple,

the

pers

on m

ay b

e im

mun

e be

caus

e he

has

alr

eady

had

the

dise

ase.

Or

may

be th

e pe

rson

has

had

sho

ts o

r ha

s...

aC

Cbe

en v

acci

nate

d ag

ains

t the

dis

ease

.W

hen

peop

le g

et c

lose

toge

ther

, the

se li

ttle

visi

tors

hav

e a

chan

ce to

mov

e fr

om o

ne p

erso

n to

ano

ther

.Fo

r ex

ampl

e, s

ome

bact

eria

and

vir

uses

flo

at th

roug

h th

e ai

r on

dro

ps o

f w

ater

cau

sed

by c

ough

ing,

sne

ezin

g,or

spi

tting

.O

ther

s ri

de f

rom

per

son

to p

erso

n on

tiny

fla

kes

of d

ry s

kin.

One

can

nev

er b

e su

re w

hat h

e is

pick

ing

up f

rom

oth

er p

eopl

e.B

ecau

se th

ey b

ring

man

y pe

ople

clo

se to

geth

er, c

ities

are

an

impo

rtan

t cau

se o

f th

e sp

read

of

dise

ase.

Tha

t doe

s no

t mea

n th

at d

isea

se w

ould

dis

appe

ar if

citi

es w

ere

torn

dow

n.B

ut m

any

dise

ases

wou

ld b

e m

uch

less

com

mon

.

McC

ue, G

eorg

e, E

colo

gy: T

he C

ity, p

p. 1

2-13

, Ben

zige

r In

c. ,

New

Yor

k: B

ever

ly H

ills,

197

1.

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DE

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EN

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O. 6

: How

Citi

es M

ake

The

irO

wn

Wea

ther

Air

pol

lutio

n ca

n cu

t dow

n on

the

amou

nt o

f su

nlig

ht th

atre

ache

s a

city

.A

nd o

ften

dro

ps o

f w

ater

colle

ct a

roun

d th

e bi

ts o

f di

rt f

loat

ing

in th

eai

r. A

s a

resu

lt, a

city

has

mor

e da

rk a

nd f

oggy

day

sth

anth

e co

untr

y ar

ound

it.

But

this

is o

nly

one

way

that

a c

ity c

hang

es it

sow

n w

eath

er.

If y

ou li

sten

to w

eath

er r

epor

ts,

you

know

the

tem

pera

ture

in th

e ci

ty is

usu

ally

dif

fere

nt f

rom

the

tem

pera

ture

in th

e su

burb

s a

few

mile

saw

ay. T

he b

uild

ings

and

the

stre

ets

soak

up

heat

fro

m th

esu

n an

dst

ay h

ot a

ll ni

ght.

Air

-con

ditio

ners

pou

r ho

t air

into

the

city

str

eets

. As

a re

sult,

citi

es a

re h

otte

r du

ring

the

sum

mer

day

s an

d ni

ghts

than

the

coun

try

arou

nd th

em.

In th

e w

inte

r al

so, t

he s

tree

ts a

nd b

uild

ings

soa

kup

hea

t fro

m th

e su

n. A

nd th

e bu

ildin

gs a

re h

eate

d in

side

. Thi

ske

eps

the

city

war

mer

than

the

coun

try

inth

e w

inte

r.

The

war

mth

of

the

city

als

o cu

ts d

own

on th

e nu

mbe

r of

day

s no

rthe

rn c

ities

hav

e sn

ow. A

nd p

lant

sm

ay h

ave

thre

e or

fou

r w

eeks

long

er to

gro

w.

In N

ew Y

ork

City

, flo

wer

s m

ay s

till b

loom

in w

indo

wbo

xes

....1

at T

hank

sgiv

ing

time.

A f

ew m

iles

away

in N

ew J

erse

y, f

rost

may

hav

e ki

lled

the

sam

e ki

nds

of f

low

ers

aco

mon

th o

r m

ore

earl

ier.

A c

ity a

lso

may

hav

e m

ore

rain

than

the

coun

try

arou

nd it

.T

he h

ot a

ir o

ver

the

city

ris

eg p

ushi

ngra

in c

loud

s hi

gher

into

the

sky.

As

the

rain

clo

uds

rise

, the

y co

ol o

ff.

And

the

mor

e th

ey c

ool o

ff, t

hem

ore

wat

er th

ey d

rop.

McC

ue, G

eorg

e, E

colo

gy: T

he C

ity,

pp. 3

2-33

, Ben

zige

r In

c.,

New

Yor

k: B

ever

ly H

ills,

197

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:E

nvir

onm

enta

l Qui

z-

Part

I

1.W

hat i

s th

e da

ily u

se o

f w

ater

per

cap

itafo

r th

e U

SA?

a)5

gallo

nsc)

150

gallo

nsb)

50 g

allo

nsd)

300

gallo

ns

2.H

ow m

any

poun

ds o

f so

lid w

aste

are

pro

-du

ced

by th

e av

erag

e U

S ci

tizen

eac

h da

y?a)

2b)

4c)

6d)

10

3.Is

it p

ossi

ble

to r

e-cy

cle

wat

er s

o th

at it

may

be

used

and

re-

used

inde

fini

tely

?a)

Yes

b)N

oC

Ocr

.)4.

Wha

t is

the

annu

al v

alue

of

reus

able

mat

eria

ls d

ispo

sed

of in

the

garb

age

of a

city

of

100,

000

peop

le?

a)$1

0,00

0c)

$400

,000

b)$1

00,0

00d)

$700

,000

5.W

hen

raw

sew

age

ente

rs a

sew

age

trea

tmen

tpl

ant,

wha

t pro

port

ion

of it

is w

ater

?

a)le

ss th

en 5

0%c)

90%

b)75

%d)

mor

e th

an 9

5%

56

6.O

ne o

f th

e ai

r po

lluta

nts

gene

rate

d by

a co

al f

ired

pow

er p

lant

is:

a)N

itrog

enb)

Met

hane

c)Su

lphu

ric

acid

mis

td)

Ozo

ne

7.H

ow e

ffic

ient

is a

pow

er p

lant

? T

hat i

s,w

hat p

erce

ntag

e of

the

ener

gy if

con

sum

esis

turn

ed in

to e

lect

rica

l pow

er?

a)20

%b)

35%

c)50

%d)

75%

8.W

as th

e w

ater

use

d to

mak

e yo

ur m

orni

ngco

ffee

eve

r in

som

eone

's to

ilet?

a)no

c)pr

obab

ly y

esb)

prob

ably

not

d)de

fini

tely

yes

9.W

hat i

s th

e po

pula

tion

dens

ity o

f N

ewY

ork

City

, exp

ress

ed a

s pe

ople

per

squa

re m

ile?

a)5,

000

c)25

,000

b)10

,000

d)50

,000

10.

The

thre

shol

d of

pai

n is

120

dec

ibel

s.W

hat i

s th

e de

cibe

l rat

ing

of th

e no

ise

hear

d by

a p

erso

n si

tting

in th

e la

st s

eat

of a

jet a

ircr

aft?

a)50

c)11

0b)

80d)

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man

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e U

SA.

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clud

esw

ater

use

d fo

r dr

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athi

ng, a

gric

ultu

re a

nd in

dust

ry. R

emem

ber,

you

r de

man

ds f

or m

ater

ial

poss

essi

ons

puts

add

ition

al d

eman

ds o

n th

e w

ater

sup

ply.

2.C

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ds. T

his

incl

udes

kitc

hen

was

tes

as w

ell a

s:al

l oth

er f

orm

s of

sol

id w

aste

. Thi

s fi

gure

has

been

incr

easi

ng r

apid

ly o

ver

the

past

few

yea

rs b

ecau

se o

f ch

ange

s in

the

pack

agin

g of

p-

oduc

ts: F

orex

ampl

e, a

trip

to th

e gr

ocer

y st

ore

for

a pa

ckag

e of

fro

zen

peas

may

res

ult i

n 4

oz. o

f pe

as in

a c

ard-

boar

d bo

x, w

rapp

ed in

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er, w

rapp

ed in

a p

rint

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, put

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ag a

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en in

to a

pape

r ba

g. Y

ou ta

ke h

ome

4 oz

. of

peas

and

2 p

ound

s of

pap

er!

3.A

.Y

es. W

e ha

ve a

fin

ite a

mou

nt o

f w

ater

on

this

pla

net a

nd it

has

bee

n re

cycl

ing

in th

e hy

drol

ogic

alcy

cle

for

mill

ions

of

year

s.4.

C.

$400

,000

. Thi

s is

the

valu

e of

all

the

mat

eria

ls th

e ci

ty w

ould

thro

w a

way

. Of

cour

se, t

he p

robl

emis

how

to r

ecla

im it

.5.

D.

Mor

e th

an 9

5% p

ure.

In f

act,

raw

sew

age

ente

ring

a p

lant

is b

etw

een

99.5

and

99.

8%

pur

e w

ater

,th

e re

mai

nder

is th

e am

ount

of

orga

nic

was

te a

dded

by

the

com

mun

ity. A

s yo

u ca

n se

e, w

e ar

e as

king

our

trea

tmen

t pla

nts

to o

pera

te o

n a

very

eff

icie

nt b

asis

. Tho

se w

ho s

ugge

st th

at th

epl

ants

oug

ht to

be

mor

e ef

fici

ent s

impl

y do

n't u

nder

stan

d w

hat t

hey

are

aski

ng.

CO

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acid

mis

t. R

emem

ber

your

ele

men

tary

che

mis

try?

Coa

l con

tain

s su

lphu

r as

an

impu

rity

.C

ombu

stio

n pr

oduc

es w

ater

vap

or a

nd o

xidi

zes

the

sulp

hur.

Now

we

have

sul

phur

dio

xide

(SO

2) a

nd w

ater

(H20

), to

geth

er w

e ge

t H2S

O4.

Thi

s w

onde

rful

pro

duct

doe

s gr

eat t

hing

s to

pai

nt, r

ubbe

r tir

es a

nd w

omen

'sny

lon

stoc

king

s!7.

B.

35%

. The

leve

l of

effi

cien

cy is

gov

erne

d by

the

law

s of

ther

mod

ynam

ics.

No

plan

t can

be

100%

effi

cien

t and

the

was

ted

ener

gy is

rej

ecte

d fr

om th

e pr

oces

s in

the

form

of

was

te h

eat,

gase

s, e

tc. T

hese

esca

pe to

the

atm

osph

ere

or in

to la

kes

and

stre

ams.

Nuc

lear

and

fos

sil

fuel

pow

er p

lant

s ha

ve a

ppro

xi-

mat

ely

the

sam

e le

vels

of

effi

cien

cy.

8.C

.Pr

obab

ly y

es. R

efer

to n

umbe

r 3

abov

e. W

e ha

ve o

nly

so m

uch

wat

er o

n th

is p

lane

t and

ther

e is

no

way

to te

ll w

here

it w

as b

efor

e it

got t

o us

this

mor

ning

.9.

D.

25,0

00.

Popu

latio

n de

nsity

is r

elat

ed to

env

iron

men

tal q

ualit

y. N

ew Y

ork

City

has

an

extr

emel

yhi

gh p

opul

atio

n de

nsity

and

has

its

asso

ciat

ed p

robl

ems

of a

ir p

ollu

tion,

sol

id w

aste

dis

posa

l, la

ck o

fw

ater

, lac

k of

rec

reat

iona

l spa

ce, e

tc.

10.

C.

110.

Air

plan

e en

gine

s ar

e no

tori

ous

sour

ces

of n

oise

pol

lutio

n. A

sk a

nyon

e w

ho li

ves

in a

flig

ht p

ath!

A r

ecen

tly p

asse

d fe

dera

l law

mak

es it

illig

al to

hav

e "c

ontin

uous

" no

ise

leve

ls a

bove

85

deci

bels

. Con

se-

quen

tly, i

ndus

trie

s al

l ove

r th

e U

S ar

e tr

ying

to m

ake

thin

gs q

uiet

er f

or u

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8 :

Cha

nges

in th

e C

ity E

nvir

onm

ent

We

said

bef

ore

that

the

city

is y

our

envi

ronm

ent.

All

the

build

ings

,ca

rs, t

ruck

s an

d ot

her

peop

lear

e pa

rt o

f it.

The

air

, wat

er, o

ther

ani

mal

s, s

unsh

ine,

and

pla

nts

are

also

par

ts o

f it.

The

se la

st p

arts

wer

e no

t mad

e by

peo

ple.

The

y ar

e pa

rt o

f th

e N

AT

UR

AL

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

, bec

ause

they

com

e fr

om n

atur

e.C

ities

cha

nge

the

natu

ral e

nvir

onm

ent.

If lo

ts o

f pe

ople

wal

k on

a s

tree

t eve

ry d

ay, t

here

has

to b

ea

hard

cove

ring

that

won

't w

ear

out f

or a

long

tim

e. T

hat

mea

ns th

ere

will

be

less

soi

l for

pla

nts

to g

row

in. A

ndso

ther

e w

ill n

ot b

e as

man

y pl

ants

. Our

oxy

gen

will

hav

e to

blo

wov

er to

us

from

oth

er p

arts

of

the

coun

try.

whe

re th

ere

are

mor

e pl

ants

.C

ities

cha

nge

the

natu

ral e

nvir

onm

ent i

n ot

her

way

s to

o.T

all b

uild

ings

out

dow

n on

sun

light

. The

ych

ange

the

clim

ate.

Whe

re y

ou s

ee a

twen

ty-s

tory

bui

ldin

gno

w, p

erha

ps th

ere

once

was

a p

ond.

Inst

ead

of a

woo

dchu

ck h

ole

unde

r th

e gr

ound

, the

rear

e te

leph

one

wir

es a

nd w

ater

pip

es.

Oth

er a

nim

als

that

nee

da

larg

e ha

bita

t hav

e m

oved

aw

ay b

ecau

se p

eopl

e to

ok u

p m

ore

and

mor

e of

the

room

they

nee

ded.

tDT

hese

are

som

e of

the

chan

ges

man

has

mad

e in

the

natu

ral e

nvir

onm

ent.

The

cha

nges

hav

e m

ade

life

easy

for

peo

ple

in s

ome

way

s.It

is e

asie

r to

buy

foo

d in

a s

tore

than

to h

unt o

r gr

ow y

our

own.

You

keep

war

mer

in a

hou

se w

ith a

fur

nace

than

ina

hous

e w

ith o

nly

a fi

repl

ace.

You

can

get

wat

er f

rom

the

sink

.B

efor

e th

e ci

ty w

as h

ere,

peo

ple

had

to g

et it

fro

ma

wel

l.T

here

are

oth

er c

hang

es th

at c

ities

hav

e m

ade

on th

e na

tura

l env

iron

men

t. T

hese

cha

nges

mak

e lif

eha

rder

and

not

as

plea

sant

. Bec

ause

ther

e ar

eso

man

y pe

ople

in a

city

, the

re h

ave

to b

e a

grea

t man

y fu

r-na

ces

to k

eep

them

war

m. O

ne f

urna

ce p

ouri

ng s

mok

e in

to th

e ai

r is

n't t

oo b

ad. B

ut w

hen

ther

ear

e hu

n-dr

eds,

it m

akes

the

air

dirt

y. T

he a

ir is

less

hea

lthy

and

mak

escl

othe

s an

d pa

int d

irty

, too

.G

ettin

g ri

d of

gar

bage

is a

lso

a re

al p

robl

em in

cro

wde

d ci

ties.

Peop

le h

ave

to g

et it

out

of

thei

rho

mes

. Gar

bage

men

hav

e to

get

it o

ut o

f th

eca

ns in

the

stre

et. A

nd th

en it

has

to b

e pu

t som

epla

ce a

way

from

peo

ple.

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Too

oft

en th

e w

aste

fro

m h

ouse

s an

d fa

ctor

ies

are

thro

wn

into

the

rive

r. T

his

mak

es th

e w

ater

not

fit t

o dr

ink.

The

dir

ty w

ater

kill

s th

e fi

sh a

nd o

ther

ani

mal

s w

hich

live

in c

lean

riv

ers

and

lake

s. Y

ou c

an-

not g

o fi

shin

g be

caus

e th

ere

are

no f

ish.

Som

e ri

vers

are

so

dirt

y th

at p

eopl

e ca

nnot

go

swim

min

g in

them

.T

hey

mig

.it g

et s

ick

from

the

dirt

y w

ater

.T

his

kind

of

man

-mad

e di

rt in

air

and

wat

er is

cal

led

POL

LU

TIO

N. A

noth

er k

ind

of m

an-m

ade

dirt

is c

alle

d lit

ter.

One

sm

all c

andy

pap

er o

n th

e si

dew

alk

may

not

be

so b

ad. W

hen

hund

reds

of

peop

leth

row

sm

all p

iece

s of

pap

er o

n th

e gr

ound

it m

akes

a b

ig m

ess.

Noi

se c

an b

e an

othe

r bo

ther

. Noi

se d

oesn

't do

any

thin

g to

air

, wat

er, f

ood

and

shel

ter

but i

t doe

sso

met

hing

to y

ou.

In th

e ci

ty y

ou h

ear

nois

e fr

om tr

ucks

, car

s, b

uses

, tra

ins,

air

ham

mer

s, h

orns

, gar

bage

can

s,ai

rpla

nes,

and

man

y ot

her

thin

gs. A

ll th

is n

oise

can

mak

e yo

u fe

el m

ad o

r re

stle

ss-

and

unco

mfo

rtab

le.

Too

muc

h no

ise

is n

ot g

ood

for

anyb

ody,

A P

lace

to L

ive.

Publ

ishe

d by

the

Nat

iona

l Aud

ubon

Soc

iety

, 113

0 Fi

fth

Ave

nue,

New

Yor

k, N

. Y. 1

0028

.

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:Po

pula

tion

Dis

trib

utio

n

It is

pos

sibl

e to

di i

ve th

roug

h la

rge

empt

y st

retc

hes

in th

is c

ount

ry a

nd w

onde

r if

thos

e w

ho ta

lk o

'"p

opul

atio

n pr

oble

ms"

are

n't e

xagg

erat

ing.

The

trou

ble

is th

at o

ver

70 p

erce

nt o

f ou

r po

pula

tion

is n

owco

ncen

trat

ed in

urb

an a

reas

. Thi

s fi

gure

is li

kely

to in

crea

se to

85

perc

ent b

y th

e ye

ar 2

000.

Patte

rns

of p

opul

atio

n di

stri

butio

n ar

e co

mpl

ex: p

eopl

e m

ove

from

rur

al to

urb

an a

reas

, fro

mur

ban

area

s to

the

subu

rbs,

and

fro

m c

ity to

city

.T

his

crea

tes

prob

lem

s. T

he p

robl

ems

resu

lt fr

om th

era

te o

f ch

ange

as

muc

h as

fro

m c

hang

es in

abs

olut

e si

ze.

Con

side

r so

me

exam

ples

:

The

gro

wth

of

the

subu

rbs

has

take

n th

e ri

cher

pop

ulat

ion

away

fro

m th

e in

ner

citie

s.St

ores

and

bus

ines

ses

have

fol

low

ed th

e w

ealth

y to

the

subu

rbs,

taki

ng jo

bs w

ith th

em.

Who

hav

e be

en le

ft b

ehin

d? T

he u

nski

lled

and

the

poor

. Not

onl

y ha

s th

is s

tren

gthe

ned

alre

ady

esta

blis

hed

patte

rns

of s

egre

gatio

n, b

ut th

e ce

ntra

l city

mus

t now

bea

r in

crea

sed

00re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

soci

al a

nd f

inan

cial

pro

blem

s of

the

disa

dvan

tage

d at

a ti

me

whe

nth

e ta

x ba

se a

nd r

esul

ting

reve

nues

hav

e de

clin

ed.

Man

y sm

all t

owns

and

rur

al a

reas

hav

e lo

st p

eopl

e.In

the

last

few

dec

ades

nea

rly

half

of th

e 3,

000

U. S

. cou

ntie

s ha

ve lo

st p

opul

atio

n. M

ost o

f th

ese

coun

ties

are

in th

e ar

eabe

twee

n th

e M

issi

ssip

pi a

nd th

e R

ocky

Mou

ntai

ns, f

rom

the

Can

adia

n bo

rder

to th

e R

ioG

rand

e, a

nd in

the

App

alac

hian

Mou

ntai

ns. T

hese

reg

ions

hav

e be

en le

ft w

ith a

con

cen-

trat

ion

of o

ld p

eopl

e w

ho n

eed

soci

al s

ervi

ces,

yet

who

se in

com

es a

re lo

w. A

s th

e co

m-

mun

ities

shr

ink,

they

lost

the

tax

base

nee

ded

to f

inan

ce th

e se

rvic

es. T

he r

esul

t has

ofte

n be

en a

det

erio

ratio

n of

livi

ng c

ondi

tions

and

fur

ther

eco

nom

ic d

eclin

e fo

r th

eco

m-

mun

ity. T

his

in tu

rn s

timul

ates

mor

e ou

twar

d m

ovem

ent a

s th

e yo

ung

and

bette

r ed

u-ca

ted

go to

see

k th

eir

fort

unes

in th

e bi

g ci

ties.

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n if

the

popu

latio

n of

our

cou

ntry

wer

e to

sto

p gr

owin

g, w

e w

ould

stil

l hav

e pr

oble

ms

asso

ciat

edw

ith r

ural

dep

opul

atio

n an

d m

etro

polit

an g

row

th. B

ecau

se n

atur

al in

crea

se (

the

exce

ss o

f bi

rths

ove

rde

aths

) ac

coun

ts f

or 7

5 pe

rcen

t of

curr

ent m

etro

polit

an g

row

th, i

t may

be

that

the

mos

t eff

ectiv

e lo

ng-t

erm

stra

tegy

for

red

ucin

g lo

cal g

row

th w

ill b

e th

roug

h re

duci

ng th

e gr

owth

of

the

natio

nal p

opul

atio

n ra

ther

than

redi

stri

butin

g it.

AF

arm

lli

Cen

tral

City

AS

ubur

b

Eac

h S

ymbo

l=2

mill

ion

popu

latio

n

FA

RM

, CIT

Y, A

ND

SU

BU

RB

AN

PO

PU

LAT

ION

, 194

0-19

70

1940

AP

OP

MA

AV

AN

AM

... .

......

...

,:-:..

.-.a

VIW

AIIW

AN

DO

MA

IMA

i

1950

NO

MP

AN

tilti:

t11/

1;;.:

11A

I)IIM

UIM

MA

ilAN

AM

AN

AM

Odu

trif

1960

AR

AM

N-P

1111

11.N

.PA

IMM

AV

Inag

Ann

fA

MA

AN

NA

MM

AN

NA

MM

AA

A

1970

AR

MW

KI;t

1WW

WW

WW

WM

AR

AN

AM

AM

Ittiff

itiA

MA

AA

RA

AR

AM

AA

RS

ourc

e: U

S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opul

atio

n an

d H

ousi

ng: 1

970,

Gen

eral

Dem

ogra

phic

Tre

nds

for

Met

ropo

litan

Are

as, 1

9604

970,

PH

C(2

)-1

(197

1).

Opt

ions

- A

Stu

dy G

uide

to P

opul

atio

n an

d th

e A

mer

ican

Fut

ure,

Pro

duce

d by

the

Popu

latio

n R

efer

ence

Bur

eau,

Inc

., 19

73, p

p. 1

2-13

.

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U.S

. Birt

h R

ate

Sta

rts

to D

win

dle

UN

SA

Y M

r* L

anic

oa

. PR

INC

ET

ON

,N

.J.

1Die

re h

asbe

en a

dra

mat

ic d

eclin

e si

nce

1967

inill

prop

tirtio

n of

Am

eric

ans

who

fav

orla

rge

fam

ilies

, acc

ordi

ng to

a r

ecen

tsu

rvey

. The

num

ber

is n

ow a

t the

low

est p

oint

in th

e 37

yea

rs d

urin

gw

hich

sur

veys

hav

e be

en r

egul

arly

cond

ucte

d on

the

subj

ect.

The

late

st s

urve

y re

sults

ap-

pear

ed in

a c

opyr

ight

sto

ry b

y Fi

eld

,E

nter

pris

es, I

nc. a

nd in

clud

ed th

e fa

ctth

at o

nly

one

adul

t in

five

(20

per

cent

)co

nsid

ers

the

idea

l num

ber

of c

hild

ren

in a

fam

ily to

be

four

or

mor

e. O

nly

six

year

s ag

o, th

e Pe

rcen

tage

was

dou

ble

that

fig

ure.

For

the

firs

t tim

e in

fou

r de

cade

sof

pol

ling

hist

ory,

Pro

test

ants

and

Cat

holic

s ho

ld s

imila

r vi

ews

on th

eid

eal n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n in

a f

amily

.In

the

late

st s

urve

y, 2

0 pe

rcen

t of

Prot

esta

nts

com

pare

d to

23

perc

ent o

fC

atho

lics

say

the

idea

l num

ber

ofch

ildre

n is

fou

r or

mor

e.In

196

7, 3

7 pe

rcen

t of

Prot

esta

nts

said

"fo

ur o

r m

ore"

is th

e id

eal

num

ber,

but

a c

onsi

dera

bly

high

erpe

rcen

tage

of

Cat

holic

s, 5

0 pe

rcen

t,he

ld th

is o

pini

on, t

hesu

rvey

poi

nted

out. Tod

ay, F

ebru

ary

8. 1

973

Gov

ernm

ent p

opul

atio

n da

tain

-di

cate

that

you

ng A

mer

ican

wom

enri

ch a

nd p

oor

alik

ear

e ha

ving

few

erch

ildre

n th

an a

t any

tim

ein

the

na-

tion'

s hi

stor

y. A

ccor

ding

to a

rece

ntgo

vern

men

t rep

ort,

the

U.S

. fer

tility

rate

for

the

firs

t nin

em

onth

s of

197

2dr

oppe

d be

low

zer

o po

pula

tion

grow

thfo

r th

e fi

rst t

ime.

If th

e bi

rth

rate

sta

yed

at o

r be

low

the

pres

ent l

evel

and

ther

e w

ere

nosi

gnif

ican

t im

mig

ratio

n,th

e U

.S.

popu

latio

n w

ould

leve

l off

som

etim

e -

afte

r th

e ye

ar 2

000.

How

ever

, bec

ause

man

y fa

ctor

s ar

ein

volv

ed, i

t is

im-

poss

ible

to m

ake

firm

pre

dict

ions

.

Var

ious

fac

tors

hav

e be

en c

ite('

asc.

ont

ribu

thig

to a

dw

indl

ing

birt

h ra

te,

incl

udin

g th

e co

st o

f liv

ing

(par

-tic

ular

ly th

e co

st o

f ed

ucat

ion)

,w

ides

prea

d us

e of

con

trac

eptiv

es,

conc

ern

over

cro

wde

d co

nditi

ons

and

over

popu

latio

n, m

ore

liber

al a

bort

ion

law

s an

d m

ore

abor

tions

, and

per

haps

chan

ging

val

ues

and

lifes

tyle

s as

refl

ecte

d by

wom

en's

libe

ratio

n.

The

dec

line

sinc

e th

e 19

67 G

allu

psu

rvey

in th

e pe

rcen

tage

fav

orin

g-l

arge

fam

ilies

has

com

e am

ong

all

maj

or p

opul

atio

n gr

oups

, but

it h

asbe

en m

ost p

rono

unce

d am

ong

wom

en,

Cat

holic

s, y

oung

er a

dults

and

per

sons

with

aco

llege

.or

high

scho

olba

ckgr

ound

, acc

ordi

ng to

the

surv

ey.

62

In 1

967

wom

en w

are

far

mor

ein

clin

ed th

an m

en to

fav

or la

rge

fam

ilies

, but

toda

y lit

tle d

iffe

renc

e is

foun

d in

the

opin

ions

of

the

two

sexe

s.

The

tren

d re

port

ed to

day

is O

fco

nsid

erab

le s

igni

fica

nce

in te

rms

ofex

pect

ed p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

.

Thd

fol

low

ing

tabl

e sh

ows

wha

tA

mer

ican

s cu

rren

tly b

elie

ve to

be

the

idea

l num

ber

of c

hild

ren

to h

ave.

It s

how

s th

e ch

ange

in v

iew

sbe

twee

n 19

67 a

nd to

day

by k

eypo

pula

tion

grou

ps: PE

RC

EN

T S

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R M

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ILD

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t Cha

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en45

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er 3

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ars

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year

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nd o

ver

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esta

nts

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an C

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lics

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DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 1

2: T

he B

lack

Dea

th

00 00

The

Hon

orab

le D

octo

r E

ric

Rob

inso

nM

aler

en R

oad,

Sta

den

isl.

Stoc

khol

m, S

wed

en10

Apr

il, 1

351

We

set s

ail f

rom

Nap

les,

Ita

ly, f

ive

days

ago

and

are

en

rout

e to

Bar

celo

na, S

pain

. Win

ds a

te li

ght a

nd th

e w

eath

eris

goo

d. S

o w

ith f

lute

to s

pare

, I s

hall

unde

rtak

e to

kee

p m

ypr

omis

e to

you

and

put

my

log

note

s in

som

e or

der.

Per

haps

that

you

may

mak

e so

me

sens

e of

the

horr

ible

pes

tilen

ce th

atha

s de

mol

ishe

d th

e pe

ople

of

Eur

ope

and

stol

en s

o m

any

ofou

r de

ares

t one

s.

Whe

n w

e re

ache

d M

arse

illes

, Fra

nce,

ove

r th

ree

year

s ag

oin

late

134

7, th

e pl

ague

had

alr

eady

arr

ived

ther

e. T

he p

eo-

ple

susp

ecte

d it

had

com

e by

shi

p fr

om G

enoa

. The

Gen

oan

mer

chan

t mar

ine

may

hav

e br

ough

t the

dis

ease

fro

m K

afja

, aG

enoa

,: co

lony

on

the

Bla

ck S

ea. K

a IP

had

bee

n be

sieg

ed b

yth

e T

arta

rs. B

ut th

e T

arta

rs !

vete

fin

ally

for

ted

to g

ive

upth

e si

ege

beca

use

so m

any

of th

eir

forc

es w

ere

lost

to th

e pe

s-til

ence

. Bef

ore

they

dep

arte

d, th

e T

arta

rs c

atap

ulte

d bo

dies

of

thei

r de

ad w

arri

ors

into

the

city

, hop

ing

to s

prea

d th

e de

ath

amon

g th

e ci

tizen

s. T

hey

belie

ved

the

pest

ilenc

e co

uld

betr

ansm

itted

fro

m th

e de

ad to

the

livin

g.

If is

bel

ieve

d th

at w

hen

the

Gen

oan

sailo

rs r

etur

ned

hom

e,th

ey b

roug

ht th

e di

seas

e w

ith th

em. I

t is

also

rum

ored

that

in a

dditi

on to

the

dise

ase,

they

bro

ught

a la

rge

num

ber

ofbl

ack

rats

that

had

sto

wed

aw

ay w

hile

thei

r sh

ips

had

been

dock

ed a

t .K

affa

. Upo

n re

achi

ng th

e po

rt o

f G

enoa

, the

dis

-ea

se a

nd, o

f co

urse

, the

rat

s sp

read

into

the

city

.

Soon

the

blig

ht s

prea

d to

Mar

seill

es. N

o on

e kn

ew h

owfo

r su

re, p

erha

ps b

y sh

ip a

gain

. Som

e sa

id it

was

spr

ead

by

the

mia

sma,

or

pois

on th

ud. C

orru

pted

air

, dam

p m

ists

, hot

sout

h w

inds

hav

e al

l bee

n su

spec

ted

of c

am r

ying

the

pest

ilenc

e.E

arth

quak

es, f

lue

pilla

rs, a

nd o

ther

mys

teri

ous

occu

rren

ces

are

ecni

siik

red

by s

ome

to b

e th

e ca

use

of th

e pl

ague

. Whi

le in

Ven

ice,

a f

ew m

onth

s ag

o, I

hea

rd th

at th

e V

enet

ians

had

re-

ceiv

ed a

n om

en o

f th

e co

min

g pl

ague

. Jus

t bef

ore

the

dise

ase

appe

ared

in th

e ci

ty, a

n ea

rthq

uake

occ

urre

d an

d th

e be

lls in

St, M

ark'

s ra

ng o

ut w

ithou

t bei

ng to

uche

d by

hum

an h

ands

.

Ast

rolo

gers

in P

aris

bla

me

the

cata

stro

phe

on th

e co

njun

c-tio

n of

Sat

urn,

Jup

iter,

and

Mar

s in

the

hous

e of

Aqu

ariu

s.O

ther

Par

isia

ns b

elie

ved

the

pest

ilenc

e to

hav

e be

en c

ause

d by

a ba

ll of

fir

e se

en a

bove

the

city

.

I'm s

ure

that

you

, with

you

r sc

ient

ific

kno

wle

dge,

will

be

able

to d

ecid

e w

hich

, if

any,

of

thes

e ex

plan

atio

ns is

bes

t.W

hate

ver

the

caus

e, th

e pe

ople

I'v

e se

en a

ll ar

ound

Eur

ope

seem

res

igne

d to

thei

r fa

te. T

hey

agre

e th

at th

e pe

stile

nce

isth

e w

ill o

f G

od. T

hey

are

sure

thei

r si

ns h

ave

brou

ght t

his

puni

shm

ent u

pon

them

.

As

you

;sow

, mill

ions

hav

e di

ed in

the

thre

e ye

ars

sinc

e13

47. I

nee

d no

t rep

ort t

he h

orri

ble

natu

re o

f th

e di

seas

e.Y

ou k

now

it to

o w

ell.

But

how

it p

asse

s fr

om.

:mer

son

to p

er-

son

is s

till a

mys

tery

. Som

e sa

y it

is b

y br

eath

; oth

ers

clai

mon

ly a

look

is n

eces

sary

. Jus

t by

touc

h it

spre

ads,

acc

ordi

ngto

one

theo

ry. S

ome

even

bel

ieve

it is

fou

l air

bot

tled

up in

vess

els.

It i

s sa

id th

at th

ese

vess

els

are

carr

ied

by e

vil m

en to

a pl

ace

upw

ind

from

a c

ity. T

hen

thei

r fo

ul c

onte

nts

are

re-

leas

ed a

nd th

e fu

mes

spr

ead

over

the

tow

n.

64

It is

alm

ost u

nbel

ieva

ble

how

man

y ha

ve d

ied

the

horr

ible

deat

h of

bur

stin

g bo

ils a

nd b

liste

ring

fev

er. N

o on

e is

cer

tain

of th

e co

unt.

It is

est

imat

ed th

at, w

ithin

six

mon

ths,

Flo

renc

elo

st 5

5,00

0 of

its

90,0

00 in

habi

tant

s. T

he r

epor

ts I

hav

ehe

ard

from

all

over

Ita

ly s

ugge

st th

at u

p to

60%

of

the

pop-

ulat

ion

peri

shed

. App

aren

tly, t

he s

ame

horr

or a

boun

ded

inot

her

coun

trie

s. A

ll in

all,

num

' e th

an 3

0% o

f th

e po

pula

tion

of E

urop

e ha

ve d

ied.

The

hea

vies

t lol

l rep

orte

d is

am

ong

the

cler

gyar

ound

50%

. Som

e m

onas

teri

es h

ave

been

com

plet

ely

wip

ed o

ut.

But

my

prom

ise

was

to h

elp

you

char

t the

spm

ead

of th

epl

ague

. I h

ave

tabu

late

d w

hat f

igur

es 1

cou

ld g

et in

the

en-

clos

ed lo

gs. A

ll da

tes

are

appr

oxim

ate.

The

citi

es h

ave

been

iden

tifie

d ac

cord

ing

to th

e si

x-m

onth

per

iod

duri

ng w

hich

the

dise

ase

fell

upon

the

inha

bita

nts.

I tr

ust t

his

will

hel

p yo

u in

your

res

earc

h.

May

God

live

with

you

eac

h da

y.Y

our

frie

nd a

nd b

roth

er,

Swen

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The

pla

gue

desc

ribed

brie

fly in

this

lette

r is

per

haps

the

grea

test

env

ironm

enta

l cris

is e

ver

to s

trik

e E

urop

e La

ter

tobe

cal

led

the

Bla

ck D

eath

, it o

rigin

ated

in A

sia

It w

as n

otth

e on

ly p

lagu

e to

str

ike.

The

re w

ere

man

y be

fore

and

sev

eral

to fo

llow

. How

ever

, the

Bla

ck D

eath

of t

he fo

urte

enth

cen

-tu

ry to

ok a

dre

adfu

l tol

l. N

early

thirt

y m

illio

n E

urop

eans

dicd

.T

he lo

g re

ferr

ed to

in th

e le

tter

follo

ws

in T

able

- I-

1.A

s-su

me

that

you

are

the

phys

icia

n re

ceiv

ing

thes

e da

ta. U

scth

e da

ta to

cha

rt th

e m

ovem

ent o

f the

Bla

ck D

eath

acr

oss

Eur

ope.

(T

he n

ames

use

d in

the

log,

as

wel

l as

man

y in

the

lette

r, h

ave

been

mod

erni

zed

so th

at th

ey a

rc th

e on

es m

ost

fam

iliar

to y

ou.)

Mon

than

d Y

ear

New

Citi

es A

ffect

ed

Dec

embe

r. 1

347

.G

enoa

, Mar

sci l

lo.

Mes

sina

. Nap

les,

Rom

e

June

. 134

8

Ang

ers.

Bel

grad

e.B

orde

amk.

Gen

oa.

Mad

rid. P

ails

.T

rieqe

. Ven

ice

Dec

embe

r, 1

348

Bris

tol.

Bud

apes

t.la

cbon

, Lon

don.

Mun

ich.

Vie

nna.

Zur

ich

June

, 134

9

Col

ogne

, Ihi

blin

.F

rank

furt

. 1.o

.-er

-po

ol. K

rako

w.

Nor

wic

h. P

ragu

e

Dec

embe

r, 1

349

Bel

fast

, Ber

gen.

Ber

lin. D

resd

en.

Gla

sgow

, Ham

burg

June

, 135

0

Nor

th o

f Ber

gen.

Cop

enha

gen.

Ros

tock

. War

saw

Dec

embe

r. 1

3f.0

Sou

th o

f Rig

a.S

tock

holm

.N

orth

of T

rond

heim

Tab

le 1

-1

111 01

-1. F

or e

ach

six-

mon

th in

terv

al, s

how

how

far

the

plag

ueha

d sp

read

by

sket

chin

g a

line

of b

est t

it ac

ross

the

map

.(N

otic

e th

at a

line

has

alre

ady

been

dra

wn

for

the

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embe

r 13

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form

atio

n.)

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ig :n

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ady

mar

ch o

f the

pla

gue

acro

ss li

mop

e ep

rese

nted

a gr

eat c

atas

trop

he fi

r th

e pe

ople

.M

an)

coun

trie

s w

ere

over

popu

late

d, a

nd g

reat

cro

p fa

ilure

s ha

d bo

ught

thes

e

natio

ns to

thei

r kn

ees.

Now

a k

illin

g bl

ow w

asde

alt b

ydi

seas

e. T

he s

ulte

rinl;

peop

le b

elie

ved

thei

r fo

lly a

ndsi

9 ha

dbr

ough

t dis

aste

r do

wn

uon

them

. And

they

wer

e no

tent

irely

wro

ng. O

verp

opul

atio

n in

Cel

tain

are

asha

d pr

oduc

ed o

ver-

crow

ded

and

unhe

alth

yon

ditio

ns. C

a.el

ess

pilin

g of

rubb

ish

prov

ided

food

for

incr

easi

ng n

umbe

rs o

f rat

san

d

othe

r ve

rmin

. The

peo

ple

had

mis

used

thei

ren

viro

nmen

t.T

hey

did

not u

nder

stan

d th

at th

e en

viro

nmen

t can

not

be

mis

used

inde

finite

ly.

Sin

ce th

e fo

urte

enth

cen

tury

. man

has

lear

ned

to c

ontr

olth

e sp

read

of t

he p

lagu

e by

usi

ng s

peci

al d

rugs

and

vacc

ines

.H

owev

er, m

an h

as m

uch

to le

arn

abou

t his

envi

ronm

ent.

He

is ju

st b

egin

ning

to s

ee th

at h

is li

ving

hab

its c

an n

rke

this

wor

ld u

nsaf

e an

d un

fit fo

r lif

e.

A R

eal K

iller

66

The

Bla

ck D

eath

, now

cal

led

bubo

nic

plag

ue. i

s a

dise

ase

spre

ad b

y fle

as in

fect

ed w

ith th

e ba

cter

ia F

amin

e/la

pes

ts.

The

bite

of a

n in

fect

ed il

ea tr

ansf

ers

the

bact

eria

to th

ean

imal

bitt

en. B

ecau

se r

ats

carr

y fle

as, t

hey

help

spr

ead

the

dise

ase

from

city

to c

ity a

nd h

ome

to h

ome.

The

rat

s th

e-

selv

es m

ay b

ecom

e in

fect

ed w

ith th

e di

seas

e. T

he b

acte

rial

caus

e of

the

dise

ase

was

not

dis

cove

red

until

the

1890

'sab

out f

ive

hund

red

year

s af

ter

the

grea

t pla

gue

oldi

e 13

00's

.E

ven

whe

n th

e ba

cter

ia w

as d

isco

vere

d, it

was

not

kno

wn

for

sure

how

it w

as s

prea

d. It

is n

ow k

now

n th

at th

e di

seas

eca

n be

car

ried

dire

ctly

from

per

son

to p

erso

n as

wel

l as

byth

e fle

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d. F

amin

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dov

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erty

and

. ove

rero

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oto

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ein

es R

aw s

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llute

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e se

lect

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less

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n th

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r's R

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dden

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s th

e pl

ague

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e th

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O.

13: A

Fea

st f

or V

ultu

res

Acr

oss

Afr

ica'

s br

oad

ches

t, fr

om S

eneg

al to

Eth

iopi

a, th

e w

orst

dro

ught

of

the

cent

ury

cont

inue

sto

cut

a 4

,000

mile

sw

ath

of d

evas

tatio

n. A

fter

six

yea

rs o

f lig

ht r

ainf

all,

near

ly o

ne-t

hird

of

the

51 m

il-lio

n pe

ople

who

live

in th

is b

and

from

the

Atla

ntic

to th

e R

ed S

ea a

re th

reat

ened

by

star

vatio

n. N

ot e

ven

ago

od r

ainf

all t

his

seas

on c

an e

nd th

e tr

aged

y, s

o w

aste

d is

the

land

and

so

slig

ht th

e pr

ospe

ct o

f a

boun

tiful

harv

est.

Wor

st h

it ar

e E

thio

pia

and

the

six

natio

ns o

f th

e ar

id S

ahel

..

.

Sahe

l's p

rini

cple

riv

ers,

the

Sene

gal a

nd th

e N

iger

, hav

e fa

llen

to th

eir

low

est l

evel

s si

nce

the

star

tof

the

cent

ury.

Lak

e C

had

has

evap

orat

ed to

one

thir

d its

nor

mal

siz

e an

d ha

s ac

tual

ly s

epar

ated

into

fou

rpa

rts.

The

fis

hing

vill

age

of B

ol, o

nce

a la

kesi

de s

ettle

men

t, to

day

look

s ou

t on

a va

st w

aste

land

of

parc

hed

scru

bgra

ss s

tret

chin

g 18

mile

s to

the

wat

er. T

he la

ke's

fis

h ca

tch

has

been

hal

ved,

cre

atin

g a

prot

ein

de-

fici

ency

that

agg

rava

tes

an a

lrea

dy s

hort

sup

ply

of g

rain

s.In

nor

ther

n C

had,

nom

ads

are

eatin

g bo

iled

tree

bark

and

roo

ts.

..

co tvIn

Eth

iopi

a, f

amin

e in

We

lo a

nd T

igre

pro

vinc

es le

ft n

earl

y 10

0,00

0 de

ad la

st y

ear;

som

e pe

ople

wer

e so

wea

kene

d th

at w

hen

a ra

inst

orm

str

uck

Des

e, th

e ca

pita

l of

We

lo, t

hey

drow

ned

in a

cou

ple

of in

ches

of w

ater

, una

ble

to r

aise

thei

r he

ads

from

the

gutte

r. N

ow th

e dr

ough

t is

expa

ndin

g in

to o

ther

are

as.

In

Har

ar p

rovi

nce'

s D

anak

il D

eser

t, th

e no

mad

ic tr

ibes

men

are

in d

ange

r of

dyi

ng o

ut a

s a

race

..

.

The

Eth

iopi

an g

over

nmen

t exp

ects

that

it w

ill h

ave

to p

rovi

de e

mer

genc

y re

lief

for

4 m

illio

n of

its

26 m

illio

n pe

ople

. Eve

n th

e st

art o

f th

e sp

ring

rai

ns m

ay d

o m

ore

harm

than

goo

d.In

par

ched

Har

ar p

ro-

vinc

e, f

our

days

of

torr

entia

l dow

npou

rs la

st m

onth

sw

elle

d th

e A

was

h R

iver

to 1

4 fe

et a

bove

its

norm

alle

vel,

floo

ding

thou

sand

s of

hut

s, k

illin

g do

zens

of

peas

ants

, and

was

hing

aw

ay to

ns o

f to

psoi

l tha

t the

are

ane

eds

if it

is e

ver

to r

ecov

er.

..

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Em

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ncy

relie

f m

ay b

uy ti

me

for

Eth

iopi

a, e

nabl

ing

its n

ew g

over

nmen

t to

mak

e th

e in

vest

men

tsne

cess

ary

to a

void

fut

ure

fam

ines

. The

pro

gnos

is f

or th

e Sa

hel,

how

ever

,is

muc

h w

orse

. Eve

n th

ough

the

lead

ers

of th

e si

x na

tions

last

aut

umn

form

ed a

com

mitt

ee th

at p

repa

red

a $7

00 m

illio

n lis

t of

126

de-

velo

pmen

t pro

ject

s in

clud

ing

hydr

oele

ctri

c da

ms,

dee

p w

ells

, and

ref

ores

tatio

n pr

ogra

ms,

the

Sahe

l'sch

ance

s of

sur

viva

l are

unc

erta

in.

In th

e pa

st s

ix y

ears

the

Saha

ra h

as c

rept

con

tinua

lly s

outh

war

d, p

ro-

gres

sing

as

muc

h as

100

mile

s in

som

e pl

aces

.If

this

is th

e re

sult

of a

bas

ic c

hang

e in

the

wea

ther

pat

-te

rns,

then

acc

ordi

ng to

a B

ritis

h m

eteo

rolo

gist

, "al

l man

kind

's e

ffor

ts to

hal

t the

des

ert e

ncro

achm

ent

of

the

Sahe

l will

be

futil

e."

The

reg

ions

six

nat

ions

, the

refo

re, m

ay b

e co

nfro

ntin

g a

blea

k M

alth

usia

n fu

ture

in w

hich

the

mos

tba

sic

need

s of

thei

r po

pula

tions

will

fat

ally

out

stri

p th

e pr

oduc

tive

pote

ntia

l of

the

land

. A U

. S. i

ntel

ligen

cean

alys

t spe

cula

tes,

"W

e do

n't k

now

if th

e Sa

hel c

ount

ries

will

eve

n be

her

e in

ten

year

s."

--T

ime

Mag

azin

e, A

pril

8, 1

974,

pp.

40-

41.

69

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ion

henc

e, 2

000,

wor

ld p

opul

atio

n co

uld

easi

ly r

each

7 b

illio

nan

d po

ssib

ly e

xcee

d th

is n

umbe

r.In

abo

ut tw

o hu

man

gen

erat

ions

fro

m n

ow, 2

020,

wor

ld p

opul

atio

n co

uld

appr

oxi-

mat

e 10

bill

ion;

and

in a

bout

fou

r hu

man

gen

erat

ions

, 207

0, w

orld

pop

ulat

ion

coul

d ex

ceed

20

billi

on.

Est

imat

ed w

orld

pop

ulat

ions

are

:N

eolit

hic

peri

od (

new

Sto

ne A

ge)

- 10

mill

ion

Chr

istia

n er

a -

200-

300

mill

ion

mod

ern

era

(165

0) -

500

mill

ion

1969

- 3

. 5 b

illio

n

A r

elat

ivel

y si

mpl

e an

alys

is o

f th

ese

num

bers

dis

clos

es th

at a

n en

orm

ous

incr

ease

in th

e ra

te o

f w

orld

popu

latio

n ha

s oc

curr

ed, e

spec

ially

dur

ing

the

past

thre

e ce

ntur

ies.

