Discuss the below:
Review , Finding Darwin's God, by Kenneth Miller and Women and the Word, by Sandra Schneiders. Miller shares the Catholic intellectual tradition that faith and reason are not at odds. What does Miller mean by the statement that "the creationists have sought God in darkness"? Would you agree that Miller's analysis provides us with a way to reconcile two ways of knowing: scientific and religious? Schneiders illustrates that what we "know" even in a faith tradition, is influenced by culture. It makes us ponder how is the truth of faith derived? Do you find Schneiders argument persuasive? Why or why not?Climate Change
There are several different ways that you can go with this - you can either talk about
- What it is, how and why the climate may be changing (informative)
- Where you stand on the topic - using facts and evidence (opinion or persuasive)
- Effects on ecology, economics, social implications, etc
Hunting and fishing
Is this good or bad? Should we hunt for management, should we use another strategy. Should we regulate which species we can take? You can keep this local or make it international (Cecil the Lion?)) Don't forget environmental and ecological effects of hunting
Mining and resource management
What are the effects of long term mining or resource management. Look at ecological environmental economic, etc.
Pick an organism - tell me about an endangered or threatened organism - describe it, how did it get endangered, plans to rehabilitate it.
Environmental or ecological catastrophies: Aral Sea, Deep Water Horizon, Chernoblyl, Love Canal, etc.
Peak Oil (for all of you business majors - ) what is it? When will we reach it? Have we already reached it?
Environmental effects of subsidies - on farming, on gas, on oil, etc.
Carbon Banking, what is it and does it work?
GMOs - what are they, should they be banned? Should we use them?
Or a topic of your own choosing