UC 101 - University
Colloquium - Sustainable Communities
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Prelude - Dr. White - Dr. Springer - Dr. Lew - Dr. Ford - Coda
Color Code for READINGS:
University Colloquium Course Packet
Sustainable Communities Course Packet
Web-based readings
Cline
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Textbooks
Some readings are also available at the Cline
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Prelude Readings & Assignments:
The Bean Trees : A Novel, by Barbara Kingsolver, New York: HarperPerennial, 1992. (summer reading program text) (Click Here for The Bean Trees Study Gruide)
Berry, Wendell. Does Community Have a Value? Home Economics. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987, pp. 179-192.
Brown, Lester. The Acceleration of History. State of the World: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainble Society. New York: Norton, 1996.
Cronon, William. Only Connect... The American Scholar, Autumn 1998: 73-80.
Rich, Adrienne. 1979. "Claiming an Education." In On Lies, Secrets, and Silences: Selected Prose 1966-1978. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Geis, Don and Kutzmark, Tammy. Developing Sustainable Communities: The Future is Now. Originally published in Public Managment. On the WWW at: http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/develop.htm
Dr. Carolyne White (Educating for Sustainability) Readings & Assignments:
Orr, David W. (1999). Reassembling the pieces: Architecture as pedagoy. In Steven Glazer (Ed.), The heart of learning: Spirituality in education. (pp. 139-149). New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
Freire, Paulo. (1985). The politics of education: Culture, power, and liberation. Massachusette: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, Inc. (chapter 1, p. 1-4; chapter 8, pp. 99-108)
Havel, Valcav. 1994. The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World. Vaclav Havel is the president of the Czech Republic. This speech was made in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1994. On the WWW at: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3621/HAVEL.HTM
Heinberg, Richard. 1994. A Different Kind of Progress. Museletter: A Monthly Exploration of Cultural Renewal (No. 33, September). On the WWW at: http://www.igc.org/museletter/MUSE33.html
Essay based on interdisciplinary content
Dr. Abe Springer (Sustaining Earth Systems) Readings & Assignments:
Gleick, Peter H. 1998. "The Changing Water Paradigm" from The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources, Island Press, Covelo, CA, pp. 5-37. http://www.nau.edu/library/courses/colloquium/uc101-lew/reserve/index.html
Sophocleous, Marios, 1998. "Evolving Sustainability Concepts" from Perspectives on Sustainable Development of Water Resources in Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, pp. 87-96.
Essay based on interdisciplinary content
Dr. Alan A. Lew (Planning & Design for Sustainable Community) Readings & Assignments:
CLICK HERE for information and instructions for Dr. Lew's module readings assignments.
Dr. Lew's "Other Stuff " Webpage
Dr. Marcus Ford (Imagining Sustainability) Readings & Assignments:
The Rediscovery of North America, by Barry Lopez, New York: Vintage Books, 1992
"Two Economies" by Wendell Berry
Wapner, Paul, "Toward a meaningful ecological politics", Tikkun 11:21-24, published by : the Institute for Labor and Mental Health 5100 Leona St. Oakland, CA 94619-3002.
Essay based on interdisciplinary content
hooks, bell. 1995. "Beloved Community." In Killing Rage: Ending Racism. New York: Henry Holt & Co., pp. 263-272.
Cronon, William. Only Connect... The American Scholar, Autumn 1998: 73-80.
Nelder, Chris. 1996. Envisioning a Sustainable Future. BWZ (No.6, Fall). On the WWW at: http://www.betterworld.com/BWZ/9610/cover1.htm.
Final reflective essay on citizenship or personal development
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." --Mark Twain