Thi

s in

crea

se in

wor

ld p

opul

atio

n co

uld

beat

trib

uted

to th

e fo

llow

ing:

(1)

pres

sure

fro

m s

ocie

ty(2

)po

litic

al p

ress

ure

(3)

vari

ous

relig

ious

bel

iefs

and

(4)

igno

ranc

e.So

ciet

y st

ress

es th

e so

cial

sig

nifi

canc

e of

hav

ing

child

ren.

The

dis

trib

utio

n of

pol

itica

l pow

er is

affe

cted

by

the

prop

ortio

ns o

f ag

e gr

oups

. eth

nic

grou

ps, o

r so

cial

cla

sses

. Any

cha

nges

aff

ectin

g th

ese

grou

ps,

whe

ther

fro

m d

iffe

rent

ial f

ertil

ity r

ates

or

mig

ratio

n ca

n af

fect

the

bala

nce

in a

fed

eral

sys

tem

; for

exa

mpl

e, th

ech

ange

s in

rat

io b

etw

een

Hin

dus

and

Mus

lims

in n

orth

east

ern

Indi

a, C

atho

lics

and

Prot

esta

nts

in N

orth

ern

Irel

and

and

blac

ks a

nd w

hite

s in

Am

eric

an c

ities

hav

e ha

d dr

amat

ic p

oliti

cal c

onse

quen

ces.

Man

y re

ligio

us g

roup

s ha

vede

fini

te b

elie

fs a

bout

con

trol

of

the

popu

latio

n.So

me

belie

ve m

an s

houl

d co

ntro

l his

fam

ily s

ize;

whi

le o

ther

s ar

eag

ains

t maj

or b

irth

con

trol

dev

ices

. Of

cour

se, i

gnor

ance

in m

any

part

s of

the

wor

ld h

ave

a gr

eat i

nflu

ence

on

the

size

of

wor

ld p

opul

atio

n.It

is c

lear

that

gre

atly

acc

eler

ated

gro

wth

occ

urre

d fi

rst a

mon

g th

e na

tions

that

fir

stex

peri

ence

d m

oder

niza

tion.

Exp

losi

ve p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

did

not

rea

ch s

igni

fica

nt p

ropo

rtio

ns a

mon

g tw

o th

irds

of m

anki

nd in

Azi

a, L

atin

Am

eric

a, a

nd A

fric

a un

til a

fter

Wor

ld W

ar I

I-

less

than

one

hum

an g

ener

atio

n ag

o.

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The

rea

son

for

the

popu

latio

n ex

plos

ion

can

be f

ound

in th

e in

tera

ctio

n of

the

com

pone

nts

of p

opul

atio

ngr

owth

- b

irth

(fe

rtili

ty)

and

deat

hs (

mor

talit

y) f

or th

e w

orld

as

a w

hole

, and

fer

tility

and

mor

talit

y an

d ne

tm

igra

tion

for

any

subd

ivis

ion

of th

e w

orld

.T

he d

ecre

ase

in d

eath

rat

e m

ay, i

n ge

nera

l, be

,Atr

ibut

ed to

a n

umbe

r of

cau

ses:

1.In

crea

sed

prod

uctiv

ity u

sher

ed in

by

the

agri

cultu

ral,

com

mer

cial

, and

indu

stri

al r

evol

utio

nsre

sulti

ng in

hig

her

leve

ls o

f liv

ing-

- in

clud

ing

bette

r nu

triti

on, b

ette

r liv

ing

cond

ition

s, a

ndbe

tter

heal

th.

2.T

he e

mer

genc

e of

nat

iona

l gov

ernm

ents

with

the

elim

inat

ion

of d

eadl

y w

arfa

re a

nd th

eem

erge

nce

of n

atio

nal m

arke

ts w

hich

per

mitt

ed a

mor

e eq

uita

ble

dist

ribu

tion

of th

e na

tion'

s pr

oduc

t.3.

Impr

ovem

ents

in e

nvir

onm

enta

l san

itatio

n an

d pe

rson

al h

ygie

ne, r

esul

ting

in u

ncon

tam

inat

ed f

ood

and

usea

ble

wat

er a

nd a

dec

reas

e in

the

prob

abili

ty o

f in

fect

ion

and

cont

agio

n.4.

The

nat

ural

dis

appe

aran

ce o

f so

me

of th

e ag

ents

of

dise

ase

and

deat

h; f

or e

xam

ple,

sca

rlet

fev

er.

5.T

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f m

oder

n m

edic

ine.

"Wor

ld P

opul

atio

n: R

etro

spec

t and

Pro

spec

t," R

apid

Pop

ulat

ion

Gro

wth

, 197

1.

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DE

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MM

EN

T N

O. 1

6:

PEPP

ER

..

..

and

sittr

Pape

r C

aper

("Pa

per

Com

pani

es C

ome

Out

of

The

ir S

lum

p; R

isin

gD

eman

d an

d Pr

ices

Are

For

e-ca

st."

WSJ

hea

dlin

e)Fo

r bo

ostin

g th

e pa

per

Indu

s-t

Tha

nkryth

e ec

olog

ists

,W

ho tu

rn o

ut to

ns o

f bo

oks

and

trac

ts,

C.'.

.,T

he th

eme

of w

hich

insi

sts

....,7

4,T

hat w

e ar

eal

lex

tinct

ion-

boun

dU

nles

s w

e co

me

in a

id o

fO

ur n

atur

al a

sset

s. T

hat i

n-cl

udes

The

tree

s th

at p

aper

's m

ade

..of

.E

. V. G

iran

d.--

- 73

Wal

l Str

eet J

ourn

al, J

anua

ry 3

, 197

3.

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EN

T N

O. 1

7: Z

ero

Popu

latio

n: N

ot A

ll G

ood

As

rece

ntly

as

a ye

ar a

go, t

here

was

eer

ie, 1

984-

ish

talk

of

"par

ent l

icen

ses,

" pu

nitiv

e ta

xes

for

over

prod

uctio

n of

chi

ldre

n an

d ev

en "

baby

rat

ion

card

s" f

or c

oupl

es. A

mer

ica'

s --

and

the

wor

ld's

--

popu

latio

n w

as g

row

ing

so f

ast,

we

wer

e to

ld, t

hat w

e'd

soon

run

out

of

spac

e an

d re

sour

ces

to f

eed,

clot

he a

nd h

ouse

us

all.

ZPG

--Z

ero

Popu

latio

n G

row

th--

was

the

new

rel

igio

n, a

nd it

was

win

ning

con

-ve

rts

by th

e th

ousa

nds.

Wel

l, Z

PG is

her

e, a

t lea

st f

or th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, and

now

com

es s

omeb

ody

telli

ng u

s th

at w

e.do

n't

wan

t it a

fter

all.

Tha

t som

ebod

y is

Am

itai E

tzio

ni, P

rofe

ssor

of

Soci

olog

y at

Col

umbi

a U

nive

rsity

, who

say

s w

e m

ay h

ave

paid

so

muc

h at

tent

ion

to s

uch

thin

gs a

s ec

olog

ical

imba

lanc

e an

d di

min

ishi

ng n

atur

al r

esou

rces

that

we

negl

ecte

d to

not

ice

that

ZPG

has

som

e ne

gativ

e ef

fect

s as

wel

l.W

ritin

g in

the

curr

ent i

ssue

of

a ne

w m

agaz

ine,

Eva

luat

ion,

Dr.

Etz

ioni

has

no

doub

t tha

t the

Uni

ted

Stat

es--

as a

res

ult o

f de

liber

ate

indi

vidu

al c

hoic

e, a

n in

crea

se in

the

num

ber

of w

orki

ng w

ives

, ris

ing

z.0

divo

rce

rate

s an

d ch

angi

ng v

alue

s--h

as a

chie

ved

ZPG

, with

may

be a

littl

e to

spa

re.

The

Cen

sus

Bur

eau

says

that

a b

irth

rate

of

2.1

per

wom

an is

"re

plac

emen

t lev

el"

fert

ility

--Z

PG.

In th

e 19

50s,

the

birt

hrat

e w

as 3

.7. A

nd th

ough

t it h

ad f

alle

n to

abo

ut 2

.4 b

y a

year

ago

, the

re w

as s

till

som

e fe

ar th

at o

ur r

ampa

nt v

irtil

ity w

ould

sho

rtly

do

us in

.D

r. E

tzio

ni c

ites

Mar

ch 1

973

figu

res

show

ing

a sh

arp

decl

ine

over

the

past

cou

ple

of y

ears

, to

the

poin

t tha

t we

are

now

dow

n to

the

less

-tha

n-re

plac

emen

t rat

e of

2. 0

3."W

e ha

ve b

een

cond

ition

ed b

y ye

ars

of in

tens

ive

cam

paig

ns to

vie

w p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

as

a so

urce

of

man

y ev

ils, i

nclu

ding

cro

wdi

ng, t

ough

com

petit

ion

over

eve

r sc

arce

r re

sour

ces,

war

, low

sta

ndar

ds o

fliv

ing

and

so o

n,"

Etz

ioni

say

s. "

But

as

with

mos

t pro

paga

ndis

tic c

ampa

igns

, the

fig

ht f

or s

mal

ler

fam

ilies

has

look

ed a

way

fro

m th

e le

ss a

ttrac

tive

face

ts o

f th

e go

al."

Am

ong

the

nega

tive

cons

eque

nces

of

stab

le o

rde

clin

ing

popu

latio

n, h

e lis

ts:

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An

agin

g po

pula

tion.

ZPG

, alm

ost i

nevi

tabl

y, m

eans

not

just

few

er c

hild

ren,

but

few

er y

oung

adu

lts

and

mor

e ol

d pe

ople

.T

hus

ther

e w

ould

be

incr

easi

ngly

hea

vy d

eman

dsfo

r nu

rsin

g ho

mes

, hos

pita

ls

and

the

like

as w

ell a

s an

incr

ease

in h

ealth

cos

tsbe

caus

e ol

d pe

ople

are

mor

e ill

ness

pro

ne a

nd le

ss

able

to p

ay f

or th

eir

med

ical

cos

ts.

INC

RE

ASI

NG

eth

nic

and

raci

al s

trai

n.Si

nce

mid

dle-

clas

s an

d up

per-

mid

dle-

clas

s w

hite

s se

em m

ore

will

ing

to li

mit

the

size

of

thei

r fa

mili

es th

an th

e po

or,

the

blac

ks a

nd c

erta

in o

ther

eth

nic

grou

ps. t

he

low

er-c

lass

and

dis

adva

ntag

ed g

roup

s w

ill c

ontin

ue to

gro

w m

ore

rapi

dly

than

the

rest

of

the

popu

latio

n.

Etz

ioni

is c

andi

d to

adm

it th

at h

e do

esn'

t kno

w w

hatm

ight

res

ult f

rom

ZPG

or

any

othe

r m

assi

ve

atte

mpt

to m

ap s

ocia

l pol

icy.

His

poi

nt is

that

the

soci

al p

lann

ers

don'

t kno

w e

ither

.

Tod

ay, A

ugus

t 5, 1

973

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EN

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O. 1

8:T

he P

opul

atio

n B

omb'

The

key

to th

e w

hole

bus

ines

s, in

my

opin

ion,

is h

eld

by th

e U

nite

d St

ates

. We

are

the

mos

t inf

lu-

entia

l sup

erpo

wer

; we

are

the

rich

est n

atio

n in

the

wor

ld. A

t the

sam

e tim

e w

e ar

e al

so ju

st o

ne c

ount

ryon

an

ever

-shr

inki

ng p

lane

t.It

is o

bvio

us th

at w

e ca

nnot

exi

st u

naff

ecte

d by

the

fate

of

our

fello

ws

on th

eot

her

end

of th

e go

od s

hip

Ear

th.

If th

eir

end

of th

e sh

ip s

inks

, we

shal

l at t

he v

ery

leas

t hav

e to

put

up

with

the

spec

tacl

e of

thei

r dr

owni

ng a

nd li

sten

to th

eir

scre

ams

We,

of

cour

se, c

anno

t rem

ain

affl

uent

and

isol

ated

. At t

he m

omen

t the

Uni

ted

Stat

es u

ses

wel

l ove

rha

lf o

f al

l the

raw

mat

eria

ls c

onsu

med

eac

h ye

ar. T

hink

of

it.L

ess

than

1/1

5th

of th

e po

pula

tion

of th

ew

orld

req

uire

s m

ore

than

all

the

rest

to m

aint

ain

its in

flat

ed p

ositi

on.

If p

rese

nt tr

ends

con

tinue

, in

20ye

ars

we

will

be

muc

h le

ss th

an 1

/15t

h of

the

popu

latio

n, a

nd y

et w

e m

ay u

se s

ome

80%

of

the

reso

urce

sco

nsum

ed. O

ur a

fflu

ence

dep

ends

hea

vily

on

man

y di

ffer

ent k

inds

of

impo

rts:

fer

roal

loys

(m

etal

s us

ed to

mak

e va

riou

s ki

nds

of s

teel

), ti

n, b

auxi

te (

alum

inum

ore

), r

ubbe

r, a

nd s

o fo

rth.

Will

oth

er c

ount

ries

,m

any

of th

em in

the

grip

of

star

vatio

n an

d an

arch

y, s

till h

appi

ly s

uppl

y th

ese

mat

eria

ls to

a n

atio

n th

atca

nnot

giv

e th

em f

ood?

Eve

n th

e te

chno

logi

cal o

ptim

ists

don

't th

ink

we

can

free

our

selv

es o

f th

e ne

ed f

orim

port

s in

the

near

fut

ure,

so

we'

re g

oing

to b

e up

aga

inst

it.

But

, the

n, a

t lea

st o

ur b

alan

ce o

f pa

ymen

tssh

ould

impr

ove'

Obv

ious

ly o

ur f

irst

ste

p m

ust b

e to

imm

edia

tely

est

ablis

h an

d ad

vert

ise

dras

tic p

olic

ies

desi

gned

to b

ring

our

ow

n po

pula

tion

size

und

er c

ontr

ol. W

e m

ust d

efin

e a

goal

of

a st

able

opt

imum

pop

ulat

ion

size

for

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd d

ispl

ay o

ur d

eter

min

atio

n to

mov

e ra

pidl

y to

war

d th

at g

oal

'Dr.

Pau

l R. E

hrlic

h sp

ecia

lizes

in p

opul

atio

n bi

olog

y. H

e is

a P

rofe

ssor

of

biol

ogy

and

Dir

ecto

r of

Gra

duat

e St

udy

for

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f B

iolo

gica

l Sci

ence

s, S

tanf

ord

Uni

vers

ity.

Dr.

Ehr

lich

has

wri

tten

man

y pa

pers

and

sev

eral

boo

ks c

once

rnin

g th

e da

nger

s of

ove

r-po

pula

tion

and

rela

ted

mat

ters

.

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idea

of

an e

ver-

expa

ndin

g ec

onom

y fu

eled

by

popu

latio

n gr

owth

see

ms

tight

ly e

ntre

nche

d in

the

min

ds o

f bu

sine

ssm

en, i

f no

t in

the

min

ds o

f ec

onom

ists

. Eac

hne

w b

aby

is v

iew

ed a

s a

cons

umer

to s

tim-

ulat

e an

eve

r-gr

owin

g ec

onom

y. E

ach

baby

is, o

f co

urse

, pot

entia

llyon

e of

the

unem

ploy

ed, b

ut a

con

-su

mer

non

ethe

less

. The

Rie

now

s2 e

stim

ate

that

eac

h A

mer

ican

bab

y w

ill c

onsu

me

ina

70-y

ear

life

span

.di

rect

ly o

r in

dire

ctly

: 26

mill

ion

gallo

ns o

f w

ater

, 21

thou

sand

gal

lons

of

gaso

line,

10 th

ousa

nd p

ound

sof

mea

t, 28

thou

sand

pou

nds

of m

ilk a

nd c

ream

, $5,

000

to $

8, 0

00 in

sch

ool b

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls, $

6, 3

00w

orth

of

clot

hing

, and

$7,

000

wor

th o

f fu

rnitu

re.

It's

not

a b

aby,

it's

Sup

erco

nsum

er!

Our

ent

ire

econ

omy

is g

eare

d to

gro

win

g po

pula

tion

and

mon

umen

tal w

aste

. Buy

land

and

hold

it:

the

pric

e is

sur

e to

go

up. W

hy?

Exp

lodi

ng p

opul

atio

non

a f

inite

pla

net.

Buy

nat

ural

res

ourc

es s

tock

s:th

eir

pric

e is

sur

e to

go

up. W

hy?

Exp

lodi

ng p

opul

atio

n an

d fi

nite

reso

urce

s. B

uy a

utom

otiv

e or

air

line

stoc

ks; t

heir

pri

ce is

sur

e to

go

up. W

hy?

Mor

e pe

ople

tom

ove

arou

nd. B

uy b

aby

food

sto

cks;

thei

r)L

pric

e is

sur

e to

go

up. W

hy?

You

gue

ss. A

nd s

o it

goes

. Up

goes

the

popu

latio

n an

d up

goe

s th

at m

agic

alC

)1-

4fi

gure

, the

Gro

ss N

atio

nal P

rodu

ct (

GN

P), A

nd, a

s an

yone

who

take

sa

clos

e lo

ok a

t the

glu

t, w

aste

, pol

-lu

tion,

and

ugl

ines

s of

Am

eric

a to

day

can

test

ify,

it is

wel

l-na

me

-- a

s gr

ass

a pr

oduc

t as

one

coul

d w

ish

for.

We

have

ass

umed

the

role

of

the

robb

er b

aron

s of

all

time.

We

have

dec

ided

that

we

are

the

chos

enpe

ople

to s

teal

all

we

can

get o

f ou

r pl

anet

's g

radu

ally

sto

red

and

limite

dre

sour

ces.

To

hell

with

fut

ure

gene

ratio

ns, a

nd to

hel

l with

our

fel

low

hum

an b

eing

s to

day!

We'

ll fl

y hi

ghno

w -

- ho

pefu

lly th

ey'll

pay

late

rW

ays

mus

t be

foun

d to

pro

mot

e th

e id

ea th

at p

robl

ems

asso

ciat

ed w

ith p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

will

mor

eth

an c

ance

l the

"ad

vant

ages

" of

fin

anci

al p

rosp

erity

. Per

haps

the

best

way

to d

o th

is w

ould

be

to e

ncou

rage

Am

eric

ans

to a

sk e

xact

ly w

hat o

ur f

inan

cial

pro

sper

ity is

for

. Wha

t. w

ill b

e do

ne w

ith le

isur

e tim

e an

dm

oney

whe

n al

l vac

atio

n sp

ots

are

crow

ded

beyo

nd b

elie

f? I

s it

wor

th li

ving

in th

e L

os A

ngel

essm

og f

or

2 Mom

ent i

n th

e Su

n, D

ial P

ress

, Inc

. ,N

. Y.

,P.

3.

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50 w

eeks

in o

rder

to s

pend

two

wee

ks in

Yos

emite

Val

ley

-- w

hen

the

Val

ley

in th

e su

mm

er m

ay b

e ev

enm

ore

crow

ded

than

L.A

. and

twic

e as

sm

oggy

? W

hat g

ood

is h

avin

g th

e m

oney

for

a f

ishi

ng tr

ip w

hen

fish

are

dead

or

pois

onou

s be

caus

e of

pes

ticid

e po

llutio

n? W

hy o

wn

a fa

ncy

car-

in w

hich

to g

et a

sphy

xiat

ed in

mon

ster

traf

fic

jam

s? D

o w

e w

ant m

ore

and

mor

e of

the

sam

e un

til w

e ha

ve d

estr

oyed

our

selv

es?

Siza

ble

segm

ents

of

our

popu

latio

n, e

spec

ially

the

youn

g, a

re a

lrea

dy a

nsw

erin

g th

at q

uest

ion:

"H

ell,

no!"

The

irre

spon

se s

houl

d be

con

side

red

care

fully

by

popu

latio

n-pr

omot

ing

tyco

ons

Leg

al s

teps

mus

t be

take

n, a

nd ta

ken

fast

, to

see

to it

that

pol

lute

rs p

ay th

roug

h th

e no

se f

or th

eir

dest

ruct

ive

acts

. The

old

idca

that

indu

stry

cou

ld c

reat

e th

e m

ess

and

then

the

taxp

ayer

s m

ust c

lean

it u

pha

s to

go.

The

gar

bage

pro

duce

d by

an

indu

stry

is th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of th

at in

dust

ry. T

he g

over

nmen

tsh

ould

not

use

oth

er p

eopl

e's

mon

ey to

cle

an it

up.

Kee

p th

e go

vern

men

t out

of

busi

ness

. Let

it p

lay

itspr

oper

rol

e in

a c

apita

listic

soc

iety

see

ing

to it

that

all

segm

ents

of

priv

ate

ente

rpri

se d

o bu

sine

ss h

on-

estly

, see

ing

to it

that

the

inte

rest

s of

the

fish

ing

indu

stry

are

not

sub

ordi

nate

d to

thos

e of

the

petr

oche

mi-

cal i

ndus

try,

see

ing

to it

that

you

r ri

ght t

o sw

im in

a p

ublic

lake

is n

ot s

ubor

dina

ted

to th

e de

sire

of

ast

eel c

ompa

ny to

mak

e an

infl

ated

pro

fit

Dr.

Pau

l R. E

hrlic

h, T

he P

opul

atio

n B

omb

(New

Yor

k: B

alla

ntin

e B

ooks

, Inc

. ,19

68).

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DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 1

9: A

mer

ica'

s Po

pula

tion

Cri

sis

AM

ER

ICA

is in

the

mid

st o

f a

popu

latio

n cr

isis

that

thre

aten

s ou

r tr

aditi

onal

was

of

life.

It i

sa

cris

is th

at b

ecom

es m

ore

seve

re w

ith e

very

day

of th

e 19

60's

. It p

rom

ises

to b

ecom

e a

na-

tiona

l cat

astr

ophe

and

is a

lrea

dy c

ostin

g us

heav

ily in

mon

ey, t

erri

ble

soci

al p

robl

ems

and

lost

libe

rty.

Unt

il no

w, m

ost A

mer

ican

s ha

ve a

ssum

edth

at th

e w

orst

of

the

wor

ld p

opul

atio

n ex

plo-

sion

was

byp

assi

ng u

s. O

f co

urse

, we

have

note

d th

at o

ur s

choo

ls h

ave

been

sw

ampe

d an

dth

at o

ur h

ighw

ays

are

jam

med

, but

we

rega

rdth

ese

as r

elat

ivel

y m

inor

pen

altie

s. W

e lo

ok f

orth

e "r

eal"

pro

blem

s of

the

popu

latio

n cr

isis

insu

ch f

ar-o

ff a

nd te

emin

g pl

aces

as

Indi

a an

dC

hina

. Am

eric

a, w

e ob

serv

e. h

as f

ood

to b

urn.

Bus

ines

smen

che

er b

ecau

se p

opul

atio

ngr

owth

obv

ious

ly c

ontr

ibut

es to

our

eco

nom

icbo

om p

rovi

ding

mor

e an

d m

ore

peop

le to

buy

good

s an

d se

rvic

es. W

hile

incr

easi

ng o

ur p

opu-

latio

n so

me

70 p

er c

ent b

etw

een

1950

and

198

0,w

e ha

ppily

con

tem

plat

e th

e pr

ospe

ct o

f do

u-bl

ing

our

natio

nal o

utpu

t of

good

s an

d se

rvic

es.

All

of u

s, th

en, s

houl

d liv

e be

tter.

But

will

that

be tr

ue if

our

pop

ulat

ion

cont

inue

s to

incr

ease

atth

e pr

esen

t rat

e of

1.8

per

cen

t a y

ear?

Bet

wee

n 19

10 a

nd 1

960,

our

pop

ulat

ion

gain

of

48 m

illio

n w

as a

lmos

t equ

al to

the

tota

lpo

pula

tion

of th

e U

nite

d K

ingd

om. B

y 19

70.

at o

ur p

rese

nt r

ate

of in

crea

se. w

e w

ould

hav

epo

pula

tion

of 2

15 m

illio

n. B

y 19

80. w

e w

ould

have

260

mill

ion

citiz

ens,

an

incr

ease

ove

r to

-da

y's

180

mill

ion

that

is a

bout

equ

al to

the

popu

latio

n of

the

Uni

ted

Kin

gdom

and

Can

ada,

Swed

en, N

orw

ay a

nd D

enm

ark.

By

the

year

2,00

0, o

ur p

opul

atio

n w

ould

be

arou

nd 3

85m

illio

na g

ain

of a

noth

er 1

25 m

illio

neno

ugh

to s

et u

p a

new

cou

ntry

that

, in

tcrm

s of

toda

y's

popu

latio

ns, w

ould

be

the

fift

h la

rges

t nat

ion.

If th

is g

rim

tren

d co

ntin

ues

in th

e fi

rst h

alf

of th

e ne

xt c

entu

ry, w

e w

ill a

dd a

bout

620

mil-

lion

to o

ur p

opul

atio

nabo

ut a

s m

any

as li

vein

all

of C

hina

toda

yand

hav

e a

popu

latio

n of

one

billi

on p

erso

ns. T

his

isn'

t sci

ence

fic

tion.

Som

e pe

rson

s no

w li

ving

will

be

arou

nd in

2050

, whe

n ou

r po

pula

tion

may

rea

ch th

e bi

l-lio

n m

ark.

If y

ou p

roje

ct th

e fi

gure

s fu

rthe

r, y

ou f

ind

that

the

sam

e gr

owth

rat

e, u

ntam

ed, w

ill p

ro.

duce

one

hum

an b

eing

for

eve

ry s

quar

e fo

ot in

the

land

with

in 8

00 s

ears

. But

ther

e is

no

need

to lo

ok th

at f

ar a

head

. Our

pre

sent

pop

ulat

ion

prob

lem

s ar

e ba

d en

ough

.A

dmitt

edly

, Am

eric

a fa

ces

no im

med

iate

food

sho

rtag

es, s

ince

the

crop

land

act

ually

inus

e av

erag

es m

ore

than

two

acre

s fo

r ev

ery

per-

son

livin

g. B

ut a

pop

ulat

ion

of o

ne b

illio

nw

ould

leav

e us

less

than

fou

r te

nths

of

an a

cre

per

pers

on. c

lose

to th

at o

f th

e po

ores

t lan

ds.

The

cri

sis

in r

aw m

ater

ials

is m

ore

ur-

gent

. In

1900

. we

prod

uced

15

per

cent

mor

era

w m

ater

ials

than

we

used

. By

mid

cent

ury,

we

wer

eco

nsum

ing

10 p

er c

ent m

ore

raw

mat

e.ri

als

than

we

prod

uced

. and

a P

resi

dent

ial

com

mis

sion

not

ed th

at 3

3 vi

tal m

iner

als

wer

eal

read

y on

a e

ritic

alsh

orta

ge li

st. W

e m

ay n

otbe

abl

e to

dep

end

on o

ther

cou

ntri

es v

ery

long

for

our

pres

ent r

aw-m

ater

ial n

eeds

, let

alo

neth

e in

crea

sed

need

s of

an

expa

ndin

g po

pula

-tio

n. F

orei

gn n

atio

ns in

crea

sing

ly h

ave

thei

row

n sh

orta

ges

beca

sse

of p

opul

atio

n ga

ins.

Cri

sis

in o

ur c

ities

The

pop

ulat

ion

cris

is is

fel

t rig

ht n

ow in

our

met

ropo

litan

cen

ters

. In

1950

. les

s th

an85

mill

ion

pers

ons

lived

in 1

68 m

etro

polit

anar

eas.

In

1960

. abo

ut 1

13 m

illio

n-63

per

cen

tof

the

tota

llive

d in

212

suc

h ar

eas.

Pop

ulat

ion

conc

entr

ated

in m

etro

polit

an a

reas

incr

ease

dov

er 3

2 pe

r ce

nt b

etw

een

1950

and

196

0, s

ome-

wha

t les

s th

an tw

ice

the

natio

nal g

row

th.

Mos

t of

this

new

gro

wth

has

bee

n in

the

-new

sub

urbs

that

rin

g ou

r ci

ties.

The

gro

wth

is o

ften

unp

lann

ed a

nd u

ncon

trol

led.

Som

e ne

wsu

hurb

s ar

e sl

ums

virt

ually

bef

ore

the

conc

rete

is d

ry. T

hese

are

com

mun

ities

dev

elop

ed w

ith-

out r

egar

d fo

r w

ater

sup

ply,

dra

inag

e, s

anita

-tio

n an

d ot

her

urba

n se

rvic

es. S

omet

imes

this

lack

is d

ue to

a d

elib

erat

e ef

fort

to e

vade

zon

ing

and

code

req

uire

men

ts.

It to

ok 1

6.00

0 go

vern

men

tal u

nits

, eac

hw

ith th

e po

wer

to ta

x an

d sp

end,

to s

ee to

the

dive

rse

need

s of

the

168

tnet

ropo

litan

are

as th

atex

iste

d in

195

0. T

oday

, the

re a

re s

till a

bout

100

gove

rnm

ent u

nits

, on

the

aver

age,

in e

ach

met

-

79

ropu

titan

are

a. \

ew N

otk

and

Chi

t ago

bas

e a

thou

sand

so,

11

... T

he d

utie

s of

hodg

e-po

dge

of g

oset

nm

enta

l uni

ts ',

seri

al,.

lase

s ar

ehi

gh. a

nd e

iltel

eii,

and

ell e

s:us

roc

ate

dou

bt-

ful.

Polic

e ha

s e

prat

es d

ilhtu

lty c

ross

ing

sub.

urba

n bo

unda

ries

than

do

crim

inal

s.W

ith th

e va

stne

ss a

nd c

ompl

exity

of

loca

lgo

vern

men

t. m

any

vita

l ner

ds g

o un

fille

d, a

ndne

w g

over

nmen

tal u

nits

are

con

stan

tly b

eing

crea

ted.

San

itary

dis

tric

ts a

re f

orm

ed. m

osqu

ito-a

hate

men

t hoa

rds

are

set u

p. a

nd w

ater

com

mis

sion

s go

into

act

ion,

cre

atin

g ev

en m

ore

conf

usio

n..;.

fear

the

tren

d to

war

d su

per-

gove

rnm

ent.

The

t on

solid

atio

n of

\ ha

lm a

ndD

ade

Cou

nts

in 1

957

was

an

exam

ple.

The

fai

lure

of

the

y hi

es to

hav

e m

ans

ofth

eir

need

s m

et h

as b

roug

ht o

pen

war

fare

be-

twee

n "h

ome-

rul

e" f

orce

s of

the

big

citie

s an

dth

e ru

ral d

omin

ated

sta

te le

gisl

atur

es. A

sho

w-

dow

n is

in :h

e of

fing

as

the

exod

us f

rom

far

ms

cont

inue

s an

d ru

ral a

reas

lose

pop

ulat

ion.

An-

gere

d ci

ty p

eopl

e m

ore

and

mor

e ar

e by

pass

.in

g st

ate

gove

rnm

ents

to g

et w

hat t

hey

wan

t.T

he u

rgen

t nee

ds f

or u

rban

ren

ewal

, hou

sing

,st

reet

and

hig

hway

pro

gram

s an

d he

alth

ser

v-ic

es a

re b

eing

met

incr

easi

ngls

by

the

Fede

ral

Gov

ernm

ent a

s th

e st

ate

gove

rnm

ents

shu

ffle

help

less

ly o

r ai

mle

ssly

alo

ng. M

any

will

mou

rnth

e pa

ssin

g of

the

pow

ers

and

func

tions

of

stat

ego

vern

men

t and

its

safe

guar

ds. -

Big

" go

vern

-m

ent m

ust,

unfo

rtun

atel

y, b

ring

new

inva

sion

sof

indi

vidu

al f

reed

om.

The

dol

lar

cost

of

the

popu

latio

n bo

om is

high

. Par

t of

the

cost

is th

e 53

3 bi

llion

we

mus

tra

ise

this

dec

ade

to p

ay f

or u

rban

ser

vice

s,su

ch a

s sc

hool

s, f

ire

engi

nes

and

sew

ers

that

our

citie

s w

ill n

eed

for

thei

r ad

ded

popu

latio

n.E

xper

ts e

stim

ate

that

we

mus

t inv

est a

bout

$1,1

00 p

er c

apita

to a

ssur

e ur

ban

serv

ices

.O

ther

cos

ts w

ill b

e hi

dden

, but

just

as

real

. Juv

enile

del

inqu

ency

toda

y co

sts

us a

vas

tfo

rtun

e in

sto

len

and

dam

aged

pro

pert

y, lo

stin

com

es a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f co

urts

and

soc

ial

agen

cies

. Eve

n if

the

rate

of

delin

quen

cy r

e-m

ains

con

stan

t, th

e pr

oble

m w

ill in

crea

se b

y44

per

cen

t dur

ing

this

dec

ade,

just

bec

ause

of

the

incr

ease

d si

ze o

f th

e ag

e gr

oup

betw

een

15 a

nd 1

9, w

here

del

inqu

ency

is c

once

ntra

ted.

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C)

The

re is

no

estim

atin

g th

e co

untle

ss b

il-lio

ns o

f dol

lars

nee

ded

to b

uild

pub

lic tr

ansp

or-

tatio

n sy

stem

s th

roug

hout

the

cour

iers

. Our

city

str

eets

are

hoi

st:le

-Ay

chok

ed w

ith tr

affic

.La

wni

aker

s w

ill u

ltim

atel

y re

cogn

ize

that

a s

in-

gle

lane

of r

apid

tran

sit t

rain

s ca

n do

the

wor

kof

32,

000

priv

ate

cars

and

mor

e th

an 2

0 la

nes

of tr

affic

. It t

akes

mor

e th

an 1

100

ears

and

four

traf

fic la

nes

to d

o th

e w

ork

of o

ne la

ne o

f50

-sea

t bus

es o

r tr

olle

y ca

rs.

Citi

es s

uch

as N

ew Y

ork

soon

mus

t dra

s-tic

ally

lim

it pa

rkin

g an

d dr

is m

g. In

man

yar

eas,

sub

urba

nite

s w

ill b

e al

low

ed to

driv

eon

ly to

the

edge

of t

he c

ity, w

here

pub

lic tr

ans-

port

atio

n w

ill c

arry

then

i to

the

cent

er. P

olak

tran

spor

tatio

n w

ill b

e re

gard

ed a

s a

nece

ssity

.lik

e pi

ped

wat

er a

nd s

ewer

line

s. A

nd it

will

cost

a fo

rtun

e.P

opul

atio

n gr

awth

has

incr

ease

d m

igra

-tio

n w

ithin

our

cou

ntry

. Neg

roes

and

whi

tes

from

the

rura

l Sou

th h

ave

Roc

ked

to th

e ci

ties

in la

rge

num

bers

. Tw

o th

irds

of o

ur 2

0 m

illio

nno

nwhi

tes

now

live

in u

rban

are

as. B

ette

r pu

b-lic

hea

lth a

nd m

edic

ine

avai

labl

e to

Neg

roes

inur

ban

area

s ha

ve n

ot o

nly

grea

tly d

ecre

ased

the

Neg

ro d

eath

rat

e, b

ut s

imul

tane

ousl

y ha

vegr

eatly

incr

ease

d th

e N

egro

birt

h ra

te.

Tod

ay, t

he N

egro

pop

ulat

ion

is in

crea

sing

at a

rat

e 60

per

cen

t ahe

ad o

f the

whi

te p

opu-

latio

n. T

his

cont

ribut

es to

the

fric

tions

bet

wee

nw

hite

s an

d N

egro

es in

our

larg

e ci

ties.

And

the

pove

rty

of c

ity N

egro

es c

ontr

ibut

es to

kee

ping

them

a d

epre

ssed

ghe

tto g

roup

livi

ng in

the

mid

st o

f crim

e, p

over

ty, b

roke

n ho

mes

and

so-

cial

dis

orga

niza

tion.

The

qua

lity

of e

duca

tion

in th

e 19

60's

isbo

und

to b

e re

duce

d by

the

popu

latio

n bo

om,

just

as

it w

as in

the

'50'

s. T

he p

ostw

ar b

aby

boom

has

rad

ical

ly in

crea

sed

our

scho

olag

epo

pula

tion.

Dur

ing

the

1950

's. p

ostw

ar b

abie

sflo

oded

the

educ

atio

nal f

acili

ties

in g

ener

al.

Ele

men

tary

sch

ools

in th

e 19

50's

wer

efo

rced

to m

ake

room

for

abou

t .50

per

cen

tm

ore

stud

ents

. It w

as im

poss

ible

to m

aint

ain

the

qual

ity o

f edu

catio

n in

the

face

of s

uch

ade

luge

. Dur

ing

the

1960

's, t

hese

pos

twar

bab

ies

will

tax

our

high

sch

ools

with

a 1

8 pe

r ce

nt e

n-ro

llmen

t inc

reas

e. O

ur c

olle

ges

mus

t acc

omm

o-da

te 9

2 pe

r ce

nt m

ore

enro

llmen

ts.

Ano

ther

sin

iste

r si

gn is

that

, for

the

first

time.

in o

ur h

isto

ry, t

he n

umbe

r of

mou

ths

we

mus

t fee

d is

gro

win

g m

ore

rapi

dly

than

han

dsth

at c

an w

ork.

Tho

se b

elow

wor

king

age

and

thos

e ab

ove

the

wor

king

sea

rs a

rc in

crea

sing

mor

e ra

pidl

y th

an a

re p

erso

ns o

f pro

duct

ive

age

t20

to 6

1 ye

ars

). T

his

will

mak

e it

incr

eas-

ingl

y di

fficu

lt to

ach

ieve

any

gai

ns in

livi

ngst

anda

rds

for

ours

else

s an

d ou

r ch

ildre

n.Y

oung

peo

ple

look

ing

for

a va

catio

n jo

bla

st s

umm

er h

ad a

har

d tim

e fin

ding

wor

k.O

ne b

y-pr

oduc

t of t

he c

hang

ing

age

stru

ctur

eis

the

acce

lera

ting

rate

of n

ew w

orke

rs e

nter

ing

the

labo

r fo

rce.

In 1

960.

the

first

pos

twar

babi

es r

each

ed w

orki

ng a

ge. S

ome

200,

000

youn

g w

orke

rs a

yea

r w

ere

adde

d to

the

job

forc

e in

the

last

hal

f of t

he 1

950'

s. In

the

'60'

s,th

is n

umbe

r is

trip

ling.

and

ther

e is

ser

ious

doub

t whi

ther

our

evo

noni

s ca

n ex

pand

fast

enon

ah to

abs

orb

such

num

bers

in th

e fa

ce o

fne

w u

nem

ploy

men

t cau

sed

by a

utom

atio

n.W

e fa

ce s

till o

ther

con

sequ

ence

s in

the

rapi

d po

pula

tion

grow

th th

at is

cro

wdi

ng u

sto

geth

er m

ore

and

mor

e. \\

hol

e se

ctio

ns o

f our

agin

g ci

ties

are

urge

ntis

in n

eed

of r

ebui

ldin

g.B

ut a

s w

e ta

ckle

thes

e sl

ums.

new

one

s ar

egr

owin

g at

an

eser

fast

er r

ate.

Ile

mus

t pay

man

y ot

her

cost

s fo

r th

is o

verc

row

ding

.A

nd w

hat c

an w

e do

abo

ut o

ur a

lread

yov

erbu

rden

ed p

arks

and

rec

reat

iona

l are

as?

How

can

we

save

our

pol

lute

d riv

ers

and

stre

ams

for

futu

re g

ener

atio

ns?

Whe

re a

re w

eto

find

mor

e w

ater

for

hom

es a

nd in

dust

ryev

ery

deca

de?

Can

we

mak

c pr

ogre

ss a

gain

stai

r po

llutio

n in

the

face

of m

ore

and

mor

epe

ople

and

indu

stry

doi

ng th

e po

llutin

g?M

any

pers

ons

rega

rd th

e ra

isin

g of

suc

hqu

estio

ns a

s "a

larm

ist."

Oth

ers

reco

gniz

e th

efa

cts

abou

t our

pop

ulat

ion

expl

osio

n, b

ut c

on-

tend

that

we

mus

t out

bree

d C

hina

and

the

Sov

iet U

nion

.S

uch

prop

osal

s ar

e ex

pose

d as

rid

icul

ous

whe

n on

e ac

cept

s th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns' "

med

i-um

" es

timat

es th

at C

hina

and

the

US

SR

will

have

a p

opul

atio

n of

mor

e th

an tw

o bi

llion

by

the

year

20(

X0.

Our

pre

sent

birt

h ra

te w

ould

give

us

abou

t the

sam

e po

pula

tion

as th

e U

SS

R,

400

mill

ion.

All

of E

urop

e co

mbi

ned

!incl

ud-

ing

som

e of

the

smal

ler

Com

mun

ist n

atio

ns)

wou

ld, b

y th

e sa

me

proj

ectio

n, h

ave

less

than

600

mill

ion

pers

ons.

It is

obv

ious

that

we

can-

not h

ope

to w

in a

bre

edin

g co

ntes

t.C

erta

inly

, in

this

age

of t

he H

-bom

b, th

ere

is n

o re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e po

pula

tion

of a

80

coun

try

and

its m

ilita

ry p

ower

.It

wou

ld b

e a

doct

rine

of d

espa

ir to

arg

ue th

at w

ene

ed m

ore

peop

le in

ord

er to

hav

e so

me

sun

kills

- af

ter

the

next

war

! A c

ompe

titio

n in

bree

ding

be-

twee

n th

e fr

ee w

orld

and

the

Com

mun

ist b

loc

wou

ld o

nly

help

red

uce

us to

the

Co

lluni

sta'

mis

erab

ly lo

w le

%el

of h

is in

g. a

nd it

wou

ldpr

obab

ly in

vite

rat

her

than

ret

ard

the

expa

n-si

on o

f com

mun

ism

.T

he a

nsw

er to

our

pro

blem

s lie

s in

the

cont

rol o

f our

pop

ulat

ion

grow

thof

1.8

per

cent

a y

ear.

Tha

t gro

wth

resu

lts fr

om a

birt

hra

te o

f 25

(per

thou

sand

popu

latio

n pe

r )e

ar)

and

a de

ath

rate

of n

ine

(per

thou

sand

popu

la-

tion

per

year

I , t

oget

her

with

afe

w im

mig

rant

s(le

ss th

an 3

00,0

00 a

yea

r in

the

1950

'st.

Sin

ce w

e w

ould

not

wan

t to

incr

ease

our

deat

h ra

te, a

nee

d fo

r re

duct

ion

of th

e bi

rth

rate

bec

omes

es

Wen

t. T

heU

nite

d S

tate

s. u

nlik

eth

e un

derd

evel

oped

are

as o

f the

wor

ld. i

s in

are

lativ

ely

favo

rabl

e po

sitio

n fo

rco

ntro

lling

its

popu

latio

n gr

owth

. We

base

alre

ady

done

a lo

t

abou

t con

trol

ling

our

fert

ility

.T

he p

ostw

arbi

rth

rate

of t

he U

.S..

high

as

it is

. is

only

abo

ut

halt

of w

hat i

t was

in 1

800.

Dec

reas

es in

deat

hs

have

bee

n so

spe

ctac

ular

. how

ever

,th

at h

alvi

ngth

e bi

rth

rate

is n

ot e

noug

h to

pre

sent

con

-tin

ued

expl

osiv

e gr

owth

.

Ach

ievi

ng a

n op

timum

bir

th r

ate

How

muc

h of

a c

ut in

the

birt

h ra

teis

indi

cate

d? It

wou

ld ta

ke a

furt

her

decr

ease

inth

e bi

rth

rate

of a

bout

0 p

er c

ent t

opr

oduc

e

a st

atio

nary

pop

ulat

ion.

Aon

e-th

ird d

ecre

ase

in th

e bi

rth

rate

wou

ld p

rodu

ce a

grow

th o

fab

out o

ne h

alf p

er te

nt a

yea

r. A

t tha

t rat

e,th

e po

pula

tion

of th

e U

.S. w

ould

dou

ble

inab

out 1

40 y

ears

, ins

tead

of 4

0 ye

ars;

this

wou

ldgr

eatly

red

uce

the

terr

ible

con

sequ

ence

s of

our

popu

latio

n ex

plos

ion.

To

achi

eve

such

a r

esul

t,th

e U

.S. n

eed

only

do

mor

e of

wha

t it i

sal

read

ydo

ing

to c

ontr

ol it

s fe

rtili

ty. B

y co

ntra

st, t

heun

derd

evel

oped

are

as, f

aced

with

eve

n m

ore

seve

re c

onse

quen

ces

of e

xplo

sive

popu

latio

n in

-cr

ease

, hav

e ye

t to

begi

n th

e pr

oces

sof

effe

ctiv

e

fert

ility

con

trol

.O

bjec

tions

to s

ome

of th

e m

etho

ds o

fbi

rth

cont

rol a

vaila

ble

shou

ld n

ot p

rove

tobe

a se

rious

obs

tacl

e. W

ithth

e w

ide

varie

ty' o

fm

etho

ds o

f birt

h co

ntro

l ava

ilabl

e to

the

Am

er-

ican

peo

ple.

eac

h of

our

div

erse

gro

ups

can

find

one

that

is m

oral

ly a

ccep

tabl

e.

Muc

h m

ore

impo

rtan

t tha

n th

e de

bate

over

sui

tabl

e m

etho

ds o

f con

trol

ling

fert

ility

is r

ecog

nitio

n of

the

need

for

rrbp

onsi

ble

par-

enth

ood

in th

e in

tere

st o

f the

indi

vidu

al. t

hefa

mily

, the

nat

ion

and

the

wor

ld. N

othi

n el

se,

can

over

com

e th

e ru

naw

ay p

robl

em)

of A

tner

-ic

a's

popu

latio

n cr

isis

.

LOOK MAGAZINE

Copyright (c) coolos Communicet1ons.

Inc.. November, 1961.

BY

PH

ILIP

31.

HA

US

ER

))fo

ld to

JA

CK

ST

AR

100C

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10a

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DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 2

0:T

he N

onse

nse

Exp

losi

on'

..

Cro

wde

d, c

row

ded,

cro

wde

d, w

e ar

e to

ld.

Slum

s ar

e cr

owde

d, s

ubur

bsar

e cr

owde

d, m

ega-

lopo

lis is

cro

wde

d an

d m

ore

and

mor

e an

d m

ore

peop

le a

re e

atin

g up

, bur

ning

up

and

usin

g up

the

beau

ty a

ndW

ealth

of

Am

eric

a --

turn

ing

the

land

into

a p

ollu

ted,

dep

lete

d sp

raw

l of

scum

my

wat

er a

nd f

licke

ring

neo

n,an

eco

logi

cal c

atas

trop

he s

tret

chin

g fr

om th

e E

verg

lade

s to

the

Paci

fic

Nor

thw

est.

Cri

sis.

Cri

sis.

Cri

sis.

Tha

t so

very

muc

h of

this

is p

repo

ster

ous,

as

we

shal

l see

, sho

uld

com

e as

no

real

sur

pris

e to

thos

e w

ho f

ollo

w th

e fa

ds o

f cr

isis

in A

mer

ica

--T

he c

ritic

al f

acts

are

that

Am

eric

a is

not

by

any

stan

dard

a c

row

ded

coun

try

and

that

the

Am

eric

anbi

rth

rate

has

rec

ently

bee

n at

an

all-

time

low

.--

The

cri

tical

pre

mis

e is

that

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th in

Am

eric

a is

har

mfu

l.In

not

sta

ting

the

fact

s an

d in

not

at l

east

cha

lleng

ing

the

prem

isss

, pol

itici

ans

and

plan

ners

alik

ese

em to

be

leav

ing

them

selv

es o

pen

to b

oth

bad

plan

ning

and

bad

pol

itics

.T

his

happ

ens

by c

once

ntra

ting

onw

hat t

he p

robl

em is

not

, rat

her

than

on

wha

t the

pro

blem

is.

