Environmental Studies: Sustainablity Cultural Hst

Through selected readings spanning over two thousand years traces the trajectory of modern notions of ecological and socio-economic sustainability back through time. Includes experiential component at the Instructor's sheep farm. Prerequisites: Three hours in Environmental Studies, Classics, or a related discipline. Cross-listed with: CLAS 2581.

Crosslisted with CLAS 2581, total combined enrollment: 119 PACE students with permission and override

This course is a foray into the genealogy of ideas. It traces the trajectory of modern notions of ecological and socio-economic sustainability back through time. Through selected readings spanning over two thousand years as well as audio and visual materials, you will see old ideas and precepts cropping up again and again over the course of history, up to and including the present day. We will be investigating parallels between unlikely comparands. This is purposeful: To be able to see similarities between ostensibly dissimilar things is the mark of real insight and intelligence. To recognize differences and to make distinctions is also an important part of critical thinking. We’ll be engaged in both activities. Along the way you will grapple with conceptual and philosophical aspects of sustainability and with sustainable living itself (and the inevitable trade-offs and contradictions therein) with reference to your own experience. Ultimately, this is a course about how to think and how to live. Section Expectations: Class sessions will be fully participatory and discussion-based. There will be weekly discussion board posts based on the assigned readings and one small group presentation.

This course is a foray into the genealogy of ideas. It traces the trajectory of modern notions of ecological and socio-economic sustainability back through time. Through selected readings spanning over two thousand years as well as audio and visual materials, you will see old ideas and precepts cropping up again and again over the course of history, up to and including the present day. We will be investigating parallels between unlikely comparands. This is purposeful: To be able to see similarities between ostensibly dissimilar things is the mark of real insight and intelligence. To recognize differences and to make distinctions is also an important part of critical thinking. We’ll be engaged in both activities. Along the way you will grapple with conceptual and philosophical aspects of sustainability and with sustainable living itself (and the inevitable trade-offs and contradictions therein) with reference to your own experience. Ultimately, this is a course about how to think and how to live. Section Expectations: Class sessions will be fully participatory and discussion-based. There will be weekly discussion board posts based on the assigned readings and one small group presentation.

This course is a foray into the genealogy of ideas. It traces the trajectory of modern notions of ecological and socio-economic sustainability back through time. Through selected readings spanning over two thousand years as well as audio and visual materials, you will see old ideas and precepts cropping up again and again over the course of history, up to and including the present day. We will be investigating parallels between unlikely comparands. This is purposeful: To be able to see similarities between ostensibly dissimilar things is the mark of real insight and intelligence. To recognize differences and to make distinctions is also an important part of critical thinking. We’ll be engaged in both activities. Along the way you will grapple with conceptual and philosophical aspects of sustainability and with sustainable living itself (and the inevitable trade-offs and contradictions therein) with reference to your own experience. Ultimately, this is a course about how to think and how to live. Section Expectations: Class sessions will be fully participatory and discussion-based. There will be weekly discussion board posts based on the assigned readings and one small group presentation.