GEOG 1150
The Environment
Fall 2025
Topics
- Systems Thinking and Sustainability
- Responding to Global Change
- Energy and the Biosphere
- Ecological Succession
- Ecosystem Change
- Biodiversity
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Disrupted Cycles
- Global Climatic Change
- Climate Impacts and Adaptation
- Climate Change Mitigation and Policy
- Ocean Ecosystems
- Ocean Management
- Forests and Harvests
- Forest Management
- Agriculture
- Sustainable Food Production
- Fresh Water
- Water Resource Management
- Perspectives on Change
- Management Processes and Methods
Readings
- Dearden, Bruce, O’Connell, and Lantz (2025). Environmental Change and Challenge (7th Edition), Oxford University Press, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada.
Fall 2025
Topics
- Environment–society relationships
- population and consumption
- sustainability
- energy and productivity
- ecological change and nutrients
- environmental management and assessment
- communication and dispute resolution.
Readings
- Required: Philip Dearden and Bruce Mitchell, Environmental Change & Challenge, 7th edition (Oxford). Additional reading may be posted on D2L.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2025
- Course source ↗
- syllabus ↗Fall 2025
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.; Orillia FAO section. Do not infer that generic policy-template text later in this file is course topic content.