Earth and Society 
A GS265-1998 web-based project on the interaction between 
Earth Processes and Society 

1. Introduction – Ben van der Pluijm

The chapters below represent University of Michigan undergraduate student projects on the interaction between Earth processes and our Society.  These web project are part of a first-year seminar class (Geological Sciences 265), and were written and designed by each team seperately.  The webpapers present a mix of scientific principles and human responses, with the aim to educate the non-specialist. In all these paper you will see the call for better education, as we are rapidly and perhaps irreversibly changing our favorite planet.
2. Population Growth and Society – Mindy Cheng and Kate Kennedy
3. Water and Society – Bradley Kifferstein and David Krantz
4. Fossil Fuels and Society – Osman Chugtai and Dave Shannon
5. Nuclear Energy and Society – Jon Stone and Ilan Lipper
6. Ozone Layer and Society – Joelle Busman and Cary Belen
7. Greenhouse Gases and Society – Nick Hopwood and Jordan Cohen
8. Waste Disposal and Society – Luke Bassis
9. Pollution and Society – Carl Horwitz and Marisa Buchanan
10. Deforestation and Society – Andy Rochen and Jocelyn Stock
11. Volcanoes and Society – Sarah Getsinger and Erin Nalepa
12. Earthquakes and Society – Courtney Brunious and Amanda Warner
13. Floods and Society – Katy Pearce and Deborah Leib
 

Evaluation Form
Evaluations by class participants of the individual projects (large text file)
Collective experiences of community servie project

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