Sustainability Course Repository

How much fertilizer and pesticide pollution is too much? What role should government play in regulating the environment?How do we stop depletion of fisheries? Will clean technology lay the foundation for cities' sustainable future? This course provides an Introductionduction to the analytical tools used by economists to answer these and other important policy questions. The course presents an overview of environmental, natural resource, and ecological economics concepts with practical applicatio...

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This course explores the relationship between environmental issues and religion. Students will learn about a variety of religious traditions (Daoism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Indigenous Traditions, nature spirituality, and so forth) and their responses to a number of ecological issues (climate change, loss of biodiversity, air and water pollution as it relates to human health, and more). While this class will primarily be a seminar style course, it will also incorporate multimedia, food...

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An Introductionduction to the concepts and practice of data gathering and analysis in relation to environmental and public policy issues. Topics covered include the specification of questions to guide inquiry, the gathering of data, descriptive statistics and graphic presentations, and statistical hypothesis testing. Students will design, implement, analyze, and present the results of a research study of social or environmental significance. Cross-listed with PUBA 440.

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GIS is a vibrant and pervasive technology for investigating and understanding societal, environmental and ecological problems (and more) from a spatial perspective. This course Introductionduces students to GIS concepts, such as posing spatial questions, finding and using GIS data, cartographic literacy and multi-step spatial problem solving. Students will learn how to acquire, map and analyze spatial data (in raster and vector forms) in order to assess a variety of questions, and will learn to ...

Read more about EVST-3500 : Introductionduction to Geographic Information Systems

Agroecology can be defined in many ways but, in general, it is the ecology of sustainable food systems. Agroecology as a research practice recognizes that agriculture has ecological, social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions. By the end of this course you should: understand the ecological and environmental characteristics that affect agricultural production, have an appreciation of the ecological, social, economic, and political complexities associated with developing sustainable food...

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Examines the issues and challenges involved in managing environmental resources of global importance such as forests, biodiversity, air, oceans, and our climate. Focus is on the design, implementation, and effectiveness of international environmental conventions and considers the conditions when conventions succeed or fail.

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Considering the global and multi-cultural context of managerial practice this course emphasizes the formation and practice of the art of adaptive leadership. We address issues of vision in unprecedented conditions and the critical dimensions of purpose and motivation. Participants explore the functions of authority, trust and power and their role in complex systems

Read more about EXLR-5120 : Building Vision for a Global Commons

This course involves a project requiring participants to work in teams to serve a social justice (vs. charitable) need in the community. Groups choose their domain of service, develop a sustainable model for their project, and implement their projects within the community using executive-level skills. The project is a learning laboratory, supporting regular review of participants' experiences in leadership and teamwork against a set of clear criteria. Participants learn new methods for making de...

Read more about EXLR-5140 : Leadership for a Just and Humane World

This course examines leadership and ethical decision making. Participants gain skills and information needed to establish ethical goals, resolve ethical problems in a global marketplace, address ethical responsibilities as a leader and maintain ethical standards with pluralistic organizations and societies.

Read more about EXLR-5210 : Ethical Leadership

Building on earlier modules, this section of the program applies leadership models to issues facing contemporary organizations. Leadership is analyzed in the context of corporate social responsibility, leading change, strategy, innovation and globalization, and extends to issues facing organizations represented in the program. Participants also interview local leaders and CEO's, hear executive guest speakers, and contribute to active discussions of cases and articles.

Read more about EXLR-5220 : Leading Responsible Organizations