Challenges of Sustainable Development in Poland - 2006

 

1.  SYLLABUS AND RELATED MATERIALS

Pre-Course Student Requirements – 2006 (version 1)
Syllabus – 28 June 2006
Course Readings –2006
Course Notes Contents –April 2006

Zawoja Plan - 2006

 

2.  PRE-COURSE LECTURES, READINGS, AND TESTS

Lecture A – Introduction (CK)

Reading A- A Primer on Sustainable Development: The Very Idea

Test A

 

Lecture B – Ethics and Social Responsibility (GB)

Reading B1 – Issues in Ethics (Jan Sendzimir and Gisela Bosch)

Lecture B2 – Toward an Ethics of Sustainability (Charles Kibert)

Test B

 

Lecture C – Resource Issues (CK)

Reading C: The Next Industrial Revolution (McDonough and Braungart)

Test C

 

Lecture D – Ecology Concepts (JS)

Test D

 

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)