| Week 02
12 September |
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Topic:
Course Introduction
Mindwalk: A film for passionate thinkers
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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| Weeks 03-04
19/26 September |
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Topic: Environmental Ethics
Download PowerPoint for this class session by clicking here
Session Facilitator: Dunn
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
COMMONS GAME
Reading Assignment:
Environmental Ethics. Stanford Encylopedia of Philosophy
Diamond, Jarod. Easter's End. Discover, August 1995.
Sagoff, Mark. Zuckerman's Dilemma: A Plea for Environmental Ethics. Hastings Center Report, September/October 1991, p. 32.
Holmes, Ralston III. Global Environmental Ethics: A Valuable Earth.
Locke, John An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government. [CHAPTER V: Of Property]
Brown, Lester R. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. [CHAPTER 1: The Economy and the Earth]
Supplemental Course Materials:
Armstrong, Susan J. & Botzler, Richard G. Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence
Erdoes, Richard & Ortiz, Alfonso (eds). American Indian Myths and Legends
Hoffman, W. Michael, Frederick, Robert, & Petry, Edward S. Jr. (eds). The Corporation, Ethics, and the Environment, Part I
Johnson, Lawrence E. A Morally Deep World: An Essay on Moral Significance and Environmental Ethics
Larusso, Carol Spenard (ed). The Green Thoreau
Mander, Jerry. In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology & the Survival of the Indian Nations
Nerburn, Ken & Mengelkoch, Louise (eds). Native American Wisdom
Oelschlaeger, Max (ed). The Wilderness Condition: Essays on Environment and Civilization
Rockefeller, Steven C. & Elder, John C. (eds). Spirit and Nature: Why the Environment is a Religious Issue
Sachs, Aaron. Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and the Environment
Stone, Christopher. The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Chapter X
Suzuki, David & Knudtson, Peter. Wisdom of the Elders: Honoring Sacred Native Visions of Nature
Watts, Alan W. Nature, Man and Woman
Weatherford, Jack. Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America
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| Week 05
03 October |
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Topic: Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice
Session Facilitators:Delory/Pool/Rhiley
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Preface, Chapters 1, 2, 12
Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 2
Crittenden, C. (2000, March). Ecofeminism Meets Business: A Comparison of Ecofeminist, Corporate, and Free Market Ideologies. Journal of Business Ethics, 24, 1, Pg 51, 13 pgs.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/rprnts.ecofembusiness.html
Egg Cruelty (2005, September). Egg Cruelty.com [Online].
http://www.eggcruelty.com (Please review Web site)
Mellor, M. (2002, Spring). Ecofeminist Economics: Women, Work, and the Environment. Women & Environments International Magazine, 14991993, 45/45.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/rprnts.ecofemeconomics.html
Merchant, C. (1996). The Death of Nature: Women and Ecology in the Scientific Revolution. Women and the Environment. New York: Routledge.
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/stc-link/engineering/engr3400/merchant.html
Whole Foods Market (2005, September). Sustainability and Our Future. Whole Foods Market [Online].
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/issues/sustainablefuture.html
Supplemental Course Materials:
Newton, Lisa H. & Dillingham, Catherine K. (eds). Watersheds 2: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics, Chapter 2
Warren, Karen J. The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism. Environmental Ethics Summer 1990, v12, n2, p125(22).
Dubos, Rene. The Wooing of Earth: New Perspectives on Man's Use of Nature
Stone, Christopher. The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Chapters I, II, III, IV, V
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| Week 06
10 October |
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Topic: Scarcity, Overconsumption, and the Market
Session Facilitators: Swarts/Yu
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Definition of terms from Wikipedia.
Wolfgram, E.F. Population, Resources & Environment.
Hanauer, H.G. Overpopulation and Overconsumption....
Korten, D.C. Sustainable Development....
Supplemental Course Materials:
Hallstrom. The Environmental Crisis....
Clapp. Distancing of Waste....
Harris. Consumption and the Environment.
Brown. A Planet Under Stress....
Vaknin. The Misconception of Scarcity.
Movie Link: Soylent Green.
Smith, Richard (ed). Overpopulation and Overconsumption: Combating the Two Main Drivers of Global Destruction. British Medical Journal, 15 May 1993, v306, p1285.
Butler, Colin. Overpopulation, Overconsumption, and Economics. Lancet, 5 March 1994, v343, n8897, p582.
