GRAD 6500 - The State of the Planet: Cares and Flourishing in Context

This course explores the ecocultural wake of contemporary (and historical) patterns of production and consumption and their impacts on biogeophysical systems and well-being. A central purpose is to highlight tensions, trade-offs, and conflicts between diverse objects of care (equity, economic growth, technological progress, happiness, cultural diversity, restoring ecosystems services, biological diversity, meeting basic needs, life expectancy, health, well-being, etc.) in an attempt to better understand the nested contexts and conditions that impact what individuals and groups most care about and strive to sustain.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ES 6330 with a grade of “B” or better (may be taken concurrently).

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Open to graduate students only.