1. CTC 301 Global Issues & Cultural Diversity

2. Global Issues
Sustainability
Energy
Water

3. Sustainability Ability to sustain Capacity to endure
Meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations to meet their own needs
Living on the sun’s energy in real time

4. Can we Achieve It? Exponential Population Growth Energy Global Warming
Environmental Degradation
Economic System
Water

15. Objective
To have a better understanding of what “cultural diversity” means
To have a better understanding of important global issues (including large engineering projects)

16. Definitions Diversity of different societies Metric--# of languages
Different societies have different customs, religions, morals, clothes, interaction w/ others, etc.

17. Diversity-Other groups
Special groups (veterans, geriatrics, etc)
Disabilities
Other?

18. Valuing Diversity
Discussion

19. Global Issues
Globalism versus global social issues

20. Presentation Option Read the IPPC 2014 Synthesis report:
Prepare a powerpoint on some subtopic of the report that is of interest to you.

21. Other Topics Ethics: cultural differences
Indigenous populations. Are there any left? What can we learn from them?
Global Warming----(arguments for/against)
Some aspect of Nanotechnology
Dubai Promenade
Future Energy Sources
Sustainability
Global water issues
Three Gorges
High speed rail
ADA requirements