Ecology, Economics, and Ethics: Schedule

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TOC: Key Dates, III: Globalization,
IV: World Sustainability, V: Plan B

The schedule may adjust slightly as the course unfolds, but the sequence and overall framework will remain the same.

Key Dates ^

Please note the dates defining the flow of the course, below:

May 8: Term project submitted
May 15: Final exam covering all material covered since mid-term exam; counts 25% of grade

Schedule ^

Part III: Economic Globalization ^

March 27-April 6 : Neo-Liberalism and Corporate Domination of Globalization: Read Wayne Hayes, Economic Strategies for Sustainability Part II, CWS pp. 201-212; Read Trent Schroyer, Introduction: Exposing the Hidden Realities of Corporate Domination, CWS pp. 89-98; Read Robert Engler, Oil Barrels and Gun Barrels: The Quest for the Control of Energy Resources, CWS, pp. 99-120; Read Herman E. Daly, International Trade and Sustainable Development, Beyond Growth, pp. 141-167; Read Ward Morehouse, Corporate Power, Popular Resistance, and Sustainable Development in an Imperial Age, CWS, pp. 121-131; Read Herman Daly, Globalization and Its Discontents

Part IV: Creating a Sustainable World ^

There is no single path to World Sustainability. Trent Schroyer and Tom Golodik have assembled a variety of responses and reflections. They provide insight to create a viable and just world for our children and children's children.

April 10-April 20: Creating World Sustainability: Read Siddharta, Cultural Alternatives to Development in South India, CWS pp. 175-188; Read Schroyer, Smaller Footprints: Sustainability as Capacity Building and Democratization of Wealth, CWS pp. 213-214; Read Schroyer, Introduction: Sustainability as Capacity Building and Democratization of Wealth, CWS pp 215-221; Read Shuman, Going Local: How Can We Create Viable Local Economies?, CWS pp 223-242; Read Lewitt, Participatory Democracy and Porto Alegre, CWS, pp. 253-262; Makofske, The 21st Century Transition to Sustainable Energy, CWS pp. 279-292; Read Self Reflections of Sustainability Workers, CWS pp. 293-323; Recommended reading: Frederique Appfel-Marglin and Kathryn Pyne Addelson, Situating Ourselves, CWS pp. 155-173

Draft of final take-home exam for class discussion

Part V: Eco-Economic Policies for World Sustainability ^

Lester R. Brown, founder of WorldWatch Institute and recently Earth Policy Institute, has contributed a timely empirical analysis consistent with Ecology, Economics, and Ethics. We close our course with his Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, a concrete program for World Sustainability.

April 24-May 11: Towards a Global Eco-Economy: Read for this section Lester R. Brown, Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble; Term project progress report, 4/27; Review, close course, 5/11

May 15: Exam: Exam on material since mid-term: Parts III, IV, V, counting 25 points