CONTRACTS Due
(Must be submitted electronically by accessing the link directly above)
WRITING ASSIGNMENT 1 Due
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| Week 07
17 October |
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Topic: State of the World: The Science of the Environment
Session Facilitators: Fitzgerald/Novellino/Trujillo
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
State of the World 2004. (Assigned Chapters: 2, 4, 8)
Voluntary Efforts Won’t Work: Why We Need Mandatory Limits on Carbon Dioxide.
Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us.
Carnivorous Cravings: Charting the World’s Protein Shift.
Avian Flu: one more indictment of unsafe industrial food production.
In Soil, Water, Food, Air.
How can domestic households become part of the solution....
Productive activites and subjective well-being....
Cases: DeLory/Pool
Monastersky. The Hidden Cost of Farming Fish.
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| Week 08
24 October |
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Topic: Costing the Earth: Efficiency and the Environment, Environmental Ethics
Session Facilitators: Dunn
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Chapters 5, 6, 7, 9
Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 17
PowerPoint:
for handout on Environmental Ethics, click here
Printing Tip:
Access link
Select 'download file'
Open file
Select 'print'
Select 'handouts'
Select '3 per page'
Select 'print'
Cases: Deprimo/Pambekian
Can This Copy Shop Go Green? Kinko's Case Study.
Supplemental Course Materials:
Spash, Clive L. Economics, Ethics, and Long-Term Environmental Damage. Environmental Ethics, v15, n2, p117.
Daly, Herman E. & Townsend, Kenneth N. Valueing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics
Hoffman, W. Michael, Frederick, Robert, & Petry, Edward S. Jr. (eds). The Corporation, Ethics, and the Environment, Part IV
Makower, Joel. The E Factor: The Bottom-line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business, Chapters 1-2
Stone, Christopher. The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Chapters VI, VII, VIII
Tietenberg, Tom. Environmental Economics and Policy, Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 12
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| Week 09
31 October |
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Topic: Clean Technology
(focusing on the development of new technologies that replace existing high energy and material consuming, and polluting technologies)
Session Facilitators: Lester/Mihalyfi/Yakes
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapters 9, 10, 11
Clean technology: A Compelling Investment Opportunity.
A Balanced Energy Plan: Quicker, Cleaner, Cheaper, Safer.
Who owns the Sun? The People, Politics, and Struggle for a Solar Economy: Foreward and Chapter 1.
Can IT fuel clean energy technologies?.
Clean Technology: Profits and Potential.
The Winds of Change: Fresh Ideas for a New World.
Hydrogen Power in China: Will Fuel Cells ever be Clean, Cheap, efficient?.
Cases: Alcantara/Plate
Thai 'Biofuel' Sector Takes Off As Asia Seeks Alternative to Oil.
How to Clean Coal....
Supplemental Course Materials:
Katz, Eric. The Call of the Wild: The Struggle against Domination and the Technological Fix of Nature. Environmental Ethics, v14, p265.
Managing Planet Earth: Readings from Scientific American, Chapter 8
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| Week 10
07 November |
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Topic: Pollution Prevention
(focusing on reducing pollution from existing plants and processes
Session Facilitators: Binczewski/Tawy
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Chapters 3, 11
Pollution Prevention Definition (ref: Chapter 1).
Kyoto Protocol.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Programs.
San Diego Pollution Prevention Program.
3M Pollutio Prevention Pays.
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
Pollution Prevention and Ecofeminism.
Cases: Lester/Yakes
E-waste rules still being flouted.
Actual text appearing on the tags found in Nigeria.... (Excel spreadsheet)
Video:
Gail Mayville (Business Enterprise Trust video)
Supplemental Course Materials:
Toxic Mercury.
Finding the better way.
Moving from P2 to P4.
Compliance - You have to do it, why not do it well?.
What can we do in homes...to help prevent pollution.
What can we do in...offices to help prevent pollution.
Nerburn, Kent, Ph.D & Mengelkoch, Louise, M.A. The Betrayal of the Land, Native American Wisdom. New World Library, 1991. p47.
Bechtel, Stefan. Keeping Your Company Green
Makower, Joel. The E Factor: The Bottom-line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business, Chapters 3, 6
Tietenberg, Tom. Environmental Economics and Policy, Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 Due |
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| Week 11
14 November |
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Topic: Life-Cycle-Design
(focusing on the inclusion of environmental considerations in the regular design of products and production processes)
Session Facilitators: Huff/Jeli/King
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 14
Life Cycle Assessment.
