EnvS 428 - Pollution
Prevention
Dr. Maxine Dakins
Office: TAB 311, Idaho Falls, ID
Phone: 208-282-7957
Office Hours: Drop in or by appointment
Email: medakins@if.uidaho.edu
Course Description:
This course will cover the basic concepts of pollution
prevention in the context of an overall theme of sustainability. The first
third of the course will introduce the concepts and then go more in depth in
the areas of solid and hazardous waste, water, air, energy, odor, noise and
light. The second section of the course will explore the idea of sustainability
by looking at sustainable building, sustainable food systems, sustainable
transportation systems and sustainable community design. The final section of the course will look at
some newer ideas in sustainability and then focus on your presentations of
your
case studies involving a success story in sustainability.