Let

's, t

hen

firs

t loo

k at

the

fact

s.T

he c

ur-

rent

pop

ulat

ion

of th

e U

nite

d St

ates

is 2

05 m

illio

n.T

hat p

opul

atio

n is

dis

trib

uted

ove

r 3,

615,

123

squa

rem

iles,

of

land

, for

a d

ensi

ty o

f ab

out 5

5 pe

rson

s pe

r sq

uare

mile

.In

term

s of

den

sity

, thi

s m

akes

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es o

ne o

f th

e m

ost s

pars

ely

popu

late

d na

tions

in th

e w

orld

But

whi

le it

is o

f in

tere

st to

kno

w th

at A

mer

ica

has

som

e la

nd th

at is

uni

nhab

itabl

e, w

hat i

s of

far

mor

e im

port

ance

is th

at w

e ha

ve in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

ast u

nuse

d ar

eas

of e

min

ently

hab

itabl

e la

nd, l

and

that

in f

act w

as in

habi

ted

until

ver

y re

cent

ly

'Ben

Wat

tenb

erg

serv

ed o

n Pr

esid

ent J

ohns

on's

Whi

te H

ouse

sta

ffH

e co

-aut

hore

d a

book

on

dem

ogra

phy

title

d T

his

U. S

. A.

,pu

blis

hed

by D

oubl

eday

in 1

965.

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We

can

now

turn

to th

e pr

emis

e se

t for

th b

y th

e E

xplo

sion

ists

i.e.

, mor

e A

mer

ican

s ar

e ba

d.A

re th

ey ?

My

own

judg

emen

t is

-- n

ot n

eces

sari

lyT

he E

xplo

sion

ists

say

peo

ple,

and

the

indu

stry

nee

ded

to s

uppo

rt p

eopl

e,ca

use

pollu

tion.

Erg

o:fe

wer

peo

ple

less

pol

lutio

n.O

n th

e su

rfac

e, a

rea

sona

ble

enou

gh s

tate

men

t; ce

rtai

nly

popu

latio

n is

one

of th

e va

riab

les

in th

epo

llutio

n pr

oble

m. Y

et, t

here

is s

omet

hing

els

e to

be

said

.Pe

ople

not

onl

y ca

use

pollu

tion,

but

onc

e yo

uha

ve a

sub

stan

tial n

umbe

r of

peo

ple,

it is

onl

y pe

ople

that

can

solv

e po

llutio

n.Fu

rthe

r, th

e ca

se c

an b

em

ade

that

, mor

e pe

ople

can

mor

e ea

sily

and

mor

e qu

ickl

y so

lve

pollu

tion

prob

lem

sth

an c

an f

ewer

peo

ple.

For

exam

ple:

let u

s as

sum

e th

at $

60 b

illio

n pe

r ye

arar

e ne

cess

ary

for

natio

nal d

efen

se. T

he c

ost o

fde

fens

e w

ill n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

e hi

gher

for

a n

atio

n of

thre

e hu

ndre

d m

illio

nth

an f

or a

nat

ion

of tw

o hu

ndre

dm

illio

n.Y

et th

e ta

x re

venu

es to

the

gove

rnm

ent w

ould

be

imm

ense

ly h

ighe

r, f

reei

ng v

ast

sum

s of

tax

mon

eyto

be

used

for

the

very

exp

ensi

ve p

rogr

ams

that

are

nece

ssar

y fo

r ai

r, w

ater

, and

pol

lutio

n co

ntro

l. Sp

read

-l'A

.in

g co

nsta

nt d

efen

se c

osts

ove

r a

larg

e po

pula

tion

base

pro

vide

s pr

opor

tiona

tely

grea

ter

amou

nts

for

non-

c...

0";

defe

nse

spen

ding

. The

sam

e so

rt o

f eq

uatio

nca

n be

use

d fo

r th

e hu

ge, o

ne-t

ime

capi

tal c

osts

of

rese

arch

that

mus

t go

into

any

eff

ectiv

e, lo

ng-r

ange

ant

i-po

llutio

npr

ogra

m. T

he c

osts

are

rou

ghly

the

sam

e fo

r 20

0or

300

mill

ion

peop

le -

- bu

t eas

ier

to p

ay b

y 30

0 m

illio

nN

ext,

the

Exp

losi

onis

ts v

iew

mor

e pe

ople

as

a cr

isis

bec

ause

of

all t

hede

man

ds th

ey w

ill m

ake

upon

the

soci

ety.

So m

any

new

sch

ools

, so

man

y m

ore

hosp

itals

,m

ore

libra

ries

--

serv

ices

and

fac

ilitie

s "A

zhic

hw

e ar

e ha

ving

dif

ficu

lty p

rovi

ding

rig

ht n

ow.

Sim

ilarl

y w

ith "

new

tow

ns."

If

we

are

to a

void

vas

t and

spr

awl-

ing

meg

alop

olita

n sw

aths

, we

are

told

, we

mus

t bui

ld 1

00 b

rand

-new

tow

ns in

30

year

s. U

nfor

tuna

tely

, we'

veon

ly b

een

able

to c

onst

ruct

a f

ew in

the

last

cou

ple

of d

ecad

es--

so,

ala

s, w

hat p

ossi

ble

chan

ce d

o w

e ha

veto

mak

e th

e gr

ade

in th

e ye

ars

to c

ome?

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Wha

t thi

s ar

gum

ent i

gnor

es, o

f co

urse

, is

that

it is

not

gov

ernm

ents

who

rea

lly c

reat

e sc

hool

s, h

os-

pita

ls, l

ibra

ries

and

eve

n ne

w to

wns

.It

is p

eopl

e w

ho c

reat

e an

d bu

ild.

Peop

le p

ay ta

xes;

the

taxe

s bu

ildan

d st

aff

the

scho

ols;

the

mor

e pe

ople

, the

mot

e ne

ed f

or s

choo

ls, a

nd th

e m

ore

taxe

s.In

an

unca

nny

way

itus

ually

wor

ks o

ut th

at e

very

chi

ld in

Am

eric

a ha

s hi

s ow

n se

t of

pare

nts,

and

a s

choo

l to

atte

nd.

In a

na-

tion

of a

hun

dred

mill

ion

ther

e w

ere

roug

hly

enou

gh s

choo

ls f

or th

e ch

ildre

n th

en p

rese

nt, a

t tw

o hu

ndre

dm

illio

n th

e sa

me

was

true

and

, no

doub

t, it

will

hol

d tr

ue a

t thr

ee h

undr

ed m

illio

n. N

or w

ill q

ualit

y su

ffer

beca

use

of n

umbe

rs; q

ualit

y su

ffer

s if

taxp

ayer

s ar

en't

will

ing

to p

ay f

or q

ualit

y an

d it

is n

ot h

arde

r fo

r 30

0m

illio

n A

mer

ican

s to

pay

for

qua

lity

scho

ols

for

thei

r ch

ildre

n th

an it

is f

or 2

30 m

illio

n to

buy

qua

lity

scho

ol-

ing

for

thei

r of

fspr

ing

The

re is

nex

t the

"re

sour

ces"

arg

umen

t.It

com

es in

two

part

s.Pa

rt o

ne: m

any

of o

ur r

esou

rces

are

fini

te (

oil,

coal

, etc

.); m

ore

peop

le o

bvio

usly

use

mor

e re

sour

ces;

the

few

er th

e pe

ople

, the

less

the

......

drai

n on

the

reso

urce

s. P

art t

wo:

we

Am

eric

ans

are

rich

peo

ple;

ric

h pe

ople

use

mor

e re

sour

ces;

ther

e-C

...,

..../

fore

, we

mus

t cut

bac

k po

pula

tion

part

icul

arly

fas

t, an

d pa

rtic

ular

ly o

ur r

ich

popu

latio

n.T

he r

esou

rces

pro

blem

is d

iffi

cult

to a

sses

s. A

dem

ogra

pher

now

in h

is s

ixtie

s se

emed

to p

ut it

inpe

rspe

ctiv

e. "

Res

ourc

es a

re a

ser

ious

pro

blem

," h

e sa

id, "

We'

ve b

een

runn

ing

out o

f oi

l eve

r si

nce

I w

asa

boy.

" The

fac

t is,

of

cour

se, s

oone

r or

late

r w

e w

ill r

un o

ut o

f oi

l; pe

rhap

s in

thir

ty y

ears

or

fift

y ye

ars,

or a

hun

dred

yea

rs o

r tw

o hu

ndre

d ye

ars.

So to

o w

ill w

e ru

n ou

t of

all n

onre

new

able

res

ourc

es -

- by

def

i-ni

tion.

We

will

run

out

of

oil e

ven

if p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

sto

ps to

day

and

we

will

run

out

of

oil,

som

ewha

tso

oner

, if

popu

latio

n gr

owth

con

tinue

s. W

heth

er o

il re

serv

es a

re d

eple

ted

in 2

020

or 2

040

or 2

140

does

not s

eem

to b

e of

cri

tical

impo

rtan

ce; i

n an

y ev

ent a

sub

stitu

te f

uel m

ust b

e fo

und

-- p

roba

bly

nucl

ear.

If

no a

dequ

ate

subs

titut

e is

dev

elop

ed, t

hen

we.

(al

l us

eart

hmen

) w

ill s

uffe

r so

mew

hat r

egar

dles

s of

num

bers

.

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Part

two,

that

ric

h pe

ople

are

the

real

men

ace

both

res

ourc

e-w

ise

and

pollu

tion-

wis

e, h

as r

ecen

tlybe

en p

artic

ular

ly s

tres

sed

by D

r. J

ean

May

er w

ho a

dvis

es th

e Pr

esid

ent h

unge

r-w

ise

but w

ould

not

seem

tobe

ful

ly u

p to

dat

e de

mog

raph

y-w

ise.

For

the

sim

ple

fact

is th

at w

ealth

ier

peop

le g

ener

ally

hav

e fa

r fe

wer

chi

ldre

n th

an p

oore

r pe

ople

.W

ith c

urre

nt m

orta

lity

rate

s, p

opul

atio

n st

abili

ty is

mai

ntai

ned

if th

e ty

pica

lw

oman

has

on

the

aver

age

2. 1

3 ch

ildre

n.In

a 1

964

Cen

sus

Bur

eau

surv

ey a

mon

g w

omen

who

had

com

plet

ed th

eir

child

-bea

ring

year

s.it

was

sho

wn

that

fam

ilies

with

inco

mes

of

$10,

000

and

ove

r ha

d 2.

21

child

ren,

just

a tr

ifle

over

rep

lace

-m

ent.

Thi

s co

mpa

red

with

3. 5

3 ch

ildre

n fo

r th

e po

ores

t wom

en. S

ince

196

4, f

ertil

ity r

ates

hav

ego

nedo

wn

amon

g yo

ung

wom

en, a

nd it

is p

ossi

ble

that

whe

n th

ese

low

er r

ates

are

ulti

mat

ely

refl

ecte

d as

"co

m-

plet

ed f

ertil

ity"

we

may

see

that

aff

luen

t Am

eric

an w

omen

of

the

futu

re ju

st b

arel

y re

plac

e th

eir

own

num

-be

r, if

that

.In

sho

rt, c

urre

nt p

opul

atio

n pa

ttern

s sh

ow th

at a

fflu

ent p

eopl

e do

not

cau

se r

apid

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th.

And

if th

e en

tire

popu

latio

n w

ere

entir

ely

affl

uent

, we

cert

ainl

y w

ould

not

be

talk

ing

abou

t a p

opul

atio

nex

plos

ion.

Furt

her,

if th

e en

tire

popu

latio

n w

ere

affl

uent

and

com

mitt

ed to

com

batti

ng p

ollu

tion,

we

wou

ldn'

tbe

talk

ing

abou

t a p

ollu

tion

expl

osio

n ei

ther

.

Wha

t the

n is

Dr.

May

er's

pre

scri

ptio

n? is

he

agai

nst a

fflu

ent p

eopl

e ha

ving

bab

ies

but n

otpo

orpe

ople

, eve

n,th

ough

the

affl

uent

hav

e re

lativ

ely

few

any

way

? O

f pe

rhap

s it

is th

at h

e is

just

aga

inst

the

idea

of

letti

ng a

ny m

ore

poor

peo

ple

beco

me

affl

uent

peo

ple,

bec

ause

they

too

will

then

cons

ume

too

man

yre

sour

ces

and

caus

e m

ore

pollu

tion?

The

re a

re tw

o im

port

ant p

oint

s th

at r

un th

roug

h m

ost o

f th

e ab

ove.

Firs

t is

that

the

sim

ple

num

bers

of p

eopl

e ar

e no

t in

them

selv

es o

f gr

eat i

mpo

rtan

ce in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es. T

here

isno

"O

ptim

um"

popu

-la

tion

as s

uch

for

the

U.S

., no

t with

in p

opul

atio

n ra

nges

now

for

ecas

t in

any

even

t. W

heth

er w

e ha

ve 2

50

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mill

ion

peop

le o

r 35

0 m

illio

n pe

ople

is le

ss im

port

ant t

han

wha

t the

peo

ple

-- h

owev

er m

any

of th

em th

ere

are

deci

de to

do

abou

t the

ir p

robl

ems.

Sec

ond

the

popu

latio

n pr

oble

m, a

t lea

st in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, i

san

ext

rem

ely

long

-ter

m p

ropo

sitio

n, a

nd in

a c

ount

ry o

f th

is s

ize

and

wea

lth, t

he-.

e is

mor

e fl

exib

ility

inso

lvin

g th

e po

tent

ial d

emog

raph

ic p

robl

ems

than

mig

ht b

e as

sum

ed f

rom

the

curr

ent r

heto

ric-

of-c

risi

s..

.

Cer

tain

ly to

o, p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

mus

t soo

ner

or la

ter

leve

l off

.W

hile

Am

eric

a co

uld

sui-

: ,rt

twic

eits

cur

rent

pop

ulat

ion

and

prob

ably

fou

r tim

es it

s cu

rren

t pop

ulat

ion

-- g

row

th c

an o

bvio

usly

not

go

onfo

reve

r an

d it

is w

ise

to u

nder

stan

d th

is f

act n

ow r

athe

r th

an a

hun

dred

yea

rs f

rom

now

But

wha

t is

wro

ng, a

nd d

ange

rous

, and

foo

lhar

dy is

to m

ake

popu

latio

n a

cris

is. D

oing

so

will

sim

ply

allo

w to

o m

any

polit

icia

ns to

take

thei

r ey

es o

ff th

e ba

ll. W

hen

Exp

losi

onis

ts s

ay, a

s th

ey d

o, th

atcr

ime,

rio

ts a

nd u

rban

pro

blem

s ar

e ca

used

by

"the

pop

ulat

ion

expl

osio

n,"

it is

just

too

easy

for

pol

itici

ans

c;,-

;to

agr

ee a

nd s

ay s

ure,

let's

sto

p ha

ving

so

man

y ba

bies

, ins

tead

of

sayi

ng le

t's g

et to

wor

k on

the

real

ur-

ban

prob

lem

s of

this

nat

ion.

(As

a m

atte

r of

gen

eral

inte

rest

it s

houl

d be

not

ed th

at th

e ri

ot a

reas

, the

high

-cri

me

area

s, th

e ar

eas

of tu

g m

ost a

cute

urb

an p

robl

ems

are

area

s th

at a

re ty

pica

lly lo

sing

pop

ulat

ion.

For

exam

ple,

spe

cial

cen

suse

s in

Hou

gh a

nd W

atts

sho

wed

pop

ulat

ion

loss

.G

iven

that

kin

d of

dat

a it

isha

rd to

acc

ept t

he E

xplo

sion

ist n

otio

n th

at c

row

ding

cau

ses

crim

e.)

..

..

Whe

n th

e E

xplo

sion

ists

say

, as

they

do,

that

it's

bec

ause

we

have

so

man

y pe

ople

that

Lak

e E

rie

ispo

llute

d th

en o

nce

agai

n w

e ar

e in

vite

d to

take

our

eye

off

the

tens

-of-

billi

ons-

of-d

olla

rs b

all o

f en

viro

n-m

enta

l saf

ety

and

we

are

sim

ulta

neou

sly

invi

ted

to p

iddl

e ar

ound

with

25-

mill

ion

dolla

r pr

ogra

ms

for

birt

hco

ntro

l, w

hich

are

nic

e, b

ut d

on't

solv

e an

ythi

ng to

do

with

Lak

e E

rie.

Fina

lly, w

e m

ust t

ake

note

of

the

new

thru

st b

y th

e E

xplo

sion

ists

: pop

ulat

iOn

cont

rol.

Not

e th

eph

rase

car

eful

ly.

Thi

s is

spe

cifi

cally

not

"fa

mily

pla

nnin

g,"

whe

re th

e fa

mily

con

cern

ed d

oes

the

plan

ning

.T

his

is c

ontr

ol o

f po

pula

tion

by th

e go

vern

men

t and

this

is w

hat t

he a

poca

lypt

ics

are

dem

andi

ng, b

ecau

se,

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they

say

, fam

ily p

lann

ing

by it

self

will

not

red

uce

us to

a z

ero

grow

th r

ate.

The

mor

e po

pula

r "s

oft"

posi

tion

of g

over

nmen

t con

trol

invo

lves

wha

t is

calle

d "d

isin

cent

ives

," th

at is

,a

few

min

or m

easu

res

like

chan

ging

the

taxa

tion

syst

em, t

he s

choo

l sys

tem

and

the

mor

al c

ode

tose

e if

that

won

't w

ork

befo

re g

oing

onto

out

righ

t bab

y lic

ensi

ng.

..

.

Wha

t it a

ll ad

ds u

p to

is th

is: w

hy h

ave

a lo

ng-r

ange

man

agea

ble

popu

latio

n pr

oble

m th

atca

n be

cope

d w

ith g

radu

ally

ove

r ge

nera

tions

whe

n, w

ith a

littl

e ex

tra

soup

ed-u

psc

are

rhet

oric

, we

can

drum

up

a fu

ll-fl

edge

d cr

isis

? W

e ce

rtai

nly

need

one

; it's

bee

n m

onth

s si

nce

we'

ve h

ad a

cri

sis.

Aft

er a

ll. V

ietn

am,

we

wer

e to

ld, w

as "

the

grea

test

cri

sis

in a

hun

dred

yea

rs."

Pik

er. H

ere'

s a

cris

is th

at's

a b

eaut

y: th

egr

eate

st c

risi

s in

two

billi

on y

ears

: we'

re a

bout

to b

reed

our

selv

es r

ight

into

obl

ivio

n..

Ben

Wat

tenb

erg,

"T

he N

onse

nse

Exp

losi

on."

The

New

Rep

ublic

, Apr

il 4

and

11, 1

970,

pp.

18-

23.

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STU

DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 2

1:It

's T

ime

to D

efus

e Po

pula

tion

"Exp

losi

onis

ts"

Am

eric

ans

have

bee

n ov

erw

helm

ed b

yan

ava

lanc

he o

f sc

are

rhet

oric

afr

-ut t

he"p

opul

atio

n ex

plos

ion.

" W

e ha

ve b

een

as-

sure

d th

at it

is n

ot o

nly

the

grea

t:A p

rob-

lem

fac

ing

the

wor

ld, b

ut a

lso

our

grea

test

prob

lem

.T

he r

heto

ric

goes

som

ethi

ng li

ke th

is:

If g

row

th r

ates

con

tinue

unc

heck

ed, I

n 60

0ye

ars

ther

e w

ill b

e on

e pe

rson

for

eve

rysq

uare

yar

d of

the

eart

h's

surf

ace.

In

900

year

s a

build

ing

2,00

0 st

orie

s hi

gh c

over

-in

g th

e w

hole

wor

ld w

ill b

e ne

eded

toho

use

the

imm

ense

thro

ng. T

he e

xplo

ding

U.S

. pop

ulat

ion

will

kee

p pa

ce: 3

75,0

00,0

00A

mer

ican

s by

A.D

. 200

0., 9

39,0

00,0

00 b

y20

50, a

nd 2

,350

,000

,000

by

2100

.

Bir

th R

ate

Dec

lines

Exp

losi

onis

ts a

dvoc

ate

unpr

eced

ente

dm

easu

res

to s

tern

the

forc

e of

this

impe

nd-

ing

tidal

wav

e of

hum

anity

. Sug

gest

ed s

o-lu

tions

for

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es r

ange

fro

mta

x di

sinc

entiv

es to

nea

rly

unlim

ited

abor

-tio

n an

d ev

entu

al g

over

nmen

t con

trol

.A

R o

f th

is is

in th

e fa

ce o

f a

stea

dily

de-

clin

ing

birt

h ra

te in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es. T

hebi

rth

:ate

and

the

num

ber

of b

abie

s bo

rnea

ch y

ear

from

195

7 to

the

pres

ent a

re:

Yea

rB

irth

sR

ate

1957

4,30

8,00

025

.319

584,

255,

000

24.5

1959

4,29

5,00

024

.319

604,

257,

850

23.7

1961

4,26

8,32

623

.319

624,

167,

362

22.4

1963

4,09

8,02

021

.719

644,

027,

490

21.0

1965

3,76

0,35

819

.419

663,

808,

274

18.4

1967

3,52

0,99

917

.819

683,

470.

000

17.4

4.,

The

bir

th r

ate

has

decl

ined

eve

ry y

ear

from

a h

igh

of 2

5.3

per

1,00

0 in

195

7 to

alo

w o

f 17

.4 in

196

8. T

he la

tter

figu

re is

the

low

est i

n U

.S. h

isto

ry.

The

dea

th r

ate,

at 9

.6, h

as r

emai

ned

al-

mos

t unc

hang

ed I

n th

e la

st 2

0 ye

ars.

As

our

popu

latio

n gr

ows

olde

r (w

hich

is b

e-gi

nnin

g to

occ

ur in

con

sequ

ence

of

the

smal

ler

num

ber

of b

abie

s bo

rn e

ach

year

)th

e de

ath

rate

mus

t eve

ntua

lly r

ise

to 1

5 in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith o

ur li

fe e

xpec

tanc

y of

70

year

s. (If,

in th

e fa

ce o

f th

e de

clin

ing

birt

hra

te, t

he d

eath

rat

e re

mai

ned

at 9

.6 p

er-

man

ently

, eve

ryon

e co

uld

expe

ct to

live

tobe

104

yea

rs o

ld.)

An

Ove

rcap

acity

A to

tal o

f 80

0,00

0 fe

wer

bab

ies

wer

ebo

rn in

196

8 th

an in

196

1. T

he c

onse

-qu

ence

s of

this

hav

e no

t yet

bee

n fu

lly a

p-pr

ecia

ted,

but

thes

e fi

gure

s m

ean

that

in19

76 th

ere

will

be

800,

000

few

er th

ird-

grad

-er

s in

the

natio

n's

clas

sroo

ms

than

ther

ear

e to

day.

Thi

s is

not

a h

azy

prog

nost

ica-

tion,

bec

ause

thes

e ch

ildre

n ha

ve a

lrea

dybe

en b

orn.

The

re w

ill b

e an

ove

rcap

acity

in te

ache

rs, s

choo

ls, a

nd e

duca

tiona

l fac

il-iti

es. In v

iew

of

thes

e de

clin

ing

num

bers

and

the

rece

nt r

ecor

d-lo

w b

irth

rat

es, i

t is

prob

able

that

the

U.S

. pop

ulat

ion

is a

l-re

ady

mov

ing

tow

ard

stab

iliza

tion.

It h

asbe

com

e ap

pare

nt th

at th

e C

ensu

s B

u-re

au's

196

7 po

pula

tion

estim

ates

for

the

year

200

0 ar

e al

read

y ou

tdat

ed a

nd m

ust

be r

evis

ed s

harp

ly d

ownw

ard.

The

se e

stim

ates

var

ied

from

a h

igh

of39

8,00

0,00

0, to

an

inte

rmed

iate

ran

ge b

e-tw

een

336,

000,

000

and

308,

000,

000,

to a

low

of 2

83,0

00,0

00. T

he h

igh

and

the

inte

rmed

i-at

e es

timat

es n

ow s

eem

to b

e co

mpl

etel

y

87

out o

f th

e qu

estio

n; e

ven

the

low

est

imat

em

ay b

e to

o hi

gh. S

ome

dem

ogra

pher

sno

wth

ink

that

the

U.S

. pop

ulat

ion

will

sta

biliz

ear

ound

the

year

200

0 at

245

,000

,000

to26

5;

04:"

®.

Ext

endi

ng T

oo F

arT

he im

pact

mad

e by

the

expl

osio

nist

sre

sults

par

tly f

rom

thei

r ex

tend

ing

tren

dsfa

r In

to th

e fu

ture

. Suc

h le

ngth

y ex

ten-

sion

s ar

e in

valid

, for

they

ass

ume

that

all

popu

latio

n fa

ctor

s w

ill r

emai

n co

nsta

nt.

Sinc

e po

pula

tion

fact

ors

have

a w

ay o

f no

tre

mai

ning

con

stan

t, th

e lo

nger

a "

tren

d"is

ext

ende

d, th

e gr

eate

r is

the

likei

ihoo

d of

erro

r. It is

pos

sibl

e, m

oreo

ver,

eve

n w

ith th

eus

e of

rea

sona

bly

shor

t ext

ensi

ons,

toac

hiev

e fo

reca

sts

that

con

trad

ict t

hose

of

the

expl

osio

nist

s. O

ne c

an n

ote,

for

exa

m-

ple,

the

"tre

nd"

in th

e U

.S. b

irth

rat

efr

om 2

5.3

in 1

957

to 1

7.4

in 1

968.

If

this

"tre

nd"

is e

xten

ded

only

22

year

s in

to th

efu

ture

, the

bir

th r

ate

will

be

dow

n to

zero

. Sim

ilarl

y,th

ebi

rth

rate

decl

ined

stea

dily

fro

m 3

0.1

in 1

910

to 1

8.4

in 1

936.

If

in 1

936

this

"tr

end"

had

bee

n ex

tend

edon

ly 3

9 ye

ars

into

the

futu

re, b

irth

s in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es w

ould

hav

e ce

ased

alto

-ge

ther

by

975.

Thi

s is

not

onl

y in

valid

,bu

t rid

icul

ous.

Suc

h pr

oced

ure

is. h

ow-

ever

, not

nea

rly

as r

idic

ulou

s as

ext

ra-

pola

tions

that

are

mec

hani

cally

ext

ende

dfo

r 60

0 or

900

yea

rs.

The

chi

ef d

ange

r, h

owev

er, i

n th

e sc

are

rhet

oric

of

alar

mis

ts is

that

they

tend

tore

duce

Man

y of

our

maj

or p

robl

ems

tonu

mbe

rs o

f pe

ople

. The

y th

us d

iver

t atte

n-tio

n aw

ay f

rom

the

actu

al c

ause

s or

tne

prob

lem

s. T

o th

e ex

tent

that

the

dist

or-

tions

and

hal

f-tr

uths

fin

d cr

eden

ce, t

hey

will

ret

ard

muc

h-ne

eded

sol

utio

ns.

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Cri

mes

and

Cro

wds

The

eve

r-In

crea

sing

rat

es o

fvi

olen

tcr

ime

are

attr

ibut

ed to

pop

ulat

ion

grow

than

d de

nsity

. If

crow

ded

cond

ition

s ca

use

crim

e, th

e m

ost c

row

ded

area

s of

the

wor

ld m

ight

legi

timat

ely

be e

xpec

ted

toha

ve th

e hi

ghes

t cri

me

rate

s.H

olla

nd, f

or e

xam

ple.

whe

re p

eopl

e ar

ecr

owde

d to

geth

er a

t a d

ensi

ty o

f al

mos

t1,

000

per

squa

re m

ile (

com

pare

d w

ith 5

7pe

r sq

uare

mile

in th

eU

nite

d St

ates

),sh

ould

be

a ve

ry d

ange

rous

pla

ce in

deed

.T

he D

utch

, how

ever

, who

hav

e on

e of

the

low

er c

rim

e ra

tes

in th

e W

este

rn w

orld

,se

em to

be

unaw

are

of th

eir

pred

icam

ent.

Perh

aps

they

hav

e no

t yet

rea

dsu

chbo

oks

asPa

ulE

hrlic

h's

Popu

latio

nB

omb.

To

take

ano

ther

exa

mpl

e, G

reat

Bri

tain

has

50,0

00,0

00 p

eopl

e cr

owde

d in

to a

n ar

easm

alle

r th

an C

alif

orni

a. O

n th

e ba

sis

ofth

e ex

plos

ioni

sts'

rhe

tori

c it

is h

ard

to u

n-de

rsta

nd w

hy th

ere

are

few

er m

urde

rsin

the

entir

e B

ritis

h Is

les

ever

y ye

arth

anth

ere

are

in C

hica

go o

r C

leve

land

, or

grea

ter

Kan

sas

City

. The

se e

xam

ples

sug

-ge

st th

at p

opul

atio

n de

nsity

,in

itse

lf,

does

not

pro

duce

cri

me.

Hin

deri

ng R

efor

ms

The

re I

s da

nger

, how

ever

. tha

t Irr

e-sp

onsi

ble

scar

e ta

ctic

s m

ay d

iver

t pub

licat

tent

ion

to m

e e

num

bers

of

peop

le.

Prog

ress

in e

limin

atin

g sl

ums

may

be r

e-ta

rded

, inc

reas

ed e

duca

tiona

l and

voc

a-tio

nal a

ssis

tanc

e m

ay b

e de

laye

d, a

ndm

uchn

eede

d re

form

sin

pris

ons

and

cour

ts m

ay n

ot b

e un

dert

aken

.A

noth

er f

avor

ite th

eme

of th

e ex

plos

i-on

ists

is e

nvir

onm

enta

l pol

lutio

n.T

his

is,

of c

ours

e, a

pro

blem

of

para

mou

nt I

mpo

r-ta

nce.

It c

anno

t, ho

wev

er, b

e re

duce

dto

mer

e nu

mbe

rs o

f pe

ople

. Alth

ough

mor

epe

ople

pro

duce

mor

e po

llutio

n, th

eyal

sopr

oduc

e th

e w

ealth

and

the

tech

nolo

gy to

com

bat i

t. T

he c

ruci

al f

acto

r is

det

erm

ina-

tion.

Ala

rmis

ts,

by d

irec

ting

atte

ntio

nso

lely

to n

umbe

rs o

f pe

ople

, ten

d to

ob-

scur

e th

e fa

ct, a

dmitt

edly

unp

leas

ant,

that

com

batin

g po

llutio

n re

quir

es la

rge

sum

sof

mon

ey.

Ove

rsim

plif

icat

ion

is h

eard

eve

n fr

omgo

vern

men

t off

icia

ls. R

ober

t H. F

inch

,fo

rmer

Sec

reta

ry o

f H

ealth

, Edu

catio

n.an

d W

elfa

re, w

hen

aske

d w

hat p

eopl

eco

uld

do o

n a

volu

ntar

y ba

sis

to im

prov

eth

e en

viro

nmen

t, sa

id: "

I w

ould

beg

in b

yre

com

men

ding

that

they

sta

rt b

y ha

ving

only

two

child

ren.

"T

his

is n

ot th

e he

art o

f th

e pr

oble

m. I

fpo

pula

tion

grow

th in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

esce

ases

toda

y, r

iver

s w

ill r

emai

n ec

olog

ical

slum

s, a

nd a

ir o

ver

som

e ci

ties

will

re-

mai

n un

brea

thab

leun

tilm

assi

vean

dco

stly

eff

orts

are

und

erta

ken

to r

emed

yth

ese

depl

orab

le c

ondi

tions

. To

the

exte

ntth

at e

nvir

onm

enta

l pro

blem

s ar

e ob

scur

edby

sim

plis

tic r

heto

ric,

they

will

con

tinue

to g

o un

reso

lved

.C

onge

stio

n in

Citi

esFi

nally

, the

exp

losi

onis

ts d

elig

ht in

de-

plor

ing

the

ever

-inc

reas

ing

crow

ds in

our

citie

s an

d in

our

nat

iona

l par

ks. T

hey

ig-

nore

the

fact

that

a la

rge

part

of

the

urba

nco

nges

tion

is a

res

ult o

f th

e co

ntin

uing

flig

ht f

rom

the

farm

to th

e ci

ty. F

ewer

farm

ers

are

prod

ucin

g m

ore

food

on

less

tota

l acr

eage

. As

a re

sult

of th

e co

ntin

uing

exod

us f

rom

the

coun

try,

one

-thi

rd o

f th

eco

untie

s in

the

natio

n ar

e lo

sing

pop

ula-

tion;

mor

e an

d m

ore

of th

e po

pula

ce is

bein

g co

ncen

trat

ed in

met

ropo

litan

are

as.

Fort

y-fo

ur K

ansa

s an

d 49

Mis

sour

ico

untie

s lo

st p

opul

atio

n be

twee

n 19

60 a

nd19

66. T

he la

tter

stat

e, w

ith 6

9,00

0 sq

uare

mile

s of

terr

itory

, has

thre

e-fi

fths

of

itspe

ople

con

cent

rate

d in

two

urba

n ar

eas.

Sim

ilar

conc

entr

atio

ns o

f pe

ople

are

oc-

curr

ing

thro

ugho

ut th

e U

nite

d St

ates

.It

is a

ppar

ent t

hat m

ore

citie

s ar

ene

eded

, not

mer

ely

addi

tiona

l gro

wth

In

afe

w m

etro

polit

an a

reas

. Mos

t of

all p

lan-

ning

is n

eede

d, s

o th

at th

e ci

ties,

new

and

old,

will

not

be

ham

pere

d by

unr

ealis

ticpo

litic

al b

ound

arie

s, s

egre

gate

d ho

usin

g,an

d an

tiqua

ted

tran

spor

tatio

n sy

stem

s.

88

Vis

itors

to N

atio

nal P

arks

Nat

iona

l par

ks, a

s no

ted

by p

opul

atio

nal

arm

ists

. are

muc

h m

ore

crow

ded

than

they

wer

e ju

st a

few

yea

rs a

4o. A

tten-

danc

e ha

s in

fac

t inc

reas

ed b

y 43

0 pe

r ce

ntin

few

er th

an 2

0 ye

ars

whi

le th

e po

pnia

tion

incr

ease

d by

30

per

cent

. The

se f

igur

esm

ight

sug

gest

all

of th

e fo

llow

ing:

(a)

we

are

inde

ed b

ecom

ing

an. a

fflu

ent s

ocie

ty.

(b)

cam

ping

is b

ecom

ing

mor

e an

d m

ore

popu

lar,

(c)

we

need

mor

e na

tiona

l par

ks.

Som

e de

velo

ping

cou

ntri

es h

ave

seve

repo

pula

tion

prob

lem

s. T

he U

nite

d St

ates

does

not

. The

ser

ious

dif

ficu

lties

fac

ing

our

natio

n ca

n on

ly g

et w

orse

if th

ey a

resi

mpl

y re

duce

d to

num

bers

of

peop

le.

Cri

me,

envi

ronm

enta

lpo

llutio

n.an

dur

ban

cong

estio

n ca

nnot

be

elim

inat

ed b

ysu

ch s

impl

istic

thin

king

.It

is ti

me

to d

efla

te th

e "p

opul

atio

nbo

mb"

rhe

tori

c so

that

we

can

have

acl

ear

view

of

the

real

pro

blem

s.

By

Tho

mas

C je

rata

nn

hRep

rint

ed f

rom

,T

HE

NA

TIO

NA

L O

BSE

RV

ER

,Ju

ly 2

7, 1

970.

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DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O.

22: P

opul

atio

n M

yths

Dur

ing

an e

ra w

hen

per

capi

ta r

esou

rces

are

mor

e ab

unda

nt th

an e

ver

befo

re in

his

tory

and

incr

eas-

ing

at a

n un

prec

eden

ted

rate

, the

pop

ular

and

sci

entif

ic n

ews

med

ia a

re f

illed

with

sta

tem

ents

like

the

fol-

low

ing:

"Too

man

y pe

ople

, with

too

little

foo

d, o

n a

dyin

g pl

anet

.""G

row

th is

not

hing

but

exp

loita

tion;

indu

stri

al c

apita

lism

wou

ld b

e un

viab

le if

it h

ad to

nou

rish

itse

lfon

rea

l gro

wth

inst

ead

of r

obbi

ng th

e ea

rth.

""T

he s

ea is

dyi

ng, t

ime

has

run

out,

no w

orld

for

our

gra

ndch

ildre

n is

rem

otel

y po

ssib

le."

"The

ear

th w

ill b

e un

inha

bita

ble

with

in th

e ne

xt 1

30 y

ears

if d

eple

tion

of-n

atur

al r

esou

rces

con

tinue

sat

the

pres

ent r

ate.

""T

he f

utur

e w

hich

we

now

hol

d ou

t to

the

pres

ent c

olle

ge g

ener

atio

n is

one

in w

hich

thei

r ch

ildre

nw

ill a

t bes

t lea

d m

iser

able

live

s an

d di

e yo

ung.

""T

o so

me

over

crow

ded

popu

latio

ns, t

he b

omb

may

one

day

no

long

er s

eem

a th

reat

but

a r

elea

se."

The

se li

nes,

whi

ch s

houl

d fr

ight

en e

ven

the

stro

nges

t rea

ders

, wer

e w

ritte

n by

som

e le

adin

g sc

ho-

lars

and

inte

llect

uals

. As

a re

sult

they

are

use

d as

maj

or th

emes

by

thou

sand

s of

teac

hers

acr

oss

the

natio

n. T

hey

have

insp

ired

inte

llige

nt p

oliti

cian

s to

pro

pose

legi

slat

ion

for

fam

ily c

ontr

ol a

nd h

ave

cont

ri-

bute

d gr

eatly

to th

e la

ck o

f co

nfid

ence

that

you

ng p

eopl

e ev

eryw

here

so

over

tly e

xpre

ss f

or o

ur p

rese

ntso

cial

eco

nom

ic a

nd p

oliti

cal s

yste

ms.

The

y ha

ve f

urth

er r

esul

ted

in.-

the

prol

ifer

atio

n of

a li

tera

ture

that

fills

our

new

ssta

nds

with

eve

r gr

eate

r pr

ophe

cies

of

doom

and

hav

e ar

ouse

d ev

en th

e m

ost s

taun

ch a

mon

gth

ose

conf

iden

t mem

bers

of

mid

dle

Am

eric

a to

dou

bt th

e ef

fica

cy o

f ou

r na

tiona

l dem

ocra

cy a

nd b

egin

toqu

estio

n th

e vi

rtue

of

the

cont

empo

rary

Am

eric

an w

ay o

f lif

e w

hich

they

par

ticip

ated

in m

oldi

ng a

nd s

hap-

ing.

Thi

s is

at b

est a

ble

ak a

nd m

orbi

d pi

ctur

e of

our

so-

calle

d "g

reat

soc

iety

" an

d on

e th

at p

roje

cts

little

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for

the

futu

re o

f ou

r ch

ildre

n.

Incr

edib

le D

isto

rtio

ns o

f R

ealit

y

The

peo

ple

who

aut

hore

d th

ese

part

icul

ar s

tate

men

ts, a

s w

ell a

s th

e hu

ndre

ds o

f ot

hers

who

fill

the

daily

lite

ratu

re w

ith s

imila

r gr

im p

redi

ctio

ns, a

re g

ener

ally

wel

l-m

eani

ng, t

houg

htfu

l peo

ple.

One

mus

tre

spec

t the

ir d

edic

atio

n to

one

of

the

mos

t ser

ious

pro

blem

s of

our

tim

e.B

ut s

uch

stat

emen

ts a

nd o

pini

ons

are

for

the

mos

t par

t inc

redi

ble

dist

ortio

ns o

f th

e re

ality

of

the

times

in w

hich

we

live.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, w

e ha

ve h

ad s

uch

a m

assi

ve o

verd

ose

of "

the

wor

ld is

goi

ng to

hel

l" p

ropa

gand

a th

atit

is a

lmos

t im

poss

ible

to c

onvi

nce

anyo

ne th

at it

is n

ot. O

ne o

nly

need

s to

mov

e tw

o or

thre

e de

gree

s fr

omth

e ne

gativ

e po

le (

let a

long

180

deg

rees

) an

d he

fin

ds c

once

ntra

ted

and

radi

caliz

ed o

ppos

ition

. Cal

m a

ndra

tiona

l dis

cuss

ion

of th

e va

lidity

of

som

e of

the

cent

ral p

opul

atio

n ex

plos

ion

conc

epts

is a

lmos

t im

poss

ible

.T

he e

asy

rece

ptiv

ity w

ith w

hich

Am

eric

ans

-- e

spec

ially

edu

cato

rs, a

nd r

elig

ious

and

com

mun

ity le

ader

sP" h-

a.ha

ve s

o re

adily

acc

epte

d th

e m

any

doom

-say

ings

off

ered

up

duri

ng r

ecen

tye

ars

is b

oth

impr

essi

ve a

ndii;

=..

alar

min

g. The

re a

re m

any

caus

e of

the

nega

tivis

m th

at p

erva

des

Am

eric

an s

ocie

ty to

day.

How

ever

,no

neha

s be

en s

o co

nsis

tent

and

sig

nifi

cant

as

the

fear

of

over

-pop

ulat

ion

so s

tron

gly

expr

esse

d in

the

popu

lar

med

ia th

ese

last

two

deca

des.

Ind

eed

it is

pos

sibl

e th

at th

e ex

trem

ist v

iew

sno

w d

evel

opin

g in

reg

ard

toec

olog

y, f

ree

ente

rpri

se a

nd th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent (

wha

teve

r th

at is

) ha

vegr

own

from

and

bee

n pr

ejud

iced

by

the

over

-pop

ulat

ion

fear

syn

drom

e. Myt

hs o

f th

e Po

pula

tion

Fear

Syn

drom

e

that

the

wor

ld h

as r

each

ed o

r pa

ssed

the

tota

l num

ber

of p

eopl

e it

can

supp

ort a

t ahi

gh li

ving

sta

ndar

d

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.that

the

reso

urce

bas

e of

the

wor

ld is

dim

inis

hing

and

will

con

tinue

to d

imin

ish

if th

e po

pula

tion

cont

inue

s to

incr

ease

.that

the

pres

ent w

orld

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th tr

end

of in

crea

sing

incr

ease

s w

ill c

on-

tinue

inde

fini

tely

that

the

plac

es in

the

wor

ld w

ith th

e m

ost s

ever

e po

pula

tion

prob

lem

s ar

e th

epl

aces

with

the

mos

t den

se p

opul

atio

ns.

Arg

umen

ts c

an b

e gi

ven

brie

fly

to r

efut

e th

e la

st tw

o m

yths

. The

re is

cle

ar e

vide

nce

that

a "

dem

o-gr

aphi

c tr

ansi

tion"

is o

ccur

ring

thro

ugho

ut m

ost o

f th

e w

orld

whi

ch w

ill in

sev

eral

dec

ades

low

er g

row

thra

tes

to a

n av

erag

e of

aro

und

1 pe

r ce

nt -

- a

situ

atio

n ne

arly

rea

ched

in th

e w

este

rn w

orld

. Als

o, p

opu-

latio

n de

nsity

, esp

ecia

lly r

egar

ding

the

ratio

of

popu

latio

n to

ara

ble

land

, is

grea

ter

in B

enel

ux, U

nite

dK

ingd

om, J

apan

, Wes

t Ger

man

y th

an in

Ind

ia, C

hina

, Afr

ica

and

Lat

in A

mer

ica.

Now

to lo

ok m

ore

exte

nsiv

ely

at th

e fi

rst t

wo

myt

hs.

In n

earl

y al

l dis

cuss

ions

and

wri

ting

abou

t the

popu

latio

n ex

plos

ion,

the

hear

t of

the

mat

ter

alm

ost a

lway

s re

volv

es a

roun

d th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

foo

d --

the

ques

tion

of w

heth

er o

r no

t we

can

find

mor

e an

d m

ore

food

for

mor

e an

d m

ore

peop

le.

It is

gen

eral

ly c

on-

clud

ed -

- an

d us

ually

with

dog

mat

ic c

erta

inty

--

that

we

cann

ot.

The

re is

no

ques

tion

but t

hat m

any

of th

e pe

ople

in th

e w

orld

do

not h

ave

enou

gh f

ood

and

unfo

rtu-

nate

ly la

rge

num

bers

of

peop

le d

ie o

f st

arva

tion

ever

y da

y.B

ut th

is tr

aged

y pr

imar

ily r

esul

ts f

rom

un-

deve

lope

d re

sour

ces

or f

ood

dist

ribu

tion

prob

lem

s an

d no

t a. r

efle

ctio

n of

an

infe

rtile

ear

th.

No

doub

t the

ear

th c

ould

fee

d tw

o, f

ive,

ten'

times

its

pres

ent p

opul

atio

n w

ith f

ew a

dvan

ces

in a

gri-

cultu

ral k

now

-how

. The

Uni

ted

Stat

es c

ould

, for

exa

mpl

e, g

row

to s

even

tim

es it

s pr

esen

t pop

ulat

ion

with

out e

xcee

ding

the

farm

land

pop

ulat

ion

dens

ity o

f W

est G

erm

any;

to th

irty

tim

es it

s pr

esen

t pop

ulat

ion

--or

twic

e th

e cu

rren

t pop

ulat

ion

of th

e w

orld

--

with

out

exce

edin

g th

e pr

ess

of p

opul

atio

n up

on a

gric

ultu

ral

land

in 1

970

Japa

n.

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And

with

gre

at a

dvan

ces

in a

gric

ultu

ral t

echn

olog

y --

who

kno

ws?

It i

s pr

obab

ly th

at a

gric

ultu

reco

uld

cont

inue

to s

uppo

rt p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

unt

il m

an b

ecam

e so

num

erou

s an

d he

avy

som

e th

ousa

nds

ofye

ars

henc

e th

at "

his

com

bine

d w

eigh

t cou

ld c

ause

an

imba

lanc

e in

the

eart

h's

rota

tion

and/

or r

evol

utio

nan

d ca

use

the

plan

et to

fly

cra

zily

off

into

out

er s

pace

."H

ere

are

just

a f

ew e

xam

ples

of

how

we

mig

ht e

xpan

d fu

ture

foo

d su

pplie

s:(1

) A

pply

wes

tern

agr

icul

tura

l tec

hnol

ogy

to th

e re

st o

f th

e w

orld

; spr

ead

know

ledg

e ab

out n

ewch

emic

al f

ertil

izer

s, p

lay

hybr

ids,

met

hods

of

dise

ase

cont

rol.

Cha

rles

Kel

log,

one

of

the

wor

ld's

gre

ates

tso

il sc

ient

ests

, est

imat

es th

at w

orld

wid

e ut

iliza

tion

of m

oder

n so

il-im

prov

emen

t pro

cess

es c

ould

incr

ease

agri

cultu

ral y

ield

s by

two

to f

ive

times

with

in a

rel

ativ

ely

shor

t per

iod.

A r

ecen

t stu

dy o

f M

iddl

e E

ast p

ro-

duct

ivity

con

duct

ed b

y R

esou

rces

for

the

Futu

re a

lso

conc

lude

d th

at th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

mod

ern

farm

ing

I--

prac

tices

in th

e M

iddl

e E

ast c

ould

res

ult i

n in

crea

sed

agri

cultu

ral o

utpu

ts r

angi

ng f

rom

50

per

cent

in3.

"C

.:Is

rael

to a

s m

uch

as 1

000

per

cent

in I

raq.

(2)

Irri

gate

the

35 p

er c

ent o

r so

of

the

eart

h's

surf

ace

now

dry

and

rel

ativ

ely

unus

ed. O

ne m

etho

d,ir

riga

tion

by d

esal

iniz

ed s

alt w

ater

, is

alre

ady

in u

se. T

hree

oth

er a

ltern

ativ

es a

re b

eing

stu

died

: sal

tw

ater

irri

gatio

n, u

se o

f at

omic

ene

rgy,

sat

ellit

e se

nsin

g te

chni

ques

.(3

) D

rain

mill

ions

of

acre

s of

land

for

ada

ptat

ion

to a

gric

ultu

re. S

ome

of th

e be

st f

arm

land

in u

seto

day

-- G

reat

Lak

es R

egio

n, S

outh

east

Uni

ted

Stat

es, t

he L

ow C

ount

ries

, the

Gan

ges

Del

ta -

- is

dra

ined

swam

p la

nd.

Mill

ions

of

acre

s of

und

rain

ed s

wam

p la

nds

offe

r po

tent

ially

ric

h ag

ricu

ltura

l lan

d.(4

) C

ultiv

ate

food

fro

m th

e" s

ea.

