1. Collapse: Prologue

2. Ecocide
Define and illustrate

3. Eight Environmental problems of the past
Name and illustrate

4. What has been the result???
Four Horsemen of the Appocolypse
Explain and be able to illustrate

5. Four new Environmental Problems
Define and Illustrate

6. Major Controversy?
Explain

7. Key quotes
“Managing environmental resources sustainably has always been difficulty” “The societies that ended up collapsing were (like the Maya) among the most creative and (for a time) advanced and successful of their times, rather than stupid and primitive”. Comment on these statements. What do the mean, why does Diamond provide them? That is what is their purpose?

8. Five-Point Framework
Explain and illustrate

9. Diamond?
Tree hugger or business shill? Explain and illustrate.

10. Comparative Method
How does it work? Illustrate how Diamond used it.