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Citizenship, Land, Economy

acts of reunion to ourselves, others, and the broader world 
SYLLABUS
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​Economic and ecological challenges – including climate change and inequity – are symptoms of a deeper spiritual and cultural conflict: human separation from each other, our inner-beings, and the land. This course examines acts of land justice through re/connections to people and place. We examine philosophical questions related to land justice and stewardship, including those surrounding economic scale, economic and ecological literacy, land use, land speculation, and consider alternative ways of being and acting that might foster a more just society. 

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Presentation Grading
Presentation guidelines (sign-up)
C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest Guidelines

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DEFINITIONS + OBJECTIVES
Why Is Growth Speeding Up? by Paul Romer (+ The Norms of Politics)
What is the Steady State Economy? by James MJ
What is Degrowth? by Frederico Demaria et al

PRIMARY TEXTS
Political Ecology, by Paul Robbins
Sacred Economics, by Charles Eisenstein
Small Is Beautiful, by EF Schumacher
The Land Ethic, by Aldo Leopold
Towards a Society of Frugal Abundance pt 1, by Serge Latouche 
Towards a Society of Frugal Abundance pt 2, by Serge Latouche 

SEPARATION
A History of Alienation, by Martin Jay
Why Loneliness is Toxic, by Wendy Leung
In extremis, by Nabeelah Jaffer
Only the Lonely, by Cody Deslistraty

ENERGY
Revisiting the Limits to Growth, by Hall & Day
The Physics of Energy and the Economy, by Gail Tverberg

TECHNOLOGY
The Path to Economic Growth and Innovation, by Paul Romer (nobel laureate) 
A Critique of Techno-Optimism, by Samuel Alexander
Twenty Questions: Technology and Simple Living, by Mark Burch 

JOBS
The Precariat, by Guy Standing
A World With No BS Jobs, by David Graeber
The Disappearing Company Job, CBC
Educating for Simple Living, by Mark Burch

COSMIC CONSIDERATIONS
The Church of Economism..., Richard Norgaard
​Enlivenment, by Andreas Weber
A New Story for a New Economy, by David Korten
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