PBIO 1000L - Plants and the Global Environment Laboratory

• Consider the history of agriculture, energy use, and sustainability.
• Develop skills at plant classification and identification.
• Evaluate alternative strategies for reducing greenhouse emissions and the role that plants play.
• Investigate the evolution of plants and their complexity as organisms.
• Investigate the uses of plants as raw materials for industrial processes: paper making, fabric, and dyes.
• Investigate the uses of plants in feeding a growing human population.
• Recognize the potential and limitations of plants to provide bio-energy sources.
• Relate agricultural production and trade in the context of global economic development.
• Relate climate change to energy use and impact on plant communities.
• Understand national and global policies on endangered species and invasive species.
• Understand the basis of climate and climate change, especially greenhouse gases.