University of Northern Iowa -
Natural Resources and Civilizations and
Environment, Technology, and Society Capstone (Southern Italy/Sicily) Dr. Chad Heinzel
Lifestyle Challenge - Due in April
Southern Italy Summer Itinerary plus packing list
Sicily
Class work by the week
The on-line group should be able to down load the documents write in answers and e-mail them back to me @ chad.heinzel@uni.edu.
Week 1 - Welcome, Logistics, Wicked Problems and You!
Reading
Week 2 - No Class MLK Day
Week 3 - Natural Resources, their uses, and implications (Minerals and Rocks)
Week 4 - Natural Resources, their uses, amd implications (Soil)
Readings for soil - A. David Montgomery, Graveyard of Empires AND Lester Brown, Plan B 4.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization (p. 31-32 and 202-206) Soil and Civilizations Worksheet
Week 5 - Natural Resources, their uses, amd implications (Water)
Week 6 - The Archaeological Record - Is Humanity capable of learning from past mistakes? Activity = Elymian Iron Age Survival
Reading
Geoarchaeology of the Chuddia River Valley Western Sicily (Heinzel and Kolb)
Landscape Evolution during the Bronze Age (French, Heinzel, et al. )
Week 7 - The Roman Civilization
Week 8 - The Roman Civilization Continued...
Week 9 - Open
Week 10 - SPRING BREAK
Week 11 - Reasons Civilizations Collapse or Thrive (Reading=Jared Diamond Reading Collapse Ch. 14) The Bunny Game
Questions to answer (20 points)
Week 12- Fragility and the Evolution of Humanity
Krista Tippett interviews Xavier Le Pichon Oct. 7, 2010, Very Intersting, Click here to learn more! Please write a summery of the interview (no more than one page) and pesonal reflection (no more than one page). *You may click and listen on your computer or right click and 'Save Target As' to download the mp3 to your computer then to a personal mp3 player
Week 13 - Natural Hazards and Human Life/ Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Week 14 - Archaeology, Agriculture and the Human Food System PLUS the Mafia and Italian Wines
Week 15 - Conservation Human/Environmental Interrelationships Nature, Humanity and Artistic Expression
Week 16 - Open
Week 17 - Finals
Slide shows
Going to Sicily?
Electrical adaptor (info) Or the minimum you might need
This is the bag that I use, there are cheaper versions
Further reading...
Links to explore
Dr. Heinzel's favorite 'ristorante' in Sicily
Lodging (Lipari/Canneto 4 to 5 nights)