Part I

Part I: Orientation to Global Environmental issues

Class 1 CLASS ORIENTATION Monday, June 23

Priority One Readings:

NRDC, “The Story of Silent Spring” (pdf)
Pb Fisher, A Step Back Excerpts: Kathmandu and Blue Mountains, Australia, and Cairns, Australia

Class 2 CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Monday, June 25

Priority One Readings:

GEG, Chapter 1, pp. 1-11

J. R. McNeill (2000), Something New Under the Sun, Chapter 1—Prologue: Peculiarities of a Prodigal Century, pp. 3-17 (R).

Ken Conca (2004), “Introduction: Three Decades of Global Environmental Politics,” Green Planet Blues, pp. 1-12 (R).
Jared Diamond (2003), “The Last Americans: Environmental Collapse and the End of Civilization,” Harper’s Magazine 306 (1837) pp. 43-51 (pdf)
Mohammad El Baradei, Address on Winning the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize

Priority Two Readings:

Paul Wapner (2003), “Ecological Thinking: Studying Global Environmental Politics with a Wild Mind and a Mindful Heart,” in Encountering Global Environmental Politics, pp. 17-33 (R).
Rachel's Democracy & Health News #949, March 06, 2008, “The Coal Industry’s Ace in the Hole ”

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