ENV (0125) 610 - Perspectives on Sustainability

Credits: 3.00

Students will investigate contemporary goals of sustainability and analyze ecological, economic, political, and cultural domains that must balance with each other to achieve sustainability. Students will explore various perspectives on sustainability from the past and develop sustainability planning for the future, using scales ranging from the local to the global.

Through class discussions, readings responses, research projects, a presentation, and the final exam, students will:
•   write and speak knowledgeably about concepts in sustainability;
•   clearly articulate the arguments in key contemporary sustainability debates;
•   analyze the varied ecological, economic, political, and cultural perspectives through which sustainability is conceived;
•   and critique both local-scale and global-scale sustainability planning, gaining skills in evaluating the challenges that these sorts of projects encounter.