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Syllabus for TESP 84, fall 2008
Take home final, due Wednesday night at midnight by email.
Extra class participation possibilities, October and November
Due Monday, December 1: the ethics of global climate change EE: Climate ethics and The climate ethics assignment (note: the deadline on the assignment pdf is wrong). A diagram of Contraction & Convergence. Here is the kind of job position which would use this kind of material, for the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change. Some ethical principles, and : Virtue ethics for environmental leaders. The wikipedia entry on the precautionary principle. Background on the use of the precautionary principle in environmental ethics and regulation. The Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship hosted by the Cornwall Alliance.
Homework in preparation for the take home final
The amoeba of change: Innovation of Diffusion game and slides
Rock piece
Due Monday November 10: Earth meditation activity
Due Wednesday November 19. Earth Charter & education. The assignment. Some resources: Earth Charter Case Studies; the Faith & Eco-justice fellowship program.
David Orr: What is Education For? and Chris Uhl's Penn State Website: Green Destiny
http://www.earthcharterinaction.org and the PPT on how the charter has been used
Sample reflection
Brian Swimme on youtube: the Universe Story
SCU library links on global climate disruption resources -- check out the web resources at the bottom of that link
Ecological footprint: take the Ecological footprint quiz (for background, see Redefining Progress) The full ecofprint analysis
Some carbon calculators -- probably easier for folks who are not already interested in sustainability issues
An Inconvenient Truth (climate crisis) website http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/
The US EPA: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
The Nature Conservancy: http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/
Some specifics on "An Inconvenient Truth" assignment due 22 October
Some suggestions for the via negativa reflection due Friday 31 October.
Keith's environmental ethics webpages:
Short Course in Environmental Ethics -- read lessons 1 & 2
Virtue ethics for environmental leaders.
The ethical dimension of sustainability
SCU Library resources on global climate change
Sustainability and the engineering profession - (audio file) a lecture given to Ed Maurer's Sustainable Water Resources class April 2, 2008
Reading :Origins of the term "sustainability"
Resources for the Religious Dimension of Sustainable Development
Metta suta
Julia Butterfly Hill's Circle of Life Foundation Circle of Life: pictures and diary from Julia Butterfly Hill: http://www.circleoflife.org/education/kids/butterflys_tale.htm More pictures: http://www.circleoflife.org/inspiration/luna/
Assignment due Friday October 3: reflection on the vocation of Julia Butterfly Hill
Another resource:
due Wednesday Feb 20, a write up from leading an Earth Meditation. Confer with wikipedia on eco-psychology ership
Sandra Schneiders, Religion and Spirituality: Strangers, Rivals, or Partners? p 4-30 For MONDAY 20 OCTOBER
Some pictures of monks on the march
Water for Life: In Defence of Our Sister Water (Franciscan reflection on water)
Retrieving St. Francis
Costa Rica summer courses
Sustainable Spring Break with Ed Maurer -- water and sustainability in Nicaragua
Come to class on Friday 1/25 with: the names of 2 people to watch AIT with, a proposed date, the carbon calculator you are going to use, a list of discussion questions for your little threesome.
Events on SCU campus Jan 30-31 for Focus the Nation - Schwarzenegger endorses FTN!
My Green Apple
The vocation and virtues of Julia Butterfly Hill
. Here are some political discourses about climate change with implicit ethical themes from Bush and our Governor (and comments) and NY Times about the US role at the UN conference at Bali about upgrading the Kyoto Protocol
due Fri Feb 8 Assignment: listening to questions about Global Climate Disruption Grist: how to talk to a climate skeptic and resources for global climate disruption discussions
Sustainability Revolution syllabus
Christopher Uhl and the Penn State Green Destiny Council
Flyer for ENVS 160 -- Spring 2007
Drammatis personae -- a list of characters for each chapter for ethics skits June 11
due Monday March 3, a Character Based Learning lesson plan about virtue ethics & the environment, twinned with a partner. See the concept map. A discussion about the role of science in environmental ethics.
Deliverables for CBL assignment and the PRREE outline. Please name your 2 files in a special way, and email them to me. Name the PRREE with the chapter number and then your last name. Example: 24Warner.doc. Name your rationale merely with your last name. Email both docs to me.
Environmental Studies Institute Fiesta, June 2 flyer
Entry form for Fiesta (Word Doc) email to Keith, and to jmsacman AT scu.edu
Scriptures used in Envs 160
Ulistac Natural Area Restoration Project (field trip May 4)
Africa Readings for May 9: Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection in Zambia AND
A letter to our class from Chris at the Jesuit Center AND Remarks by Bono on Africa Aid
Keyword & Concepts for Spirituality & Sustainability
The Global Ethic Foundation
Youth United of Community Action (field trip May 11)
Web-based readings:
Assisi Declarations and Earth Charter. (pages 18-21 or 136-139) http://www.biodiversityproject.org/EFSP%20Section%206.pdf
Campus sustainability policy, http://www.scu.edu/sustainability/about.cfm
Ecological Footprint Quiz, http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp
Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection in Zambia (Africa) http://www.jctr.org.zm/index.html
Pope John Paul II and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Joint Declaration on Articulating a Code of Environmental Ethics, http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/ejp/jtortca.htm
Schneiders, Sandra M. 2000. “Religion vs. Spirituality: Strangers, Rivals, or Partners?” Bannan Lecture, available at: http://www.scu.edu/bannancenter/eventsandconferences/lectures/archives/schneiders.cfm
Reading: SCU Mission Statement
Spring 2005 class project: Do Catholic Universities teach Environmental Justice or Sustainability? These slides report research conducted by students in ENVS 160 during the spring of 2005 to investigate the degree to which sustainabilty and environmental justice are taught at US Catholic universities. The students in this same class investigated several SCU academic programs to explore the potential of incorporating more explicit discussions of sustainability in their courses.
Links for ENVS 160
Excel scoresheet for Spirituality & Sustainability
For May 17: The Global Ethic Foundation
For May 19:David DeCosse & Keith Warner OFM: A Short Course in Environmental Ethics
A link with more information about the Council of All Beings
Guidelines for the Council of All Beings: June 2
Interview protocol, questions, and departments/disciplines selected
For May 24: Sustainability Science and New Technological Breakthrough (news story)
For May 26: the UN Millennium Development Goals and
How to write a reflection for Keith's classes
Flyer for Spirituality & Sustainability TESP 84 Fall 2008 (fulfills Second level Religious Studies requirement)
ENVS 160 winter 2008 syllabus
A reading about development and social sustainability in Mexico
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