SOC 262 : ENVIRON, SOCIETY, AND SUSTAIN MVMT(T)

This course focuses on the “sustainability movement,” a set of groups, organizations, and policies advocating human development that insures the well-being of the social and natural worlds for future generations. This movement is an attempt to resolve a longstanding dispute between those who place their hopes in unfettered technological development and those who call for the preservation of “nature.” We will consider the conceptual and organizational dimensions of the sustainability movement, as well as the social and cultural dimensions of a full range of environmental “problems.”