Discussion Question 07
Environmental Science
Title: Population

      Population

	1.	CASE STUDY: Read Urbanization in the United States, p. 108. Provide a summary.
	2.	SCIENCE FOCUS:  Accomplishments of the U.S. Endangered Species Act, p 171.  Provide a summary.
	3.	CORE CASE STUDY:  Read Are there Too Many of Us? p 94.  Provide a summary.
	4.	CASE STUDY:   Read The U.S. Population is Growing Rapidly, p 98.  Provide a summary.   Do you think the U.S. is overpopulated?  Explain.
	5.	CORE CASE STUDY:   ReadTHE KUDZU VINE, p. 162 of the text.  Provide a summary.  On balance, do you think the potential benefit uses of the kudzu vine outweigh its harmful ecological effects?  Explain.
	6.	SCIENCE FOCUS: Read Ecological Restoration of a Tropical Dry Forest in Costa Rica, p 197.  Provide a summary.
	7.	Read We Can Share Places We Dominate with Other Species, p 194.  Provide a summary.
	8.	Read Populations Can Decline form a Rising Death Rate:  The AIDS tragedy.  p 103.   Provide a summary.  Do you think government and private interests in developed countries should fund a massive program to help AIDS ravaged countries prevent HIV infections and rebuild their work forces?  Why or why not?
	9.	CASE STUDY:  Read Slowing Population Growth in India, p 106.  Provide a summary.
	10.	Read Species are a Vital Part of the Earth's Natural Capital, p 157.  Provide a summary.
	11.	Describe the Baby Boom and the Baby Bust generations in the U.S. p 101 - 103 and you will need to do a web search for the Baby Bust info.  Be sure to discuss the health and economic situations for these groups of people.
	12.	Read Life Is a Desperate Struggle for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries, p 112.  Provide a summary.
	13.	SCIENCE FOCUS:  Read Reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone, p 193.   Provide a summary.  Do you approve or disapprove of the reintroduction of the gray wolf into the Yellowstone National Park system?
	14.	CASE STUDY:  Read The United States:  A Nation of Immigrants, p 100.  Provide a summary.  Do you think legal immigration should be reduced?
	15.	CASE STUDY:  Read Mexico City, p 113.  Provide a summary.
	16.	CASE STUDY:  Read A Disturbing Message from the Birds, p 160.  Provide a summary.
	17.	Read Illegally Killing or Capturing and Selling Wild Species can Threaten Them, p 167.  Provide a summary.   What difference would it make if all the world's tigers disappeared?  What are three things you would do to help ortect the world's remaining tigers from premature extinction?
	18.	CORE CASE STUDY:  Read The Ecocity Concept in Curitibia, Brazil.   And also read, REVISITING p 118.  Provide a summary. Why do you think Curitiba has been so successful in its efforts to become an ecocity, compared with the generally unsustainable cities found in most developed and developing countries?  What is the city or area where you live doing to make itself more ecologically and economically sustainable?
	19.	Individuals Matter:   A Scientist who confronted poachers p. 168.   Provide a summary.
	20.	CASE STUDY: Trying to Save the California Condor, p. 174.    Provide a summary.
	21.	Read Populations Made Up Mostly of Older People Can Decline Rapidly, p 103.  Provide a summary.
	22.	CASE STUDY: Read The Passenger Pigeon: Gone Forever, p. 155. Provide a summary.
	23.	CASE STUDY:  Read Where have all the honey bees gone?, p. 167.  Provide a summary.
	24.	CASE STUDY:  Read Slowing Population Growth in China:  The One Child Policy, p 106.   Provide a summary.