GEOS2121 FULL COURSE NOTES

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This is a succinct set of summary notes for the entire course (weeks 1-13). These notes are crucial for the end-of-semester exam, which I achieved 81%. I have included all key definitions and relevant case studies across the content. Weekly topics: Week 1: - Introduction to the unit: how do we integrate the environmental, social, cultural, economic, and political? - What is nature? Week 2: - Indigenous and local environmental knowledges and management - What is natural resource management? Protection versus sustainable use Week 3: - What is natural resource management? Policy and practice in Australia - What is natural resource management? Agriculture and NRM Week 4: - Capitalism and the environment: Opportunities, contradictions and limits - Capitalism and the environment: Ecosystem services and offsetting Week 5: - Bodies: population and scarcity - Bodies: environmental and social justice Week 6: - Field trip Week 7: - Oil, coal and the Petrostate: can we live with(out) them? - Energy and renewables: Can we engineer a sustainable grid for all? Week 8: - The international climate regime - Carbon markets and carbon farming Week 9: - Climate change, disasters and development - Managing environmental risk Week 10: - Commons and commoning: practicing collective action for collective good - Rights for nature and rights for humans Week 11: - Caring for Country and Indigenous enterprise development Week 12: - The regenerative agricultural revolution - Sustainable transitions and holistic thinking Week 13: - Nature based approaches to sustainable and resilient development - Conclusion and exam preparation