SOC301

This course sought to inspire the student to:

(1) think about your personal perceptions of and relationship with nature;

(2) understand both historically and contemporarily how western society has perceived of and behaved toward nature;

(3) explore how cultural perceptions of nature influence our individual ways of thinking about nature;

(4) explore how varying social structures, particularly the economy and the political system, support certain approaches toward nature.

MOST OF ALL, I hope that you come out of this course thinking about how you can affect positive social change. There are many levels in which you can act. I encourage you to not only think in terms of how others ask you to help. Most of us come in contact with causes that encourage such things as recycling or cleaning up our neighborhoods. While these are positive and important and something we can all get involved in, I hope you think about the deeper structural and cultural changes necessary toward moving ourselves and society into a more positive relationship with nature. This requires creative thinking. It requires you to THINK OUTSIDE OF WHAT EXISTS TODAY AND IMAGINE WHAT CAN EXIST TOMORROW and what steps are necessary to get there.
Work Hard!

Objectives:
To be visionaries.

To complete this Topic successfully, please complete the following activities in the order shown below:

GROUP ASSIGNMENT: Social Change

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: Post Essay : Exploring Environmental Issues (40 minute exercise)

DUE BY : Sunday, 11:30pm 12/8/02

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E-mail Janine Minkler at Janine.Minkler@nau.edu
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