FouP

-fif

ths

of th

e pl

ants

and

ani

mal

s kn

own

to m

an li

ve in

the

sea.

The

oce

an e

nvir

onm

ent i

s so

des

irab

le f

or li

fe (

beca

use

of it

s le

ss v

aria

ble

"wea

ther

") th

at g

row

th r

ates

are

rapi

d an

d cr

ops

mat

ure

in a

muc

h sh

orte

r tim

e th

an in

the

atm

osph

ere.

(5)

Use

yea

st a

nd s

imila

r so

urce

s of

pro

tein

that

will

rep

rodu

ce th

emse

lves

nat

ural

ly, a

lmos

t as

fast

as

they

are

con

sum

ed.

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(6)

Cul

tivat

e lic

hens

and

oth

er p

lant

s gr

owin

g in

tund

ra a

reas

. A p

rom

inen

tge

ogra

pher

, J. R

usse

ll

Smith

, onc

e es

timat

ed th

at th

ere

is e

noug

h fo

od in

tund

ra r

egio

nsto

fee

d th

e w

orld

.

(7)

Har

vest

var

ious

tree

leav

es w

hich

fal

l use

less

ly to

the

grou

nd e

ach

year

but

whi

ch, w

ith s

ome

diet

ary

adap

tatio

n, c

ould

pro

vide

goo

golp

lexe

s of

ann

ually

repl

enis

habl

e ca

lori

es.

Mal

thus

sai

d th

at a

s th

e fe

rtili

ty o

f m

an in

crea

ses,

the

fert

ility

of th

e so

il de

crea

ses.

Tha

t is

pure

nons

ense

. Man

not

onl

y ha

s th

e in

genu

ity to

incr

ease

the

fert

ility

of

the

soil

as h

e ha

s do

ne in

so

man

yof

the

pros

pero

us a

gric

ultu

ral a

reas

in th

e U

.S. (

i. e.

the

Sout

heas

t whe

re h

e ha

s de

velo

ped

a he

alth

y ag

ri-

cultu

ral e

cono

my

on n

atur

ally

infe

rior

soi

ls)

-- b

ut if

nec

essa

ry,

he h

as th

e ab

ility

to m

ake

his

own

"soi

l"

as h

e is

now

doi

ng in

som

e pl

aces

--

usin

g sa

wdu

st a

nd o

ther

sim

ilar

mat

eria

ls. A

nd it

may

be th

at in

the

,-,L

futu

re h

e w

ill u

se s

olid

less

and

less

and

turn

to o

ther

subs

tanc

es, e

.g.,

wat

er in

whi

ch. t

o gr

ow h

is f

ood.

1%--

t

..1R

esou

rces

Don

't E

xist

, The

y B

ecom

e

The

sec

ond

myt

h sa

ys th

at th

e re

sour

ce b

ase

of th

e w

orld

isdi

min

ishi

ng a

nd w

ill c

ontin

ue to

dim

inis

h

if p

opul

atio

n co

ntin

ues

to in

crea

se. M

alth

us w

as o

ne o

f th

efi

rst t

o st

ate

the

alle

ged

prob

lem

whe

n he

sai

d

esse

ntia

lly th

at m

an e

xpan

ds g

eom

etri

cally

--

som

ethi

ng li

kera

bbits

, 2-4

-8-1

6 --

and

that

res

ourc

es g

row

arith

met

ical

ly -

- 1-

2-3-

4. A

mor

e re

cent

exp

ert e

mph

asiz

edth

e sa

me

prob

lem

whe

n he

sta

ted:

"T

he

eart

h w

ill b

e un

inha

bita

ble

with

in th

e ne

xt 1

30 y

ears

ifde

plet

ion

of n

atur

al r

esou

rces

con

tinue

s at

the

pres

-

ent r

ate.

" A

lthou

gh h

e an

d M

alth

us g

ave

thei

r w

arni

ng m

ore

than

a 1

00 y

ears

apa

rt b

oth

wer

e sa

ying

ba-

sica

lly th

e sa

me

thin

g: a

s po

pula

tion

expa

nds,

res

ourc

esbe

com

e m

ore

scar

ce.

The

hyp

othe

sis

is w

rong

. Res

ourc

es d

on't

exis

t --

they

beco

me.

The

y ar

e cr

eatio

n/in

vent

ions

of

man

's m

ind.

The

y th

eref

ore

repr

oduc

e at

a r

ate

rela

ted

toth

e re

prod

uctio

n ra

te o

f pe

ople

. And

in f

act -

-

som

ethi

ng th

at p

eopl

e w

ill f

ind

near

ly im

poss

ible

tobe

lieve

aft

er h

avin

g be

en e

xpos

ed to

gen

erat

ions

of

dist

ortio

ns -

- as

long

as

the

educ

atio

nal l

evel

of

man

kind

cont

inue

s to

ris

e --

whi

ch m

ost e

xper

ts w

ill a

gree

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ccur

ring

(no

mat

ter

how

slo

wly

) --

the

min

d w

ill b

ecom

e in

crea

sing

ly c

apab

le o

f in

vent

ing

reso

urce

s.A

nd th

e m

ore

educ

ated

the

min

d, th

e m

ore

the

reso

urce

cre

atio

n of

a s

ingl

e m

ind

exce

eds

the

need

s of

that

per

son

-- th

eref

ore

prov

idin

g a

surp

lus

for

othe

rs. T

his

mea

ns th

e po

pula

tion

expl

osio

n is

res

ultin

gin

a le

ssen

ing

of p

ress

ure

upon

res

ourc

es r

athe

r th

an a

n in

crea

sing

of

pres

sure

upo

n re

sour

ces.

(Whi

ch

in f

act i

s cl

earl

y re

flec

ted

in th

e sl

owly

ris

ing

stan

dard

of

livin

g of

the

wor

ld's

peo

ple

-- e

vide

nce

that

isei

ther

unk

now

n to

or

igno

red

by m

any

popu

latio

n ex

pert

s.)

The

re is

alm

ost n

o im

port

ant r

esou

rce

in th

e w

orld

toda

y th

at ju

st s

udde

nly

was

hed

up o

n th

e be

ach

or d

ropp

ed o

ut o

f th

e sk

y.Pe

ople

lear

ned

how

to u

se s

omet

hing

to th

e ad

vant

age

of s

ocie

ty a

nd th

en--

and

only

then

--

did

it "b

ecom

e" a

res

ourc

e.A

s a

resu

lt of

this

dyn

amic

pro

cess

by

whi

ch m

an d

evel

ops

reso

urce

s (r

athe

r th

an s

tum

blin

g ov

erth

em in

the

dark

), th

e re

sour

ce b

ase

of th

e w

orld

has

exp

ande

d m

ore

rapi

dly

than

the

need

gen

erat

ed b

y th

epo

pula

tion

expl

osio

n. O

ur to

tal r

esou

rce

supp

ly is

not

bei

ng s

tead

ily d

ecre

ased

by

over

-con

sum

ptio

n as

has

been

bro

adca

st e

very

whe

re b

ut is

rat

her

grow

ing

at a

n un

prec

eden

ted

rate

.Pe

r-ca

pita

foo

d co

nsum

p-tio

n is

incr

easi

ng, l

ife-

span

s ar

e le

ngth

enin

g, li

tera

cy r

ates

are

ris

ing,

leis

ure

time

is in

crea

sing

and

the

crea

tive

fron

tier

is e

xpan

ding

at a

n ex

pand

ing

rate

.W

e ar

e no

t liv

ing

in a

tim

e of

incr

easi

ng s

carc

ity b

ut o

f in

crea

sing

abu

ndan

ce. A

nd it

is ti

me

we

cham

pion

ed in

the

med

ia, i

n th

e sc

hool

s, in

the

chur

ches

and

in th

e st

reet

s th

e re

al n

atur

e of

our

civ

ili-

zatio

n an

d of

the

oppo

rtun

ity it

off

ers

for

ours

elve

s, o

ur c

hild

ren

and

the

wor

ld.

Schm

iede

r, A

llen,

Som

e M

yths

of

the

Popu

latio

n E

xplo

sion

. Rep

rint

ed w

ith p

erm

issi

on f

rom

the

Dec

. 197

1is

sue

of e

ngag

e, c

opyr

ight

197

1 by

the

Boa

rd o

f C

hris

tian

Soci

al C

once

rns

of T

he U

nite

d M

etho

dist

Chu

rch.

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23: D

ublin

Che

ers

Popu

latio

n R

ise

If th

e la

test

Iri

sh c

ensu

s fi

gure

s fo

rth

epe

riod

196

6-'7

1 ca

n be

take

n as

an

indi

catio

nof

the

prog

ress

of

the

coun

try,

it w

ould

ap-

pear

that

Ire

land

is f

arin

gbe

tter

than

it h

asfo

r a

very

long

tim

e.Fo

r th

e re

cent

ly p

ublis

hed

retu

rns

indi

-

cate

that

the

popu

latio

n of

the

Rep

ublic

now

stan

ds a

t 2.9

71 m

illio

n, a

n in

crea

se o

f 87

,228

in f

ive

year

s an

d th

e se

cond

con

secu

tive

in-

crea

se in

pop

ulat

ion

to b

e re

cord

ed a

tth

ese

five

-yea

rly

coun

ts s

ince

the

disa

stro

us p

otat

ofa

min

e in

the

1840

's.

Iris

h po

pula

tion

figu

res

this

cen

tury

mak

ede

pres

sing

rea

ding

. The

dec

line

innu

mbe

rs,

larg

ely

due

to e

mig

ratio

n an

d la

ckof

opp

or-

l--

tuni

ty a

t hom

e, b

egan

in th

e la

st c

entu

ryC

Oan

d by

191

1 ha

d cu

t the

8 5

mill

ions

who

lived

on

the

isla

nd in

184

5 to

hal

f

Real change in 1960's

Self

-gov

ernm

ent a

nd th

e co

nseq

uent

ef-

fort

s to

pro

vide

jobs

at h

ome

faile

dto

rem

edy

the

situ

atio

n to

any

impo

rtan

tde

-gr

ee. E

ven

as la

te a

s th

em

id-1

950'

s tw

o ou

tof

eve

ry th

ree

Iris

h sc

hool

-lea

vers

(hi

ghsc

hool

gra

duat

es)

wen

t abr

oad

to w

ork.

The

rea

l cha

nge

in th

e gr

aph

cam

e in

the

peri

od 1

960-

1965

, whe

n a

sin

p in

crea

se in

popu

latio

n w

as r

etur

ned.

ThZ

- la

test

fig

ures

indi

cate

that

this

tren

d is

con

tinui

ng a

ndin

crea

sing

.T

he m

ain

reas

on f

or w

hat i

s in

Ire

land

a dr

amat

ic c

hang

e is

cer

tain

ly th

e in

crea

sed

econ

omic

act

ivity

gen

erat

ed b

y th

e la

teSe

an L

emas

s w

hen

he b

ecam

e Pr

ime

Min

-is

ter

in 1

959.

and

con

tinui

ng u

nder

Jac

kL

ynch

.

The

pop

ulat

ion

of th

e Ir

ish

Rep

ublic

isno

w a

s la

rge

as it

was

whe

n th

e st

ate

was

foun

ded

in 1

922,

and

in a

dditi

on th

e ec

o-no

my

is g

eare

d fo

r fu

rthe

r gr

owth

. Als

o th

e2.

97 m

illio

n en

joy

a m

uch

high

er s

tand

ard

of li

ving

than

the

sam

e nu

mbe

r di

d in

192

2.T

he m

ost d

ram

atic

cha

nge

in th

e po

pu-

latio

n tr

ends

is th

e de

clin

e in

the

num

ber

of y

oung

peo

ple

who

are

em

igra

ting.

Thi

sno

w r

uns

at a

bout

10,

000

pers

ons

per

year

.So

me

15 y

ears

ago

the

figu

re w

as a

s hi

ghas

50,

000.

Incr

ease

d jo

b op

port

unity

at h

ome,

pro

-vi

ded

in m

any

case

s by

inje

ctio

ns o

f fo

reig

nca

pita

l, ha

s be

en th

e m

ain

reas

on f

or th

isch

ange

. But

a d

eclin

ing

attr

actio

n to

the

trad

ition

al c

ente

rs o

f Ir

ish

emig

ratio

n in

Bri

tain

and

the

U.S

. is

also

a c

ause

. Iri

sh-

men

goi

ng to

eith

er th

e U

.S. o

r E

ngla

nd in

the

1960

's o

ften

ran

the

risk

of

cons

crip

tion.

Sinc

e th

e m

id-1

960'

s, it

has

bec

ome

in-

crea

sing

ly d

iffi

cult

for

Iris

h ci

tizen

s to

ent

erth

e U

nite

d St

ates

, whi

le th

e le

velin

g-of

f of

livin

g st

anda

rds

betw

een

the

Rep

ublic

and

the

Uni

ted

Kin

gdom

has

mad

e op

port

uniti

esin

Bri

tain

less

attr

activ

e.T

here

are

inte

rest

ing

deve

lopm

ents

with

-in

the

coun

try

also

. Dub

lin, t

he c

apita

l, co

n-tin

ues

to g

row

far

mor

e qu

ickl

y th

an th

ere

st o

f th

e co

untr

y an

d th

e ar

eas

near

Dub

lin a

re p

rosp

erin

g. T

he g

reat

er D

ublin

area

now

con

tain

s al

mos

t 1 m

illio

n pe

ople

27 p

erce

nt o

f th

e to

tal p

opul

atio

n of

the

natio

n.B

ut D

ublin

's g

row

th h

as n

ot b

een

quite

as s

pect

acul

ar in

the

past

fiv

e ye

ars

and

the

grea

ter

part

of

the

extr

a po

pula

tion

isce

nter

ed a

roun

d ot

her

regi

onal

citi

es, w

hich

seem

to b

e bi

g en

ough

to e

nsur

e co

ntin

uing

expa

nsio

n w

ithou

t ext

ra g

over

nmen

t eff

ort.

Cor

k, L

imer

ick,

Sha

nnon

, Wat

erfo

rd, a

nd

95

Gal

way

all

show

con

side

rabl

ein

crea

ses

inpo

pula

tion,

and

so

do th

e ar

eas

arou

ndth

em.

The

dep

ress

ed a

reas

of

the

wes

t and

nort

h-w

est c

ontin

ue to

lose

pop

ulat

ion.

but a

t afa

r lo

wer

rat

e th

an in

for

mer

dec

ades

. If

ther

e is

any

less

on in

the

late

st f

igur

es f

orth

e ec

onom

ic p

lann

ers

itis

that

spe

cial

cent

ers

of g

row

th w

ill h

ave

to b

e es

tabl

ishe

din

thes

e re

gion

s al

so

Losses slowing

Mor

e im

port

ant,

how

ever

, are

the

shif

tsin

pop

ulat

ion

with

in th

e co

untr

y its

elf.

The

big

incr

ease

in p

opul

atio

n in

the

Dub

linar

ea a

nd a

roun

d th

e ot

her

citie

s, a

nd th

ede

clin

e in

rur

al a

reas

in th

e w

est a

nd n

orth

-w

est m

eans

that

som

e of

the

cons

titue

ncie

sw

ill h

ave

to b

e re

draw

n be

fore

the

next

gene

ral e

lect

ion.

Thi

s tr

end

coul

d ca

use

diff

icul

ties

for

the

gove

rnm

ent (

Fian

na F

ail)

par

ty, w

hich

isst

rong

est i

n th

e ru

ral w

este

rn a

reas

and

tend

s to

do

less

wel

l in

the

citie

s. T

he in

-cr

ease

in th

e ur

ban

vote

sho

uld

also

hel

pth

e Ir

ish

Lab

or P

arty

, whi

ch is

bet

ter

orga

-ni

zed

in th

e ci

ties

and

enjo

ys th

e co

oper

a-tio

n, if

not

alw

ays

the

activ

e su

ppor

t, of

man

y ur

ban

trad

euni

onis

ts.

By

Nol

laig

0 G

adhr

aSp

ecia

l to

The

Chr

istia

n Sc

ienc

e M

onito

r

Dub

lin

Reprinted by permission from the Christian

Science Monitor (c) 1971 the Christian

Science Publishing Sociey

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4: M

an a

nd W

ater

- 90

0i)

of th

e w

eigh

t of

our

bodi

es is

wat

er.

- W

e ca

n lo

se u

p to

5 g

allo

ns o

f th

is w

ater

per

day

thro

ugh

pers

pira

tion.

- W

e co

nsum

e ab

out 4

.5 p

ound

s of

wat

er p

er d

ay.

- A

vera

ge w

ater

con

sum

ptio

n in

the

wor

ld is

app

roxi

mat

ely

10 g

allo

ns p

er p

erso

n pe

r da

y.

- A

vera

ge w

ater

con

sum

ptio

n in

the

U. S

. A. i

s ap

prox

imat

ely

1,80

0 ga

llons

per

per

son

per

day.

- M

an c

an li

ve w

ithou

t wat

er f

or o

nly

abou

t 5 d

ays.

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5: W

ater

Con

sum

ptio

n Pa

ttern

s

CO

NSU

MPT

ION

PA

TT

ER

NS

OF

WA

TE

R

CO

NS

UM

PT

ION

OF

WA

TE

R IN

TH

E C

ON

TE

MP

OR

AR

Y U

.S. H

OU

SE

HO

LD

Use

Am

ount

(ga

llons

/per

cap

ita/d

ay)

Flu

shin

g to

ilets

20.5

Was

hing

and

bat

hing

18.5

Kitc

hen

use

3.0

Drin

king

wat

er2.

5

Was

hing

clo

thes

2.0

Gen

eral

hou

seho

ld c

lean

sing

1.5

Wat

erin

g th

e ga

rden

1.5

Was

hing

the

car

0.5

One

fauc

et d

rip12

.0

One

toile

t bow

l lea

k60

.0

Sou

rce:

Gor

don

M F

air.

et a

l.. W

ater

and

Was

tew

ater

Eng

inee

ring.

I. N

ew Y

ork.

Joh

n W

iley

& S

ons.

196

6.C

hapt

er V

. pp.

134

5: a

nd C

ity o

f New

Yor

k D

epar

tmen

t of W

ater

Sup

ply.

Onn

ston

of W

ater

Con

serv

atio

n.un

publ

ishe

d da

ta. 1

967.

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EN

T N

O. 2

6: W

ill W

e R

un O

ut o

f W

ater

?

Our

dem

and

for

fres

h w

ater

may

soo

n ex

ceed

our

sup

ply.

The

am

ount

of

usab

le w

ater

in th

e at

mos

pher

e re

mai

ns r

elat

ivel

y co

nsta

nt, b

ut d

eman

d fo

r w

ater

,bo

th in

this

cou

ntry

and

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

orld

, is

incr

easi

ng s

harp

ly. T

he U

. S. i

s pa

rtic

ular

ly d

eman

ding

of it

s w

ater

sup

ply.

In m

any

natio

ns o

f th

e w

orld

, the

ave

rage

dai

ly c

onsu

mpt

ion

of w

ater

for

all

purp

oses

(dom

estic

, agr

icul

tura

l and

indu

stri

al)

is a

bout

10

gallo

ns p

er p

erso

n. A

t pre

sent

, the

ave

rage

dai

ly c

on-

sum

ptio

n of

wat

er in

the

U. S

. is

appr

oxim

atel

y 1,

800

gallo

ns p

er p

erso

n! W

e ar

e pr

esen

tly u

sing

abo

ut35

5bi

llion

gal

lons

per

day

in th

is c

ount

ry, m

ostly

for

agr

icul

ture

and

indu

stry

. The

dem

and

is e

xpec

ted

to d

oubl

e or

trip

le b

y th

e en

d of

the

cent

ury.

A la

rge

amou

nt o

f ad

ditio

nal w

ater

will

be

requ

ired

just

to s

usta

in a

rap

idly

gro

win

g po

pula

tion.

Eve

n if

no

new

use

s fo

r w

ater

are

dev

elop

ed, u

sage

will

pro

babl

y do

uble

by

the

year

200

0 in

this

cou

ntry

.A

reas

of

Lat

in A

mer

ica,

Asi

a an

d A

fric

a w

here

pop

ulat

ion

is g

row

ing

muc

h ra

pidl

y m

ay f

ace

an e

ven

mor

ese

riou

s sh

orta

ge o

f w

ater

.T

his

char

t sum

mar

izes

the

incr

ease

d de

man

d fo

r w

ater

by

the

thre

e pr

imar

y w

ater

use

rs in

this

coun

try:

1900

1960

1980

(es

t.)In

dust

ry15

BG

D16

0 B

GD

394

BG

D

Agr

icul

ture

.22

BG

D14

1 B

GD

166

BG

D

Mun

icip

al3

BG

D22

BG

D37

BG

D

TO

TA

L40

BG

D32

3 B

GD

597

BG

D

BG

DB

illio

n G

allo

ns p

er D

ay.

98

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At t

he r

ate

indi

cate

d on

this

cha

rt, w

e m

ay w

ell n

eed

a tr

illio

n (1

,000

bill

ion)

gal

lons

of

wat

er p

er d

ayby

the

turn

of

the

next

cen

tury

. The

dep

enda

ble

supp

ly o

f fr

esh

wat

er in

the

atm

osph

ere

is e

stim

ated

at 6

50B

GD

. Thu

s, th

e de

man

d fo

r w

ater

will

mat

ch th

e su

pply

with

in te

n ye

ars

(rig

ht a

roun

d 19

84!)

, and

the

dem

and

will

far

exc

eed

the

supp

ly b

y th

e ye

ar 2

000.

Lav

aron

i, C

harl

es W

.,L

indb

erg,

Law

renc

e A

. ,an

d O

'Don

nell,

Pat

rick

A.,

Wat

er P

ollu

tion,

Add

ison

-Wes

ley

Publ

ishi

ng C

o.,

Inc.

,M

enie

Par

k, C

alif

.,

1971

, "W

ater

Sho

rtag

e,"

pp. 1

4-15

.

15

99

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O. 2

7: W

ater

Was

ters

and

Wat

er W

aste

s

Mak

e so

met

hing

rea

dily

ava

ilabl

e to

som

eone

in a

see

min

gly

inex

haus

tible

sup

ply,

and

he

will

soo

nle

arn

to u

se it

was

tefu

lly.

Tha

t is

prec

isel

y w

hat h

as h

appe

ned

with

fre

sh w

ater

in th

is c

ount

ry. F

arm

fam

ilies

who

had

to lu

gal

lw

ater

into

the

hous

e fr

om w

ells

wer

e no

t inc

lined

to w

aste

any

.C

ity f

amili

es w

ho c

an h

ave

as m

uch

.s th

i.w w

ant w

ith th

e tw

ist o

f a

fauc

et a

re m

uch

less

con

serv

ativ

e in

thei

r us

age.

In f

act u

rban

fam

ilies

with

plu

mbi

ng u

se a

lmos

t six

tim

es a

s m

uch

wat

er a

s fa

rm f

amili

es w

ith w

ells

. Eve

r si

nce

indo

or p

lum

bing

beca

me

com

mon

plac

e in

indi

vidu

al h

omes

, Am

eric

ans

have

bee

n sq

uand

erin

g th

eir

prec

ious

wat

er s

uppl

y.M

oder

n ho

mes

are

equ

ippe

d w

ith m

ore

bath

room

s, a

pplia

nces

, hom

e la

undr

ies

and

othe

r pr

oduc

ts w

hich

re-

quir

e w

ater

. Tod

ay e

ach

Am

eric

an u

ses

at h

ome

appr

oxim

atel

y fo

ur ti

mes

as

muc

h w

ater

as

he d

id in

190

0.W

alki

ng h

and

in h

and

with

the

prob

lem

of

incr

ease

d w

ater

con

sum

ptio

n is

the

prob

lem

of

incr

ease

dw

ater

pol

lutio

n. T

he s

ame

city

dw

elle

rs w

ho u

se m

ore

wat

er a

lso

cont

amin

ate

the

wat

er s

uppl

y m

ore

than

ever

bef

ore.

Sew

ers

from

citi

es c

arry

not

onl

y se

wag

e, b

ut d

eter

gent

s, D

DT

and

a h

ost o

f ot

her

pollu

tant

sfr

om h

omes

and

bus

ines

ses

into

the

wat

er s

uppl

y. A

larg

e ci

ty c

onsu

mes

an

aver

age

of 7

0 m

illio

n ga

llons

per

day

of w

ater

.It

als

o ad

ds 1

7 to

ns o

f or

gani

c su

spen

ded

solid

s, 1

7 to

ns o

f or

gani

c di

ssol

ved

solid

s, e

ight

tons

of

inor

gani

c di

ssol

ved

solid

s an

d 60

cub

ic f

eet o

f gr

it to

the

wat

er s

yste

m -

- D

AIL

Y.

How

ever

, des

pite

the

trem

endo

us in

crea

se b

oth

in u

se o

f w

ater

and

in p

ollu

tion,

mun

icip

aliti

es s

till

only

con

sum

e ab

out 1

0 pe

r ce

nt o

f th

e de

pend

able

wat

er s

uppl

y in

the

natio

n. T

he v

ast m

ajor

ity o

f th

e w

ater

is u

tiliz

ed b

y ag

ricu

lture

and

indu

stry

.

Lav

aron

i, C

harl

es W

.,L

indb

erg,

Law

renc

e A

., an

d O

'Don

nell,

Pat

rick

A.,

Wat

er P

ollu

tion,

Add

ison

-Wes

ley

Publ

ishi

ng C

o., I

nc.,

Men

ie P

ark,

Cal

if.,

1971

, "W

ater

Use

rs,"

pp.

16-

17.

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O. 2

8.

Wat

ersu

pply

pro

tect

ion

urge

d in

St.

John

s pl

ans

Mun

icip

al o

ffic

ials

bid

star

t with

eye

on

ecol

ogy

Z,T

IB

y L

LO

YD

SH

AN

NO

N

Env

iron

men

talis

tsan

dpr

opon

ents

of

the

St. J

ohns

liver

flo

od c

ontr

ol p

roje

ctlo

cked

hor

ns th

is m

orni

ng a

sm

unic

ipal

off

icia

ls m

ade

anim

pass

ione

dpl

eath

atth

ego

vern

ing

boar

d of

the-

Cen

tral

1an

d So

uthe

rn F

lori

da F

lood

Con

trol

Dis

tric

t' (F

CD

) do

som

ethi

ng to

ass

ure

Sout

hB

reva

rd o

f a

pota

ble

wat

ersu

pply

.O

ffic

ials

repr

esen

ting

Mel

bour

ne, S

atel

lite

Bea

ch,

Mel

bour

neV

illag

eal

lap

-pe

ared

bef

ore

the

boar

d al

ong

with

Cou

nty

Com

mis

sion

Cha

irm

an L

ee W

enne

r an

dex

pres

sed

conc

ern

over

Lak

eW

ashi

ngto

n's

capa

bilit

y of

supp

lyin

g So

uth

Bre

vard

with

all t

he w

ater

it n

eeds

now

and

in th

e fu

ture

.

Wen

ner

to,ld

the

boar

d be

thou

ght i

t 'ic

ulot

ts to

thro

waw

ay a

ll th

e m

otle

y th

at h

asbe

en in

vest

ed in

the

St. J

ohns

Riv

er f

lood

con

trol

pro

ject

,w

hile

obse

rvin

g"e

n-vi

ronm

enta

lco

ntro

lsa

fegu

ards

."T

he F

CD

has

spe

ntap

-pr

oxim

atel

y;2

0m

illio

nde

v lo

ping

asy

stem

ofre

serv

oirs

on

the

upla

nds

ofth

e ri

ver

basi

n to

pro

vide

Bre

vard

with

flo

od p

rote

ctio

nan

d a

supp

lem

enta

l wat

ersu

pply

, as

wel

l as

prov

idin

gw

ater

that

can

be

used

for

irri

gatin

g ag

ricu

lture

are

aspr

imar

ilyin

Indi

an R

iver

Cou

nty.

Wor

k on

the

proj

ect h

asbe

en s

topp

ed p

endi

ng th

eco

mpl

etio

n of

env

iron

men

tal

stud

ies.

May

or M

ilton

McG

rath

of

Mel

bour

ne s

impl

y as

kell

the

FCD

to d

o "S

omet

hing

.. . a

ndas

soo

n as

. pos

sibl

e,"

topr

ovid

e M

elbo

urne

with

agu

aran

teed

sup

ply

of p

otab

lew

ater

.M

elbo

urne

City

Cou

ncilm

anV

erno

nD

icks

expr

esse

d,co

nfid

ence

that

en-

viro

nmen

tal p

robl

ems

the

proj

ect m

ay c

reat

e ca

n be

take

n ca

re o

f in

tim

e. H

eas

ked

the

FCD

to m

ove

ahea

dw

ithth

eSt

.Jo

hns

Riv

erpr

ojec

t spe

edily

.Sa

telli

teB

each

May

orPe

rcy

Hed

geco

ck M

elbo

urne

Vill

age

May

or R

ay H

ende

rson

both

urg

ed th

e FC

D to

pro

ceed

with

the

proj

ect.

"I li

ke to

fis

h an

d hu

ntw

ildlif

e,"

Hed

geco

ck n

oted

,"b

ut-I

like

peo

ple

bette

r."

Hen

ders

on a

sked

the

boar

dto

do

som

ethi

ng to

dive

rtw

ater

bei

ng lo

st th

roug

hca

nals

bac

k in

to th

e ri

ver.

f01

Art

hur

Mar

shal

l, a

mem

ber

of th

e FC

D b

oard

, sai

d ba

wou

ld "

rem

embe

r th

e le

sson

sof

the

Kis

sim

mee

" in

any

deci

sion

he

mak

es c

once

rnin

gth

e pr

ojec

t and

em

phas

ized

the

impo

rtan

ce o

fus

ing

"nat

ural

sys

tem

s" w

here

poss

ible

. He

said

he

was

conc

erne

d ab

out w

ater

qua

lity

but k

new

of

no w

ay to

pre

dict

qual

ity "

in a

Man

aged

wat

er

Que

stio

ns c

once

rnin

g w

ater

qual

ity a

nd th

e sh

ipm

ent o

fw

ater

sou

th f

rom

the

rese

r-vo

irs

to a

gric

ultu

re a

reas

for

irri

gatio

npu

rpos

es w

ere

rais

ed b

y so

me

offi

cial

s an

dco

nser

vatio

nist

s.B

ill S

tarc

h, th

e FC

D's

chi

efen

gine

er, a

dmitt

ed th

ere

may

be w

ater

qua

lity

prob

lem

s."S

urfa

ce w

ater

qua

lity

alw

ays

vari

es,"

he

said

, but

note

d th

e en

gine

ers

who

bui

ltth

e M

elbo

urne

wat

er p

lant

san

d di

stri

butio

n sy

stem

ob-

viou

sly

took

that

into

acc

ount

from

the

star

t.It

was

em

phas

ized

by

Jack

Mal

loy

and

othe

r FC

D o

f-fi

cial

s th

at p

eopl

e w

ill b

e th

efi

rst p

rior

ity w

hen

wat

er u

seis

con

side

red.

"The

ass

umpt

ion

man

ype

ople

hav

e th

at a

llth

ere

serv

oir

wat

er is

goi

ng to

beus

ed f

or ir

riga

tion

purp

oses

isw

rong

," M

allo

y po

inte

d ou

t.H

e ex

plai

ned

disc

harg

esto

agri

cultu

ral a

reas

wou

ld b

ere

gula

ted

acco

rdin

g to

wat

erle

vels

in th

e ri

ver

valle

y.M

argi

ret S

cott

appe

ared

befo

re th

e bo

ard

in b

ehal

f of

the

Sout

h B

reva

rd L

eagu

e of

*om

en V

oter

s an

d ch

alle

nged

the

boar

d sp

out w

ater

qua

lity.

She

also

poi

nted

out

that

the

leag

ue w

as in

fav

or o

f th

e St

.Jo

hns

bein

g pl

aced

in a

sin

gle

wat

er m

anag

emen

t dis

tric

t.N

ew w

ater

man

agem

ent

dist

rict

s ar

e be

ing

esta

blis

hed

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

by th

eL

egis

latu

re a

nd th

ere

is a

poss

ibili

ty th

at th

e U

pper

St.

John

s R

iver

Bas

in w

ill b

em

ade

a pa

rt o

f th

e ne

w S

t.Jo

hns

Wat

er M

anag

emen

tD

istr

ict.

The

bas

in h

as b

een

are

spon

sibi

lity

of th

e FC

D f

orm

ore

than

20

year

s,M

rs. S

cott

expr

esse

d fe

ars

com

plet

ion

of th

e pr

ojec

t"c

ould

jeop

ardi

zeSo

uth

Bre

vard

's w

ater

sup

ply.

"

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Ret

. Maj

. Gen

. Har

ry J

.Sa

nds,

a f

orm

er m

embe

r of

the

FCD

boa

rd, a

ddre

ssed

ase

ries

of q

uest

ions

toth

ebo

ard.

He

aske

d if

pri

oriti

esco

uld

and

wou

ld b

e m

ade

onth

e us

e of

wat

er in

the

basi

nan

d w

as a

dvis

ed b

y M

allo

yth

at p

rior

ities

'def

inite

ly w

ould

be s

et. E

d D

ail,

exec

utiv

edi

rect

or o

fth

e FC

D, s

aid

peop

le w

ould

hav

e "f

irst

prio

rity

."

"I w

ant t

he p

eopl

e of

the

coun

ty a

ssur

ed th

eir

fear

sre

gard

ing

the

mis

use

of w

ater

are

unfo

unde

d an

d I

belie

veyo

u ha

ve ta

ken

care

of

that

,"Sa

nds

told

Dai

l.

Sand

s al

so a

sked

if w

ater

qual

ity w

ill b

e as

sure

d be

fore

spill

way

sin

the

upla

ndre

serv

oirs

are

clo

sed.

Stor

ch e

xpla

ined

that

whi

leth

ere

was

no

way

to b

uild

qual

ity g

uara

ntee

s in

toth

ede

sign

of

a pr

ojec

t, th

ere

wer

eop

erat

iona

l pro

cedu

res

that

coul

d be

use

d to

gua

rant

eequ

ality

. Sto

rch

expl

aine

d ho

ww

ater

is n

ow b

eing

dra

wn

dow

n in

one

of

the

FCD

'sSo

uth

Flor

ida

cons

erva

tion

area

s in

ord

erto

clea

nse

wat

er s

tore

d in

the

area

.

Wat

er s

uppl

ygu

ard

urge

d

Stor

chno

ted

duri

ngth

em

eetin

g th

at th

ere

are

wat

erqu

ality

pro

blem

s in

Tay

lor

Cre

ek, t

he F

CD

's o

nly

com

-pl

eted

impo

undm

ent a

rea

inB

reva

rd C

ount

y. M

allo

y, s

aid

that

it is

thou

ght w

ater

qua

lity

will

impr

ove

inth

e im

-po

undm

ent a

rea

with

age

.Sa

nds

part

icul

arly

str

esse

dth

e ne

ed f

or f

lood

con

trol

inth

eri

ver

basi

n,ci

ting

"dev

asta

ting

floo

ds"

whi

ch'o

ccur

red

in B

reva

rd s

ever

alye

ars

ago.

Woe

rten

dyke

took

issu

e w

ith S

ands

' use

of

the

wor

d "d

evas

tatin

g"an

dch

arge

d th

at f

lood

cont

rol

issu

e w

as b

eing

use

d as

"bla

ckm

ail."

Mel

bour

ne C

ity C

ounc

ilman

Dav

e W

oert

endy

ke e

xpre

ssed

conc

ern

over

wat

er q

ualit

yan

dth

eef

fect

wat

erdi

scha

rged

fro

m th

e re

ser-

voir

s m

ight

hav

e on

Lak

eW

ashi

ngto

n."I

kno

w th

atpe

ople

are

not

will

ing

to p

ay a

grea

t dea

l mor

e fo

r w

ater

trea

tmen

t."

Mel

bour

ne T

imes

, Feb

ruar

y 16

, 197

310

2

Woe

rten

dyke

ask

edth

ebo

ard

if it

cou

ld c

onsi

der

only

the

cons

truc

tion

of a

dam

on

Lak

e W

ashi

ngto

n an

d fo

rget

abou

t con

stru

ctio

n of

the

rese

rvoi

rs.

Dai

lad

vise

dW

oert

endy

ke th

at th

e bo

ard

coul

dn't

appr

ove

such

con

-st

ruct

i ',n

"be

caus

e of

the

way

thin

gs a

re n

ow c

onst

itute

d."

Woe

rten

dyke

als

o as

ked

the

FCD

boa

rd "

who

is p

ushi

ngth

e pr

ojec

t?"

and

ques

tione

dw

hy h

e al

way

s "s

aw th

e sa

me

face

s"at

rece

nt m

eetin

gsco

ncer

ned

with

the

proj

ect.

Thr

ee m

embe

rs o

fth

eM

elbo

urne

City

Cou

ncil

op-

pose

d to

the

proj

ect w

ould

like

to s

ee th

e FC

D b

uild

a d

am o

nth

ela

ke a

nd le

ave

the

rese

rvoi

rs e

mpt

y ex

cept

intim

es o

f em

erge

ncy.

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9:

Offi

cial

s P

ore

Ove

rS

outh

Wat

er S

hort

age

Sy D

AV

E T

HO

IVIP

SON

TO

OA

YSt

ollW

riter

Bre

vard

legi

slat

ors.

cou

nty

com

mis

sion

ers

and

Mel

bour

neci

ty c

ounc

ilmen

hav

e m

et to

try

and

dete

rmin

e w

hat a

ctio

nth

ey'll

take

to p

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

drin

king

wat

er s

uppl

ies

for

fu-

ture

Sou

th B

reva

rd n

eeds

.A

fter

the

mee

ting,

it s

till

was

n't q

uite

cle

ar w

hat t

he a

c-tio

n w

ill b

e."1

thin

k w

e ne

ed to

for

mul

ate

a un

ited

fron

t on

this

so

we'

llha

ve s

omet

hing

to p

rese

nt w

hen

the

floo

d co

ntro

l dis

tric

t mee

tshe

re."

Mel

bour

ne M

ayor

Milt

onM

cGra

th to

ld th

e as

sem

bled

of-

fici

als.

"T

his

thin

g ha

s be

enta

lked

abo

ut f

or 1

7 ye

ars,

and

ther

e st

ill h

asn'

t bee

n a

solu

-tio

n."

The

Cen

tral

and

Sou

ther

nFl

orid

a Fl

ood

Con

trol

Dis

tric

t(F

CD

) w

ill m

eet i

n M

elbo

urne

Feb.

16

at th

e re

ques

t of

Cou

nty

Com

mis

sion

Cha

irm

an L

eeW

enne

r. M

cGra

th s

aid.

Wen

ner

said

one

ans

wer

toso

lvin

g fu

ture

Sou

th B

reva

rdw

ater

nee

ds w

ould

be

com

ple

tion

of r

eser

voir

s w

est o

f M

el-

bour

ne a

lrea

dy s

tart

ed b

y th

eFC

D. T

his

wou

ld in

clud

e fl

ood-

ing

of th

e Ja

ne G

reen

Res

ervo

iran

d co

mpl

etio

n of

spi

llway

s to

cont

rol r

unof

f in

the

St. J

ohns

basi

n ar

ea, h

e sa

id.

"I th

ink

we

mus

t loo

k to

wat

er

cons

erva

tion,

con

vinc

e th

e FC

Dto

go

ahea

d w

ith th

eir

prog

ram

san

d ha

veth

eL

egis

latu

rere

leas

e fu

nds

to g

et th

ese

prog

ram

s go

ing,

" he

sai

d.

Tod

ay, F

ebru

ary

8, 1

973

How

ever

. Mel

bour

ne C

ounc

il-m

en D

avid

Woe

rten

dyke

and

Ed

Von

Nor

deck

sai

d th

ey w

eren

'tsu

re th

e Ja

ne G

reen

FC

Dpr

ojec

ts s

houl

d be

com

plet

ed.

"I'm

not

at a

ll th

orou

ghly

conv

ince

dth

e Ja

ne G

reen

Res

ervo

ir w

ould

be

the

answ

erto

pro

blem

s in

this

are

a,"

Woe

rten

dyke

sai

d. "

I do

n't s

eeho

w la

rge

quan

titie

s of

poo

rw

ater

wou

ld b

e a

solu

tion.

"So

me

biol

ogic

al a

udie

s ha

Ve

indi

cate

dth

e Ja

ne G

reen

Res

ervo

ir c

ould

be

cont

amin

at-

ed w

ith o

rgan

ic n

utri

ents

, cau

s-in

g bl

oom

s of

toxi

c al

gae,

if th

eFC

D p

roje

ct is

com

plet

ed.

"I d

on't

see

how

we

coul

ddr

aw c

oncl

usio

ns o

n th

e go

od o

rba

d w

ater

yet

," C

ount

y C

om-

mis

sion

er J

oe W

ickh

am s

aid.

103

"Eve

ry a

rea

that

is f

lood

ed h

aspo

or q

ualit

y fo

r a

tlme.

afte

rth

at. 1

do

know

that

we'

ll be

inre

al 't

roub

le if

som

e w

ater

isn'

tsa

ved.

"W

oert

endy

ke s

aid

he f

elt

som

e of

the

prob

lem

s co

uld

beso

lved

if P

opul

atio

n gr

owth

was

limite

d in

Sou

th B

reva

rd a

ndso

me

sort

of

cont

rols

pla

ced

onou

tsid

e de

velo

pers

. But

oth

erof

fici

als

said

they

did

not

fee

lth

is w

as p

ract

ical

."T

here

's n

o w

ay w

e're

goi

ngto

sto

p pe

ople

fro

m m

ovin

ghe

re,"

Cou

ncilm

an V

erno

nD

icks

sai

d.So

me

of th

4 of

fici

als

said

the

FCD

wou

ld h

ave

to b

e co

nvin

ced

to g

o th

roug

h w

ith th

e So

uth

Bre

vard

pro

ject

s, s

ince

ther

e is

a go

od c

hanc

e B

teva

rd w

ill b

epu

lled

out o

f th

e FC

D a

nd p

lace

d

in a

new

St.

John

s B

asin

Wat

erM

anag

emen

t Dis

tric

t by

stat

ele

gisl

ator

s.If

irev

ard

Rep

. Jac

k Sh

reve

said

it is

n't a

bsol

utel

y ce

rtai

nye

t how

the

new

dis

tric

ts w

ill b

eor

gani

zed.

How

ever

. ret

ired

Gen

. Har

rySa

nds,

a f

orm

er F

CD

boa

rdm

embe

r,. s

aid

the

FCD

had

n't

held

up

wor

k on

the

Sout

hB

reva

id p

roje

cts

in th

e M

itpl

ace-

"The

y've

bee

n w

aitin

i for

wor

d on

an

Arm

y C

orps

of

En-

gine

ers

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

stud

y, w

hich

mig

ht c

ome

out i

nth

ree

or f

our

wee

ks,"

he

said

."A

nd m

oney

that

was

set

asi

defo

r th

e B

reva

rd p

roje

cts

has

been

re-

allo

cate

d du

ring

that

time.

"

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0: W

ater

Res

ourc

es Q

uest

ions

1.L

ocat

e as

pre

cise

ly a

s po

ssib

le th

e ar

ea (

wat

ersh

ed)

in th

e St

ate

or C

ount

y w

here

the

rain

fal

ls w

hich

is u

sed

in y

our

hous

ehol

d. O

ver

how

larg

e an

are

a do

es th

is r

ainf

all o

ccur

?

2.In

wha

t lak

es o

r re

serv

oirs

is th

is w

ater

col

lect

ed?

How

hav

e th

ese

rese

rvoi

rs b

een

impr

oved

?

3.W

here

is th

e w

ater

pur

ific

atio

n pl

ant f

or y

our

area

loca

ted?

4.H

ow is

this

wat

er tr

eate

d in

ord

er to

pur

ify

it? W

hat i

s re

mov

ed a

nd h

ow is

it r

emov

ed?

Wha

tis

add

ed to

the

wat

er a

nd w

hy a

re th

ese

subs

tanc

es a

dded

?

5.H

ow is

this

wat

er d

istr

ibut

ed to

you

r ho

me?

6.W

hich

gov

ernm

enta

l age

ncie

s ar

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ge

tting

goo

d an

d su

ffic

ient

wat

eryo

ur h

ome?

For

whi

ch a

spec

ts o

f th

e pr

oces

s is

eac

h ag

ency

res

pons

ible

?

7.W

hat s

peci

fic

prob

lem

s ha

ve r

esul

ted

from

the

need

for

a c

ity to

obt

ain

larg

e qu

antit

ies

of p

urif

ied

wat

er a

nd h

ow m

ight

thes

e pr

oble

ms

be r

esol

ved?

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4.

t\:.:

phur

dio

xide

, whe

rein

the

pers

on d

ream

s he

is b

eing

asp

hyxi

ated

(su

ffoc

ated

). T

hat d

ream

may

soo

n be

com

e a

real

ity.

co

STU

DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 3

1:C

autio

n: B

reat

hing

May

be

Haz

ardo

us to

You

r H

ealth

Fiel

d tr

ips

have

alw

ays

been

pop

ular

in s

choo

l, es

peci

ally

ele

men

tary

sch

ool.

Stud

ents

cro

wd

onto

bus

es to

visi

t mus

eum

s, p

arks

, the

ater

s an

d ot

her

sour

ces

of c

ultu

ral e

nric

hmen

t or

recr

eatio

n. J

apan

has

rec

ently

com

eup

with

a r

athe

r un

usua

l kin

d of

fie

ld tr

ip -

- bu

sloa

ds o

f ci

ty c

hild

ren

are

bein

g ta

ken

out t

o th

e co

untr

y so

they

can

see

wha

t cle

an a

ir lo

oks

like!

Alth

ough

the

idea

of

taki

ng a

fie

ld tr

ip ju

st to

fin

d so

me

fres

h ai

r m

ay a

t fir

st s

trik

e yo

u fu

nny,

if y

ou th

ink

abou

t it t

he h

umor

is r

athe

r gr

im. W

e m

ay, i

n fa

ct, b

e la

ughi

ng a

ll th

e w

ay to

the

cem

eter

y. A

ll ar

ound

the

eart

h,bu

t esp

ecia

lly in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd in

Eur

ope,

pol

lutio

n is

incr

easi

ng.

In M

exic

o C

ity, t

he f

low

ers

on th

e ce

n-tr

al b

oule

vard

hav

e to

be

repl

aced

eve

ry tw

o m

onth

s, b

ecau

se th

ey d

ie o

f ai

r po

llutio

n. I

n It

aly,

peo

ple

have

lear

ned

to ta

ke th

e tr

ain

to M

ilan

duri

ng th

e w

inte

r sm

og s

easo

n, b

ecau

se. t

he s

ituat

ion

is s

o ba

d th

at p

lane

s of

ten

can'

t lan

d du

e to

poo

r vi

sibi

lity.

In B

irm

ingh

am, A

laba

ma,

ther

e ha

ve b

een

caus

es o

f ni

ghtm

ares

indu

ced

by s

ul-

Air

Pol

lutio

n K

ills

As

soon

as

man

fac

es th

at f

act,

he m

ay b

e ab

le to

do

som

ethi

ng a

bout

it.

It s

eem

s th

at p

eopl

e in

this

cou

n-tr

y (a

nd a

roun

d th

e w

orld

) ar

e fi

nally

wak

ing

up to

the

urge

nt c

risi

s w

hich

has

bee

n th

rust

upo

nus

in th

e 19

70's

as a

res

ult o

f ou

r ex

tens

ive

indu

stri

aliz

atio

n du

ring

the

prev

ious

fou

r de

cade

s. I

n th

e 19

30's

, for

exa

mpl

e, J

a-pa

nese

chi

ldre

n sa

ng p

roud

ly o

f "T

he F

lam

es o

f B

elch

ing

Smok

e,"

as th

e na

tion

rapi

dly

indu

stri

aliz

ed p

rior

toW

orld

War

II.

Tha

t son

g is

no

long

er v

ery

popu

lar

in a

cou

ntry

whe

re s

ome

of th

ese

sam

e ch

ildre

nm

ay h

ave

been

amon

g 20

"po

llutio

n pa

tient

s" w

ho h

ave

died

in K

awas

aki a

lone

sin

ce F

ebru

ary,

197

0. I

n A

laba

ma,

mill

wor

kers

used

to s

ay, "

Dir

ty s

kies

mea

n fu

ll lu

nch

bask

ets.

