9/9/13

Tonight's homework is to read and sign the syllabus/contract, bring a binder/lab notebook, prepare for the geography and math assessments later this week (Wednesday and Monday), and complete Assignment 1. In order to do so, you will need to read "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin. If need be, the associated questions can be found below. Since some parts of "The Tragedy of the Commons" are a bit dense, some additional helpful readings can be found below.

"No Panaceas!" Elinor Ostrom talks with Fran Korten
"Fisheries: Lost property" from the Economist

Thoroughly answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences on another piece of paper.

1a. Describe and explain your results in Part 1.

1b. Describe and explain your results in Part 2. Discuss how they compared to Part 1.

2. Explain the rationale for your fishing technique in each part.

3. What is the “tragedy of the commons?”

4. Why does common usage lead to exploitation?

5. What would be an ideal way to manage the commons pond? Explain.