Challenges of Sustainable Development in
1.
SYLLABUS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Pre-Course
Student Requirements – 2006 (version 1)
Syllabus – 28
June 2006
Course
Readings –2006
Course Notes
Contents –April 2006
2.
PRE-COURSE LECTURES,
Reading A- A Primer on Sustainable
Development: The Very Idea
Lecture B – Ethics and Social
Responsibility (GB)
Reading B1 – Issues in
Ethics (
Lecture B2 – Toward an
Ethics of Sustainability (Charles Kibert)
Lecture C – Resource
Issues (CK)
Reading C: The
Next Industrial Revolution (McDonough and Braungart)
Lecture D – Ecology Concepts
(JS)
Lecture E – Economics of Sustainability
(JK)
Test E
3. COURSE LECTURES
LECTURES - WEEK 1
Lecture 0-2006 - ere we are from (CK)
Lecture 1-2006
- Introduction (Review of pre-course lectures A, B, and C) (CK)
Lecture 2-2006 - Economics of Sustainability (Review of
pre-course Lecture E) (CK)
Lecture 3 - 2006 - Sustainability Tools & Frameworks (CK)
Lecture 4-2006 - Ecology (JS)
Lecture 5-2006 – Leverage Points (JS)
Lecture 6-2006 – Public Sector
& Policy (GB)
Lecture 7-2006 –
Agriculture & Fishing (JS)
Lecture 8-2006 –
Sustainable Communities (CK)
Lecture 9-2006 – Greening
Universities (GB)
Lecture 10-2006 – Local
Currency (GB)
LECTURES - WEEK 2
Lecture 11-2006 –
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (GB/CK)
Reading for Lecture 11 (new)
Lecture 12-2006
– CSR Reporting (GB/CK)
LECTURES -WEEK 3
Lecture
13-2006 - Industrial Ecology (CK)
Lecture 14-2006 - Built Environment
(CK)
Lecture
15-2006 – LCA/LCC/Decision (TB/CK)
Lecture 16-2006 - Skills for Activists (GB/CK)
4.
MISC MATERIALS
Ecological Footprint
Santiago, Chile
Italy
Blank Ecological
Footprint Spreadsheet
Life Cycle
Assessment
Cloth versus Diapers-Air
Emissions
Is Recycling Worth the Effort?
Life Cycle Costing
Discount Rate Example
Basic LCC Example (Window) 1
Basic LCC Example (Window) 2
Linoleum versus Carpet LCC
PV Example in zloty
PV Example in dollars
Decision
Analysis
Blank Sheet for Students
Wicked Fish
Game Materials
Explanation of Terms
(MS Word)
Annual Report
(Excel)
Decision
Sheet (Excel)