" T

oday

's m

ill h

ands

, lis

teni

ng to

thei

r ch

ildre

n w

heez

e w

ithas

thm

a ca

used

by

air

pollu

tion,

are

no

long

er e

choi

ng th

at r

efra

in w

hen

they

look

at t

he s

ky.

A W

orld

wid

e Pr

oble

mA

lthou

gh a

ir p

ollu

tion

is e

spec

ially

ser

ious

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

and

Wes

tern

Eur

ope,

it is

bec

omin

ga

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wor

ldw

ide

prob

lem

. In

gene

ral,

the

mor

e in

dust

rial

ized

a n

atio

nbe

com

es, t

he g

reat

er it

s ai

r po

llutio

n pr

oble

ni.

It is

ther

efor

e no

sur

pris

e th

at th

e U

. S. i

s in

"fi

rst p

lace

"in

the

air

pollu

tion

depa

rtm

ent.

Of

the

28 c

ities

liste

d

in a

Los

Ang

eles

Tim

es s

tudy

of

the

wor

ld's

wor

st p

ollu

tion

cent

ers,

the-

U. S

. has

no

less

than

nin

e --

New

Yor

k;

Pitts

burg

h; W

ashi

ngto

n, D

. C. ;

Bir

min

gham

, Ala

bam

a; N

ew O

rlea

ns;

Hou

ston

; St.

Lou

is; C

hica

go a

nd L

os A

ngel

es.

Eur

ope

has

six:

Lon

don

and

Shef

fiel

d in

Eng

land

; Rot

terd

amin

the

Net

herl

ands

; Par

is, F

ranc

e; R

uhr,

Wes

t Ger

-

man

y; a

nd M

ilan,

Ita

ly.

In th

e Fa

r E

ast,

the

six

maj

or p

ollu

tion

cent

ers

are

Tok

yo, J

apan

; Seo

ul, S

outh

Kor

ea;

Tia

pei,

Tai

wan

; Sai

gon,

Sou

th V

ietn

am; B

angk

ok, T

haila

nd; a

ndN

ew D

elhi

, Ind

ia.

Sout

h A

mer

ica

has

four

sev

ere

pollu

tion

cent

ers

-- R

io d

e Ja

neir

o an

d Sa

o Pa

ulo

in B

razi

l; B

ueno

sA

ires

, Arg

entin

a; a

nd S

antia

go, C

hile

. The

othe

r fo

cal p

oint

s of

pol

lutio

n in

the

wor

ld a

re A

nkar

a, T

urke

y;M

osco

w; a

nd M

exic

o C

ity.

The

Los

Ang

eles

Tim

es s

tudy

poi

nted

out

fiv

e m

ajor

eff

ects

of a

ir p

ollu

tion,

and

list

ed s

ix p

rim

ary

caus

es.

The

maj

or e

ffec

ts w

ere:

..-1.

C.:.

1)O

n he

alth

.In

the

last

10

year

s, a

t lea

st 1

,000

dea

ths

have

bee

nat

trib

uted

dir

ectly

to a

ir p

ollu

tion,

c.an

d co

untle

ss th

ousa

nds

mor

e w

ere

prob

ably

hast

ened

by

air

pollu

tion.

2)O

n na

ture

.Pl

ants

, flo

wer

s an

d tr

ees

in c

ities

hav

e pe

rish

ed, a

nd m

any

spec

ies

of b

irds

and

inse

cts

have

fle

d.3)

On

aest

hetic

s. M

uch

beau

ty, b

oth

natu

ral a

nd m

an-m

ade,

has

been

lost

or

tarn

ishe

d. F

amili

ar v

iew

sha

ve f

aded

, ple

asan

t odo

rs h

ave

been

turn

ed in

to h

orri

ble

smel

ls, a

nd f

amou

s bu

ildin

gs a

nd s

tatu

esar

e be

ing

disc

olor

ed a

nd c

orro

ded.

4)O

n lif

e-st

yles

.In

soo

t-co

lore

d ci

ties,

peo

ple

have

beg

un to

wea

rso

ot-c

olor

ed c

loth

ing.

Hom

e-ow

ners

have

giv

en u

p on

rep

aint

ing

hom

es s

tain

ed b

y in

dust

rial

effl

uent

. Peo

ple

have

flo

cked

fro

m th

e ci

ties

toth

e su

burb

s to

avo

id s

mog

, but

they

onl

y cr

eate

mor

e sm

ogw

hen

they

com

mut

e to

and

fro

m w

ork

byau

tom

obile

.5)

On

the

wea

ther

. Sun

shin

e is

a r

are

even

t in

som

e ci

ties,

and

the

air

pollu

tion

inde

x ha

s be

com

e a

rou-

tine

part

of

the

wea

ther

rep

ort.

(Can

you

imag

ine

turn

ing

onth

e ra

dio

in th

e m

orni

ng to

see

whe

ther

or

not y

ou h

ad to

wea

r yo

ur g

as m

ask

to s

choo

l tha

tda

y?)

Pollu

ting

part

icle

s m

ay c

ause

incr

ease

d ra

in-

fall

dow

nwin

d of

indu

stri

al c

ompl

exes

, by

seed

ing

the

clou

ds. I

roni

cally

, fai

r an

d ca

lm w

eath

er h

asbe

com

e un

wel

com

e in

man

y ci

ties,

bec

ause

it c

ause

s a

build

-up

of s

mog

. Chi

lly, b

lust

ery

days

are

actu

ally

pre

ferr

ed in

man

y pl

aces

, bec

ause

at l

east

the

raw

wea

ther

pro

vide

s a

brie

f re

lief

from

the

smog

.

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The

maj

or c

ause

s of

air

pol

lutio

n ar

e:1)

Indu

stri

al e

mis

sion

s. C

arbo

n m

onox

ide,

sul

fur

diox

ide,

oxid

es o

f ni

trog

en a

nd a

cid

gass

es a

re m

ost

wid

ely

exis

ting.

2)Sm

oke

from

hig

h-su

lfur

fue

ls.

Sulf

uric

oxi

des

pour

into

the

air

from

the

com

bust

ion

ofbo

th c

oal a

ndoi

l with

a h

igh

sulf

ur c

onte

nt.

Lat

in A

mer

ican

and

Mid

dle

Eas

tern

mill

s ar

e hi

gh in

sulf

ur -

- up

to5%

-- a

nd th

e re

mov

al o

fth

is s

ubst

ance

may

incr

ease

the

cost

of

the

fuel

by u

p to

10%

.

3)Pa

rtic

ulat

es (

very

sm

all p

iece

s). C

oal p

artic

ulat

es c

anbe

con

trol

led

if "

smok

eles

s" (

trea

ted)

coa

l is

used

, but

ther

e ar

e m

any

othe

r so

urce

s of

sol

id p

artic

les

--tr

ash

inci

nera

tors

, ste

el m

ill e

fflu

ents

(out

flo

w),

dus

t fro

m r

ubbe

r an

d gr

ain-

mill

ing

plan

ts, a

nd n

atur

aldu

st.f

rom

land

str

ippe

d of

veg

eta-

tion

by f

arm

ing

or e

rosi

on.

4)C

arbo

n m

onox

ide.

Thi

s in

visi

ble,

odo

rles

s po

ison

ous

gas

com

esla

rgel

y fr

om a

utom

obile

exh

aust

.It

is a

thre

at in

nea

rly

ever

y ci

ty th

at h

as h

eavy

traf

fic.

5)L

ead.

Lea

d ox

ides

are

hig

hly

toxi

c (p

oiso

nous

) su

bsta

nces

prod

uced

in th

e co

mbu

stio

n of

gas

olin

esco

ntai

ning

lead

add

itive

s to

red

uce

engi

ne k

nock

.co

Phot

oche

mic

al s

mog

. Thi

s co

mes

fro

m a

com

plex

che

mic

alre

actio

n in

volv

ing

hydr

ocar

bons

and

ni-

trog

en o

xide

s fr

om th

e in

tern

al c

ombu

stio

n en

gine

.It

is a

ctiv

ated

by

sunl

ight

. Man

y ox

idan

ts a

re in

-cl

uded

in s

mog

; pro

babl

y th

e m

ost c

omm

on is

ozo

ne, a

high

cor

rosi

ve f

orm

of

oxyg

en (

03).

The

des

truc

tiven

ess

of th

ese

type

s of

air

pol

lutio

n de

pend

s on

fact

ors

such

as

the

geog

raph

y of

the

regi

on

surr

ound

ing

the

city

(do

mou

ntai

ns tr

ap th

e po

llute

d ai

r?);

met

eoro

logy

(su

n, w

inds

, tem

pera

ture

inve

rsio

ns);

indu

stry

(ho

w m

uch,

and

how

wel

l is

it re

gula

ted?

); p

opul

atio

nde

nsity

, and

the

num

ber

of p

eopl

e w

ho u

se c

ars

(and

how

oft

en).

Publ

ic A

war

enes

s an

d C

oope

ratio

n N

eede

d

" 'S

mog

is a

soc

ieta

l pro

blem

," s

aid

Dr.

Joh

n M

iddl

eton

,de

puty

ass

ista

nt a

dmin

istr

ator

of

air

prog

ram

s

for

the

fede

ral o

ffic

e of

air

pro

gram

s in

Roc

kvill

e,M

d, 'I

t mus

t be

appr

oach

ed th

at w

ay.'

"A

s se

riou

s as

air

pol

lutio

n is

, it C

AN

be

corr

ecte

d --

if th

ere

is s

tron

g pu

blic

pre

ssur

e an

d co

oper

atio

n. A

perf

ect e

xam

ple

of c

omm

unity

act

ion

agai

nst a

irpo

llutio

n ca

n be

see

n in

the

case

of

Lon

don.

The

Bri

tish

capi

tal

was

one

of

the

firs

t pla

ces

in th

ew

orld

to b

e in

dust

rial

ized

, beg

inni

ng a

s ea

rly

as th

e A

mer

ican

Rev

olut

ion.

For

150

year

s, th

e ci

ty w

as s

hrou

ded

in a

ste

adily

wor

seni

ng h

aze

of c

oal s

mok

e.L

ondo

n fo

gs b

ecam

e fa

mou

s, b

ut

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they

wer

e m

ore

than

just

fog

s.B

its o

f co

al a

sh f

rom

hom

e-ow

ner&

ope

n co

al h

eart

hs c

logg

ed th

e ai

r, r

etai

ning

moi

stur

e an

d m

akin

g th

e fo

gs p

ersi

st lo

nger

. As

indu

stry

gre

w, i

t spe

wed

mor

e so

ot a

nd ir

rita

ting

sulf

uric

ox-

ides

into

the

atm

osph

ere.

Lon

don

beca

me

a gr

imy

gray

city

. Sco

res

of s

peci

es o

f bi

rds

disa

ppea

red.

Res

pira

tory

illne

sses

incr

ease

d. T

he tu

rnin

g po

int c

ame

in 1

952.

Tra

pped

by

an a

ir in

vers

ion,

sm

og p

aral

yzed

Lon

don

for

four

day

s. B

efor

e it

fina

lly li

fted

, som

e 4,

000

peop

le w

ith il

lnes

ses

had

died

due

to c

ompl

icat

ions

cau

sed

by a

irpo

llutio

n --

dea

ths

whi

ch n

orm

ally

mig

ht h

ave

been

long

del

ayed

. Gre

at B

rita

in a

wok

e. I

n 19

56, t

he C

lean

Air

Act

was

pas

sed,

ord

erin

g st

rict

sm

oke

cont

rol.

Indu

stri

al e

mis

sion

s w

ere

curt

aile

d. L

arge

are

as, i

nclu

ding

Lon

-do

n, w

ere

decl

ared

"sm

okel

ess

zone

s."

The

old

ope

n he

arth

s w

ere

bann

ed, a

nd h

ome-

owne

rs h

ad to

use

gas

, ele

c-tr

icity

or

sp.c

ially

trea

ted

smok

eles

s co

al. T

he s

tric

t mea

sure

s pa

id o

ff. G

radu

ally

Lon

don

has

emer

ged

out o

fth

e ha

ze. S

unsh

ine

incr

ease

d by

an

aver

age

of 4

0%, a

nd in

Dec

embe

r, tr

aditi

onal

ly th

e w

orst

mon

th f

or s

mog

, it

incr

ease

d by

70%

. Gar

dene

rs f

ound

it p

ossi

ble

to g

row

pla

nts

whi

ch h

ad b

een

kille

d by

the

smog

. Bir

ds r

etur

ned.

The

pol

ar b

ears

in L

ondo

n Z

oo w

ere

whi

te in

stea

d of

gra

y. L

ondo

ners

beg

an to

wea

r lig

hter

-col

ored

clo

thin

g. T

hene

w r

egul

atio

ns a

lso

bene

fite

d Sh

effi

eld,

onc

e th

e di

rtie

st o

f B

rita

in's

man

ufac

turi

ng c

ente

rs, a

nd n

ow o

ne o

f th

ec.

;.1cl

eane

st. O

ne o

f th

e te

chni

ques

use

d to

cle

ar S

heff

ield

was

to b

uild

900

-foo

t sm

okes

tack

s fr

om s

ome

of th

e m

ills,

thus

dis

pers

ing

the

irri

tatin

g su

lfur

dio

xide

s in

the

uppe

r w

ind

curr

ents

, rat

her

than

allo

win

g th

em to

set

tle o

n th

egr

ound

. Cle

arly

, thi

s so

lutio

n ha

s its

lim

itatio

ns, b

ecau

se th

e po

lluta

nts

coul

d fa

ll el

sew

here

and

bec

ome

som

e-on

e el

se's

pro

blem

. Nev

erth

eles

s, E

ngla

nd's

act

ions

hav

e cl

earl

y de

mon

stra

ted

that

eve

n if

air

pol

lutio

n ca

n't b

eel

imin

ated

, it c

an b

e co

ntro

lled.

Proo

f th

at a

ir p

ollu

tion

can

be b

roug

ht u

nder

con

trol

can

als

o be

see

n in

the

case

of

Pitts

burg

h in

this

cou

n-tr

y. K

now

n as

the

"Sm

oky

City

" du

ring

the

1930

's d

ue to

its

stee

l mill

s, th

e w

este

rn P

enns

ylva

nia

met

ropo

lisca

me

squa

rely

to g

rips

with

its

prob

lem

aft

er W

orld

War

II,

and

it h

as s

ucce

eded

in r

educ

ing

air

pollu

tion

tolo

wer

leve

ls th

an m

any

othe

r ci

ties,

with

out h

eavi

ly c

urta

iling

its

indu

stry

.T

he e

xam

ples

of

Lon

don

and

Pitts

burg

h ar

e en

cour

agin

g. O

ther

com

mun

ities

nee

d to

follo

w s

uit -

- an

d ra

pidl

y.It

's a

mat

ter

of li

fe a

nd b

reat

h.--

Dia

l Tor

gers

on, L

os A

ngel

es T

imes

Dis

patc

h, "

Pollu

tion:

Yel

low

Clo

ud f

rom

Spa

ce, K

iller

on

Ear

th,"

pri

nted

in O

rlan

doSe

ntin

el, S

unda

y, J

anua

ry 2

3, 1

972,

p.1

8A.

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DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 3

2: N

atur

al A

irPo

lluta

nts

The

re a

re tw

o ba

sic

clas

ses

of a

ir p

ollu

tant

s--n

atur

alan

d m

an-m

ade.

Alth

ough

nat

ural

pol

luta

nts

are

not g

ener

ally

con

side

red

in d

iscu

ssin

g th

epr

oble

m o

f di

rty

air,

man

y pa

rtic

les

such

as w

ater

, dus

t and

polle

n, a

nd s

ome

gase

s re

leas

ed in

to th

eai

r du

ring

nat

ural

pro

cess

esca

n be

com

e a

prob

lem

bec

ause

of

chan

ges

in te

mpe

ratu

re, t

he a

mou

nt o

fsu

nlig

ht o

r in

the

type

and

am

ount

of

plan

t gro

wth

. Eve

n th

ough

natu

ral p

ollu

tion

cann

ot b

e co

ntro

lled

toan

y ap

prec

iabl

e de

gree

, nei

ther

can

man

aff

ord

to ig

nore

it en

-tir

ely.

Five

maj

or s

ourc

es o

f na

tura

l pol

lutio

nar

e vo

lcan

oes,

for

est f

ires

, soi

l par

ticle

s, s

alt p

artic

les

and

cosm

ic d

ust.

Whe

n a

volc

ano

erup

ts, v

ast q

uant

ities

of

smok

e an

d de

bris

are

hur

led

into

the

air.

A p

ower

ful e

rupt

ion

may

dis

char

ge 1

00 b

illio

n cu

bic

yard

s of

par

ticle

sin

to th

e at

mos

pher

e. S

ome

may

ris

e to

a h

eigh

t of

13 m

iles

and

take

yea

rs to

dri

ft b

ack

to e

arth

.It

is p

ossi

ble

for

such

par

ticle

s to

aff

ect

the

eart

h's

clim

ate

by b

lock

ing

out s

ome

of th

e su

n's

rays

and

cau

sing

a gr

ictu

al c

oolin

g of

the

eart

h's

atm

osph

ere.

How

ever

,th

e si

gnif

ican

ceof

vol

cano

es a

s a

sour

ce o

f ai

r po

llutio

nis

stil

l a v

ery

cont

rove

rsia

l sci

entif

ic to

pic.

Som

e sc

ient

ists

arg

ueth

at th

e am

ount

of

part

icle

s re

leas

ed b

yvo

lcan

oes

in p

ropo

rtio

n to

par

ticle

s fr

om o

ther

pollu

tion

sour

ces

is).

.a.

CA

Din

sign

ific

ant.

Oth

ers

feel

that

vol

cano

esm

ay b

e a

mor

e se

riou

s so

urce

of

pollu

tion

than

pre

viou

sly

thou

ght.

Co

Fore

st F

ires

Red

uce

Vis

ibili

tyFo

rest

fir

es a

re, i

n a

sens

e, b

oth

natu

ral a

nd m

an-m

ade;

they

occu

r in

nat

ure,

but

mor

e of

ten

than

not

.

they

are

sta

rted

by

the

care

less

ness

of

man

. The

gre

ates

t sig

nifi

canc

e of

for

est f

ires

is th

eam

ount

of

timbe

rde

stro

yed.

The

U.S

. Nat

iona

l For

est S

ervi

cees

timat

ed th

at f

rom

195

4-19

63 a

tota

l of

1,20

0,00

0fo

rest

fir

esin

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es c

onsu

med

over

6 m

illio

n ac

res

of f

ores

t. H

owev

er, s

mok

e fr

om th

ese

fire

s ca

n ad

d su

b-st

antia

lly to

air

pol

lutio

n. U

sual

ly th

is e

ffec

tis

fel

t onl

y in

the

vici

nity

of

the

fire

, but

in th

e ca

se o

f m

ajor

fire

s a

sign

ific

ant d

ange

rm

ay b

e po

sed

for

mot

oris

ts a

nd a

viat

ors

in th

e fo

rm o

fre

duce

d vi

sibi

lity.

Und

er c

erta

in c

ondi

tions

, lar

ge q

uant

ities

of

soil

part

icle

s ca

n be

sw

ept i

nto

the

atm

osph

ere

by w

inds

.Su

ch s

and

and

dust

sto

rms

resu

lt fr

omdr

ough

t, th

e ab

senc

e of

pla

ntgr

owth

, and

an

abun

danc

e of

fin

e,po

wde

ry s

oil.

The

proc

ess

of w

ind

pick

ing

up s

oil p

artic

les

is k

now

n as

sal

tatio

n. T

hese

part

icle

s re

mai

n10

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in th

e at

mos

pher

e un

til th

ey a

re b

roug

ht b

ack

to e

arth

by

grav

ityor

with

pre

cipi

tatio

n.Sa

ltata

tion

is a

pro

-bl

em in

win

dy a

reas

whe

re to

psoi

l has

bee

n di

stur

bed;

str

ong

win

ds b

low

ing

over

rec

ently

-plo

wed

fie

lds

can

carr

y of

f m

uch

of th

e to

psoi

l. In

the

1930

's d

roug

ht a

nd o

ver-

culti

vatio

n in

wid

e ar

eas

of th

e M

idw

est

led

to s

uch

seve

re s

alta

tion

that

the

entir

e re

gion

bec

ame

know

sas

the

"Duq

tbow

l." P

robl

ems

of n

atur

al a

irpo

llutio

n fr

om s

alta

tion

are

redu

ced

thre

e fa

ctor

s: 1

) ad

equa

te r

ainf

all,

2) la

rger

par

ticle

s of

soil,

and

3)

abou

ndan

t pla

nt g

row

th. M

an m

ust d

epen

d pr

imar

ilyon

the

thir

d fa

ctor

in h

is e

ffor

t to

cont

rol t

he p

robl

em.

Salt

part

icle

s en

ter

the

atm

osph

ere

whe

n oc

ean

wav

es c

rash

aga

inst

the

shor

e, th

row

ing

smal

l wat

erdr

ople

ts in

to th

e ai

r. M

any

of th

ese

part

icle

s m

ove

to h

igh

altit

udes

on c

urre

nts

of r

isin

g ai

r an

d ar

e th

ensw

ept i

nlan

d. E

vent

ually

wat

er d

ropl

ets

form

aro

und

the

salt

part

icle

s an

d th

ey r

etur

n to

ear

thas

rai

n. S

alt

part

icle

s th

emse

lves

are

invi

sibl

e, b

ut th

eir

effe

cts

on p

aint

and

aut

omob

iles

are

obvi

ous.

Air

pol

lutio

n ca

used

by s

alt p

artic

les

is a

ser

ious

pro

blem

in m

any

coas

tal a

reas

, esp

ecia

lly a

long

the

beac

h. I

t is

not a

ser

ious

prob

lem

for

thos

e liv

ing

furt

her

inla

nd.

1-a

The

Ear

th is

Bom

bard

ed w

ith C

osm

ic D

ust

.C.3

.1?T

he o

ther

maj

or ty

pe o

f ai

r po

llutio

n w

hich

exi

sts

in n

atur

eco

mes

fro

m o

utsi

de th

e ea

rth'

s at

mos

pher

e.A

s th

e ea

rth

orbi

ts a

roun

d th

e su

n it

pass

es c

ontin

uous

ly th

roug

h la

rge

clou

ds o

f co

smic

dust

. The

larg

erpa

rtic

les

are

visi

ble

from

the

eart

h as

"sh

ootin

g st

ars.

" M

illio

ns o

f th

ese

met

eors

are

vis

ible

to a

stro

nom

ers

each

day

. It h

as b

een

estim

ated

that

at l

east

1,0

00 to

ns o

f th

ese

tiny

part

icle

sen

ter

the

eart

h's

atm

osph

ere

each

yea

r, b

ut b

ecau

se th

ey a

re s

prea

d eq

ually

ove

r th

e ea

rth'

s su

rfac

e, th

eov

eral

l eff

ects

of

cosm

ic d

tist o

nai

r po

llutio

n ar

e pr

obab

ly n

ot s

erio

us.

Non

e of

the

five

maj

or n

atur

al s

ourc

es o

f ai

r po

llutio

npo

ses

a se

riou

s th

reat

to h

ealth

.It

is im

port

ant t

obe

aw

are

of th

em, h

owev

er. E

ven

if m

an.h

ad n

ever

" en

tere

d th

e pi

ctur

e, th

ere

wou

ld b

e no

suc

h th

ing

aspe

rfec

tly "

pure

air

."--

Cha

rles

W. L

avar

oni &

Pat

rick

O'D

onne

ll, A

ir P

ollu

tion,

Add

ison

-Wes

ley

Publ

ishi

ng C

o.,

Inc.

Men

le P

ark,

Cal

if. ,

Ch.

2, "

Air

: A V

ital R

esou

rce,

" pp

. 9 -

35.

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O. 3

3: E

xper

imen

t 1Pa

rtic

les

in th

e A

ir

PUR

POSE

: To

obse

rve

part

icul

ate

cont

amin

atio

n in

the

air.

i

MA

TE

RIA

LS:

1.

seve

ral w

hite

inde

x ca

rds

2.a

jar

of V

asel

ine

3.a

roll

of S

cotc

h T

ape

4.a

mag

nify

ing

lens

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

: Mill

ions

of

diff

eren

t kin

ds o

f pa

rtic

les

are

dum

ped

into

our

atm

osph

ere

each

day

.So

me

of th

ese

part

icle

s co

me

from

nat

ural

sou

rces

: soi

l par

ticle

s pi

cked

up

by th

e w

ind,

sal

tpa

rtic

les

from

oce

an s

pray

, and

sm

oke

from

for

est f

ires

and

vol

cano

es. M

any

of th

ese

air-

born

e pa

rtic

les

com

e fr

om m

an's

act

iviti

es. T

he b

urni

ng o

f va

st a

mou

nts

of f

uel f

or h

eat

and

pow

er, c

onst

ruct

ion

and

man

ufac

turi

ng a

ctiv

ities

of

all k

inds

, the

dis

posa

l of

was

tes,

all a

dd s

olid

pol

luta

nts

to th

e ai

r.Ii C

AD

Man

y ci

ties

are

cove

red

by a

gra

y cl

oud

of d

ust p

artic

les

floa

ting

a m

ile o

r so

abo

ve th

e gr

ound

.tr

tA

ccor

ding

to s

cien

tists

, the

se d

ust c

loud

s ab

sorb

20%

to 5

0% o

f th

e su

n's

rays

cau

sing

the

day-

time

to b

e cl

oudy

and

dul

l.

Mea

sure

men

ts o

nce

mad

e in

Pitt

sbur

g sh

owed

that

an

aver

age

of 6

10 to

ns o

f du

st f

ell e

ach

year

on

a si

ngle

squ

are

mile

of

the

city

. The

dus

t in

othe

r ci

ties

may

be

even

wor

se.

In

the

cent

er o

f T

okyo

, 57

tons

of

dust

per

squ

are

mile

wer

e m

easu

red

in o

ne m

onth

.

PRO

CE

DU

RE

: Wha

t is

it lik

e w

here

you

live

? H

ere'

s ho

w y

ou c

an b

egin

to f

ind

out.

1.N

umbe

r th

e in

dex

card

s.2.

Smea

r a

very

thin

laye

r of

Vas

elin

e in

the

cent

er o

f ea

ch c

ard.

3.T

ape

the

card

s in

var

ious

pla

ces

arou

nd th

e sc

hool

, bot

h in

side

and

out

side

.4.

Aft

er o

ne d

ay c

olle

ct th

e ca

rds

for

obse

rvat

ion.

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se a

mag

nify

ing

lens

or

a lo

wpo

wer

mic

rosc

ope

to c

heck

on

the

num

ber

of p

artic

les.

a.O

nly

coun

t tho

se th

at y

ou c

an e

asily

see,

bec

ause

ther

e w

ill b

e m

any

mor

eth

at a

re to

o sm

all t

o se

e w

ithou

ta

mor

e po

wer

ful l

ens.

b. O

bser

ve th

e ki

nds

of p

artic

les,

thei

r sh

apes

,co

lors

and

siz

es.

CO

NC

LU

SIO

N:

Whe

re d

o yo

u th

ink

the

part

icle

s co

me

from

? H

owm

ight

you

exp

lain

som

e of

thes

edi

ffer

ence

s? W

ould

you

exp

ect t

he w

eede

nds

to h

ave

mor

e or

less

dus

t tha

n th

e w

eekd

ays?

Why

?W

rite

a p

aper

exp

lain

ing

your

answ

ers

to th

ese

ques

tions

and

oth

er r

esul

ts o

f th

e ex

peri

men

t.

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O. 3

4:E

xper

imen

t 2A

ir P

ollu

tion

and

Aut

omob

iles

PUR

POSE

:T

o ob

serv

e po

lluta

nts

in a

utom

obile

exh

aust

.

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

:

1.R

ound

dis

cs o

f fi

lter

pape

r ca

n be

obt

aine

d fr

om a

sci

ence

inst

ruct

or.

2.E

ncou

rage

stu

dent

var

iatio

n of

the

basi

c tr

ial.

Obv

ious

ly a

bla

ck r

ing

of c

arbo

n co

mpo

unds

and

oil w

ill s

tain

the

pape

r.In

tere

stin

g co

mpa

riso

ns c

an b

e m

ade

but t

he v

aria

bles

mus

t be

held

con

stan

t. Fo

r ex

ampl

e it

mig

ht b

e in

tere

stin

g to

com

pare

car

s in

gen

eral

but

the

expe

ri-

men

t can

be

mad

e m

ore

prec

ise

by h

avin

g co

ntro

l ove

r as

man

y va

riab

les

as p

ossi

ble.

PRO

CE

DU

RE

S: Usi

ng f

ilter

pap

er o

r so

me

poro

us w

hite

pap

er, p

lace

the

pape

r ov

er th

e ta

il pi

pe o

f a

runn

ing

idle

car

eng

ine

for

a pe

riod

of

10 s

econ

ds.

Obs

erve

the

resu

lts.

Com

pare

the

resu

lts o

f ot

her

tria

ls o

f di

ffer

ent m

ake

auto

mob

iles.

Not

e su

ch d

iffe

renc

es a

s ag

eof

aut

o, n

umbe

r of

hor

se p

ower

, etc

.O

bser

ve th

e re

sults

fro

m th

e ca

rs u

sing

dif

fere

nt g

rade

s an

d br

ands

of

gaso

line.

1-4

1.C

O-.

.1

2. 3. 4.

CO

NC

LU

SIO

N:

Wri

te a

pap

er e

xpla

inin

g th

e re

sults

of

your

exp

erim

ent.

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5:E

xper

imen

t 3A

irbo

rne

Part

icul

ates

i

PUR

POSE

: To

dete

rmin

e th

e de

risi

ty o

f sm

oke

by th

e us

e of

Rin

gelm

ann

char

ts.

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

: In

the

burn

ing

of a

ny m

ater

ial

if c

ompl

ete

com

bust

ion

take

s pl

ace

the

by-p

rodu

cts

are

carb

on d

ioxi

de a

nd w

ater

vap

or. T

he p

rodu

cts

are

colo

rles

s an

d ha

rmle

ss.

In a

ctua

lity,

it is

usu

ally

impo

ssib

le to

bur

n an

y pr

oduc

t with

out s

ome

othe

rby

-pro

duct

s th

an C

O2

and

wat

er v

apor

eve

n if

exc

es-

sive

oxy

gen

is s

uppl

ied.

Thu

s, th

e un

burn

ed c

arbo

npa

rtic

les

com

bine

with

oth

er g

ases

to p

rodu

ce v

ario

us

shad

es o

f gr

ay.

To

gaug

e th

e am

ount

of

pollu

tion

bein

g di

scha

rged

aPo

wer

's M

icro

-rin

gelm

ann

or a

cha

rt c

an b

eus

ed

in a

ser

ies

of o

ne th

roug

h fi

ve. A

cop

y of

a R

inge

lman

nch

art c

an b

e fo

und

on th

e la

st p

age

of th

is C

omm

ent.

Rin

gelm

ann

char

ts m

ay b

e or

dere

d fr

om s

cien

ceeq

uipm

ent s

uppl

y co

mpa

nies

, suc

h as

Edm

und

Scie

ntif

ic.

PRO

CE

DU

RE

:i-

,C

o1.

Sele

ct s

ite to

be

mea

sure

d. S

tand

mor

e th

an 1

00fe

et f

rom

site

. Mak

e su

re th

e st

ack

or s

iteco

back

grou

nd is

cle

ar o

f bu

ildin

gs.

2.H

old

the

Rin

gelm

ann'

s ch

art b

y th

e ri

ght h

and

corn

erbe

twee

n th

umb

and

inde

x fi

nger

with

repr

oduc

ed g

rids

tow

ard

the

stac

k.

3.Fa

ce th

e st

ack

and

hold

it a

t arm

's le

ngth

. Mov

eth

e ch

art b

ack

and

fort

h un

til th

e sm

oke

mat

ches

the

shad

e of

one

of

the

pair

s of

gri

ds.

4. O

bser

ve o

ver

a pe

riod

of

time

usin

g in

crem

ents

of

1 m

inut

e fo

r 15

min

utes

,

5.R

ecor

d nu

mbe

r of

obs

erva

tions

and

eac

h R

inge

lman

nnu

mbe

r.

CO

NC

LU

SIO

N: W

rite

a p

aper

exp

lain

ing

the

resu

ltsof

you

r ex

peri

men

t.

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GE

LM

AN

N C

HA

RT

S

111

(Cut

out

cha

rt a

nd d

irec

tions

, pas

te o

n th

in c

ardb

oard

;C

rycu

t out

this

hor

izon

tal s

trip

bet

wee

n sm

oke

puff

s; v

iew

Vr

smok

e em

issi

ons

thro

ugh

slit.

)

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6: E

xper

imen

t 4A

ir P

ollu

tion

and

Plan

t Lif

e'ft

PUR

POSE

: To

obse

rve

effe

cts

of a

ir p

ollu

tion

on p

lant

life

.

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

:

1.W

eeds

may

be

colle

cted

fro

m e

ither

sch

ool o

r ho

me

site

. Ger

min

ated

flo

wer

see

ds m

ay b

epr

efer

red.

2.T

he s

eal a

roun

d th

e cu

p ca

n be

mad

e tig

ht if

the

soil

is u

sed

as a

hol

der

or y

ou c

an s

impl

y us

eru

bber

ban

ds.

3.E

xhau

st f

umes

may

be

hof

enou

gh to

cau

se r

esul

ts, t

here

fore

it m

ay b

e w

ise

to u

se a

vac

uum

hose

to r

educ

e te

mpe

ratu

re. T

ry to

avo

id to

o m

uch

heat

!

).-+

.4.

Tw

o si

mila

r pl

ants

sho

uld

be u

sed

in o

rder

to r

epla

ce th

ose

lost

by

diff

usio

n th

roug

h th

e Sa

ran

$1.-

C>

Wra

p. D

on't

forg

et to

wat

er th

e pl

ants

!

PRO

CE

DU

RE

1.T

rans

plan

t tw

o si

mila

r pl

ants

into

sep

arat

e cu

ps.

2.L

abel

the

two

sepa

rate

cup

s A

and

B.

3.W

rap

cup

A in

Sar

an w

rap

so th

at a

dom

e is

for

med

ove

r th

e pl

ant.

4.C

ut a

hol

e in

the

Sara

n W

rap

so th

e ho

le w

ill f

it ov

er a

car

exh

aust

pip

e (o

r va

cuum

cle

aner

hose

to r

educ

e he

at).

Cra

nk th

e ca

r en

gine

and

allo

w th

e fu

mes

to e

nter

the

dom

e fo

r ab

out o

ne m

inut

e.5.

Qui

ckly

sea

l the

hol

e w

ith a

noth

er p

iece

of

Sara

n W

rap.

6.R

epea

t the

pro

cedu

re f

or s

ever

al d

ays.

(Dur

ing

this

tim

e co

nduc

t Exp

erim

ent 5

on

tem

pera

ture

inve

rsio

n).

7.O

bser

ve a

ny c

hang

es in

the

phys

ical

app

eara

nce

of th

e cu

p A

pla

nt a

nd c

ompa

re w

ith th

e cu

p B

pla

nt.

CO

NC

LU

SIO

N: U

pon

com

plet

ion

of th

e ex

peri

men

t, w

rite

a p

aper

exp

lain

ing

the

resu

lts.

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DE

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CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 3

7:E

xper

imen

t 5T

empe

ratu

re I

nver

sion

PUR

POSE

: To

obse

rve

the

effe

cts

of a

tem

pera

ture

inve

rsio

n

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

: Und

er n

orm

al c

ondi

tions

, whe

n th

e at

mos

pher

ic te

mpe

ratu

re d

ecre

ases

rap

idly

with

alti

tude

.an

air

mas

s is

uns

tabl

e.Po

lluta

nts,

rel

ease

d at

gro

und

leve

l, ar

e ca

rrie

d by

ver

tical

turb

ulen

ce h

igh

into

the

cool

er a

ir a

bove

. How

ever

, whe

n th

e ai

r at

or

near

gro

und

leve

l is

cool

er th

an th

e ai

r ab

ove,

a st

able

air

mas

sis

pro

duce

d. W

hile

this

tem

pera

ture

inve

rsio

n pr

evai

ls, v

ertic

al m

ovem

ent o

f th

e ai

rm

ass

is r

estr

icte

d.C

on-

tam

inan

ts e

mitt

ed a

t gro

und

leve

l acc

umul

ate

arou

nd th

eir

sour

ces.

The

con

cent

ratio

n of

pollu

tant

s co

ntin

ues

to b

uild

unt

il th

e te

mpe

ratu

re in

vers

ion

ends

. The

eff

ects

of

a te

mpe

ratu

re in

vers

ion

can

be d

emon

stra

ted

with

a m

odel

sys

tem

.

MA

TE

RIA

LS:

1.1

liter

gra

duat

ed c

ylin

der

2.2

or 3

lite

r be

aker

3.m

ixtu

re o

f ic

e, s

alt,

and

wat

er4.

2 th

erm

omet

ers

5.gl

ass

tubi

ng w

ith e

lbow

join

t6.

rubb

er tu

bing

7.st

ring

or

thre

ad8.

ring

sta

nd w

ith th

erm

omet

er c

lam

p9.

heat

lam

p w

ith c

lam

p10

.M

illip

ore

Han

d V

acuu

m A

ssem

bly

11.

ciga

rette

PRO

CE

DU

RE

:

1.Se

t up

the

appa

ratu

s sh

own

belo

w. D

o no

t act

ivat

e th

e sm

oke

sour

ce o

r th

e he

at la

mp

until

the

ice-

salt-

wat

er m

ixtu

re h

as c

oole

d th

e ai

r in

the

low

er p

ortio

nof

the

grad

uate

d cy

linde

r.2.

Use

the

heat

lam

p to

war

m th

e ai

r in

the

uppe

r po

rtio

n of

the

grad

uate

dcy

linde

r.3.

Whe

n a

sign

ific

ant t

empe

ratu

re d

iffe

renc

e ex

ists

bet

wee

nth

e up

per

and

low

er r

egio

ns o

f th

ecy

linde

r, li

ght t

he c

igar

ette

.Sl

owly

intr

oduc

e sm

oke

into

the

botto

m o

f th

e cy

linde

r.

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bser

ve th

e di

stri

butio

n of

sm

oke

with

in th

e cy

linde

r.5.

Aft

er a

den

se la

yer

of s

mok

e ha

s fo

rmed

insi

de th

e cy

linde

r, c

aref

ully

rem

ove

the

beak

er c

onta

inin

g th

e ic

e-sa

lt-w

ater

mix

ture

. Not

e th

e re

sulti

ng te

mpe

ratu

rech

ange

s an

d th

e ef

fect

on

smok

e di

sper

sal.

(To

spee

d th

is p

roce

ss, m

ove

the

heat

lam

p cl

oser

to th

e ba

se o

f th

e gr

adua

ted

cylin

der.

)6.

Dem

onst

rate

the

disp

ersa

l of

smok

e un

der

norm

al c

ondi

tions

. Use

the

heat

lam

pto

war

m th

e ai

r in

the

botto

m o

f th

e gr

adua

ted

cylin

der

to a

hig

her

tem

pera

ture

than

the

air

in th

e up

per

port

ion.

The

rmom

eter

clam

p-

Hea

t tam

p

Low

erth

erm

omet

er-

Sm

oke

outle

t-i

_r--

Upp

er th

erm

omet

er

Cip

arltt

e sm

oke

sour

ce

r.

'C41

L:S

r.:1

1a...

=..

.

Rub

ber

tubi

ng

-Gla

ss tu

bing

Ice-

salt-

wat

er m

ixtu

re

Mod

el d

emon

stra

ting

the

effe

cts

of a

tem

pera

ture

inve

rsio

n.

118

Mdh

pore

han

dva

cuum

ass

embl

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NC

LU

SIO

N: W

hat i

s th

e m

inim

um te

mpe

ratu

re d

iffe

renc

ene

cess

ary

to m

aint

ain

a st

able

laye

rof

sm

oke

in th

e gr

adua

ted

cy,li

nder

? D

oes

the

exte

nt o

f th

ete

mpe

ratu

re d

iffe

renC

e be

twee

nth

e up

per

and

the

low

er r

elio

ns o

f th

e cy

linde

r gr

eatly

aff

ect t

heup

war

d di

sper

sion

of

smok

e?W

hat n

atur

al s

ituat

ions

wer

e. b

eing

sim

ulat

ed b

oth

prio

r to

and

follo

win

g th

e re

mov

al o

f th

eic

e-sa

lt-w

ater

mix

ture

?W

rite

a p

aper

exp

lain

ing

your

ans

wer

s to

thes

e qu

estio

ns a

nd o

ther

res

ults

of

the

expe

rim

ent.

---

A G

uide

to th

e St

udy

of E

nvir

onm

enta

l Pol

lutio

n,W

illia

m A

.. A

ndre

ws,

ed.

, Pre

ntic

e-H

all,

Inc.

,E

ngle

woo

d C

liffs

, New

Jer

sey,

197

2, p

p. 2

30-2

32.

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DE

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CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 3

8:W

ays

You

Can

Hel

p C

lean

Up

the

Env

iron

men

t Now

AV

OID

WA

STE

IN

TH

E H

OM

E A

ND

WH

EN

SH

OPP

ING

1.U

se d

ispo

sabl

e pa

per

and

plas

tic g

oods

onl

y as

nec

essa

ry.

2.M

ake

garb

age

com

pact

. Fla

tten

cans

, box

es a

nd c

arto

nsor

sta

ck th

em in

side

eac

h ot

her

to c

on-

serv

e sp

ace.

3.B

e su

re th

e ga

rbag

e ca

n lid

is ti

ghtly

clo

sed

to d

isco

urag

ein

sect

s an

d an

imal

s fr

om b

eing

attr

acte

dto

the

cont

ents

.4.

Do

not l

itter

. Thi

s is

the

easi

est p

ollu

tion

to s

top.

5.W

hen

poss

ible

, try

to. b

uy o

ne la

rge-

size

pro

duct

rat

her

than

indi

vidu

al s

ervi

ngs

or in

divi

dual

lyw

rapp

ed p

rodu

cts.

It c

an b

e le

ss e

xpen

sive

and

less

was

tefu

l.6.

Use

a s

tron

g m

esh

shop

ping

bag

inst

ead

of a

pap

er o

ne.

7.W

ash

and

reus

e pl

astic

bag

s an

d co

ntai

ners

. Con

serv

em

ater

ials

rat

her

than

thro

win

g th

em a

way

.8.

Ret

urn

wir

e ha

nger

s to

the

clea

ners

.9.

Try

to b

uy g

ood-

qual

ity, l

ong-

last

ing

toys

. Bro

ken

toys

add

to d

ispo

sal p

robl

ems.

1--t

10.

Pack

chi

ldre

n's

lunc

hes

in lu

nch

boxe

s.14

Za*

11.

Try

to b

uy to

ys th

at a

re n

ot e

xces

sive

ly p

acka

ged.

:-U

SE H

OU

SEH

OL

D C

LE

AN

ING

PR

OD

UC

TS

CA

RE

FUL

LY

12.

Use

det

erge

nts

with

car

e. P

hosp

hate

det

erge

nts

can

upse

t the

eco

logi

cal b

alan

ce o

f aq

uatic

life

.Su

bstit

utes

are

bei

ng d

evel

oped

, but

unt

il th

ey a

re p

erfe

cted

you

may

wis

h to

use

a d

eter

gent

with

little

or

no p

hosp

hate

. Use

the

min

imum

mea

sure

dam

ount

eff

ectiv

e.13

.U

se s

oap

for

was

hing

all

but h

eavi

ly s

oile

d ite

ms,

if y

ouliv

e in

a s

oft-

wat

er a

rea.

14.

Use

am

mon

ia, t

oile

t-bo

wl c

lean

ers

and

chlo

rine

blea

ch w

ith c

are.

Mix

ing

them

can

cau

se d

ange

rous

gase

s to

esc

ape.

15.

Use

pai

nt-o

n ov

en c

lean

ers

inst

ead

of s

pray

s. W

hile

both

are

har

sh, s

pray

s ca

n be

eas

ily m

is-

dire

cted

and

may

cau

se r

espi

rato

ry p

robl

ems,

ski

nan

d ey

e da

mag

e.16

.D

o no

t use

pro

duct

s th

at c

onta

in s

olve

nts

(pet

role

um d

istil

late

s) if

alte

rnat

es a

re a

vaila

ble,

suc

h as

wat

er-b

ased

pai

nts.

CO

NSE

RV

E W

AT

ER

1 ?.

Run

wat

er o

nly

as y

ou n

eed

it w

hen

brus

hing

teet

h, s

havi

ng,

was

hing

hai

r or

dis

hes.

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18.

Kee

p a

jar

of w

ater

in th

e re

frig

erat

or to

avo

id th

e ne

ed o

f ru

nnin

g w

ater

fro

m th

e ta

p to

coo

l it.

19.

Nev

er d

rop

tras

h in

the

toile

t.T

his

caus

es s

ewag

e ov

erfl

ow a

nd c

an le

ad to

exp

ensi

ve r

epai

rs.

20.

Tak

e re

ason

ably

sho

rt s

how

ers

inst

ead

of b

aths

. The

aver

age

bath

use

s m

ore

wat

er th

an a

sev

en-

min

ute

show

er.

21.

Rep

air

leak

ing

fauc

ets

imm

edia

tely

.22

.A

sk y

our

plum

ber

the

next

tim

e he

is in

your

hou

se to

set

toile

ts f

or th

e m

inim

um a

mou

nt o

f w

ater

.23

.D

o no

t ove

rwat

er la

wns

and

gar

dens

. Mos

t req

uire

onl

yon

e de

ep w

ater

ing

each

wee

k.

CO

NSE

RV

E E

LE

CT

RIC

ITY

24.

If y

ou h

ave

an a

ir c

ondi

tione

r, tu

rn it

off

if n

o on

e w

ill b

e ho

me.

Set

it a

t mod

erat

era

ther

than

hig

h.25

.T

urn

off

light

s in

roo

ms

not i

n us

e.26

.T

ry to

avo

id u

sing

maj

or a

pplia

nces

in la

te a

fter

noon

and

ear

ly e

veni

ng--

the

peri

ods

of p

eak

dem

and.

27.

Run

the

dish

was

her

and

was

hing

mac

hine

with

one

ful

l loa

d ra

ther

than

sev

eral

sm

all

ones

.28

.T

ry to

sav

e on

ce-i

n-a-

whi

le jo

bs, s

uch

as v

acuu

min

g or

wor

king

with

pow

er to

ols,

for

the

wee

kend

,w

hen

pow

er d

eman

ds a

re u

sual

ly lo

w.

29.

Tur

n of

f el

ectr

ic a

pplia

nces

whe

n no

t in

use.

30.

In h

ot w

eath

er, a

djus

t blin

ds a

nd s

hade

s to

kee

p ou

t the

sun.

Air

con

ditio

ners

will

then

hav

e le

ss w

ork.

31.

Tur

n ho

use

heat

dow

n at

nig

ht in

win

ter,

bet

wee

n fi

ve a

nd te

n de

gree

s lo

wer

than

day

time

tem

pera

ture

s.

le+

AV

OID

EX

CE

SS N

OIS

Ecr

t32

.K

eep

radi

o, T

V, o

r ph

onog

raph

tune

d to

a r

easo

nabl

e le

vel.

33.

Do

not b

uy e

xces

sive

ly n

oisy

toys

for

chi

ldre

n.34

.K

eep

hous

ehol

d ap

plia

nces

in g

ood

cond

ition

.35

.In

stal

l ine

xpen

sive

, thi

ck, p

erfo

rate

d, s

ound

-abs

orbi

ng w

all

or c

eilin

g pa

nels

in p

artic

ular

ly n

oisy

area

s.36

.D

o no

t use

you

r ca

r ho

rn u

nles

s ne

cess

ary.

KE

EP

YO

UR

GA

RD

EN

"N

AT

UR

AL

"37

.B

uild

a c

ompo

st h

eap.

