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| Syllabus — Schedule |
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| Course units 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 |
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| Assignments Paper - Acme - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 |
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The table below outlines the schedule for the whole semester. The details of each week's schedule can be accessed by clicking on the "week of" links. Additional readings may be assigned as the semester progresses.
| Week beginning | Unit | Topics | Readings | Assignments |
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| July 2-6 | Unit 1 | What is sustainability? What is sustainable development? Agenda 21, government responses to sustainability. Current environmental problems |
Hill Ch. 1 BBC, "Disposable Planet" |
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| July 10-11 | Unit 2 | Economic & political aspects | Hill Ch. 1, Brown reading | |
| July 12-13 | Unit 3 | Science and technology. Matter, energy & thermodynamics. | Hill Ch. 2 Matthew & Boltz reading |
Problem Set 1 due (Jul 12) |
| July 16-18 | Unit 4 | Business and sustainability, uses of technology, manufacturing |
Dorf, pages 101-107, 106-210 and Chap 19; van Nes & Cramer reading | Problem Set 2 due (Jul 17) (now Jul 18) |
| July 19 | Unit 5 | Consumption | Hill Ch. 4 | |
| July 20 | Unit 6 | Impacts, carbon footprints, waste management & reduction |
Hill Ch. 5, RCRA vision statement |
Problem Set 3 due |
| July 23-24 | Unit 7 | Energy | ||
| July 25-26 | Unit 8 | Material resources and mining, chemicals | Hill Ch. 3, 7 | First draft of case presentations due |
| July 27 | Unit 9 | Forestry, food & agriculture | Hill Ch. 8 | Problem Set 4 due |
| July 30-31 | Unit 10 | Environmental management systems and ISO 14000 | Sample plans | Final draft of case presentations due* |
| Aug 1-2 | Unit 11 | Ecologic, green engineering, green chemistry, green manufacturing | Hill Ch. 6 Anastas & Warner article |
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| Aug 3 | Unit 12 | Transforming the corporate mindset, new business models | Problem Set 5 due (Aug 3) | |
| Aug 3-6 | Unit 13 | Models for sustainable living, the hydrogen economy | Hill Ch. 9, Rifkin interview Goodall reading |
First draft of term paper due (Aug 6) |
| Aug 7 | Unit 14 | What does the future hold? | Hill Ch. 9, videos | Final draft of term paper due (Aug 8) |
| Aug 9 | Final exam |
- The exact date may be later, but this will be agreed when the draft presentations are reviewed, and the discussion dates chosen.
