The Tragedy of the Commons Simulator

This unit examines how humans utilize Earth's resources for food, fiber, and minerals. It covers the environmental consequences of agriculture, mining, and urbanization, as well as strategies for sustainable management. The Tragedy of the Commons Simulator turns that idea into something you can manipulate directly and watch respond.

This unit examines how humans utilize Earth's resources for food, fiber, and minerals. It covers the environmental consequences of agriculture, mining, and urbanization, as well as strategies for sustainable management. It focuses on Tragedy of the Commons, The Green Revolution, Irrigation Methods and Salinization, Pest Control and the Pesticide Treadmill, Meat Production and CAFOs, Mining Impacts and Reclamation from the “Unit 5: Land and Water Use” section.

The “Add 1 Cow (+Utility)”, “Reset Common” buttons run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

AP Environmental Science is a college-level, interdisciplinary course that explores the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world. Students ana… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Unit 5: Land and Water Use” section. Open the full AP Environmental Science course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/ap-environmental-science-124e55a4-e4f5-4ce3-89ab-e0beebe215fe for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for Tragedy of the Commons, The Green Revolution, Irrigation Methods and Salinization, Pest Control and the Pesticide Treadmill, Meat Production and CAFOs, Mining Impacts and Reclamation — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on AP Environmental Science alone.