Incl

ude

vege

tatio

n, s

uch

as h

edge

and

law

n cl

ippi

ngs

and

leav

es. C

ount

yag

ricu

ltura

l age

nts

can

prov

ide

spec

ific

inst

ruct

ions

.38

.A

void

the

use

of p

ersi

sten

t pes

ticid

es. T

hese

incl

ude

the

chlo

rina

ted

hydr

ocar

bons

(al

drin

, die

ldri

n,en

drin

, hep

tach

lor,

chl

orda

ne, a

nd li

ndan

e) p

lus

com

mer

cial

com

poun

ds c

onta

inin

gar

seni

c, le

ad,

or m

ercu

ry.

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39.

Buy

hel

pful

inse

cts-

-suc

h as

lady

bugs

, pra

ying

man

tises

, aph

is li

ons,

and

par

asiti

c w

asps

--to

con

-tr

ol d

estr

uctiv

e ga

rden

pes

ts. A

ll ar

e re

ason

ably

pri

ced.

40.

Car

eful

ly f

ollo

w d

irec

tions

for

gar

den

spra

ys.

41.

Use

org

anic

fer

tiliz

ers

(ava

ilabl

e fr

om y

our

nurs

ery)

und

er a

nd a

roun

d tr

ees

and

shru

bs.

42.

Stro

ng-s

mel

ling

herb

s, s

uch

as m

int,

sage

, and

bas

il, r

epel

inse

cts

and

help

kee

p do

wn

your

use

of p

estic

ides

.

RE

DU

CE

AIR

PO

LL

UT

ION

43.

Whe

n po

ssib

le, u

se m

ass

tran

sit s

yste

ms,

wal

k, r

ide

a bi

cycl

e, o

r fo

rm c

ar p

ools

to h

elp

redu

ceth

e nu

mbe

r of

car

s -

-a m

ajor

sou

rce

of a

ir p

ollu

tion

- -o

n th

e ro

ad.

44.

Kee

p yo

ur c

ar in

goo

d op

erat

ing

cond

ition

.45

.D

o no

t idl

e th

e ca

r un

nece

ssar

ily.

46.

Con

side

r bu

ying

a lo

w-h

orse

pow

er c

ar.

47.

Che

ck th

at y

our

car

is e

quip

ped

with

one

or

mor

e em

issi

on-c

ontr

ol u

nits

and

that

they

ope

rate

pro

perl

y.48

.U

se a

han

d m

ower

if y

our

law

n is

sm

all.

Pow

er m

ower

s em

it ga

s fu

mes

.49

.D

o no

t bur

n le

aves

.50

.N

ever

use

cha

rcoa

l ind

oors

. Whe

n bu

rned

, it r

elea

ses

pois

onou

s ga

ses.

)4.z

.51

.D

o no

t bur

n pl

astic

mat

eria

ls. S

ome

rele

ase

noxi

ous

gase

s w

hen

impr

oper

ly in

cine

rate

d.0'

)52

.D

o no

t use

coa

l, le

aves

, or

garb

age

in th

e fi

repl

ace.

RE

CY

CL

E P

APE

R, G

LA

SS, A

LU

MIN

UM

53.

Buy

pro

duct

s in

ret

urna

ble

bottl

es.

54.

Was

h an

d re

use

jars

and

jar

cove

rs f

or s

tori

ng a

nd f

reez

ing.

55.

Bri

ng n

onre

turn

able

bot

tles

and

jars

to r

ecla

mat

ion

cent

ers.

56.

Save

pap

er!:

Mak

e bu

ndle

s of

new

spap

ers

and

flat

ten

card

boar

d bo

xes.

Ask

env

iron

men

tal g

roup

sw

heth

er th

ere

is a

nea

rby

colle

ctio

n ce

nter

.57

.Sa

ve c

ans

for

recy

clin

g.58

.E

ncou

rage

man

ufac

ture

rs to

est

ablis

h re

cycl

ing

cent

ers.

59.

Enc

oura

ge m

oney

-rai

sing

pro

gram

s fo

r yo

ung

pers

ons

and/

or o

rgan

izat

ions

thro

ugh

colle

ctin

g ca

ns,

bottl

es, p

aper

, and

gla

ss f

or r

ecyc

ling.

60.

Be

will

ing

to p

urch

ase

and

use

recy

cled

pro

duct

s.

HE

LP

MA

KE

YO

UR

CO

MM

UN

ITY

BE

TT

ER

61.

Be

info

rmed

. Kno

w y

our

com

mun

ity's

law

s co

ncer

ning

pol

lutio

n co

ntro

l, zo

ning

, bui

ldin

g re

gula

tions

and

beau

tific

atio

n st

anda

rds.

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62.

Wri

te to

per

tinen

t off

icia

ls a

bout

you

r co

ncer

n an

d as

k th

em w

hat t

hey

are

doin

g ab

out

envi

ronm

enta

lpr

oble

ms

that

inte

rest

you

. Fin

d ou

t how

you

can

hel

p.63

.H

elp

orga

nize

a n

eigh

borh

ood

citiz

en's

gro

up w

ith s

uppo

rt f

rom

loca

l env

iron

men

tal g

roup

s.64

.W

ork

with

exi

stin

g gr

oups

for

pol

lutio

n co

ntro

l.65

.E

ncou

rage

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d cl

ean-

up c

ampa

igns

.66

.Su

gges

t to

loca

l env

iron

men

tal g

roup

s th

at th

ey u

rge

mun

icip

aliti

es to

impr

ove

sew

age

trea

tmen

tan

d so

lid-w

aste

dis

posa

l fac

ilitie

s.67

.E

ncou

rage

inte

rest

ed y

oung

peo

ple

to c

onsi

der

care

ers

in th

e en

viro

nmen

tal h

ealth

fie

ld.

68.

Let

loca

l can

dida

tes

know

you

are

inte

rest

ed in

pol

lutio

n co

ntro

l and

ask

abo

ut th

eir

prog

ram

s.69

.B

ring

old

usa

ble

clot

hing

to th

rift

sho

ps f

or r

esal

e, o

r do

nate

it to

cha

rita

ble

orga

niza

tions

.70

.D

onat

e m

agaz

ines

and

pap

erba

cks

to h

ospi

tals

.71

.T

ry to

get

an

envi

ronm

enta

l she

lf e

stab

lishe

d in

loca

l and

sch

ool l

ibra

ries

.

USE

FE

WE

R D

ISPO

SAB

LE

WA

STE

S (A

vera

ge 1

800

lbs.

per

per

son

per

year

)

72.

Buy

ret

urna

ble

bottl

es in

stea

d of

pla

stic

- -

milk

and

dri

nks.

73.

Elim

inat

e as

man

y of

you

r pa

per

prod

ucts

as

poss

ible

.a.

Use

spo

nge

or c

loth

inst

ead

of p

aper

tow

els.

b.U

se w

asha

ble

diap

ers

--no

t dis

posa

ble

ones

.c.

Use

was

habl

e gl

asse

s an

d pl

ates

inst

ead

of d

ispo

sabl

e on

es.

d.U

se c

loth

nap

kins

inst

ead

of p

aper

one

s.74

.St

art a

com

post

for

fer

tiliz

er a

nd m

ulch

. Veg

etab

le s

crap

s -

leav

es -

gra

ss -

etc

.75

.R

euse

pap

er b

ags.

76.

Whe

n us

ing

tissu

e, p

aper

tow

els

and

napk

ins-

-use

whi

te, i

t det

erio

rate

s fa

ster

than

the

colo

red.

RE

CY

CL

E A

ND

RE

USE

MA

TE

RIA

LS

WH

ER

E P

OSS

IBL

E

77.

Save

all

glas

s. T

ake

to lo

cal c

olle

ctio

n po

int.

(Bre

vard

Rec

yclin

g C

ente

r, 4

40 R

ailr

oad

Ave

nue,

Coc

oa, F

lori

da.

Satu

rday

, 8:0

0 A

. M.

5:00

P. M

. )78

.Sa

ve a

ll al

umin

um c

ans.

(T

ake

to C

arro

ll D

istr

ibut

ing

Com

pany

, 256

Oliv

e St

reet

, Coc

oa.)

79.

Save

all

pape

r. (

Tak

e to

Eas

t Coa

st P

aper

, Sta

te U

. S. 1

. Coc

oa.)

CO

NSE

RV

AT

ION

AN

D O

UR

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

80.

Use

onl

y re

com

men

ded

amou

nt o

f de

terg

ent.

123

-101

p111

1

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81.

Use

low

pho

spha

te d

eter

gent

s.82

.If

sof

t wat

er, u

se s

oap

or le

ss d

eter

gent

.83

.U

se b

akin

g so

da in

stea

d of

str

ong

com

mer

cial

cle

aner

.84

.R

euse

pla

stic

con

tain

ers.

85.

Reu

se f

oil a

nd d

ispo

sabl

e al

umin

um c

onta

iner

s un

til n

ot u

sabl

e an

d th

ensa

ve th

em f

or r

ecyc

ling.

86.

Use

onl

y ne

cess

ary

amou

nts

of f

ertil

izer

.87

.U

se o

nly

nece

ssar

y am

ount

s of

inse

ctic

ides

.88

.A

void

exc

essi

vely

pac

kage

d pr

oduc

ts.

89.

Wal

k or

rid

e a

bicy

cle

inst

ead

of d

rivi

ng w

hen

poss

ible

(im

prov

es h

ealth

, air

,an

d bu

dget

).90

.D

rive

less

--po

ol r

ides

; pla

n tr

ips

whe

n dr

ivin

g to

avo

idun

nece

ssar

y tr

ips

(car

s ca

use

60`c

of

air

pollu

tion)

.91

.K

eep

car

tune

d an

d m

uffl

ers

repa

ired

and

avo

id a

ccel

erat

ion

and

sudd

en s

tops

. Do

not l

et m

otor

idle

whi

le w

aitin

g fo

r so

meo

ne.

92.

Don

't sm

oke.

93.

Con

serv

e us

e of

ele

ctri

city

:a.

Was

h cl

othe

s on

ly w

hen

need

ed.

)--i

.b.

Run

dis

hwas

her

and

was

hing

mac

hine

onl

y w

ith f

ull l

oad.

NZ

..c.

Do

not l

eave

the

wat

er r

unni

ng w

hen

you

brus

h yo

ur te

eth.

00d.

Show

er -

wet

- tu

rn o

ff s

how

er-

soap

- r

inse

off

.e.

A tu

b ne

ed n

ot b

e fu

ll to

get

a g

ood

bath

.f

.D

on't

use

a fl

ush

toile

t to

disp

ose

of a

cig

aret

te b

utt,

each

cyc

leus

es a

bout

thre

e ga

llons

of w

ater

.g.

Hav

e fa

ucet

dri

ps a

nd o

ther

leak

s re

pair

ed p

rom

ptly

.h.

Lim

it ca

r w

ashi

ng-

-han

d w

ashi

ng ta

kes

less

wat

er.

i.

Kee

p a

pan

in th

e si

nk-

-muc

h w

ater

can

be

reus

ed f

or w

ater

ing

plan

ts.

94.

If e

very

per

son

in th

e ci

ty o

f O

rlan

dow

ere

to p

lace

a b

rick

in th

eir

toile

t tan

k--(

disp

laci

ng w

ater

and

usin

g le

ss to

flu

sh to

ilet)

then

30,

000

gallo

ns o

f w

ater

wou

ld b

e sa

ved

daily

.95

.Pl

ant a

tree

. Whi

le h

uman

s in

hale

oxy

gen

and

exha

le c

arbo

ndi

oxid

e, tr

ees

take

in c

arbo

n di

oxid

ean

d di

scha

rge

oxyg

en, g

reat

ly h

elpi

ng to

pur

ify

the

air.

Bre

varc

Cou

nty

Ext

ensi

on H

omem

aker

s C

ounc

il

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DE

NT

CO

MM

EN

T N

O. 3

9:

BO

CA

RA

TO

N (

UPI

)T

hree

smal

lci

ties

have

take

non

the

forc

esof

indu

stry

and

two

big

land

deve

lopm

ent

corp

orat

ions

in a

ttem

pt' t

o cu

re g

row

ing

pain

san

dpr

eser

veth

equ

ality

of

life

on F

lori

da's

Gol

d C

oast

.T

heb

attic

has

been

join

ed in

Ilo

ca R

aton

, Hol

-ly

woo

dan

dH

alla

ndal

e.T

he e

vent

ual o

utco

me

may

requ

ire

a la

nd m

ark

deci

-si

on f

rom

the

U.S

. Sup

rem

eC

ourt

and

set

a p

atte

rn f

orm

any

subu

rban

citi

es.

The

thre

e m

unic

ipal

ities

are

tryi

ngtw

odi

ffer

ent

appr

oach

es, b

ut th

e go

al I

sth

e sa

me:

Lim

it th

e nu

m-

ber

of r

esid

ents

in o

rder

tom

aint

ain

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e.

BO

CA

RA

TO

N h

as a

dopt

-ed

a c

ity c

hart

er to

lim

it to

40.0

00 th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

dwel

ling

units

with

inth

eci

ty's

limits

.H

olly

woo

dan

d H

aiia

nuat

e na

vepa

ssed

ord

inan

ces

to r

es-

tric

t the

pop

ulat

ion

dehs

itype

r ac

re.

Bot

h ap

proa

ches

con

fron

tth

eco

urts

with

furt

her

inte

rpre

tatio

n of

the

Fift

hA

men

dmen

tto

the

U.S

.C

onst

itutio

nw

hich

says

:

3 C

ities

Set

Gro

wth

Lim

its.

..

nor

shal

l pri

vate

prop

erty

be

take

n fo

r pu

b-lic

use

with

out j

ust

com

pens

atio

n."

Non

e of

the

thre

e ci

ties

plan

to c

onde

mn

disp

uted

land

and

pay

wha

t the

owne

rs th

ink

it's

wor

th. T

heci

ties

coul

dn't

affo

rd th

ehu

ndre

dsof

mill

ions

ofdo

llars

such

cond

emna

-tio

ns w

ould

cos

t.B

UT

AT

TH

E s

amt t

ime,

the

city

fat

hers

are

telli

ngth

e la

nd o

wne

rs th

ey c

an-

not d

evel

op th

e fu

ll po

ten-

tial t

hey

expe

cted

of

thei

rpr

oper

ty.

Hol

lyw

ood

and

Hal

lan-

dale

are

In

Bro

war

dC

oun-

ty, o

ne o

f th

e fa

stes

t gro

w-

ing

coun

ties

in th

e na

tion.

It

adds

mor

e th

an 4

1,00

0 ne

wre

side

nts

per

year

. Boc

aR

aton

is to

the

nort

h in

Palm

Bea

ch C

ount

y, w

here

the

mus

hroo

min

g gr

owth

issp

read

ing

ragi

dly.

At B

oca

Rat

on, R

icha

rdM

ayo

head

ed a

"C

itize

nsfo

rR

easo

nabl

eG

row

th"

mov

emen

t whi

ch s

uc-

cess

fully

petit

ione

dfo

ra

char

ter

refe

rend

um. I

tpa

ssed

7,7

22 to

5,6

26 v

otes

Nov

. 7.

Orl

ando

Sen

tinel

Febr

uary

20,

197

3

"PE

OPL

E W

AN

T T

Oke

ep B

oca

Rat

on a

low

dens

ityci

ty,"

May

o sa

id.

"Tha

t is

wha

t cau

sed

them

to c

ome

here

initi

ally

.".

Hal

land

ale

rece

ived

bad

new

sat

a re

cent

pub

liche

arin

g fr

om p

lann

ing

cons

ulta

ntW

alte

rSa

chs,

Phila

delp

hia.

"Thi

s co

mm

unity

isin

deed

at a

cro

ssro

ads

in it

sde

velo

pmen

t," S

achs

sai

d."I

f un

cont

rolle

d, w

e w

ould

pred

ict a

dec

ided

and

rap

idde

clin

ein

the

qual

ity o

flif

e in

this

com

mun

ity."

Hol

lyw

ood'

s co

mm

issi

on-

ers

wer

esl

appe

din

divi

dual

lyw

itha

$54

mill

ion

dam

age

suit

for

t r y

in g

to d

ampe

n th

epo

pula

tion

expl

osio

n.T

HE

SIT

UA

TIO

N in

the

thre

e ci

ties

at p

rese

nt:

BO

CA

RA

TO

NH

as a

popu

latio

n of

33,

000-

37,0

00pe

rson

sliv

ing

in14

,000

dwel

ling

units

built

on16

,000

of

the

city

's 4

4,00

0ac

res.

Cou

ncilm

an N

orm

anW

y m

b s

,fa

ther

ofth

e"g

row

th c

ap"

amen

dmen

t,sa

idth

eto

tal

of40

,000

125

dwel

lings

wou

ld li

mit

Boc

a R

aton

's p

opul

atio

n to

abou

t 105

,000

. Unr

estr

icte

d.he

sai

dIt

mig

ht g

o ov

er20

0,00

0.H

AL

LA

ND

AL

EO

nly

one

mile

wid

e an

d 2.

5 m

iles

Ilo

ng,

the

tow

n ha

s 2,

000

vaca

nt a

cres

left

. Con

sul-

tent

Sac

hs s

aid

if 2

0 un

itspe

r ac

re w

ere

perm

itted

on

the

vaca

nt p

rope

rty.

Hal

-la

ndal

ew

ould

win

dup

with

anav

erag

eof

SSpe

rson

s pe

r ac

re, w

hich

Is

"tw

o an

d a

half

tim

es th

ecu

rren

t den

sity

of

San

Fran

cisc

o,"

HO

LL

YW

OO

DO

nce

asm

all "

bedr

oom

con

unun

l-ty

" ly

ing

beiw

een

Mia

mi

to'

the

sout

h an

d Fo

rt L

aude

r-da

leto

the

nort

h,no

wha

s a

popu

latio

n of

102

.000

inits

roug

hly

six

-by

-six

mile

squa

rem

unic

ipal

ityst

retc

hing

bac

k fr

om th

eoc

ean.

Boc

a R

aton

's g

row

th la

wha

s be

en ta

ken

to f

eder

alco

urt o

nco

nstit

utio

nal

grou

nds

by th

e hu

ge A

rvid

aC

orp.

, Arv

ida

foun

ded

byth

ela

teA

rthu

rV

inin

gD

avis

, who

als

o fo

unde

dA

lcoa

, had

itspl

ans

for

deve

lopm

ent o

f U

nive

rsity

Park

sha

rply

res

tric

ted

byB

oca

Rat

on's

popu

latio

nth

rottl

e.

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HE

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TE

AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

.1

:L

ivin

g /N

o -L

ivin

g?

One

of

the

hard

est t

hing

s fo

r a

stud

ent t

o do

is to

dec

ide

wha

t is

cons

ider

ed b

iotic

or

abio

tic.

Ifbi

otic

is d

efin

ed a

s liv

ing

or r

ecen

tly li

ving

,it

mus

t be

dete

rmin

ed w

hat c

onst

itute

s lif

e.L

ife

invo

lves

ten

basi

c pr

oces

ses

that

are

inte

grat

ed in

to a

sin

gle

prod

uct,

that

of

Jivi

ng.

If a

nyof

thes

e fu

nctio

ns a

re a

bsen

t, th

en th

e ob

ject

bein

g in

vest

igat

ed is

not

aliv

e.T

he te

n el

emen

ts o

f lif

e ar

eas

fol

low

s:1.

Nut

ritio

n (f

ood

getti

ng)

6.A

ssi_

nila

tion

2.L

ocom

otio

n or

mot

ion

7.C

ircu

latio

n3.

Irri

tabi

lity

(sen

sitiv

ity)

8.Se

cret

ion

4.D

iges

tion

9.E

xcre

tion

5.A

bsor

btio

n10

.R

epro

duct

ion

Thi

s is

an

all i

nclu

sive

list

of

elem

ents

. Oth

er s

cien

tists

use

lists

of

vary

ing

size

but

mos

t pla

cetw

o or

thre

e of

thes

e ba

sic

elem

ents

into

oth

er e

ncom

pass

ing

cate

gori

es.

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AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

.2:

Eva

luat

ing

Smal

l Gro

up W

ork

Man

y te

ache

rs r

efus

e to

inco

rpor

ate

smal

l gro

up w

ork

in th

eir

clas

sroo

ms

beca

use

they

lack

a sa

tisfa

ctor

y pr

oced

ure

for

eval

uatin

g th

e ou

tcom

e of

suc

h ef

fort

s.Fo

r th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

uni

tof

stu

dy, w

e su

gges

t the

use

of

the

follo

win

g pr

oces

s fo

r ch

ecki

ng th

e re

sults

of

grou

ps in

vest

igat

ing

each

Inq

uiry

Que

stio

n. U

se o

nly

whe

re it

is p

ract

ical

to d

o so

.I.

At t

he e

nd o

f th

e st

udy

of e

ach

Inqu

iry

Que

stio

n, th

ere

will

be

an e

xerc

ise

in th

e L

earn

ing

Act

iviti

es c

olum

n en

title

d C

heck

I. Q

.A

t thi

s po

int h

ave

each

indi

vidu

al w

ithin

a s

mal

lgr

oup

wri

te o

ut w

hat h

e th

inks

is th

e an

swer

to th

e In

quir

y Q

uest

ion,

by

filli

ng o

ut th

eup

per

half

of

the

I. Q

. (In

quir

y Q

uest

ion)

Che

ck in

Stu

dent

Com

men

t No.

1, P

age

48.

2.T

each

er c

olle

cts

I. Q

. Che

ck s

heet

s an

d gi

ves

to a

dif

fere

nt s

mal

l gro

up f

or g

radi

ng.

i3.

Cla

ss m

embe

rs w

ill:

a.H

ave

in f

ront

of

them

a c

opy

of c

lass

con

clus

ion

for

the

Inqu

iry

Que

stio

nar

rive

d at

dur

ing

the

Inve

stig

atio

ns.

b.D

ecid

e ho

w m

any

tota

l gra

de-p

oint

s sh

ould

be

poss

ible

for

the

prop

er r

espo

nse

to th

e In

quir

y Q

uest

ion.

4.E

ach

smal

l gro

up w

ill c

ompa

re th

e an

swer

she

et h

ande

d it

with

cla

ss c

oncl

usio

n an

dth

en f

ill o

ut th

at lo

wer

hal

f of

the

I. Q

. Che

ck f

orm

. Exp

erie

nce

has

show

n th

at m

ore

hone

st a

nd s

erio

us e

valu

atio

ns a

re m

ade

whe

n st

uden

ts d

o no

t kno

w w

ho is

che

ckin

gw

hose

pap

er. T

he n

ame

of th

e ch

ecke

r on

the

I. Q

. Che

ck f

orm

is f

or th

e te

ache

r on

ly.

5.R

etur

n I.

Q. C

heck

s to

teac

her

who

may

rev

eal s

core

s to

stu

dent

s.

If th

is m

etho

d of

eva

luat

ion

is e

mpl

oyed

, it w

ould

be

esse

ntia

l for

stu

dent

s to

rem

ain

in th

esa

me

smal

l gro

up u

ntil

com

plet

ion

is m

ade

of a

ll in

vest

igat

ions

for

any

one

Inq

uiry

Que

stio

n.

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TE

AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

.3:

Lar

ge G

roup

Dis

cuss

ion

Eva

luat

ion

The

fol

low

ing

chec

klis

t is

offe

red

as a

n ex

ampl

e of

a d

evic

e w

hich

may

be

used

to le

nd a

deg

ree

of o

bjec

tivity

to e

valu

atin

g st

uden

t par

ticip

atio

n in

'Cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

ns. T

he te

ache

r m

ay in

volv

e st

uden

tsin

the

eval

uativ

e pr

oces

s by

dev

isin

g a

rota

tion

syst

em w

here

by tw

o or

thre

e st

uden

ts w

ould

eva

luat

e cl

ass

mem

bers

dur

ing

clas

s di

scus

sion

per

iods

.W

hen

eval

uatin

g st

uden

t com

men

ts in

cla

ss d

iscu

ssio

n co

nsid

er th

e fo

llow

ing

item

s:a.

Qua

ntity

of

stud

ent c

ontr

ibut

ion.

b.C

onte

nt o

f st

uden

t's r

emar

ks a

s th

ese

indi

cate

kno

wle

dge

of to

pic,

cri

tical

and

/or

inno

vativ

e th

inki

ngby

stu

dent

c.R

elev

ance

of

stud

ent's

rem

arks

to s

ubje

ct u

nder

con

side

ratio

n.d.

Cla

rity

of

expr

essi

on a

nd p

rese

ntat

ion

by s

tude

nt.

1-4

Bas

ed o

n th

e fo

ur c

onsi

dera

tions

abo

ve, p

oint

s sh

ould

be

awar

ded

on a

fiv

e po

int r

atin

g sc

ale:

Cat

5 po

ints

-exc

elle

nt4

poin

ts-a

bove

ave

rage

3 po

ints

-ave

rage

2 po

ints

-bel

ow a

vera

ge1

poin

t-po

orSe

para

te p

oint

s sh

ould

be

give

n fo

r ea

ch c

omm

ent m

ade

by a

stu

dent

and

rec

orde

d in

the

appr

o-pr

iate

col

umn

in th

e sa

mpl

e E

valu

atio

n Sh

eet f

or L

arge

Gro

up D

iscu

ssio

n be

low

:el

171

reva

luat

ion

Shee

t 'or

Lar

ge c

roup

Dis

cuss

ion

NA

ME

POIN

TS

TO

TA

L'

1.Sa

m S

unsh

ine

4, 3

, 4,

213

2.M

ary

Mus

hroo

m1,

5,

28

3.Fr

ed F

rog

3, 3

,2,

19

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TE

AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

. 4:

Des

crip

tions

of

a C

ity

Flor

ida

Stat

utes

165

.02

- D

istin

ctio

n of

Citi

es a

nd T

owns

Whe

neve

r an

y m

unic

ipal

gov

ernm

ent i

s es

tabl

ishe

d an

d it

shal

l app

ear

that

ther

ear

e 30

0 re

gist

ered

vote

rs w

ithin

the

limits

to b

e de

sign

ated

, it i

s in

corp

orat

ed a

nd d

esig

nate

d as

a c

ity, e

ntitl

ed to

pri

vile

ges

of a

city

.A

ll m

unic

ipal

gov

ernm

ents

hav

ing

a le

ss n

umbe

r of

vot

ers

than

thos

e na

med

abo

vear

e de

sign

ated

and

decl

ared

inco

rpor

ated

tow

ns, e

ntitl

ed to

pri

vile

ges

of in

corp

orat

ed to

wns

.

U. S

. Cen

sus

Bur

eau

- U

rban

Are

asA

ccor

ding

to th

e 19

70 c

ensu

s de

fini

tion,

the

urba

n po

pula

tion

com

pris

es a

llpe

rson

s in

(a)

pla

ces

of2,

500

inha

bita

nts

or m

ore

inco

rpor

ated

as

citie

s, v

illag

es, b

orou

ghs

(exc

ept A

lask

a), a

nd to

wns

(ex

cept

1,t"

iC

Y1

New

Eng

land

, New

Yor

k, a

nd W

isco

nsin

), b

ut e

xclu

ding

per

sons

livi

ng in

the

rura

l por

tions

of

exte

nded

4...

citie

s; (

b) u

ninc

orpo

rate

d pl

aces

of

2,50

0 in

habi

tant

s or

mor

e; a

nd (

c) o

ther

terr

itory

, inc

orpo

rate

dor

un-

inco

rpor

ated

, inc

lude

d in

urb

aniz

ed a

reas

.

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

- D

emog

raph

ic Y

earb

ook

- 19

71 -

p. 2

3A

City

pro

per

is a

larg

e lo

calit

y of

lega

lly f

ixed

bou

ndar

ies

and

an a

dmin

istr

ativ

ely

reco

gniz

edur

ban

stat

us w

hich

is u

sual

ly c

hara

cter

ized

by

som

e fo

rm o

f lo

cal g

over

nmen

t.T

he u

rban

agg

lom

erat

ion

has

been

def

ined

as

com

pris

ing

the

city

prop

er a

nd a

lso

the

subu

rban

frin

ge o

r th

ickl

y se

ttled

terr

itory

lyin

g ou

tsid

e of

, but

adj

acen

t to,

the

city

bou

ndar

ies.

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AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

. 5:

Eva

luat

ion

Form

for

Vis

uals

Four

are

as f

or th

e ev

alua

tion

of v

isua

ls a

re s

ugge

sted

. Eac

h ar

ea s

houl

d be

rat

ed b

y th

e fo

llow

ing

scal

e: 5

poi

nts

- ex

celle

nt; 4

poi

nts

- ab

ove

aver

age;

3 p

oint

s -

aver

age;

2 p

oint

s -

belo

w a

vera

ge; 1

poi

nt -

poor

.N

ote:

Par

t 4, C

lari

ty, h

as f

our

sub-

area

s w

hich

com

bine

to m

ake

the

tota

l val

ue f

or P

art 4

.

Stud

ent's

Nam

eT

itle

or T

opic

POIN

TS

AR

EA

OF

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

1. A

PPR

OPR

IAT

EN

ESS

If th

e st

uden

t has

had

an

oppo

rtun

ity to

sel

ect e

ither

the

topi

c or

met

hod

of h

is p

rese

ntat

ion,

isth

e ch

oice

of

eith

er o

r bo

th a

ppro

pria

te to

the

assi

gnm

ent?

2. A

CC

UR

AC

YA

re th

e fa

cts

used

in th

e pr

esen

tatio

n ac

cura

te?

If n

ot, w

here

is th

e in

accu

racy

?

3. C

OM

PLE

TE

NE

SSD

oes

the

pres

enta

tion

repr

esen

t a c

ompl

ete

stat

emen

t or

cove

rage

of

the

subj

ect (

is th

ere

mat

eria

lor

fac

ts o

mitt

ed w

hich

mak

es th

e pr

esen

tatio

n m

isle

adin

g)?

If n

ot, w

here

is th

e pr

esen

tatio

nla

ckin

g?ti

4. C

LA

RIT

YIs

the

pres

enta

tion

clea

r to

the

view

er ?

a.Is

the

view

er r

eadi

ly a

ble

to d

eter

min

e th

e po

int o

r m

essa

ge c

onta

ined

in th

epr

esen

tatio

n?b.

Is th

e pr

esen

tatio

n fr

ee f

rom

unn

eces

sary

dis

trac

tions

? (p

ictu

res,

dra

win

gs, e

tc.

whi

ch d

o no

t con

trib

ute

to th

e pu

rpos

e?c.

Are

the

colo

rs a

nd s

izes

of

lines

, bar

s, a

nd/o

r pi

ctur

es s

uita

ble?

d.In

the

case

of

a co

llage

or

draw

ing,

is th

e fo

cal p

oint

cle

arly

det

erm

ined

?

CO

MM

EN

TS:

(Tot

al P

oint

s)

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TE

AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

.6:

Eva

luat

ion

Form

For

Ora

l Rep

ort

(To

be f

illed

in b

y st

uden

ts a

nd/o

r te

ache

r)

Subj

ect o

f R

epor

tSt

uden

tre

port

ing

I. K

now

ledg

e of

sub

ject

mat

ter

and/

or w

hat

way

que

stio

ns w

ere

answ

ered

.a.

Exc

elle

nt (

5 po

ints

)d.

Poo

r (1

poi

nt)

b. G

ood

(4 p

oint

s)c.

Fai

r (3

poi

nts)

Poin

ts E

arne

d

II. P

rese

ntat

ion

of m

ater

ial b

y us

ing

audi

o/vi

sual

aid

s. E

valu

ate

each

aid

used

fro

m 0

--5

poin

ts.

a. C

hart

sb.

Map

sc.

Gra

phs

d. G

uest

Spe

aker

e. S

lides

f. F

ilms

g. F

ilmst

rips

h. T

able

Dis

play

i. St

udy

Gui

des

1j.

Puzz

les/

Gam

esk.

Ski

ts1.

Oth

erPo

ints

Ear

ned

III.

Equ

ipm

ent u

sed

in p

rese

ntat

ion.

Eva

luat

e ea

ch a

id u

sed

from

0--

5po

ints

.a.

Opa

que

Proj

ecto

rb.

Film

stri

p Pr

ojec

tor

c. O

verh

ead

Proj

ecto

rd.

Film

Pro

ject

ore.

Glo

bef .

Cha

lkbo

ard

Poin

ts E

arne

dIV

. Spe

aker

's a

ttitu

de to

war

dslis

tene

rs, t

one,

and

qua

lity

of v

oice

shou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

. Eva

luat

eas

#1.

a. E

xcel

lent

d. P

oor

b. G

ood

c. F

air

Poin

ts E

arne

d

V. E

valu

atio

n of

the

part

icip

atio

nof

the

mem

be-r

s of

the

grou

ps. (

Use

whe

re a

pplic

able

)a.

Exc

elle

ntd.

Poo

rb.

Goo

d 132

c. F

air

Poin

ts E

arne

dT

otal

Poi

nts

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TE

AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

.7:

Lar

gest

Citi

es o

f th

e W

orld

Exa

ct r

atin

g of

the

citie

s of

the

wor

ld a

ccor

ding

to s

ize

is im

poss

ible

bec

ause

of

the

dive

rsity

of show

n

the

way

s in

whi

ch c

ensu

s or

est

imat

ed p

opul

atio

nin

this

cha

rt m

ust b

e co

nsid

ered

onl

y ap

prox

imat

e.

City

and

cou

ntry

Popu

latio

n Y

ear

figu

res

have

bee

n is

sued

. The

refo

re, t

he r

atin

g

City

and

cou

ntry

Popu

latio

nY

ear

1.T

okyo

, Jap

an9,

005,

000

1969

11.

Seou

l, So

uth

Kor

ea3,

794,

959

1966

2.N

ew Y

ork,

N. Y

. , U

. S. A

.7,

895,

563

1970

12.

Del

hi, I

ndia

3,72

2,45

1'1

970

3.L

ondo

n (G

reat

er),

Eng

land

7,70

3,40

019

6913

.B

ueno

s A

ires

, Arg

entin

a3,

600,

000

1970

4.M

osco

w, U

. S. S

. R.

6,94

2,00

019

7014

.L

enin

grad

, U. S

. S. R

.3,

513,

000

1970

5.Sh

angh

ai, C

hina

6,90

0,00

019

5715

.C

hica

go, I

ll, U

.S.A

.3,

366,

957

1970

6.B

omba

y, I

ndia

5,70

0,35

819

7016

.T

ient

sin,

Chi

na3,

220,

000

1957

7.Sa

o Pa

ulo,

Bra

zil

5,68

4,70

619

6817

.B

erlin

, Ger

man

y3,

214,

766

1971

8.C

airo

, Egy

pt4,

961,

000

1970

18.

Cal

cutta

, Ind

ia3,

158,

838

1970

9.R

io d

e Ja

neir

o, B

razi

l4,

207,

322

1968

19.

Mex

ico

City

, Mex

ico

3,02

5,56

419

70

10.

Peki

ng, C

hina

4,01

0,00

019

5720

.O

saka

, Jap

an3,

018,

000

19 6

9

1973

Inf

orm

atio

n Pl

ease

Alm

anac

, Atla

s, a

nd Y

earb

ook,

p.3

10.

133

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TE

AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

. 8:

Air

Pol

utio

n: C

ause

s, C

osts

and

Con

trol

s

Any

one

who

has

take

n a

good

dee

p br

eath

of

city

air

rec

ently

will

rea

dily

atte

st to

the

fact

that

air

pol

lutio

n is

ase

riou

s pr

oble

m in

this

cou

ntry

toda

y. A

lthou

gh it

may

be

sim

ple

to o

bser

ve a

ir p

ollu

tion,

it is

nei

ther

sim

ple

toun

ders

tand

the

prob

lem

, nor

to s

olve

it.

Thi

s ar

ticle

pro

vide

s a

surv

ey o

f th

e m

ajor

sou

rces

of

air

pollu

tion,

itsef

fect

s --

phy

sica

ls, p

sych

olog

ical

and

eco

nom

ic -

- an

d po

ssib

le s

olut

ions

.A

ir is

fre

e.E

cono

mis

ts h

ave

long

exp

lain

ed th

is o

n th

e ba

sis

of th

e fa

ct th

at th

ere

is m

ore

of it

ava

ilabl

e th

anco

uld

poss

ibly

be

sold

at a

ny f

inite

pri

ce.

Now

aday

s, h

owev

er, t

he c

lass

ic e

cono

mic

arg

umen

t may

not

hol

d w

ater

(air

?). A

s a

mat

ter

of f

act,

if s

omeo

ne c

ould

gua

rant

ee a

per

petu

al p

ocke

t of

clea

n ai

r ar

ound

urb

an o

r su

burb

andw

ellin

gs, t

here

wou

ld p

roba

bly

be a

goo

d m

any

buye

rs.

Of

cour

se, a

ir is

NO

T a

com

mod

ity w

hich

can

be

thus

mar

kete

d, b

ut a

ir p

ollu

tion

mig

ht c

once

ivab

ly b

e le

ss o

f a

prob

lem

if a

ir c

ould

be

trea

ted

in th

is m

anne

r. H

ypo-

thet

ical

ly, t

hen,

indi

vidu

als

wou

ld b

e ch

arge

d an

app

ropr

iate

pri

ce f

or b

reat

hing

, pre

sum

ably

bas

ed o

n th

eir

lung

capa

city

and

res

pira

tion

rate

, and

pos

sibl

y be

ass

esse

d fi

nes

for

retu

rnin

g th

e ai

r to

the

atm

osph

ere

lade

n w

ithrs

ciga

rette

sm

oke.

Mor

e im

port

antly

, a p

arty

wis

hing

to u

se th

e ai

r as

a m

ediu

m f

or d

ispe

rsal

and

dis

posa

l of

CFI

gase

ous

was

tes

(e. g

. , a

n in

dust

rial

pla

nt )

wou

ld h

ave

to p

ay f

or th

e pr

ivile

ge o

f so

doi

ng, w

ith th

e am

ount

of

pay-

men

t var

ying

with

the

degr

ee o

f co

ntam

inat

ion.

Whi

le th

e id

ea o

f in

divi

dual

s pl

acin

g co

ins

in v

endi

ng m

achi

nes

toob

tain

a w

hiff

of

clea

n ai

r is

inhe

rent

ly a

bsur

d, th

e co

ncep

t of

requ

irin

g in

dust

ries

to p

ay f

or r

educ

ing

the

usef

ul-

ness

of

the

atm

osph

ere

for

othe

r pu

rpos

es (

such

as

brea

thin

g) h

as c

onsi

dera

ble

prom

ise

as a

pre

vent

ativ

e m

easu

re.

Thi

s w

ill b

e di

scus

sed

in f

urth

er d

etai

l lat

er. T

he A

tmos

pher

e: A

n U

nlim

ited

Oce

an?

Not

too

long

ago

, the

atm

osph

ere

was

gen

eral

ly c

once

ived

to b

e a

vast

, vir

tual

ly in

exha

ustib

le r

eser

voir

of

air,

just

as

the

ocea

ns a

re r

eser

voir

s of

wat

er.

Tod

ay, h

owev

er, a

mer

e so

phis

ticat

ed e

colo

gica

l con

cept

of

the

atm

os-

kph

ere

is e

mer

ging

;,..;;

Unl

ike

wat

er, w

hich

is r

emov

ed f

rom

the

ocea

n as

vap

or a

nd r

etiir

nelc

agai

n as

rai

n"or

run

off

from

the

cont

inen

ts b

ut n

ever

cha

nges

its

basi

c ch

emic

al f

orm

, the

life

-sus

tain

ing

oxyg

en in

the

atm

osph

ere

is a

high

ly r

eact

ive

subs

tanc

e w

hich

com

bine

s w

ith m

any

othe

r el

emen

ts to

for

m n

ew c

ompo

unds

kno

wn

as o

xide

s.B

y

far

the

mos

t of

com

mon

of

the

oxid

es is

car

bon

diox

ide

(CO

2), w

hich

is f

orm

ed in

nat

ure

by th

e m

etab

olic

proc

esse

s

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of a

nim

als,

rel

ease

d in

to th

e at

mos

pher

e an

d th

en u

sed

by g

reen

plan

ts to

man

ufac

ture

foo

d th

roug

h ph

otos

ynth

esis

.

Dur

ing

the

phot

osyn

thet

ic r

eact

ion,

oxy

gen

is r

elea

sed

into

the

atm

osph

ere.

As

a re

sult,

an

atm

osph

eric

equ

ilibr

ium

betw

een

oxyg

en a

nd c

arbo

n di

oxid

e is

mai

ntai

ned.

Unt

il m

an e

nter

s th

e pi

ctur

e, th

at is

.C

ivili

zatio

n ha

s di

srup

ted

the

oxyg

en-c

arbo

n-di

oxid

e cy

cle

in m

any

way

s.Pr

obab

ly th

e m

ost s

igni

fica

nt is

the

com

bust

ion

of f

ossi

l fue

ls s

uch

as c

oal,

petr

oleu

m a

nd n

atur

al g

as, w

hich

con

sum

e ox

ygen

and

rele

ase

extr

a am

ount

s of

car

bon

diox

ide

at a

pro

-

digi

ous

rate

.In

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es in

196

5 so

me

1. 3

bill

ion

tons

of

foss

il fu

els

wer

eco

nsum

ed f

or a

ll pu

rpos

es, c

om-

bini

ng w

ith 2

.74

billi

on to

ns o

f at

mos

pher

ic o

xyge

n to

pro

duce

3.7

7 bi

llion

tons

of c

arbo

n di

oxid

e, n

ot to

men

tion

enor

mou

s to

nnag

es o

f ot

her

by-p

rodu

cts,

mos

t of

them

unw

elco

me.

It h

as b

een

estim

ated

that

in N

orth

Am

eric

a th

e

cons

umpt

ion

of a

tmos

pher

ic o

xyge

n in

the

proc

ess

of b

urni

ng f

uels

is a

bout

10 ti

mes

gre

ater

than

the

tota

l con

sum

p-

tion

of o

xyge

n by

all

hum

an b

eing

s an

d an

imal

s on

the

cont

inen

t, an

dth

e co

rres

pond

ing

prod

uctio

n of

car

bon

diox

ide

is a

ppro

xim

atel

y 7.

5 ti

mes

as

grea

t.T

here

are

oth

er m

an-c

ause

d fa

ctor

s w

hich

dep

lete

the

atm

osph

ere

of o

xyge

n.E

rosi

on, d

efor

esta

tion

and

defo

liatio

n of

larg

e st

retc

hes

ofco

untr

y-si

de r

educ

e th

e nu

mbe

r of

gre

en p

lant

s w

hich

add

oxyg

en to

the

air.

The

sam

e ef

fect

is a

chie

ved

by p

low

ing

gras

slan

ds f

or c

rops

, bec

ause

the

land

is le

ft b

are

for

part

of

the

year

; and

by

the

cont

inua

l pav

ing

of w

hat w

as o

nce

gras

slan

ds o

r fo

rest

s.T

here

is e

vide

nce

that

wat

ex p

ollu

tion

can

redu

ce th

e pr

oduc

tion

of o

xyge

n-ge

nera

ting

phyt

opla

nkto

n (a

lgae

) in

coa

stal

wat

ers.

On

the

othe

r

hand

, fer

tiliz

atio

n of

sur

face

wat

ers

by o

rgan

ic w

aste

s m

ay in

crea

seal

gae

grow

th.

It is

als

o po

ssib

le th

at in

crea

sed

leve

ls o

f ca

rbon

dio

xide

in th

e at

mos

pher

e ac

tual

ly s

timul

ate

phot

osyn

thes

is a

nd th

us te

nd to

be

self

-reg

ulat

ing.

Al-

thou

gh th

e ec

olog

y of

the

atm

osph

ere

is to

o yo

ung

a sc

ienc

e to

hav

ees

tabl

ishe

d ha

rd-a

nd-f

ast p

rinc

iple

s it

has

de-

term

ined

that

"...

the

atm

osph

ere

is c

lear

ly a

fin

ite a

nd e

xtre

mel

y va

luab

le r

esou

rce

whi

ch is

pro

babl

y be

ing

used

up o

r de

grad

ed c

onsi

dera

bly

fast

er th

an it

isbe

ing

rege

nera

ted.

It is

har

dly

the

unlim

ited

rese

rvoi

r it

was

gen

eral

ly

imag

ed to

be

as r

ecen

tly a

s a

deca

de o

r tw

o ag

o. "

Sinc

e th

e at

mos

pher

e m

ust b

e re

gard

ed a

s fi

nite

, rat

her

than

infi

nite

, it f

ollo

ws

that

dif

fere

nt u

ses

of it

may

not

be c

ompa

tible

. And

sin

ce th

e us

e of

the

atm

osph

ere

is n

ot c

ontr

olle

dby

a c

ompe

titiv

e m

arke

t but

is a

vaila

ble

to a

ll

in u

nlim

ited

quan

titie

s an

d at

no

char

ge, i

t is

beco

min

g in

crea

sing

ly a

ppar

entt

hat t

he p

rim

ary

use

of th

is r

esou

rce

--

to s

uppo

rt a

nim

al li

fe -

- is

bei

ng je

opar

dize

d by

sec

onda

ry in

tere

sts

such

as

indu

stry

and

tran

spor

tatio

n, w

hich

use

it as

a s

ink

for

the

by-p

rodu

cts

of c

ombu

stio

n. T

he c

onfl

ictin

g de

man

ds w

epl

ace

on o

ur a

tmos

pher

e ar

e be

gini

ng to

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exce

ed it

s ca

pabi

litie

s to

sat

isfy

all

need

s. A

s a

resu

lt, w

e m

ay s

oon

be f

aced

with

som

e ve

ry b

asic

cho

ices

.

Foss

il Fu

els

Cau

se P

ollu

tion

Bef

ore

we

can

mak

e go

od d

ecis

ions

, how

ever

, we

mus

t be

fully

info

rmed

abo

ut th

e ca

uses

and

eff

ects

of

the

prob

lem

. The

mos

t im

port

ant s

ourc

e of

air

pol

lutio

n is

ene

rgy

conv

ersi

on, e

spec

ially

in th

e co

mbu

stio

n of

fos

sil

fuel

s.T

he f

our

maj

or f

uel c

onsu

mer

s ar

e th

e el

ectr

ical

util

ities

, tra

nspo

rtat

ion,

indu

stry

and

hou

seho

lds

and

com

mer

cial

est

ablis

hmen

ts. T

he m

ajor

pri

mar

y fu

els

utili

zed

are

coal

, pet

role

um a

nd n

atur

al g

as; e

lect

rica

len

ergy

bec

omes

the

maj

or s

econ

dary

fue

l for

the

othe

r us

ers.

The

tabl

e be

low

sum

mar

izes

the

fuel

req

uire

men

tsof

eac

h of

the

maj

or c

onsu

mer

s.

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ces

of E

nerg

y U

sed

by V

ario

us S

ecto

rs (

1966

)(i

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rcen

ts)

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As

the

char

t sho

ws,

all

thre

e m

ajor

fos

sil f

uels

are

use

d in

the

prod

uctio

n of

ele

ctri

cal p

oweI

. Nuc

lear

and

hydr

oele

ctri

c in

stal

latio

ns c

ompr

ise

the

maj

ority

of

the

"OT

HE

R"

cate

gory

. The

key

fac

tor

in d

eter

min

ing

whi

chfu

el is

use

d in

a g

iven

loca

tion

is th

e co

st p

er B

ritis

h T

herm

al U

nit (

BT

U).

Nat

ural

gas

is d

omin

ant'

in th

e w

est

and

sout

hwes

t nea

r th

e m

ajor

gas

wel

ls.

Wat

er p

ower

is u

sed

in th

e no

rthw

est w

here

it is

abu

ndan

t.R

esid

ual o

ilim

port

ed f

rom

Ven

ezue

la is

use

d in

man

y po

wer

pla

nts

alon

g th

e G

ulf

and

Sout

heas

t coa

sts.

Coa

l is

the

prim

ary

fuel

sou

rce

in th

e m

idw

est a

nd e

ast,

and

is u

sed

to s

ome

exte

nt in

oth

er a

reas

as

wel

l.A

s of

196

6, m

ore

than

hal

f ou

r el

ectr

ic p

ower

cam

e fr

om th

e bu

rnin

g of

coa

l.W

ater

pow

er is

adv

anta

geou

s in

that

it d

oes

not c

ause

pol

lutio

n, b

ut th

e ec

olog

ical

con

sequ

ence

s of

inst

allin

g da

ms

can

be f

ar-r

each

ing.

