Earth spinningBATE ProfessorWayne Hayes, Ph.D., May 30, 2000
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BATE Schedule 2000

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Week #1: Introduction & Perspectives

May 30 Introductions, syllabus www.geocities.com/~profwork/
bate/syllabus.html, handout syllabus and schedule
schedule,
class contract,
reports		 www.geocities.com/~profwork/bate
Term Paper Tips
May 31 Historical perspective: Commerce creates the city-region, the geographical division of labor, and influences the environment
 Henri Pirenne, Medieval Cities,ch. 5: The Middle Classes
Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation, ch. 15: Market and Nature
Case study of wool production in County Donegal, Ireland. Prof. Hayes
The World Bank in Amazonia, Brazil Film, Decade of Destruction
June 1 Introduction to sustainable development Braden R. Allenby, Industrial Ecology, Introduction
Sachs, et al., Greening the North, overview, preface, and introduction
Review of BATE Web Site
Workshop: term report groups Student groups meet to discuss goals and roles
Review 1999 student project reports

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Week #2: Sustainable Development

June 6 Sustainable development: Concepts, guidelines, and indicators Sachs, et al., ch. 2, Guidelines; ch. 3, Targets;
ch. 4, Stock-Taking
June 7 Sustainable development:
Paradigms		 Sachs, ch. 5. pages 84-172
Course report workshop Group workshop
June 8 Sustainable Development: Conclusion Sachs, ch. 6, Transitions and ch. 7, Contexts
Course report workshop Team proposal due

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Week #3: Green Commerce

June 13 Hawken et al., Natural Capitalsm, part I Hawken ch 1..5
Guests: Trent Schroyer, Ramapo College
James Quigley, Ph.D., NNHEPS
James A. Rogers, President, Rogers Environmental Management		 Handout provided
June 14 Hawken et al., Natural Capitalsm, part II Hawken ch. 6..11
June 15 Hawken et al., Natural Capitalsm, part III Hawken, ch. 12..15
Course report workshop

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Week #4: Environmental Mediation: Principled Negotiation

June 20 Principled negotiation & environmental mediation Susskind & Field, Intro to ch. 4, p. 86
June 21 Principled negotiation Susskind & Field, p. 87 to ch. 6, p. 176
Workshop Progress report due
June 22 End Susskind and Field Susskind & Field, p. 177 to end
Workshop: transition to hypertext  

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Week #5: Conclusion

June 27 Guest: Robert Young, Executive Director, N.J. Office of Sustainable Business Living With The Future in Mind: Sustainable State Progress Reeport, 1999, handout
June 28 Oral Reports Report due
June 29 Conclusion & assessment  

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Business and the Environment, Summer, 2000
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