Students will learn (1) how the industrial revolution was powered by innovation and use of fossil fuels; (2) how major planetary changes began to happen in the 1900s; (3) the processes that began to accelerate in the 1950s and their consequences; (4) how an environmental movement brought public attention to the Anthropocene and began changing political and ethical values amidst growing political and economic resistance; and (5) to compare their own views with the ethical standards seeking to limit negative impacts of the Anthropocene.