Nat

ural

gas

is c

ompa

rativ

ely

clea

n, p

rodu

cing

few

unw

ante

d em

issi

ons

othe

r th

an c

arbo

n di

oxid

e, b

ut it

is r

elat

ivel

y ex

-pe

nsiv

e in

the

popu

late

d N

orth

east

ern

and

Mid

dle

Atla

ntic

sta

tes

whi

ch a

re f

ar r

emov

ed f

rom

the

prim

ary

sour

ces.

Nuc

lear

pow

er d

oes

not n

orm

ally

cau

se m

uch

air

pollu

tion,

but

it is

a m

ajor

cau

se o

f th

erm

al p

ollu

tion

to w

ater

-r-

rkw

ays,

and

is a

lso

a po

tent

ial s

ourc

e of

con

tam

inat

ion

from

rad

iatio

n.R

esid

ual o

il is

rel

ativ

ely

inex

pens

ive

near

= 1.a

the

sour

ce, b

ut s

uppl

ies

are

dwin

dlin

g.C

oal i

s fa

irly

abu

ndan

t and

che

ap, b

ut it

is o

ften

obt

aine

d th

roug

h st

rip-

min

ing,

whi

ch w

reak

s ha

voc

with

the

envi

ronm

ent.

A m

ajor

pro

blem

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

utili

zatio

n of

bot

h co

al a

ndpe

trol

eum

by

the

utili

ty in

dust

ry is

the

fact

that

thes

e fu

els

norm

ally

con

tain

a c

onsi

dera

ble

amou

nt o

f su

lfur

(ab

out

2. 5

%)

as a

n im

puri

ty. D

urin

g co

mbu

stio

n, s

ulfu

r is

con

vert

ed to

sul

fur

diox

ide

(SO

2) a

nd s

ulfu

r tr

ioxi

de (

SO3)

, tw

oof

the

mos

t dan

gero

us a

ir p

ollu

tant

s. T

he s

ulfu

r ox

ides

are

in th

emse

lves

toxi

c su

bsta

nces

, and

they

com

bine

with

wat

er to

for

m s

ulfu

rous

and

sul

furi

c ac

id (

H2S0

3 an

d H

2SO

4' r

espe

ctiv

ely)

. The

se a

cids

are

hig

hly

irri

tatin

g to

the

lung

s an

d br

onch

ial p

assa

ges,

and

are

als

o de

stru

ctiv

e to

pla

nts,

pai

nted

sur

face

s, b

are

met

al a

nd s

tone

.E

lect

ric

utili

ties

prod

uced

app

roxi

mat

ely

13. 6

mill

ion

tons

of

sulf

ur o

xide

s in

196

5. T

hey

also

gen

erat

ed a

n es

timat

ed 3

.7m

illio

n to

ns o

f ni

trog

en o

xide

s, 2

.5 m

illio

n to

ns o

f ca

rbon

mon

oxid

e (C

O),

and

2. 4

mill

ion

tons

of

part

icul

ates

(so

ot).

Go

Now

, Pay

Lat

er

A q

uick

gla

nce

at th

e ch

art t

ells

you

wha

t you

alr

eady

kno

w a

bout

tran

spor

tatio

n--

mos

t of

it de

pend

s on

pet

role

umpr

oduc

ts.

Thi

s is

bec

ause

of

the

ease

of

stor

age

and

hand

ling

of li

quid

fue

ls.

Sulf

ur d

ioxi

de is

not

a m

ajor

pro

blem

in

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the

emis

sion

s of

mot

or v

ehic

les,

how

ever

, bec

ause

90%

of

the

fuel

use

d is

gas

olin

e (f

or a

utom

obile

s an

d sm

all

truc

ks),

and

the

rest

is je

t fue

l (si

mila

r to

ker

osen

e) a

nd d

iese

l oil

(for

larg

e tr

ucks

).A

ll th

ese

fuel

s ar

e di

s-til

late

s, p

rodu

ced

in r

efin

ery

proc

esse

s w

hich

elim

inat

e su

ch im

puri

ties

as s

ulfu

r. A

new

sub

stan

ce is

oft

enad

ded,

how

ever

--

tetr

aeth

yl le

ad.

The

pur

pose

of

delib

erat

ely

blen

ding

this

sub

stan

ce w

ith g

asol

ine

is to

re-

+du

ce e

ngin

e kn

ocki

ng b

y in

crea

sing

the

"oct

ane

num

ber.

" A

lthou

gh th

e qu

antit

y pe

r ga

llon

is e

xtre

mel

y sm

all,

on a

nat

iona

l bas

is th

is a

mou

nts

to 2

00,0

00 to

ns o

f le

ad p

er y

ear

(one

-six

th th

e na

tion'

s le

adpr

oduc

tion)

, nea

rly

all o

f w

hich

end

s up

as

very

fin

e pa

rtic

les

in a

utom

otiv

e ex

haus

t whi

ch is

dis

pers

ed in

to th

e ai

r.Fu

ll st

udie

sof

the

ecol

ogic

al e

ffec

ts o

f su

ch e

mis

sion

s up

on p

lant

s an

d an

imal

s ha

ve n

ot y

et b

een

deve

lope

d, b

ut it

mus

t be

accu

mul

atin

g so

mew

here

. An

even

mor

e im

port

ant p

robl

em a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e in

tern

al c

ombu

stio

n en

gine

,ho

wev

er, i

s in

com

plet

e co

mbu

stio

n. A

s m

uch

as 1

0% o

f th

e fu

el is

was

ted

and

diss

ipat

ed in

to th

e at

mos

pher

eei

ther

unb

urne

d or

par

tially

bur

ned.

The

mos

t ser

ious

eff

ect o

f in

com

plet

e co

mbu

stio

n is

the

prod

uctio

n of

enor

mou

s qu

antit

ies

of c

arbo

n m

onox

ide.

An

estim

ated

10

mill

ion

tons

of

this

dea

dly

gas

wer

ere

leas

ed in

toth

e at

mos

pher

e ov

er th

e U

nite

d St

ates

in 1

965.

If it

wer

e no

t for

the

disp

ersi

ng e

ffec

ts o

f w

inds

and

the

even

tual

oxid

atio

n of

car

bon

mon

oxid

e in

to n

on-t

oxic

car

bon

diox

ide,

the

conc

entr

atio

n of

car

bon

mon

oxid

e in

traf

fic-

1-4

fille

d ci

ties

wou

ld r

apid

ly p

ass

the

leth

al le

vel o

f 20

0 pa

rts

per

mill

ion

(7-4

3m),

or

0:02

%.

Eve

n no

w, p

eak

conc

entr

atio

ns o

f up

to 1

40 p

pm h

ave

been

obs

erve

d ov

er c

ity s

tree

ts d

urin

g pe

riod

s of

hea

vy tr

affi

c ...

obvi

ousl

yto

o cl

ose

for

com

fort

.M

oreo

ver,

leve

ls o

f on

ly 4

0 pp

m a

re th

ough

t to

be e

noug

h to

impa

ir b

oth

phys

ical

and

men

tal f

unct

ions

.If

this

is tr

ue, i

t is

conc

eiva

ble

that

car

bon

mon

oxid

e co

uld

be a

con

trib

utin

g ca

use

of m

any

auto

mob

ile a

ccid

ents

inci

ties

and

on c

row

ded

turn

pike

s.C

arbo

n m

onox

ide

is n

ot th

e on

ly c

onta

min

ant r

elea

sed

into

the

atm

osph

ere

by m

otor

veh

icle

s.O

xide

s of

nitr

ogen

(ni

trog

en o

xide

and

nitr

ogen

dio

xide

) ar

e al

so p

ro-

duce

d by

the

high

-tem

pera

ture

, hig

h-pr

essu

re c

ombu

stio

n pr

oces

ses

char

acte

rist

ic o

f th

e in

tern

al c

ombu

stio

nen

gin.

Som

e 5.

7 m

illio

n to

ns w

ere

rele

ased

in 1

965.

Nitr

ogen

oxi

des

are

them

selv

es to

xic

and,

toge

ther

with

unbu

rned

hyd

roca

rbon

s, a

re th

e m

ain

ingr

edie

nts

in th

e ph

otoc

hem

ical

mix

ture

whi

ch c

onst

itute

s L

os A

ngel

es-t

ype

"sm

og.'"

Aut

omob

iles

are

a_si

gnif

ican

t sou

rce

not o

nly

of g

aseo

us e

mis

sion

s, b

ut p

artic

ulat

es.

The

re a

rem

inor

am

ount

s of

thes

e su

bsta

nces

in th

e ex

haus

t, ot

hers

com

e fr

om m

echa

nica

l wea

r, e

spec

ially

fro

m th

e ru

bber

on ti

res

and

the

asbe

stes

of

brak

e lin

ings

.O

ne m

ajor

cau

se o

f th

e tr

affi

c ja

ms

whi

ch c

ontr

ibut

e to

urb

an a

ir

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pollu

tion

prob

lem

s is

the

inad

equa

cy o

f m

ass

tran

sit s

yste

ms

in m

ost c

ities

.O

nly

in N

ew Y

ork

City

is a

sig

nifi

cant

frac

tion

of to

tal p

asse

nger

-mile

s at

trib

uted

to r

ailr

oads

or

rapi

d tr

ansi

t.A

lthou

gh p

eopl

e liv

ing

in d

ense

ly p

opul

ated

area

s tr

avel

som

ewha

t les

s by

aut

omob

ile th

an p

eopl

e liv

ing

in s

ubur

bs o

r sm

alle

r to

wns

, the

dif

fere

nces

are

not

grea

t on

a na

tiona

l bas

is.

In f

act,

sinc

e au

tom

obile

trip

s of

ove

r 10

0 m

iles

are

estim

ated

tol a

ccou

nt f

or o

nly

20%

of

tota

l aut

omob

ile p

asse

nger

-mile

s, th

e m

ajor

ity o

f th

e sh

orte

r tr

ips

can

be a

ssum

ed to

take

pla

ce w

here

the

maj

ority

of p

eopl

e liv

ein

and

nea

r ci

ties.

Air

pol

lutio

n is

the

cons

eque

nce.

Indu

stri

es T

ie U

p C

lean

Coa

ls

T!

e ot

her

maj

or u

sers

of

foss

il fu

els,

bes

ides

mot

or v

ehic

les

and

the

utili

ties,

are

indu

stri

es a

nd h

ouse

hold

s.A

ll th

ree

maj

or ty

pes

of f

ossi

l fue

ls a

re u

tiliz

ed in

indu

stri

al p

roce

sses

, esp

ecia

lly m

etal

lurg

y, c

emen

t and

gla

ssm

anuf

actu

re a

nd r

efac

tori

es. S

ome

188

mill

ion

tons

of

coal

wer

e us

ed b

y in

dust

ry in

196

5, o

f w

hich

mor

e th

an h

alf

(96

mill

ion

tons

) w

as f

irst

car

boni

zed

to p

rodu

ce 7

7 m

illio

n to

ns o

f co

ke, p

lus

coal

gas

, coa

l tar

and

coa

l tar

der

iva-

tives

.Si

nce

low

-sul

fur

sour

ces

of P

enns

ylva

nia

and

Wes

t Vir

gini

a ar

e tie

d up

in lo

ng-t

erm

con

trac

ts, w

hich

lim

itsI+ cZ

thei

r av

aila

bilit

y to

the

elec

tric

util

ities

. As

a re

sult,

indu

stry

pro

duce

s le

ss s

ulfu

r di

oxid

e th

an th

e ut

ilitie

s.C

oal

Co

is n

o lo

nger

use

d to

any

app

reci

able

ext

ent f

or s

pace

hea

ting

purp

oses

, but

bot

h na

tura

l gas

and

pet

role

um a

re.

Acc

ordi

ng to

sta

tistic

s co

mpi

led

in 1

965,

indu

stri

al a

nd s

pace

-hea

ting

sour

ces

wer

e th

e le

adin

g "s

uppl

iers

" of

the

nitr

ogen

oxi

des

and

part

icul

ate

mat

ter

emitt

ed in

to th

e at

mos

pher

e, p

rodu

cing

an

estim

ated

7 m

illio

n to

ns o

f ea

ch.

The

y al

so g

ener

ated

a to

tal o

f 8.

4 m

illio

n to

m, o

f su

lfur

dio

xide

, les

s th

an th

e ut

ilitie

s, b

ut s

till a

sig

nifi

cant

am

ount

.A

noth

er c

ause

of

urba

n ai

r po

llutio

n is

was

te -

- du

ring

pro

duct

ion,

dur

ing

proc

essi

ng, d

urin

g co

nsum

ptio

n an

daf

ter

cons

umpt

ion.

The

fir

st c

ateg

ory

refe

rs to

the

esca

pe o

f so

me

port

ion

of f

ossi

l fue

ls, e

spec

ially

nat

ural

gas

, by

evap

orat

ion

duri

ng p

rodu

ctio

n, o

r th

e re

leas

e of

nox

ious

fum

es in

to th

e at

mos

pher

e by

eva

pora

tion

duri

ng v

ario

usty

pes

of in

dust

rial

pro

duct

ion.

The

sec

ond

incl

udes

eva

pora

tion

loss

es o

f ch

emic

al a

nd p

etro

leum

der

ivat

ives

dur

-in

g re

fini

ng, t

rans

port

ing

and

deliv

ery.

The

thir

d ca

tego

ry r

efer

s to

a n

umbe

r of

"in

term

edia

te"

prod

ucts

whi

char

e no

t act

ually

par

t of

the

prod

uct b

eing

con

sum

ed, b

ut w

hich

are

rel

ease

d in

to th

e en

viro

nmen

t dur

ing

norm

alus

age.

Incl

uded

in th

is c

ateg

ory

of a

ir p

ollu

tant

s su

ch a

s cl

eane

rs, s

olve

nts,

pes

ticid

es, e

xplo

sive

s an

d ae

roso

lpr

opel

lant

s.T

he f

ourt

h ca

tego

ry is

com

pris

ed o

f ga

seou

s an

d pa

rtic

ulat

e po

lluta

nts

resu

lting

fro

m th

e in

cine

ratio

n

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of s

olid

was

tes.

Fort

unat

ely,

som

e of

the

mos

t dan

gero

us a

irbo

rne

indu

stri

al w

aste

s su

ch a

sth

e fl

uori

des

(whi

ch a

re a

by-

prod

uct o

f th

e pr

oduc

tion

of f

ertil

izer

), th

e su

lfur

oxi

des

(whi

ch a

re a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith c

oppe

r,zi

nc a

nd le

ad p

rodu

ctio

n)

and

the

unpl

easa

nt a

nd o

ften

toxi

c fu

mes

fro

m o

il re

fine

ries

are

usu

ally

not p

rodu

ced

in u

rban

are

as, a

lthou

gh a

nyon

e

who

has

vis

ited

nort

hern

New

Jer

sey

will

atte

st to

the

fact

that

ther

e A

RE

som

em

ajor

ref

iner

ies

adja

cent

to m

etro

-

polit

ian

area

s. A

nd c

hem

ical

pla

nts,

am

ong

the

mos

t pro

lific

pro

duce

rs o

fvi

le-s

mel

ling,

cor

rosi

ve a

nd ir

rita

ting

fum

es (

espe

cial

ly th

e m

erca

ptan

s su

ch a

s hy

drog

en s

ulfi

de)

AR

E u

sual

ly lo

cate

d in

or

near

citie

s.T

he D

uPon

t com

-

plex

es a

t Wilm

ingt

on, D

el. ,

are

a g

ood

exam

ple.

Spra

y N

ow, P

ay L

ater

Alth

ough

sol

vent

s ar

e no

t gen

eral

ly c

onsi

dere

d w

hen

the

prob

lem

of

air

pollu

tion

is d

iscu

ssed

,th

ey a

re s

ig-

nifi

cant

con

tam

inan

ts to

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Thi

s ca

tego

ry in

clud

es tu

rpen

tine,

ben

zene

, xyl

ene,

nap

htha

, met

hyl,

ethy

l,an

d is

opro

pyl a

le-o

ho-1

s; g

lyco

l eth

ers,

ace

tone

, met

hyl-

ethy

l-ke

tone

, car

bon

disu

lfid

e, c

arbo

n te

trac

hlor

ide,

viny

l chl

orid

e an

d va

riou

s ot

her

chlo

rina

ted

hydr

ocar

bons

. Not

all

the

abov

e ar

eus

ed e

xclu

sive

ly in

way

s w

hich

i....1

.

C-.

..co

ntri

bute

to a

ir p

ollu

tion,

but

larg

e qu

antit

ies

of d

ry-c

lean

ing

agen

ts, p

aint

rem

over

s, p

aint

thin

ners

,var

nish

es a

nd,;.

..la

cque

rs a

re d

isip

ated

into

the

atm

osph

ere.

The

fun

ctio

n of

sol

vent

s is

eith

er to

rem

ove

solid

s fr

om p

lace

s w

here

they

are

not

wan

ted

or f

acili

tate

thei

r ap

plic

atio

n in

pla

ces

whe

re th

ey a

rew

ante

d.It

s fu

nctio

n fu

lfill

ed, t

he s

olve

nt

is o

ften

allo

wed

to e

scap

e (t

hrou

gh e

vapo

ratio

n).

Eve

n if

it is

rec

ycle

d, a

s in

com

mer

cial

dry

-cle

anin

g pl

ants

,th

ere

are

boun

d to

be

som

e lo

sses

eac

h tim

e, a

ll of

whi

ch h

elp

cont

amin

ate

the

air

we

brea

the.

The

dis

posa

l of

was

te p

rodu

cts

afte

r co

nsum

ptio

n of

goo

ds is

a m

ajor

prob

lem

in u

rban

are

as. A

mer

ican

spr

oduc

e ap

prox

imat

ely

four

pou

nds

of g

arba

ge, t

rash

and

junk

api

ece

ever

yda

y, f

or a

nat

iona

l tot

al o

f 15

0 m

illio

n

tons

a y

ear.

Sinc

e ab

out 8

0% o

f th

ese

was

te p

rodu

cts

are

com

bust

ible

, the

y ar

e of

ten

inci

nera

ted

at th

eir

poin

t of

orig

in, o

r a

cent

ral s

ite n

earb

y, to

red

uce

refu

se c

olle

ctio

n co

sts.

How

ever

, unc

ontr

olle

d bu

rnin

g at

loca

l poi

nts

rele

ases

trem

endo

us q

uant

ities

of

smok

e, s

oot a

nd a

sh in

to th

e at

mos

pher

e. F

orth

is r

easo

n, m

any

larg

e ci

ties

have

inst

alle

d en

clos

ed f

urna

ces

in w

hich

to d

ispo

se o

f th

e bu

lk o

f th

eir

solid

was

tes,

but

eve

n .s

o a

sign

ific

ant

frac

tion

of th

e fl

y as

h, a

nd 1

00%

of

the

sulf

ur o

xide

s an

d ni

trog

en o

xide

s es

cape

into

the

atm

osph

ere.

Sev

eral

mil-

lion

tons

of

soot

are

rel

ease

d in

to th

e ai

r ov

er A

mer

ican

citi

es e

ach

year

by th

e bu

ritin

g of

sol

id w

aste

s al

one.

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"In

New

Yor

k C

ity a

bout

75

tons

of

part

icul

ates

a d

ay a

re a

ttrib

uted

to m

unic

ipal

ref

use

burn

ing

and

a fu

rthe

r 61

tons

a d

ay a

re a

ttrib

uted

to d

wel

lings

and

apa

rtm

ent h

ouse

sof

whi

ch a

sig

nifi

cant

fra

ctio

n is

als

o du

e to

inci

n-er

atio

n.A

ll in

all,

pro

babl

y ha

il of

all

part

icul

ates

(so

ot)

com

e fr

om th

is s

ourc

e. "

2

Air

Pol

lutio

n A

ttack

s on

Man

y Fr

onts

It is

obv

ious

, the

n, th

at in

habi

tant

s of

mos

t Am

eric

an c

ities

toda

y ar

e bo

mba

rded

with

a w

ide

vari

ety

of a

irpo

lluta

nts

from

man

y di

ffer

ent s

ourc

es. T

he n

ext l

ogic

al q

uest

ion

is, W

HA

T D

O T

HE

SE P

OL

LU

TA

NT

S D

O?

The

effe

cts

of a

ir p

ollu

tion

may

be

divi

ded

into

fou

r m

ajor

cat

egor

ies:

on

peop

le, o

n pl

ants

and

ani

mal

s, o

n pr

oper

ty,

and

on w

eath

er a

nd c

limat

e.O

f gr

aves

t im

med

iate

con

cern

, of

cour

se, a

re th

e ef

fect

s on

hum

an h

ealth

.It

is n

otus

ually

pos

sibl

e to

trac

e fa

talit

ies

dire

ctly

to a

ir p

ollu

tion,

bec

ause

the

effe

cts

of p

ollu

tant

s ar

e ge

nera

lly s

yner

-gi

stic

; tha

t is,

they

inte

ract

with

oth

er in

flue

nces

suc

h as

exi

stin

g re

spir

ator

y di

seas

es a

nd c

igar

ette

sm

okin

g. A

irpo

llutio

n is

one

of

seve

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l str

esse

s w

hich

tend

to in

crea

se th

e in

cide

nce

and

seri

ousn

ess

of a

var

iety

of r

espi

rato

ry d

isea

ses,

suc

h as

lung

can

cer,

em

phys

ema,

tube

rcul

osis

, pne

umon

ia,

bron

chiti

s,as

thm

a an

d ev

enI-

2-

Cth

e co

mm

on c

old.

Stud

ies

have

link

ed m

ost o

r al

l of

thes

e w

ith p

rolo

nged

exp

osur

e to

pol

lute

d ai

r.T

he p

oten

tially

Crt

1

leth

al e

ffec

ts o

f ai

r po

llutio

n w

ere

dram

atic

ally

rev

eale

d by

a s

harp

incr

ease

in d

eath

rat

es (

mos

tly a

mon

g th

eel

derl

y or

thos

e al

read

y su

ffer

ing

from

a r

espi

rato

ry a

ilmen

t) d

urin

g ai

r po

llutio

n cr

ises

in th

e M

euse

Val

ley,

Bel

gium

, in

1930

(60

dea

ths)

; Don

ora,

Pa.

,in

194

8 (2

0 de

aths

); L

ondo

n, 1

952

(350

0-40

00 d

eath

s), a

nd N

ew Y

ork

City

, in

1965

(40

0 de

aths

).Fo

r ev

ery

deat

h as

soci

ated

with

air

pol

lutio

n, th

ere

are

man

y pe

rson

s w

ho h

ave

beco

me

ill to

the

poin

t of

requ

irin

g m

edic

al tr

eatm

ent,

and

coun

tless

oth

ers

who

suf

fer

sign

ific

ant a

nnoy

ance

in th

e fo

rm o

fle

sser

sym

ptom

s su

ch a

s co

ughi

ng, w

heez

ing,

che

st p

ains

, and

irri

tate

d ey

es, w

ithou

t see

king

med

ical

trea

tmen

t.Fi

nally

, the

re a

re th

ose

who

suf

fer

psyc

holo

gica

l rea

ctio

ns to

soo

t, 'b

ad s

mel

ls a

nd o

ther

unp

leas

ant e

nvir

onm

enta

las

pect

s of

pol

lutio

n.T

his

grou

p in

clud

es n

earl

y ev

eryo

ne li

ving

in a

n ur

ban

area

. Alth

ough

they

are

obv

ious

ly n

otas

ser

ious

as

fata

l dis

ease

s, m

inor

dis

com

fort

s an

d ae

sthe

tic o

bjec

tions

of

air

pollu

tion

are

beco

min

g in

crea

sing

lyim

port

ant f

acet

s of

the

air

prob

lem

. Thi

s is

due

pri

mar

ily to

two

fact

ors-

-the

ris

ing

leve

l of

educ

atio

n in

the

pop-

ulat

ion

at la

rge,

whi

ch h

as p

rodu

ced

a m

uch

keen

er g

ener

al a

war

enes

s of

the

pollu

tion

prob

lem

; and

the

grow

ing

pros

peri

ty o

f m

any

clas

ses

of p

eopl

e, w

hich

incr

ease

s de

man

d fo

r "s

uper

ior

good

s" s

uch

as c

olor

tele

visi

ons,

gre

engr

ass,

larg

e au

tom

obile

s an

d cl

ean

air.

(Thi

s su

gges

ts a

cor

rupt

ion

here

of

the

age-

old

clic

hei;

viz.

,"Y

ou c

an't

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burn

you

r ai

r an

d br

eath

e it

too.

")

In a

ny e

vent

, whe

re b

elch

ing

smok

esta

cks

wer

e on

ce w

elco

med

as

a sy

mbo

l of

abo

omin

g ec

onom

y an

d fu

ll em

ploy

men

t, th

eyar

e m

uch

mor

e lik

ely

toda

y to

be

take

n as

indi

cato

rsof

obs

oles

cenc

ean

d ir

resp

onsi

bilit

y.

Ani

mal

s an

d Pl

ants

Bre

athe

Too

Man

is n

ot th

e on

ly li

ving

cre

atur

e af

fect

edby

air

pol

lutio

n.A

nim

als

are

also

sub

ject

to th

era

vage

s of

filt

hyai

r.Fo

rtun

atel

y, m

ost l

ives

tock

is r

aise

d in

rura

l are

as, w

ell r

emov

ed f

rom

the

air

pollu

tion

of c

ities

, but

ther

eha

ve b

een

case

s of

flu

orid

e po

ison

ing

from

the

inge

stio

nof

pla

nts

whi

ch h

ave

accu

mul

ated

fluo

ride

s fr

om f

ertil

izer

plan

ts lo

cate

d in

rur

al a

reas

.W

ithin

citi

es, a

ir p

ollu

tion

affe

cts

pets

,bu

t bec

ause

suc

h ef

fect

sar

e us

ually

chr

onic

(gra

dual

) ra

ther

than

acu

te (

imm

edia

te a

ndus

ually

sev

ere)

they

tend

togo

unn

otic

ed.

Nev

erth

eles

s, it

is p

roba

ble

that

air

pol

lutio

n ca

uses

con

side

rabl

edi

scom

fort

for

dog

s, c

ats,

bir

ds a

ndot

her

hous

ehol

d pe

ts, a

nd it

may

sho

rten

thei

r liv

es.

As

far

as p

lant

sar

e co

ncer

ned,

mos

t cro

psar

e re

mov

ed f

rom

the

citie

s an

dno

t gre

atly

aff

ecte

d by

air

pol-

!lu

tion,

exc

ept f

luor

ides

fro

mfe

rtili

zer

plan

ts a

nd s

ulfu

rox

ides

fro

m c

oppe

r sm

elte

rs.

How

ever

, the

rear

e so

me

dis-

tric

ts w

here

truc

kcr

ops,

mos

tly f

ruits

and

veg

etab

les,

are

grow

n ne

ar m

ajor

citi

es--

par

ticul

arly

in C

onne

ct: :

:.,ut

,L

ong

Isla

nd, N

ew J

erse

y, e

aste

rnPe

nnsy

lvan

ia, D

elaw

are

and

sout

hern

Cal

ifor

nia.

Agr

icul

tura

l dam

age

inth

e ci

trus

belt

of s

outh

ern

Cal

ifor

nia

is c

ause

d pr

imar

ily b

yox

idan

ts s

uch

asoz

one

and

pero

xy-a

cyln

itrat

epr

oduc

ed b

y th

e in

ter-

actio

n of

unb

urne

d hy

droc

arbo

ns,

nitr

ogen

oxi

des

and

stro

ngsu

nlig

ht.

In th

e M

iddl

e A

tlant

icst

ates

, veg

etab

les

are

spot

ted

and

disc

olor

ed b

y su

lfur

oxid

es.

Stun

ted

grow

thm

ay a

lso

resu

lt.H

arm

ful e

ffec

ts h

ave

also

been

det

ecte

don

shr

ubs,

flo

wer

s an

d sh

ade

tree

sin

sub

urba

n ga

rden

s an

dci

ty p

arks

.

Eff

ects

of

Air

Pol

lutio

n ar

e H

ard

toIs

olat

eJu

st a

s it

is d

iffi

cult

to tr

ace

the

spec

ific

effe

cts

of a

ir p

ollu

tant

s on

hum

an h

ealth

,it

is d

iffi

cult

to li

nk a

give

n sy

mpt

om o

f pl

ant d

isea

se to

a pa

rtic

ular

pol

luta

nt.

Air

pol

lutio

n is

one

sig

nifi

cant

envi

ronm

enta

l str

ess

upon

plan

ts; o

ther

s ar

e dr

ough

t, ex

trem

e co

ldor

hea

t, an

d pe

sts.

Mos

tly h

ealth

y pl

ants

can

with

stan

dm

oder

ate

e4po

sure

sto

any

one

of

thes

e st

ress

es, b

ut n

ottw

o or

thre

e si

mul

tane

ousl

y.In

this

sen

se, a

ir p

ollu

tion

may

be

"the

str

aw th

atbr

eaks

the

cam

el's

bac

k, "

in th

at it

isan

alm

ost c

onst

ant s

tres

s, a

nd th

e ot

her

envi

ronm

enta

l haz

ards

occ

ur p

erio

dic-

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ally

.A

ir p

ollu

tion

affe

cts

prop

erty

as

wel

l as

livin

g th

ings

.H

ere

agai

n, th

e su

lfur

oxi

des

and

the

oxid

ants

are

the

mos

t dam

agin

g po

lluta

nts.

Bot

h oz

one

and

the

sulf

ur o

xide

s ca

n ha

rden

and

wea

ken

rubb

er, p

last

ic, p

aper

and

othe

r m

ater

ials

.In

add

ition

, sul

furi

c ac

id f

orm

ed b

y th

e co

mbi

natio

n of

SO

3 w

ith w

ater

is a

par

ticul

arly

cor

rosi

veac

id w

hich

can

dam

age

virt

ually

any

exp

osed

met

al s

urfa

ce, a

s w

ell a

s lim

esto

ne o

r m

arbl

e.Pr

obab

ly th

e m

ost

notic

eabl

e fo

rm o

f pr

oper

ty d

amag

e is

fro

m s

oot,

whi

ch d

arke

ns c

loth

ing,

pai

nted

sur

face

s, f

urni

ture

, car

pets

,dr

apes

, aut

omob

iles

and

build

ings

.So

ot c

ause

s hi

gher

bill

s fo

r la

unde

ring

, dry

-cle

anin

g, p

aint

ing

and

mai

nten

ance

,an

d ev

en w

ith u

pkee

p, d

irty

air

mak

es f

or d

rab,

gra

y en

viro

nmen

t.T

he f

ourt

h m

ajor

eff

ect o

f ai

r po

llutio

n is

met

eoro

logi

cal.

Air

pol

lutio

n de

fini

tely

aff

ects

wea

ther

in c

ities

.T

empe

ratu

res

and

hum

idity

are

hig

her,

pre

cipi

tatio

n an

d cl

oud

cove

r sl

ight

ly g

reat

er, a

nd f

og is

muc

h m

ore

com

-m

on, e

spec

ially

in w

inte

r, th

an in

sur

roun

ding

reg

ions

. The

two

maj

or c

ause

s fo

r th

ese

phen

omen

a ar

e pr

obab

ly th

ew

aste

hea

t gen

erat

ed in

citi

es a

nd th

e hi

gh c

once

ntra

tions

of

part

icul

ates

, whi

ch s

erve

as

cond

ensa

tion

nucl

ei f

or f

ogor

pos

sibl

y ev

en s

eed

the

clou

ds to

pro

duce

rai

n.O

ther

pol

luta

nts

may

be

invo

lved

as

wel

l.

Wilt

We

Dro

wn

Our

Sea

coas

ts?

Scie

ntis

ts h

ave

expr

esse

d fe

ar c

once

rnin

g m

uch

broa

der

clim

atol

ogic

al r

espo

nses

to a

ir p

ollu

tion.

Som

e ha

vesu

gges

ted

that

the

mas

sive

bui

ld-u

p of

car

bon

diox

ide

over

wid

e re

ache

s of

the

eart

h m

ight

trap

sol

ar e

nerg

y in

a"g

reen

hous

e ef

fect

" w

hich

wou

ld e

vent

ually

mel

t the

pol

ar ic

ecap

s.O

ne o

bvio

us c

onse

quen

ce w

ould

be

a gr

adua

lri

se in

sea

leve

l whi

ch w

ould

thre

aten

coa

stal

citi

es.

On

the

othe

r ha

nd, i

t has

als

o be

en s

ugge

sted

that

the

high

erte

mpe

ratu

res

coul

d tr

igge

r a

new

ice

age

as a

rea

ctio

n.T

his

wou

ld c

ause

the

exac

t opp

osite

eff

ect;

man

y se

apor

tsw

ould

be

left

hig

h an

d dr

y as

the

ocea

ns r

eced

ed.

How

do

you

mea

sure

the

cost

s of

air

pol

lutio

n? T

he u

sual

app

roac

h ha

s be

en to

add

up

dolla

r ex

pend

iture

s,su

ch a

s ex

tra

clea

ning

or

hosp

ital b

ills,

whi

ch w

ould

not

hav

e be

en n

eces

sary

if th

ere

was

no

pollu

tion,

add

the

loss

es in

fut

ure

inco

me

due

to d

eath

or

disa

bilit

y re

late

d to

air

pol

lutio

n, a

nd c

all t

his

its c

ost.

Thi

s m

odel

ove

r-si

mpl

ifie

s an

d di

stor

ts th

e si

tuat

ion.

It h

as s

ever

al w

eakn

esse

s. F

or o

ne th

ing,

hos

pita

l and

bur

ial c

osts

, plu

slo

st f

utur

e in

com

e, c

an h

ardl

y be

con

side

red

a go

od e

stim

ate

of th

e va

lue

of h

uman

life

.A

lso,

sin

ce li

fe, h

ealth

and

clea

n, f

resh

air

are

nor

mal

ly F

RE

E, t

here

is n

o w

ay to

com

pute

a d

olla

r lo

ss if

thes

e be

nefi

ts a

re r

emov

ed.

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But

is it

val

id to

ass

ume

stat

istic

ally

that

the

loss

isze

ro?

It is

app

aren

t, th

eref

ore,

that

ther

e ar

e so

me

cost

sof

air

pol

lutio

n w

hich

are

inhe

rent

ly im

poss

ible

to m

easu

re,

beca

use

they

can

not b

e re

duce

d to

qua

ntita

tive

term

s.In

this

sen

se, c

urre

nt a

ppro

xim

atio

ns o

f th

e co

stof

pol

lutio

n

may

be

unde

rsta

tem

ents

. On

the

othe

rha

nd, t

here

are

eco

nom

ic f

acto

rs w

hich

com

plic

ate

the

situ

atio

n.C

onsi

der,

for

exam

ple,

the

case

of

the

paym

ent o

f ex

tra

dry-

clea

ning

bills

due

to s

oot i

n ci

ties.

If th

e so

ot w

ere

elim

inat

ed,

the

peop

le w

eari

ng th

e cl

othe

s w

ould

sav

e m

oney

, but

the

laun

dry

wou

ld lo

se m

oney

. Alth

ough

mos

t peo

ple

suff

er

loss

es f

rom

air

pol

lutio

n, th

e be

nefi

ts o

f so

me

othe

rs, s

uch

asth

e la

undr

y, w

ould

hav

e to

be

subt

ract

ed f

rom

the

loss

es to

der

ive

an a

ccur

ate

estim

ate

of th

e co

st o

f ai

r po

llutio

n.

Air

Pol

lutio

n H

as E

cono

mic

Ben

efits

for

Som

e

The

sam

e re

ason

ing

appl

ies

on a

nat

iona

l sca

le.

It is

qui

te p

ossi

ble

that

exp

ensi

ve p

robl

ems

caus

ed b

ypo

llutio

n,

such

as

extr

a la

undr

y, c

lean

ing,

mai

nten

ance

and

pai

ntin

g,he

lp p

rovi

de jo

bs f

or u

nski

lled

and

sem

i-sk

illed

labo

rers

who

mig

ht o

ther

wis

e be

une

mpl

oyed

. Aga

in, t

o ar

rive

at a

nac

cura

te e

stim

ate

of p

ollu

tion

cost

s, th

e ex

pend

iture

s to

!--L

repa

ir d

amag

es w

ould

hav

e to

be

redu

ced

by th

edo

llar

bene

fits

in te

rms

of e

mpl

oym

ent.

Cc

The

re is

an

even

mor

e ba

sic

econ

omic

pro

blem

conn

ecte

d w

ith th

e de

term

inat

ion

of a

ir p

ollu

tion

cost

s.A

lthou

gh

air

pollu

tion

caus

es m

illio

ns o

f do

llars

in d

amag

es,

it w

ould

als

o co

st a

gre

at d

eal t

o co

rrec

t it.

The

fac

t tha

t pol

luta

nts

can

be d

ispo

sed

of in

to th

een

viro

nmen

t at l

ittle

or

no c

- zt

to th

e po

llute

r m

eans

that

som

e go

ods

and

serv

ices

are

prob

ably

bei

ng s

old

mor

e ch

eapl

y th

an th

ey w

ould

ifth

e us

age

of a

ir w

as r

egul

ated

.E

lect

ric

pow

er is

a c

ase

in p

oint

.

Pow

er w

ould

be

mor

e ex

pens

ive

if th

e ut

ilitie

sha

d to

pay

the

econ

omic

pri

ce o

f pa

ssin

g th

eir

was

tes

on to

oth

ers

in

the

form

of

air

pollu

tion.

Sinc

e el

ectr

ic p

ower

is b

asic

to a

ll ot

her

indu

stri

es,

prod

uctio

n of

man

y ot

her

item

s w

ould

also

bec

ome

mor

e ex

pens

ive,

rai

sing

thei

r pr

ices

as

wel

l.A

ll th

ese

pric

e in

crea

ses

wou

ld h

ave

to b

esu

btra

cted

from

the

cost

of

the

dam

ages

pre

sent

ly c

ause

d by

air

pollu

tion

to c

ome

up w

ith a

goo

d es

timat

eof

the

cost

of

pollu

tion.

Com

putin

g th

e C

ost o

f A

ir P

ollu

tion

To

sum

mar

ize,

the

cost

of

air

pollu

tion

wou

ld b

e eq

ual

to th

e su

m o

f al

l pro

pert

y da

mag

e, m

edic

al e

xpen

ses

and

appr

oxim

ate

econ

omic

cos

ts o

f de

aths

and

dis

abili

ties

caus

edby

air

pol

lutio

n (h

owev

er im

perf

ect t

he a

ppro

xim

atio

ns

are)

, MIN

US

the

econ

omic

ben

efits

of

pollu

tion

in te

rms

ofpr

ofits

for

cer

tain

con

cern

s (s

uch

as th

ela

undr

y), e

mpl

oy-

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men

t ben

efits

, and

pot

entia

l pri

ce in

crea

ses

whi

chw

ould

be

caus

ed b

y th

e re

duct

ion

of a

ir p

ollu

tion.

Iron

ical

ly, i

f

this

for

mul

a w

ere

wor

ked

out,

it m

ight

wel

l tur

nou

t tha

t eco

nom

ical

ly, a

t lea

st, "

air

pollu

tion

isgo

od f

or y

ou. "

To

expl

ain

this

par

adox

, we

need

onl

y re

turn

to th

e co

ncep

t of

free

ben

efits

--

heal

th, l

ife

and

clea

n ai

r.A

lthou

gh

it is

ext

rem

ely

diff

icul

t to

plac

e a

pric

e ta

g on

thes

e, m

ost w

ould

agr

ee th

at th

e co

st o

f sa

crif

icin

gth

ese

amen

ities

of li

fe w

ould

gre

atly

exc

eed

the

poss

ible

ben

efits

of a

n ec

onom

y w

hich

pol

lute

s.

One

mar

ketp

lace

in w

hich

the

econ

omic

eff

ects

of

air

pollu

tion

are

quite

cle

arly

evi

denc

ed is

the

real

esta

te

mar

ket.

It r

efle

cts

mos

tly th

e ta

ngib

le, i

mm

edia

te,

notic

eabl

e ef

fect

s of

air

pol

lutio

n, s

uch

as th

ede

teri

orat

ion

and

extr

a cl

eani

ng a

nd m

aint

enan

ce c

osts

; the

mild

er m

ediC

al s

ympt

oms

such

as

shor

tnes

s of

brea

th a

nd s

mar

ting

eyes

, and

aes

thet

ic c

onsi

dera

tions

such

as

bad

smel

ls a

nd d

irt.

In o

ne e

xper

imen

t in

St. L

ouis

, eig

ht d

iffe

rent

"sul

fatio

n zo

nes"

wer

e id

entif

ied

acco

rdin

g to

the

conc

entr

atio

n of

sul

fur

diox

ide

in th

e at

mos

pher

e.A

vera

ge

prop

erty

val

ues

for

the

eigh

t are

as w

ere

com

pare

d.It

was

fou

nd th

at th

e av

erag

e pr

oper

ty v

alue

sva

ried

$25

0 pe

r

lot,

per

zone

, oth

er th

ings

rem

aini

ng e

qual

.In

oth

er w

ords

, the

iden

tical

hou

se w

ould

cost

$20

00 m

ore

at th

e

high

est s

ulfa

tion

leve

l tha

n at

the

low

est.

As

peop

le b

ecom

e m

ore

awar

e of

th'I

mor

e se

riou

slo

ng-t

erm

con

sequ

ence

s

of a

ir p

ollu

tion,

suc

h as

lung

can

cer

and

emph

ysem

a, th

e di

ffer

ence

in p

rope

rty

valu

esis

apt

to in

crea

se.

Just

how

muc

h va

lue

is a

ttach

ed to

hum

an li

fere

mai

ns a

que

stio

n m

ark.

Wha

teve

r th

is v

alue

isas

sum

ed to

be,

it m

ust

cert

ainl

y be

con

side

red

the

mos

t im

port

ant

cost

of

air

pollu

tion.

The

Key

Que

stio

n: H

ow to

Sto

p It

?

How

can

we

cont

rol a

ir p

ollu

tion?

Thi

s qu

estio

nis

rea

lly d

ivid

ed in

to tw

o m

ajor

cat

egor

ies,

polic

y an

d te

chno

logy

--

polic

y re

ferr

ing

to th

e ge

nera

l pla

n, te

chno

logy

to th

e sp

ecif

ic s

cien

tific

mea

ns o

f pr

even

tion.

Con

cern

ing

polic

y, th

ere

is a

wid

e ra

nge

of p

ossi

bilit

ies,

dep

endi

ngla

rgel

y on

the

attit

ude

of th

e po

licy-

mak

er to

war

dth

e fr

ee m

arke

t. A

"fr

ee

mar

ket"

app

roac

h op

erat

es o

n th

e pr

emis

e th

at m

ost

cost

s ar

isin

g fr

om a

ir p

ollu

tion

are

the

resu

lt of

mar

ket f

ailu

res,

and

ther

efor

e se

eks

to c

orre

ct th

ese

failu

res

by c

erta

in a

djus

tmen

ts W

ITH

IN th

e fr

ee m

arke

t.T

he a

ltern

ate

stra

tegy

is k

now

n as

an

ad h

oc r

espo

nse

a pr

agm

atic

rea

ctio

nde

sign

ed to

dea

l with

spe

cifi

c ai

r po

llutio

n pr

oble

ms

asth

ey

aris

e.T

he la

tter

polic

y of

ten

invo

lves

the

impo

sizi

on o

fco

ntro

ls (

or in

cent

ives

) fr

om O

UT

SID

E th

e fr

eem

arke

t by

the

gove

rnm

ent.

The

re a

re s

tren

gths

and

wea

knes

ses

to e

ach

mod

el. O

ne te

chni

que

used

in th

em

arke

t-pr

eser

ving

ap-

proa

ch a

ttem

pts

to e

limin

ate

exte

rnal

for

ces

by "

inte

rnal

izin

g" th

em. O

n a

gove

rnm

enta

llev

el th

is le

ads

to r

egio

nal

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agre

emen

ts a

nd th

e fo

rmat

ion

of "

supe

r-ag

enci

es"

to s

et r

egio

nal a

ir p

ollu

tion

stan

dard

s, r

athe

r th

an h

ave

them

im-

pose

d fr

om o

utsi

de.

In p

riva

te b

usin

ess,

inte

rnal

izat

ion

wou

ld b

e ac

hiev

ed th

roug

h m

erge

r. I

n th

e ex

trem

e ap

plic

7,tio

n,al

l pro

duce

rs a

nd c

onsu

mer

s w

ould

be

mer

ged

into

one

uni

t, re

sulti

ng in

pub

lic o

wne

rshi

p of

all

pollu

tion

sour

ces.

How

ever

, thi

s te

chni

que

is n

ot v

iabl

e' b

ecau

se it

wou

ld e

limin

ate

com

petit

ion,

a ba

sic

feat

ure

of th

e fr

ee m

arke

t.A

sec

ond

met

hod

of a

ttack

ing

air

pollu

tion

with

in th

e m

echa

nism

of

the

free

mar

ket w

ould

be

by a

ttach

ing

pric

esto

all

serv

ices

--

and

diss

ervi

ces

-- w

hich

are

now

pro

vide

d "f

ree"

by

the

atm

osph

ere.

In th

eory

, cha

rges

wou

ldbe

mad

e fo

r al

l use

s of

air

.C

harg

es f

or b

reat

hing

wou

ld b

e sm

all,

sinc

e am

ple

air

is a

vaila

ble

for

this

pro

cess

.C

harg

es f

or o

xyge

n us

ed f

or c

ombu

stio

n w

ould

be

the

sam

e PE

R U

NIT

as

brea

thin

g ch

arge

s, b

ut th

e to

tal w

ould

be

muc

h gr

eate

r du

e to

the

quan

tity

of o

xyge

n co

nsum

ed. S

urch

arge

s w

ould

be

impo

sed

upon

indi

vidu

als

or c

orpo

ratio

nsus

ing

the

atm

osph

ere

as a

rec

eptic

le f

or b

y-pr

oduc

ts o

r in

effi

cien

t com

bust

ion

or o

ther

che

mic

al p

roce

sses

. On

the

othe

r ha

nd, p

erso

ns r

ecei

ving

und

esir

able

inpu

ts f

rom

the

atm

osph

ere,

suc

h as

smog

or

soot

, wou

ld r

ecei

ve c

ompe

n-sa

tion.

It is

intu

itive

ly c

lear

that

this

sor

t of

plan

will

not

wor

k. T

he e

cono

mic

rea

son

for

this

is th

at it

is im

poss

ible

to a

ttach

fin

ite p

rice

s to

a c

omm

odity

so

long

as

it is

hel

d in

com

mon

as

a pu

blic

goo

d.

Eff

luen

t Tax

es C

ould

Be

Eff

ectiv

e

The

re A

RE

way

s to

mod

ify

the

idea

, how

ever

, whi

ch m

ay b

e ve

ry e

ffec

tive.

One

is th

e co

ncep

t of

an "

effl

uent

tax,

" w

hich

wou

ld r

equi

re a

pro

duce

r of

pol

luta

nts

to p

ay th

e go

vern

men

t (as

a s

urro

gate

2 of

the

publ

ic)

a pe

nalty

in d

irec

t pro

port

ion

of th

e qu

antit

y of

con

tam

inan

ts d

ispe

rsed

into

the

envi

ronm

ent.

It w

ould

then

be

up to

the

pro-

duce

r to

dec

ide

how

muc

h po

llutio

n he

cou

ld a

ffor

d; th

e on

ly c

ontr

ol.w

ould

be

econ

omic

, rat

her

than

lega

l.T

his

met

hod

has

the

adva

ntag

e of

exp

loiti

ng th

e m

achi

nery

of

the

free

mar

ket r

athe

r th

an in

hibi

ting

it.Fo

r ex

ampl

e,co

nsid

er a

gain

the

elec

tric

pow

er in

dust

ry.

Its

maj

or p

rodu

cts

are

(1)

elec

tric

ity, a

nd (

2) s

oot (

disr

egar

ding

othe

r ef

flue

nts

for

the

mom

ent)

.It

buy

s th

e ch

eape

st p

ossi

ble

fuel

, sel

ls e

lect

rici

ty a

nd "

give

s aw

ay"

its s

oan

d ot

her

effl

uent

s.Su

ppos

e th

e in

dust

ry is

req

uire

d to

pay

for

pol

lutin

g th

e en

viro

nmen

t.It

can

then

take

one

of

viab

le-w

orka

ble,

use

able

2 surr

ogat

e-su

bstit

ute,

rep

rese

ntat

ive

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two

cour

ses

of a

ctio

n--

sim

ply

pay

the

pena

lty a

nd p

ass

the

cost

on

to th

e co

nsum

er in

the

form

of

high

er p

rice

s, o

rsh

ift t

o cl

eane

r fu

el, i

nsta

ll pr

ecip

itato

rs o

n its

sm

okes

tack

s an

d re

duce

the

putp

ut o

f so

ot.