LIfe Cycle Analysis/Assessment (Powerpoint File).
LCIA Methods and Links (Document).
Checklist for Lifecycle Design....
LCA Scope and Boundary Setting.
Milk and the Environment.
hp Product Design.
Studio: Designing For Sustainability Through Life Cycle Thinking.
Cases: Huff/Jeli/King
From Inspiration to Innovation....
Cases: Fitzgerald/Novellino
The Cost of Gold...
Video:
GLOBAL DUMPING GROUND
(Frontline video)
Supplemental Course Materials:
Nerburn, Kent, Ph.D & Mengelkoch, Louise, M.A. The Ways of the Land, Native American Wisdom.
New World Library, 1991. p1.The Responsive Communitarian Platform: Rights and Responsibilities. The Responsive Community. Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 1991/92.
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| Week 12
21 November |
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Topic: Environmental Change Project Preparation Day
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| Week 13
28 November |
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Topic: Loop-Closing
(focusing on re-use and recycling of waste-products through the cycle of the product)
Session Facilitators: Alcantara/Plate
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Chapter 4
From cradle to grave: The Effects of Climate Change on Business.
Tips for buying recycled products.
Green Economics.
Industrial Symbiosis.
NISP Case Study.
NISP.
Cases: Binczewski/Tawy
Oral-B Pulsar Toothbrush...
Housewares Face-off...
Toothbrushes: Power struggle is on...
Supplemental Course Materials:
By-Product Synergy Supports Sustainable Development (PDF file)
Zero waste system in paradise (PDF file)
Applied Sustainability LLC: Making a Business Case for By-Product Synergy (PDF file)
U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development
Eco-Industrial Parks: A Case Study and Analysis of Economic, Environmental, Technical, and Regulatory Issues (PDF file)
EPA Examples of Eco-Industrial and Resource Recovery Parks
Simon, Julian L. and S. Moore. Chicken Little Was Wrong. The American Spectator, February 2001 (PDF file)
Davis, Sheila and T. Smith. Corporate Strategies for Electronics Recycling: A Tale of Two Systems. Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, June 25, 2003 (PDF file)
Recycling? It’s Really Reselling
WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 Due |
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| Week 14
05 December |
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Topic: Environmental Management Systems
(focusing on changes in management structure and the provision of information on impacts relevant to the environment)
Session Facilitators: Deprimo/Pambekian
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Reading Assignment:
Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapters 4, 5, 6
EMS/ISO 14000 Services from SAIC (PDF)
EPA Intro to EMS Training (interactive learning)
Legal Lookout: The Importance of EMS
EMS Pilot Study Quantitative DoD ISO 14001 Data
Have Trends in Corporate Environmental Management Influenced Companies Competitiveness? (PDF)
Comparative Advantage: The Impact of ISO 14001 Environmental Certification on Exports (PDF)
Cases: Swarts/Yu
Cisco Environmental Programs
Supplemental Course Materials:
Birch, Thomas H. The Incarceration of Wildness: Wilderness Areas as Prisons. Environmental Ethics, Spring 1990, v12, n1, p3(24)
Martel, Ned & Holman, Blan . Inside the Environmental Groups, 1994. Outside. March 1994, pp 65
Martin, Michael. Ecosabotage and Civil Disobedience. Environmental Ethics, v12, n4, p291.
Abbey, Edward (ed) The Best of Edward Abbey, From The Monkey Wrench Gang
Buchholz, Rogene A. Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business, Part III
Hoffman, W. Michael, Frederick, Robert, & Petry, Edward S. Jr. (eds). The Corporation, Ethics, and the Environment, Part III
Makower, Joel. The E Factor: The Bottom-line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business, Chapters 4, 5, 7
Stead, W. Edward & Stead, Jean Garner. Management for a Small Planet: Strategic Decision Making and the Environment
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| Week 15
12 December |
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Topic: The Meaning of Work
For a great 'read' on social justice and meaningful work: Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
- What Comes Next?
- The World According to Me
- Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' (full text)
- Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' (excerpts on meaningful work)
- Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Carl Murray Bates, Walter Lundquist, Donna Murray, Roberta Victor, Nora Watson)
Cases: Rhiley/Trujillo
[ CASE LEADER READINGS TO BE POSTED HERE]
TERM PAPERS DUE
(Term Papers will not be accepted without SELF-EVALUATION attached)
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| Week 16
19 December |
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FINAL EXAMINATION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4 Due
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San Diego State University
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