Sequence: Economics and Sustainable Development
September 7: Introduction and business
- Roster [print current] and index cards
- who I am, how I came to teach this course
- syllabus in detail; schedule; wiki (cleared)
- distribute Hitana Bay [assure enough copies]
September 14: Hitana Bay simulation game; Summers memo; last chapter of Lovins
- play Hitana Bay and discuss
- discuss Summers memo
- discuss last chapter of Lovins: variety of forms for capitalism, which never stops evolving.
- Overview of Leonard and rationale.
September 21 & 28 and October 5: Amy Leonard, The Story of Stuff
- Why Leonard? More interested in how economy actually operates within production cycle (thus encompasses sources and sinks). Economic theory up next in course but need empirical survey.
- Review intersection of economics and sustainability assignment
October 12 & 19: ESS; proposal and log due Oct 12 (thus some grades and sample are in)
October 26: essay on intersection of economics and sustainability; Banking on Disaster and play simulation on sustainable development
Retooling the economy to respond to climate change and sustainability
November 2 & 9 & 16: climate change, Lovins
November 23: Thanksgiving break: heads down the stretch
Conclusion of ENST30501
November 30: TBA, held in reserve
December 7 & 14: presentations
December 21: all work due