Thi

s to

o w

ould

cos

t mon

eyan

d ca

use

high

er p

rice

s.Si

nce

dem

and

for

pow

er w

ould

be

expe

cted

to d

ecre

ase

as p

rice

s in

crea

se, i

t is

in th

e in

tere

stof

the

pow

er c

ompa

ines

to k

eep

rate

s do

wn.

The

y w

ould

ther

efor

e by

mor

e lik

ely

to s

eek

cont

rols

, whi

ch w

ould

bec

ome

less

and

less

exp

ensi

ve a

s pe

ople

fol

low

ed a

n in

cent

ive

to d

evel

op im

prov

ed m

etho

ds, r

athe

r th

an s

impl

ypa

y fi

xed

pena

lties

inde

fini

tely

. The

gov

ernm

ent c

ould

acc

eler

ate

this

proc

ess

by s

tepp

ing

up th

e pe

nalti

es e

ach

year

.

The

Ad

Hoc

Met

hod

The

ad

hoc

appr

oach

to c

ontr

ollin

g ai

r po

llutio

n is

mor

e sp

ecif

ic a

nd d

irec

t.It

s m

ajor

tech

niqu

es a

re le

gal e

n-fo

rcem

ent o

f ar

bitr

ary

stan

dard

s an

d th

e us

e of

sub

sidi

esor

tax

cred

its a

s ex

tern

al in

cent

ives

to in

dust

ries

to c

ompl

yw

ith s

tand

ards

. Arb

itrar

y st

anda

rds

amou

nt to

a s

impl

e st

atem

ent t

hat e

mis

sion

s fr

oma

part

icul

ar in

dust

rial

pro

cess

or e

ngin

e sh

all n

ot e

xcee

d a

give

n am

ount

, alo

ng w

ith a

mea

ns o

f en

forc

emen

t.T

heor

etic

ally

, thi

s m

etho

d m

ight

res

ult i

n st

anda

rds

bein

g se

t unr

ealis

tical

ly lo

w,

or e

ven

at "

zero

, " b

ut in

actu

ality

the

dete

rmin

atio

n of

suc

h st

anda

rds

has

ofte

n be

en u

ndul

y in

flue

nced

by

polit

ical

lobb

ies

of th

e la

rge

indu

stri

esaf

fect

ed, a

nd th

e st

anda

rds

,hav

e of

ten

been

too

leni

ent.

Ano

ther

pro

blem

ass

ocia

ted

with

this

tech

niqu

e is

enf

orce

men

t;it

is o

ften

ver

y di

ffic

ult t

o es

tabl

ish

relia

ble

mea

ns o

f m

onite

ring

the

disc

harg

e of

eff

luen

ts. (

Thi

spr

oble

m w

ould

als

obe

cri

tical

in th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n of

an

"eff

luen

t tag

" te

chni

que,

sin

ce th

e am

ount

of

paym

ent w

ould

vary

dir

ectly

with

the

exac

t am

ount

s of

eff

luen

t. )

Indu

stry

pre

fers

the

use

of g

over

nmen

t sub

sidi

es o

r ta

x cr

edits

as

ince

ntiv

es to

inst

all p

ollu

tion

cont

rol e

quip

men

t.O

ne p

robl

em a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

is m

etho

d is

that

it is

oft

en p

ossi

ble

to la

nd a

siz

able

win

dfal

l pro

fit b

y ov

eres

timat

ing

the

cost

of

cont

rol e

quip

men

t, or

attr

ibut

ing

to p

ollu

tion

cont

rol m

ajor

cap

ital i

nves

tmen

ts th

e fi

rm h

ad in

tend

ed to

impl

e-m

ent a

nyw

ay.

It w

ould

req

uire

hig

hly

trai

ned

and

perc

eptiv

e go

vern

men

t off

icia

ls to

det

ect s

uch

frau

ds.

Som

e in

dust

ried

Cou

ld N

ot A

ffor

d to

Cle

an U

p

Ano

ther

pro

blem

con

nect

ed w

ith a

ny f

orm

of

emis

sion

s co

ntro

lor

eff

luen

t tax

es is

the

case

of

a fe

w in

dust

ries

whi

chm

ight

legi

timat

ely

be d

iscr

imin

ated

aga

inst

. Alth

ough

it s

eem

s un

fair

to m

ake

exce

ptio

ns f

or c

erta

in in

dust

ries

,th

e

147

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gove

rnm

ent w

ould

be

face

d w

ith a

kno

tty p

robl

em r

egar

ding

indu

stri

es w

hich

cou

ld s

impl

y no

t aff

ord

to a

ssum

e th

eco

sts

of c

onve

rtin

g to

cle

aner

, mor

e ef

fici

ent p

roce

sses

and

stil

l rem

ain

com

petit

ive.

A E

ase

in p

oint

wou

ld b

e th

ele

athe

r in

dust

ry, w

hich

cou

ld p

roba

bly

not c

lean

up

and

still

com

pete

with

syn

thet

ics.

(One

way

to d

eal w

ith th

ispr

oble

m w

ould

be

to r

equi

re m

eat-

pack

ers

to s

hare

par

t of

the

cost

s, s

ince

with

out t

he le

athe

r in

dust

ry, h

ides

wou

ldbe

com

e a

maj

or d

ispo

sal p

robl

em f

or th

em, b

ut th

is w

ould

pro

babl

y ra

ise

the

pric

e of

mea

t. )

Oth

er in

dust

ries

base

d on

nat

ural

pro

duct

s (s

ugar

ref

inin

g, p

aper

mill

s, e

tc. )

mig

ht f

ace

sim

ilar

econ

omic

pro

blem

s.In

thes

esi

tuat

ions

it w

ould

pro

babl

y be

nec

essa

ry to

pro

vide

for

a p

ublic

buy

Hou

t or

a te

mpo

rary

sub

sidy

to e

ase

the

per-

iod

of tr

ansi

tion

to c

lean

er p

rodu

ctio

n.N

o m

atte

r w

hat p

olic

ies

are

deve

lope

d to

cop

e w

ith a

ir p

ollu

tion,

they

will

not

be

effe

ctiv

e un

it...3

s ad

equa

te te

chno

-lo

gica

l con

trol

s ar

e av

aila

ble.

The

re a

re tw

o ba

sic

appr

oach

es to

the

cont

rol o

f ai

r po

llutio

n --

sym

ptom

atic

trea

t-m

ent a

nd p

roce

ss c

hang

e. T

he f

irst

met

hod

does

not

atte

mpt

to k

eep

pollu

tant

s fr

om b

eing

pro

duce

d; it

mer

ely

seek

sto

pre

vent

thei

r di

sper

sal i

nto

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Thu

s sm

oke

prec

ipita

tors

, sta

ck g

as a

bsor

bers

, filt

ers

and

was

hers

,af

terb

urne

rs a

nd c

atal

ytic

muf

fler

s fo

r au

tom

obile

s ar

e al

l sym

ptom

atic

trea

tmen

t dev

ices

.T

here

are

adv

anta

ges

tot

such

tech

niqu

es.

In th

e ca

se o

f au

tom

obile

exh

aust

s, f

or e

xam

ple,

the

chie

f pr

oble

m, e

spec

ially

with

car

bon

mon

oxid

e,ar

ises

fro

m in

com

plet

e co

mbu

stio

n. A

n af

terb

urne

r w

ould

ther

efor

e pr

ovid

e a

very

use

ful s

ervi

ce.

In s

ome

case

s,co

llect

ion

devi

ces

coul

d ac

tual

ly f

urni

sh a

sal

eabl

e by

-pro

duct

. Fly

ash

pre

cipi

tate

d fr

om s

mok

e st

acks

, for

exa

mpl

e,co

uld

be c

onve

rted

into

insu

latio

n or

fill

er a

nd m

arke

ted

quite

eff

ectiv

ely.

On

othe

r oc

casi

ons,

how

ever

, sym

ptom

atic

trea

tmen

t mer

ely

subs

titut

es o

ne f

orm

of

pollu

tion

for

anot

her.

Thu

s su

lfur

dio

xide

can

be

rem

oved

fro

mga

seou

sw

aste

s by

"w

ashi

ng,"

but

wha

t is

to b

e do

ne w

ith th

e su

lfur

-la

den

wat

er?

Cur

e th

e D

isea

se, N

ot J

ust t

he S

ympt

om

In th

e lo

ng r

un, t

he p

roce

ss-c

hang

e te

chni

que

is m

ore

prom

isin

g, a

lthou

gh it

may

be

cost

ly d

urin

g th

e co

nver

sion

itsel

f.T

here

are

sev

eral

exa

mpl

es o

f po

tent

ial p

roce

ss c

hang

es w

hich

cou

ld r

educ

e ai

r po

llutio

n.E

lect

ric

utili

ties

coul

d sh

ift f

rom

hig

h-su

lfur

to lo

w-s

ulfu

r oi

l, or

use

eith

er n

atur

al g

as o

r ga

ssif

ied

desu

lfur

ized

coa

l.Po

wer

pla

nts

coul

d be

bui

lt cl

oser

to c

oal m

ines

, thu

s re

duci

ng b

oth

tran

spor

tatio

n co

sts

and

cutti

ng d

own

on th

e he

at a

nd p

ollu

tion

rele

ased

in u

rban

air

shed

s. A

shi

ft to

nuc

lear

pow

er w

ill a

lso

redu

ce a

ir p

ollu

tion,

alth

ough

the

prob

lem

s of

ther

mal

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pbllu

tion

and

radi

oact

ive

was

tes

will

nee

d to

be

surm

ount

ed.

Ulti

mat

ely,

how

ever

, the

use

of

cont

rolle

d th

erm

onuc

lear

reac

tions

(fu

sion

) w

ill p

roba

bly

elim

inat

e al

l the

se p

robl

ems.

..

Ano

ther

are

a w

here

bas

ic p

roce

ss c

hang

es c

ould

exe

rt a

pro

foun

d in

flue

nce

on a

ir p

ollu

tion

is tr

ansp

orta

tion.

Res

earc

h ha

s al

read

y in

dica

ted

that

an

exte

rnal

com

bust

ion

engi

ne (

EC

E)

coul

d be

dev

elop

ed u

sing

stea

m o

r a

synt

hetic

wor

king

flu

id s

uch

as f

reon

, whi

ch w

ould

dup

licat

e or

sur

pass

the

char

acte

rist

ics

of th

etr

aditi

onal

inte

rnal

com

bust

ion

engi

nes

in te

rms

of p

ower

, wei

ght,

effe

ctiv

e ra

nge,

sm

ooth

ness

of

oper

atio

n an

d fu

elco

nsum

ptio

n ef

fici

ency

, with

muc

h

few

er e

mis

sion

s.In

fac

t, ev

iden

ce s

ugge

sts

that

the

exte

rnal

com

bust

ion

engi

ne c

ould

be

sim

pler

,ch

eape

r to

man

ufac

-

ture

, lon

ger-

lived

and

mor

e ec

onom

ical

to o

pera

te th

an th

e in

tern

al c

ombu

stio

n en

gin.

An

alte

rnat

ive

switc

h w

ould

be u

sed

inst

ead

of g

asol

ine.

The

se v

ehic

les

wou

ld a

lso

caus

e m

uch

less

pol

lutio

n,bu

t the

y w

ould

pro

babl

y be

too

ex-

3'pe

nsiv

e fo

r th

e av

erag

e pe

rson

to p

urch

ase.

(T

his

prob

lem

, how

ever

, cou

ld p

roba

bly

beci

rcum

vent

ed b

y m

eans

of

a m

arke

ting

tech

niqu

e w

hich

took

adv

anta

ge o

f th

e ex

trem

ely

low

oper

atin

g co

sts

of s

uch

a ve

hicl

e in

ord

er to

off

set

the

high

ori

gina

l cos

t.Fo

r ex

ampl

e, e

lect

ric-

pow

ered

car

s m

ight

be

rent

ed a

nd r

echa

rged

peri

odic

ally

at a

ppro

xim

ate;

the

cost

of

gaso

line

and

upke

ep f

or in

tern

al c

ombu

stio

n en

gine

cars

.)

Indu

stry

Wou

ld R

esis

t New

Typ

es o

f M

otor

Veh

icle

s

Eith

er th

e ex

tern

al c

ombu

stio

n en

gine

or'b

atte

ry/f

uel c

ell v

ehic

les

wou

ld g

reat

lyre

duce

the

leve

ls o

f ai

r po

llutio

n,

espe

cial

ly in

urb

an a

reas

, but

it w

ould

be

extr

emel

y di

ffic

ult t

o in

itiat

e su

ch a

maj

or p

roce

ssch

ange

in a

n in

dust

ry a

s

mas

sive

and

ent

renc

hed

as th

e au

tom

obile

indu

stry

(G

ener

al*M

otor

s is

the

wor

ld's

larg

est c

orpo

ratio

n), n

ot to

men

tion

the

larg

e pe

trol

eum

cor

pora

tions

.Pr

obab

ly th

e be

st c

ours

e to

fol

low

in th

is a

rea

wou

ld n

ot b

e di

rect

gov

ernm

enta

lco

ntro

ls, b

ut in

dire

ct in

cent

ives

. An

exam

ple

wou

ld b

e th

e en

orm

ous

amou

nt o

f m

oney

inve

sted

by th

e A

tom

ic E

nerg

y

Com

mis

sion

in th

e 19

50's

to r

esea

rch

and

deve

lop

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f nu

clea

r po

wer

; with

no

dire

ct g

over

nmen

t int

er-

vent

ion,

the

utili

ty in

dust

ry h

as b

egun

to m

ove

in th

is d

irec

tion

for

econ

omic

rea

sons

. The

gov

ernm

ent

coul

d al

so a

ppl3

pres

sure

by

taxi

ng a

n "i

ndes

irab

le"

activ

ity.

Incr

easi

ng r

egis

trat

ion

char

ges

for

inef

fici

ent i

nter

nal c

ombu

stio

n en

gine

:in

dir

ect p

ropo

rtio

n to

the

amou

nt o

f em

issi

ons

wou

ld b

e an

exa

mpl

e of

suc

h a

nega

tive

ince

ntiv

e.(O

ne u

nwel

com

e of

f-

shoo

t of

this

tech

niqu

e, h

owev

er, i

s th

at it

mig

ht p

erpe

trat

e a

soci

al in

just

ice

by h

ittin

g ha

rdes

t at t

he p

eopl

ew

ho

coul

d le

ast a

ffor

d it.

) T

he g

over

nmen

t cou

ld a

lso

use

posi

tive

ince

ntiv

es, s

uch

as w

aivi

ng r

egis

trat

ion

char

ges

for

r3ci

rcum

vent

ed-a

void

ed1-

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new

er, c

lean

er v

ehic

les,

or

even

del

iber

atel

y cr

eatin

g a

mar

ket f

or im

prov

ed p

rodu

cts

with

its

own

purc

hase

s. A

nex

ampl

e of

the

latte

r st

rate

gy w

ould

ge

spec

ifyi

ng th

at a

ll ne

w P

ost O

ffic

e, p

olic

e an

d ot

her

gove

rnm

enta

l veh

icle

s be

stea

m o

r el

ectr

ic-p

ower

ed. A

lthou

gh th

is m

etho

d ha

s no

t yet

bee

n te

sted

, it i

s lik

ely

that

tree

mar

ket c

ompe

titio

nw

ould

res

ult i

n fa

irly

rap

id d

evel

opm

ent o

f th

e ne

w p

rodu

cts

in o

rder

to c

apita

lize

on th

e la

rge

gove

rnm

ent c

ontr

acts

.A

t fir

st th

e co

st to

the

publ

ic w

ould

be

grea

ter,

ther

eby

elev

atin

g ta

xes,

but

com

petit

ive

bidd

ing

wou

ld p

roba

bly

driv

eth

e co

sts

dow

n as

tim

e w

ore

on.

--A

yres

, Rob

ert U

.,"A

ir P

ollu

tion

in C

ities

, "Po

litic

s an

d E

nvir

onm

ent,

ed. W

alt A

nder

son,

Goo

dyea

r Pu

blis

hing

Co.

,In

c.,

Paci

fic

Palis

ades

,C

alif

orni

a, 1

970,

pp.

78

-100

.

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TE

AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

. 9: A

ir P

ollu

tion

and

Plan

t Lif

e

One

sur

e si

gn o

f ai

r po

llutio

n is

wilt

ed a

nd s

peck

led

vege

tatio

n.So

sen

sitiv

e ar

e so

me

plan

ts to

air

pollu

tion,

in f

act,

that

man

y in

dust

ries

now

use

the

orna

men

tal g

reen

ery

on th

eir

prem

ises

as

a ki

nd o

f"E

arly

War

ning

Sys

tem

" fo

r ai

r co

ntam

inan

ts.

In m

any

case

s, it

is p

ossi

ble

to d

eter

min

e ju

st f

rom

exam

inat

ion

of c

erta

in p

lant

s bo

th th

e ty

pes

of a

irpo

lata

nts

pres

ent a

nd th

e co

ncen

trat

ions

of

thes

e su

b-st

ance

s. N

ot v

ery

ofte

n is

veg

etat

ion

so e

xpen

dabl

e, h

owev

er. M

any

farm

ers

loca

ted

near

sou

rces

of

air

pollu

tion

have

giv

en u

p in

des

pair

and

sol

d ou

t to

real

est

ate

deve

lope

rs. "

Now

chi

ldre

n, in

stea

d of

spi

nach

,ta

ke th

eir

chan

ces

with

the

pois

onou

s ai

r."

Four

air

pol

luta

nts

whi

ch a

re e

xtre

mel

y de

stru

ctiv

e to

veg

etat

ion

are

sulf

ur d

ioxi

de, f

luor

ides

, pho

to-

chem

ical

sm

og a

nd e

thyl

ene.

Unt

il th

e re

cent

dev

elop

men

t of

new

and

spe

cial

ized

indu

stri

es w

hich

pro

duce

da

wid

e ra

nge

of n

ew p

ollu

tant

s, m

ost s

erio

us f

olia

ge d

estr

uctio

n re

sulte

d fr

om s

ulfu

r di

oxid

e.In

the

earl

y19

00's

cop

per

smel

ters

in p

lace

s su

ch a

s A

naco

nda,

Mon

tana

and

Duc

ktow

n, T

enn.

, em

itted

sul

fur

diox

ide

fum

es w

hich

dri

fted

for

mile

s an

d le

ft in

thei

r w

ake

a gu

llied

was

tela

nd.

Con

trol

s ha

ve s

ince

cut

dow

n so

me-

wha

t upo

n th

ese

effe

cts,

but

hug

h am

ount

s of

the

gas

are

still

rel

ease

d in

to th

e at

mos

pher

e as

a b

y-pr

oduc

eof

the

smel

ting

of c

oppe

r, ir

on, z

inc

and

othe

r or

es, b

ecau

se th

e m

ajor

ene

rgy

sour

ce f

or th

e sm

eltin

g pr

o-ce

ss is

stil

l the

com

bust

ion

of f

ossi

l fue

ls w

hich

con

tain

sul

fur

as in

impu

rity

. Coa

l and

oil-

burn

ing

pow

erpl

ants

als

o co

ntri

bute

sul

fur

diox

ide

to th

e at

mos

pher

e.

Plan

ts I

nhal

e A

Dea

dly

Vap

or

Sulf

ur d

ioxi

de e

nter

s a

grow

ing

plan

t thr

ough

the

stom

ata,

or

tiny

open

ings

, on

the

unde

rsid

e of

the

leaf

,as

doe

s ca

rbon

dio

xide

. The

inju

ry u

sual

ly s

how

s up

as

srie

d an

d bl

each

ed m

arki

ngs

alon

g th

e ed

ges

orbe

twee

n th

e ve

ins

of th

e le

af.

Plan

ts c

an d

etox

ify

mod

erat

e am

ount

s of

sul

fur

diox

ide

rela

tivel

y qu

ickl

y by

chem

ical

rea

ctio

ns w

ithin

thei

r le

aves

, and

if e

xpos

ure

is lo

w a

nd b

rief

, com

plet

e re

cove

ry o

f gr

owth

can

follo

w. A

pro

long

ed p

erio

d of

sub

leth

al d

osag

es, o

n th

e ot

her

hand

, can

pro

duce

chr

onic

ally

inju

red

area

sw

hich

nev

er r

ecov

er. A

s th

e co

ncen

trat

ion

of th

e ga

s in

crea

ses,

the

plan

t cel

ls d

ie, t

he ti

ssue

s be

twee

n

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the

vein

s co

llaps

e, a

nd th

e le

af b

ecom

es m

ore

and

mor

e sc

arre

d.Pl

ants

with

thin

leav

es, s

uch

as a

lfal

fa,

barl

ey, c

otto

n an

d gr

apes

, suf

fer

mos

t fro

m s

ulfu

r di

oxid

e be

caus

e of

thei

r fa

st a

bsor

ptio

n ra

tes.

Plan

tsw

ith f

lesh

y le

aves

, suc

h as

citr

us a

nd p

ine,

tend

to b

e m

ore

resi

stan

t exc

ept w

hen

the

leav

esar

e ne

wly

form

ed. A

noth

er s

ulfu

r co

mpo

und

whi

ch c

an h

arm

pla

nts

in s

ulfu

ric

acid

, whi

ch f

orm

s fr

om th

e co

mbi

-na

tion

of s

ulfu

r tr

ioxi

de (

an o

xidi

zed

form

of

sulf

ur d

ioxi

de)

with

wat

er a

nd is

oft

en c

arri

ed in

the

atm

o-sp

here

as

an a

eros

ol w

hich

poc

kmar

ks th

e up

per

surf

ace

of le

aves

. Cur

ious

ly, i

n lo

w q

uant

ities

, sul

fur

diox

ide

can

actu

ally

PR

OT

EC

T p

lant

s, b

y ne

utra

lizin

g th

e ef

fect

s of

oxi

dant

s su

chas

ozo

ne.

Flou

ride

s ar

e an

othe

r de

adly

ene

my

of v

eget

atio

n.E

mitt

ed f

rom

alu

min

um, c

eram

ic, c

hem

ical

and

fert

ilize

r in

dust

ries

as

wel

l as

glas

s-w

orks

, sm

elte

rs a

nd s

teel

mill

s, th

ese

com

poun

ds a

lso

ente

r th

e le

afth

roug

h th

e st

omat

a. F

rom

ther

e th

ey m

ove

to th

e ed

ges

and

tip o

f th

e le

af. T

he c

ente

r of

the

leaf

rem

ains

rela

tivel

y un

affe

cted

, whi

le le

thal

am

ount

s of

the

chem

ical

bui

lds

up a

long

the

edge

s. A

sex

posu

re c

ontin

ues,

the

;:fill

ing

mov

es in

war

d. L

eave

s ex

pose

d to

flu

orid

es u

sual

ly h

ave

burn

ed, d

ried

out

edg

es w

itha

thin

redd

ish-

brow

n lin

e of

new

ly-d

estr

oyed

tiss

ue m

arki

ng th

e ed

ge o

f th

e he

alth

y pa

rt o

f th

e pl

ant.

Eve

n th

ough

mos

t far

min

g so

ils c

onta

in c

onsi

dera

ble

amou

nts

of f

luor

ides

, pla

nts

only

take

up m

inut

e qu

antit

ies

need

edin

thei

r m

anuf

actu

re o

f fo

od. T

here

fore

whe

n th

ey c

onta

in h

ighe

r qu

antit

ies

of f

luor

ides

than

a fe

w p

arts

per

mill

ion,

air

pol

lutio

n ca

n be

ass

umed

as

the

sour

ce.

Gla

diol

us, p

rim

e, a

pric

ot a

nd p

each

pla

nts

are

espe

cial

ly s

ensi

tive

to f

luor

ides

and

are

inju

red

by e

xtre

mel

y lo

w c

once

ntra

tions

. Oth

er p

lant

s w

hich

are

slig

htly

less

sen

sitiv

e bu

t stil

l sus

cept

ible

to d

amag

e ar

e sw

eet p

otat

oes,

corn

and

con

ifer

s (c

one-

bear

ing

tree

s or

shr

ubs)

. Ano

ther

flu

orin

e co

mpo

und

whi

ch in

jure

s ve

geta

tion

is h

ydro

fluo

ric

acid

. Eve

n in

very

sm

all q

uant

ities

, thi

s su

bsta

nce

can

spot

cor

n le

aves

and

turn

gla

diol

i tip

s w

hite

or

yello

w.

Wou

ld Y

ou B

elie

ve P

last

ic T

rees

?

Smog

is a

rel

ativ

e ne

wco

mer

to th

e po

llutio

n sc

ene,

but

its

impa

ct u

pon

vege

tatio

n ha

s be

en p

rofo

und.

Som

e hi

ghw

ays

in L

os A

ngel

es f

eatu

re a

rtif

icia

l pla

nts

alon

g th

e. m

edia

n, b

ecau

se g

row

ing

real

pla

nts

prov

edto

be

a lo

st c

ause

! Sm

og c

ause

s th

e st

omat

a to

clo

se, w

hich

pre

vent

s pl

ants

fro

m g

athe

ring

life

-giv

ing

carb

ondi

oxid

e fo

r th

eir

phot

osyn

thet

ic m

anuf

actu

re o

f fo

od. T

hrou

gh th

e na

tura

l foo

d ch

ain,

all

anim

allif

e, in

clud

ing

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man

, ulti

mat

ely

depe

nds

on th

e pr

oduc

tive

capa

citie

sof

the

gree

n pl

ants

to s

usta

in li

fe.

Eve

n w

hen

con-

cent

ratio

ns o

f sm

og a

re n

ot h

igh

enou

gh to

cau

se ir

reve

rsib

le d

amag

e,ch

roni

c ex

posu

re a

ppea

rs to

inhi

bit

the

grow

th o

f m

any

plan

t spe

cies

. Tw

o sp

ecif

ic in

jury

pat

tern

s ha

ve b

een

iden

tifie

d in

the

actio

n of

sm

og

upon

pla

nts

-- o

ne c

ause

d by

ozo

ne, t

he o

ther

by

PAN

(per

oxya

cyl o

r pe

roxy

acet

yl n

itrat

e). O

zone

atta

cks

the

uppe

r su

rfac

e of

the

leaf

, cau

sing

spo

ts, s

plot

ches

and

str

eaks

.In

suf

fici

ent c

once

ntra

tions

, it c

an

caus

e pl

ant t

issu

es to

col

laps

e co

mpl

etel

y.It

als

o le

aves

sca

rs o

n ce

real

s an

d ve

geta

bles

. PA

N a

ttack

sfr

om th

e ot

her

dire

ctio

n --

on

the

unde

rsid

e of

the

leaf

, tur

ning

it s

ilver

or

bron

ze.

Citr

us tr

ees

are

part

icul

arly

sus

cept

ible

. Ozo

ne a

ppea

rs to

be

the

prim

ary

offe

nder

in s

mog

dam

age

inth

e ea

ster

n U

nite

d

Stat

es, w

here

as P

AN

see

ms

to b

e th

e m

ost d

amag

ing

subs

tanc

e in

Sou

ther

nC

alif

orni

a sm

og. T

he d

iffe

renc

em

ay b

e th

e gr

eate

r hu

mid

ity in

the

Eas

t, or

it c

ould

be

due

to o

zone

'ssp

ecia

l des

truc

tiven

ess

to to

bacc

o,

a m

ajor

cro

p in

the

Sout

heas

t.E

thyl

ene

is a

gas

eous

hyd

roca

rbon

of

the

elef

in s

erie

s.It

is f

ound

in a

utom

obile

exh

aust

and

as

a1-

4..,

1by

-pro

duct

of

cert

ain

chem

ical

pro

cess

es.

Eth

ylen

e pl

ays

a ro

le in

the

phot

oche

mic

al s

mog

pro

cess

, but

.....3

it is

des

truc

tive

in it

s ow

n ri

ght a

s w

ell.

In c

once

ntra

tions

of

only

a f

ew p

arts

per

BIL

LIO

N, e

thyl

ene

caus

esor

chid

sep

als

(the

gre

en le

aves

sur

roun

ding

the

blos

som

) to

with

er.

It a

lso

impe

des

the

open

ing

of c

arna

tion

blos

som

s an

d ca

uses

sna

pdra

gon

flow

ers

to d

rop

off.

Mor

e si

gnif

ican

tly, a

t jus

t slig

htly

high

er c

once

n-

trat

ions

it r

etar

ds th

e gr

owth

of

tom

atoe

s, a

truc

k fa

rm c

rop

whi

ch is

oft

en g

row

n ne

ar u

rban

cen

ters

.T

here

has

bee

n re

sear

ch in

to v

eget

atio

n da

mag

e re

sulti

ng f

rom

air

pol

lutio

n, a

nd m

ost o

f it

has

led

to

disc

oura

ging

con

clus

ions

. For

exa

mpl

e, in

one

stu

dy to

bacc

o pl

ants

wer

e pl

aced

in 1

4 di

ffer

ent l

ocat

ions

in N

ew J

erse

y, a

nd th

e pl

ants

sus

tain

ed o

zone

inju

ry a

t eve

ry s

iteO

ther

sur

veys

indi

cate

that

spe

cifi

cpo

lluta

nts

are

capa

ble

of h

arm

ing

vege

tatio

n a

hund

red

mile

s fr

om th

eir

poin

t of

orig

in. M

ore

exte

nsiv

est

udie

s ar

e re

quir

ed to

c1e

term

ine

exac

tly h

ow a

ir p

ollu

tion

affe

cts

the

grow

th, y

ield

, nut

ritio

nal q

ualit

yan

d ev

en s

urvi

val o

f th

e cr

ops

upon

whi

ch w

e de

pend

for

our

foo

d an

d en

joym

ent.

Air

Pol

lutio

n Pr

imer

, Nat

iona

l Tub

ercu

losi

s an

d R

espi

rato

ry D

isea

se A

ssoc

iatio

n,"P

ollu

tion'

s O

ther

Eff

ects

,"pp

. 77-

87.

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AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

. 10:

Atm

osph

eric

Con

ditio

ns W

hich

Cau

se P

ollu

tion

Pollu

tion

occu

rs w

hen

the

air

cann

ot a

bsor

b an

d sp

read

out

the

part

icle

s be

ing

pour

ed in

to th

e at

mo-

sphe

re.

Seri

ous

air

pollu

tion

is r

arel

y ca

used

by

only

one

type

of

part

icle

.(I

t) o

ccur

s w

hen

mix

ture

sor

com

bina

tions

of

man

y po

lluta

nts

are

adde

d to

the

air.

The

re a

re tw

o m

ajor

type

s of

atm

osph

eric

con

ditio

ns w

hich

can

cau

se p

ollu

tion

emer

genc

ies.

The

yar

e kn

own

as "

Lon

don-

type

" an

d "L

os A

ngel

es-t

ype"

pol

lutio

n.L

ondo

n-ty

pe a

ir p

ollu

tion

occu

rs o

n co

ld,

fogg

y da

ys o

r lo

ng w

inte

r ni

ghts

with

tem

pera

ture

s be

low

50°

, whe

n a

thic

k la

yer

of d

ense

fog

for

ms

over

a ci

ty.

Sinc

e co

ol a

ir is

hea

vy, t

he f

og tr

aps

pollu

tant

s an

d pr

even

ts th

em f

rom

esc

apin

g in

to th

e up

per

atm

osph

ere.

Thi

s is

kno

wn

as th

erm

ally

sta

ble

(unc

hang

ing

in te

mpe

ratu

re)

air.

In n

orm

al (

unst

able

)co

nditi

ons,

as

the

air

near

the

eart

h's

surf

ace

is w

arne

d, it

ris

es, c

arry

ing

the

pollu

tant

s w

ith it

, and

isre

plac

ed b

y co

oler

, cle

aner

air

fro

m a

bove

. Lon

don-

type

pol

lutio

n en

ds w

hen

the

tem

pera

ture

ris

es,

war

min

g th

e po

llute

d ai

r an

d ca

usin

g it

to r

ise

to h

ighe

r al

titud

es.

Air

Inv

ersi

ons

Tra

p Po

ison

sL

os A

ngel

es-t

ype

pollu

tion

is s

omew

hat m

ore

com

plic

ated

.It

is c

ause

d by

wha

t is

know

n as

an

inve

r-si

on la

yer,

whe

n a

sudd

en c

hang

e in

tem

pera

ture

cau

ses

air

at h

ighe

r al

titud

es to

bec

ome

war

mer

than

air

near

the

grou

nd, t

hus

caus

ing

a th

erm

ally

sta

ble

atm

osph

eric

con

ditio

n w

hich

trap

s sm

og a

nd o

ther

pol

luta

nts.

In L

og A

ngel

es, s

uch

inve

rsio

ns o

ften

for

m b

etw

een

the

thre

e m

ount

ain

rang

es w

hich

enc

lose

the

met

ropo

lison

day

s w

here

the

tem

pera

ture

ris

es a

bove

75°.

Whe

n th

is h

appe

ns, e

norm

ous

conc

entr

atio

ns o

f hy

droc

arbo

nsfr

om in

dust

rial

sm

okes

tack

s an

d au

tom

obile

exh

aust

s bu

il d

up in

the

war

m a

ir s

urro

undi

ng th

e ci

ty. T

hese

subs

tanc

es in

tera

ct w

ith s

tron

g su

nlig

ht to

pro

duce

a v

ery

irri

tatin

g sm

og. W

ith L

og A

ngel

es-t

ype

smog

, the

leve

l of

pollu

tion

drop

s at

sun

set w

hen

the

uppe

r at

mos

pher

e co

ols,

bre

akin

g th

e in

vers

ion.

With

eith

er L

ondo

n or

Los

Ang

eles

-typ

e po

llutio

n, th

ere

are

two

way

s in

whi

ch th

e si

tuat

ion

can

be im

prov

ed-

-a

chan

ge in

wea

ther

con

ditio

ns o

r a

redu

ctio

n in

the

amou

nt o

f po

lluta

nts

bein

g po

ured

into

the

air

from

indu

stri

es, a

utom

obile

s, a

nd o

ther

sou

rces

. Onl

y na

ture

can

pro

vide

the

form

er. W

hen

she

fails

to d

o so

,it

seem

s ap

pare

nt th

at m

an w

ill b

e ob

liged

to p

rovi

de th

e la

tter.

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tm

easu

res,

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side

nt N

ixon

did

not

resp

ond

toth

ere

port

as

a w

hole

.

INST

EA

D, w

ith th

e ca

m-

paig

n ju

st h

eatin

g up

, he

chos

e to

sin

gle

out t

hree

infl

amm

ator

y to

pics

as

ifto

say

the

com

mis

sion

had

deal

t with

not

hing

els

e.T

his

wou

ld h

ave

been

bad

enou

ghif

heha

da

c c

u ra

tely

ref

lect

edits

view

s on

abor

tion,

sex

educ

atio

n an

d th

e di

stri

bu-

tion

ofco

ntra

cept

ives

tom

inor

s.B

idM

r.N

ixon

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thR

anda

lch

ose

not t

o do

this

and

, by

sayi

ngth

athe

did

not

"sup

port

unr

estr

icte

d ab

or-

tion

polic

ies

..

.(o

r)un

rest

rict

edfa

mily

plan

-ni

ng s

ervi

ces

and

devi

ces

tom

inor

s,"

gave

the

mis

lead

-in

gim

pres

sion

that

the

com

mis

sion

had

com

e ou

tin

fav

or o

f th

ese

thin

gs a

ndad

voca

ted

wan

ton

sex.

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the

reco

rd, w

hat i

tre

ally

mea

ns is

pop

ulat

ion

cont

ro',

but t

hat a

bort

ion

shou

ld b

e a

priv

ate

mat

ter

betw

een

a w

oman

and

her

phys

icia

n w

hen

cont

race

p-tiv

e m

easu

res

faile

d. (

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of th

e 24

com

mis

sion

ers

did

not g

o ev

en th

is f

ar a

ndW

ed m

inor

ity' s

tate

men

tsop

posi

ng f

urth

er r

elax

atio

nof

lega

l str

ictu

res

on th

ew

ill f

ulte

rmin

atio

nof

preg

nanc

y.)

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whe

nit

cam

e to

fam

ilypl

anni

ngse

rvic

esan

d se

x ed

ucat

ion

for

mi-

nors

, the

obj

ectiv

e w

as n

otto

enc

oura

ge p

rom

iscu

ity,

but t

o de

al e

ffec

tivel

y w

ithth

ere

aliti

esth

at y

oung

peop

le in

this

cou

ntry

now

beco

me

sexu

ally

a c

t i v

eea

rlie

r th

an e

ver

befo

re,

that

il le

gitim

acy

and

vene

real

dis

ease

are

ram

-pa

nt, a

nd th

at ig

nora

nce

ofse

xual

ity is

no

guar

ante

e of

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tity.

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e to

the

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tan

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asth

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alis

sue

addr

esse

dby

the

com

-m

issi

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pula

tion

size

has

ever

ythi

ng to

do

with

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e.A

lrea

dy, t

o dr

ive

onA

mer

ican

str

eets

and

hig

h-w

ays

is to

enc

ount

er a

bys-

mal

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fic

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s. A

lrea

dy,

to b

e an

gry

abou

t wel

fare

cost

s an

d ot

her

tax-

supp

orte

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cial

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nce

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rs o

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rely

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ld b

ring

.

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RE

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our

over

crow

ded

natio

nal

park

s an

d rc

crea

ticin

are

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eak

to a

sca

rcity

of

land

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joye

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lrea

dyth

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ze o

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r po

pula

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aten

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oity

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the

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pend

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dot

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tech

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see

n to

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nd th

e co

nven

tiona

l wis

-do

mth

atm

ore

peop

lebr

ing

with

them

mor

epr

ospe

rity

als

o ri

ngs

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e.In

this

age

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auto

mat

ion,

f u

r t h

er in

dust

rial

izat

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leal

mos

tce

rtai

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uce

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llutio

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pedi

ency

.

Tod

ay, N

ovem

ber

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AC

HE

R C

OM

ME

NT

NO

. 12:

Wor

ld W

ary

of P

opul

atio

nC

ontr

olB

y G

EO

RG

E B

RIA

Ass

ocia

ted

Pre

ssW

I'Ift

r

UN

ITE

D N

AT

ION

S, N

AA

63-y

earo

ld f

athe

r of

six

who

feel

s hi

s ge

nera

tion

was

sho

rt-

sigh

ted

in p

opul

atio

n pl

anni

ngis

in a

key

spo

t to

mak

e am

ends

.

Ant

onio

Car

rillo

Flor

es,

form

erM

exic

anfo

reig

nm

inis

ter,

hea

ds th

e m

ost a

mbi

-tio

us a

ttem

ptY

et to

dea

l with

the

com

plex

and

con

trov

ersi

al is

sue

on a

glo

bal s

cale

. He

is s

ecre

-ta

ry-g

ener

alof

the

Wor

ldPo

pula

tion

Con

fere

nce

to b

ehe

ld in

A ig

ust 1

974.

The

wor

ld's

popu

latio

n w

ill h

ave

doub

led

byth

e ye

ar 2

006

if th

e pi

esen

t 2pe

rcen

t rat

e of

gro

wth

s:o

n-tin

ues.

"Fir

st o

f al

l, yo

u ha

ve to

try

toas

sure

eve

ry c

ount

ry th

at in

coin

ing

to th

e co

nfer

ence

it is

not c

omm

iting

itse

lf to

a b

irth

cont

rol p

rogr

am."

Car

rillo

Flor

es s

ays

in d

iscu

ssin

g on

e of

the

mos

t sen

sitiv

e po

ints

."S

ome

coun

trie

sha

veal

read

y as

ked,

'Wel

l. if

ther

e is

too

muc

h po

pula

tion

in th

ew

orld

why

sho

uld

cert

ain

coun

-tr

ies

be p

inpo

inte

d to

red

uce

thei

r po

pula

tion?

Why

are

n't

othe

rs a

sked

to r

educ

e th

eirs

?E

spec

ially

sin

ce th

e co

nsum

p-tio

nan

dus

eof

natu

ral

reso

urce

s by

the

inha

bita

nts

ofth

e ri

ch c

ount

ries

are

muc

hgr

eate

r?'

"It i

s ve

ry I

mpo

rtan

t tha

t the

poor

cou

ntri

es, t

he d

evel

opin

gco

untr

ies,

don

't ge

t the

impr

es-

sion

that

the

rich

cou

ntri

es a

rete

lling

them

, 'Y

ou r

educ

e yo

urpo

pula

tion

and

all

your

prob

lem

s w

ill b

e so

lved

.' "

With

thes

e th

orny

issu

es,

amon

g ot

hers

,fa

cing

the

conf

eren

ce, C

arri

llo F

lore

s to

ldan

inte

rvie

wer

: "I

don'

t thi

nkIt

's c

onst

ruct

ive

to tr

y to

dev

ise

a si

ngle

for

mul

a. E

ven-

if y

ouw

ere

to c

ome

to th

e co

nclu

sion

that

the

wor

ld a

s a

who

le h

as a

prob

lem

bec

ause

its

popu

latio

nis

gro

win

g to

o fa

st, i

t wou

ld n

otbe

con

stru

ctiv

e to

pre

sent

the

prob

lem

that

way

. No

coun

try

will

def

ine

its p

c.ic

y by

taki

ngIn

to c

onsi

dera

tion

a.)

a N

o. 1

prio

rity

the

prob

lem

s of

the

wor

ld. W

e ar

e liv

ing

in a

wor

ldin

whi

ch e

very

cou

ntry

con

-si

ders

its

natio

nal i

nter

ests

firs

t. "1 h

e m

ain

frui

t tha

t I e

xpec

tfr

om th

e co

nfer

ence

is to

aro

use

the

inte

rest

of

ever

y co

untr

y so

that

itw

illfa

ceits

own

prob

lem

."In

anno

unci

ngC

arri

lloFl

ores

'ap

poin

tmen

t, U

.N.

Secr

etar

y-G

ener

alK

urt

Wal

dhei

m v

oice

d ho

pe th

at th

eco

nfer

ence

will

dea

l with

all

as-

pect

sof

dem

ogra

phic

prob

lem

s,in

clud

ing

mor

al-o

nes.

He

obse

rved

:

"Fro

m th

e st

art o

f its

invo

l-ve

men

t in

popu

latio

n m

atte

rs it

has

been

a f

unda

men

tal t

enet

of

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

that

ther

em

ust b

e fr

eedo

m o

f ch

oice

for

Indi

vidu

als

to s

hape

thei

r'fa

mily

life

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

rbe

liefs

and

asp

irat

ions

, and

for

gove

rnm

ents

to p

ursu

e th

epo

licie

s th

at a

re m

ost i

n ke

epin

gw

ith th

e ph

ysic

al a

nd s

piri

tual

wel

fare

of

thei

r pe

ople

."

Agr

eein

g w

ith th

is, C

arri

lloFl

ores

say

s th

at a

t the

Teh

ran

conf

eren

ce o

n hu

man

rig

hts

held

in 1

968

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

decl

ared

the

righ

t of

ever

y in

-di

vidu

al a

nd e

very

fam

ily to

de-

term

ine

its o

wn

size

.B

ut h

e ad

ds: "

Eve

ryin

-di

vidu

al h

as a

lso

the

righ

t to

ob-

tain

the

info

rn,a

tion

that

may

enah

le h

im to

mak

e a

free

and

resp

onsi

ble

deci

sion

.a

ques

tion

in w

hich

edu

catio

npl

ays

a ve

ry im

port

ant r

ole.

"T

he c

onfe

renc

e si

te h

as n

otbe

en c

hose

n ye

t. A

t pre

para

tory

sym

posi

a in

Cai

ro, S

tock

holm

,K

iev

and

the

Hag

ue e

xper

ts w

illdi

scus

spo

pula

tion

and

econ

omic

deve

lopm

ent,

en-

viro

nmen

t, w

ell-

bein

g of

the

fam

ily a

nd h

bman

rig

hts.

A g

roup

of

dist

ingu

ishe

d pe

r-so

nalit

ies

is a

lso

wor

king

on

aw

orld

pla

n of

act

ion

whi

ch'C

arri

llo F

lore

s be

lieve

s co

uld

prod

uce

a ke

y re

solu

tion

at th

e19

74 c

onfe

renc

e. I

t wou

ld c

on-

cern

ass

ista

nce.

Tod

ay, M

arch

4, 1

973

156

Mea

l and

fin

anci

al a

ssis

tanc

efr

om th

e U

.N. I

n de

alin

g w

ithth

e po

pula

tion

prob

lem

, I d

on't

thin

k th

e ot

her

coun

trie

s w

ill b

eop

pose

dto

that

,"C

arri

lloFl

ores

say

s, "

espe

cial

ly if

we

are

care

ful i

n sa

fegu

ardi

ng tw

ovi

tal p

oint

sth

e so

vere

ignt

y of

ever

y co

untr

y an

d th

e ri

ghts

of

the

indi

vidu

al."

Car

rillo

Flo

res

is a

mem

ber

ofa

dist

ingu

ishe

d M

exic

an I

ndia

nfa

rn,ly

.H

isfa

ther

,Ju

lian

Car

rillo

, was

a c

ompo

ser,

api

onee

rin

frac

tiona

lto

nem

usic

. A b

rith

er o

f C

arri

lloFl

ores

, Nab

or, w

as r

ecto

r of

the

-Uni

vers

ity o

f M

exic

o. A

nton

ioC

arri

llo F

lore

s w

as a

mba

ssad

orto

Was

hing

ton,

fin

ance

and

fore

ign

min

iste

r an

d de

an o

f th

ela

w s

choo

l. H

e an

d hi

s w

ife,

ate

ache

r,ha

vesi

xgr

own

child

ren,

fou

r bo

ys a

nd tw

ogi

rls.

Bor

n In

a v

illag

e no

w o

verr

unby

Mex

ico

City

's u

rban

spr

awl,

Car

rillo

Flor

esbe

cam

ein

tere

sted

in p

opul

atio

n tr

ends

25 y

ears

ago

whe

n he

hea

ded

apu

blic

cor

pora

tion

prom

otin

gM

exic

o's

econ

omic

deve

lop-

men

tA

lthou

gh M

exic

o fa

ced

ado

ublin

g of

its

popu

latio

n in

less

than

20

year

s, a

ll th

e go

vern

-m

ent l

eade

rs o

fth

at ti

me

"bel

ieve

d th

e qu

estio

n co

uld

not

be a

ppro

ache

d w

ithou

t the

sup

-po

rt o

f th

e pe

ople

bec

ause

it w

asa

sens

itive

mor

al a

nd r

elig

ious

ques

tion,

"C

ar' i

lloFl

ores

reca

lls.

"Per

haps

my

gene

ratio

n-s

houl

d ha

ve d

one

mor

e in

pres

entin

gth

epo

pula

tion

prob

lem

toth

eM

exic

anpe

ople

," h

e sa

ys. "

It is

mor

ean

d m

ore

diff

icul

t to

get j

obs

for

the

peop

le ..

. but

the

times

wer

e no

t rip

e in

Mex

ico

to f

ace

the

prob

lem

."

'Ant

onio

Car

rillo

Flo

res,

form

er M

exic

anfo

reig

n m

inis

ter

and

fath

er o

f six

, reg

rets

his

gene

ratio

n's

attit

ude

tow

ard

birt

h co

ntro

l. A

she

ad o

f an

upco

min

g U

.N. W

orld

Pop

ulat

ion

Con

fere

nce,

he

wan

ts to

get

mor

e na

tions

toco

nsid

er th

e pr

oble

m. '

We

are

livin

g in

a w

orld

whe

re e

very

cou

ntry

con

side

rs it

s na

tiona

lin

tere

sts

first

,' he

not

es. '

No

coun

try

will

defin

e its

pol

icy

by c

onsi

derin

g th

e pr

oble

ms

ofth

e w

orld

. 'B

ut th

e w

orld

wid

e po

pula

tion

prob

lem

rem

ains

, and

Flo

res

keep

s w

orki

ng o

nit.