FALL 2014
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, HOSPITALITY, AND TOURISM
STH 101-03, 03D: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INSTRUCTOR
CLASS SCHEDULE
OFFICE
OFFICE HOURS
E-MAIL
Dr. Suzanne Gallaway
Online
352 Bryan
Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10:45-12:15
solamp@uncg.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainable
development; introduces sustainable development concepts and challenges; and prepares
students for the application of these concepts in functional business topics.
CREDITS/PREREQUISITES: This is a 3-credit course; there are no prerequisites.
STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be
able to:
1. Articulate concepts, definitions, purpose, history, and theories of sustainable development.
2. Discuss sustainable development as a local to global issue.
3. Discuss how values, beliefs, norms, behavior, perceptions, and knowledge impact
development.
4. Use approaches and insights from geography, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and
political science to analyze and address real world problems associated with unsustainable
development.
5. Apply system dynamics approaches to study links between human systems and natural
systems and how changes in any part of any system has multiple consequences.
6. Recognize the social justice components of sustainable choices and differences that
characterize unsustainable and sustainable forms of development.
7. Identify major stakeholders and institutions that drive change toward sustainable
development.
8. Recognize opportunities for making the business case for sustainable development.
REQUIRED READINGS:
You will be reading various sections, chapters, pages from the readings listed below (all of them
are on Blackboard – under Reading Materials in Course Documents)
1. Beyond Economic Growth: An Introduction to Sustainable Development
2. Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation
3. Our Common Future (the Brundtland Report)
4. Inequality Matters: Report on the World Social Situation, 2013 (United Nations)
5. The State of Food Insecurity (UNFAO, 2012)
6. Triple Bottom Line: What Is it and How Does it Work?
7. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Development
8. “Dimensions of the Eco-City”, Mark Roseland, Cities
9. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision, Center for Strategic and International
Studies, United Nations
10. “The Promise of Urban Growth” in Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth, United Nations
Population Fund
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11. “Impacts of Climate Change” Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC
12. “Science on Climate Change” Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC
RECOMMENDED READINGS:
 Aslam Uqaili, M. and K. Harijan (2012). Energy, Environment, and Sustainable
Development. New York, NY: Springer.
 Carson, R. (2002). Silent Spring. New York, NY: First Mariner Books.
 Ewards, A.R. (2005). The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift. BC,
Canada: New Society Publishers.
 McIntyre, J.R., Ivanaj, S., and V. Ivanaj (2012). Multinational Enterprises and the Challenge
of Sustainable Development. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers.
 Sacquet, A.M. (2005). World Atlas of Sustainable Development: Economic, Social, and
Environmental Data. London, England: Anthem Press.
 Worldwatch Institute (2010). State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures from
Consumerism to Sustainability. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
 Human Development Report 2013: The Rise of the South
 World Development Indicators 2012
 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013
 Climate Change Information Kit
 UN Sustainable Development – Agenda 21
 Cannibals with Forks (folder has all chapters)
 Back to Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Project
USEFUL WEBSITES
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United Nations (www.un.org)
United Nations Development Program
(www.undp.org)
UNICEF (www.unicef.org)
USAID (http://www.usaid.gov/partnershipopportunities/ngo)
International Monetary Fund (www.imf.org)
World Bank (www.worldbank.org)\
World Health Organization
(www.who.int/en)
Global Impact (http://charity.org)
Global Issues (www.globalissues.org)
Poverty (www.poverty.com)
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White House on Poverty
(www.whitehouse.gov/issues/poverty)International
Organization for Migration (www.iom.int)
International Labor Organization (www.ilo.org)
European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu)
Library of Congress on International Organizations and
Economic Development Resources
(www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/issue7/organizations.html)
Action Against Hunger (www.aah-usa.org)
CARE (www.careusa.org)
Relief International (www.ri.org)
Overseas Development Institute (www.odi.org.uk) List of
International Aid and Development Organizations
(https://www.devex.com/en/organizations)
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Your final grade will be determined by how well you fulfill course
requirements. Your grade will be based on:
1. Quizzes (40%): You will have 14 quizzes, one on each unit section worth 40 percent of
your total grade. Material will cover your readings, class lectures and discussions, and
class activities and may be based on textbook, additional readings, websites, films, or
videos we watch. Format will be multiple-choice and true/false and will be completed on
Blackboard by Sunday night each week.
2. Discussion Questions (30%): You will be given weekly discussion questions that will
be discussed in on the Blackboard discussion forums. Your answers (20%) and
responses (10%) to two classmates will be due by Sunday night each week.
3. Project (30%): You will work individually. Details of the project will be provided.
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Directions for each assignment will be posted on Blackboard.
In addition, rubrics and other evaluative instruments will be posted on Blackboard. Thus, students will know
exactly what they are to accomplish in this class as well as how their grade will be determined.
You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. Late work will not be accepted. To receive credit
for the course, you must earn a letter grade of D- or higher on the weighted average of all assigned course
work (e.g., exams, assignments, discussion postings, etc.). Your final grade in the course will be a letter
grade. Letter grade equivalents for numerical grades are as follows:
EVALUATION/GRADING SCALE
97-100%
A+
77-79%
94-96%
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74-76%
90-93%
A70-73%
87-89%
B+
67-69%
83-86%
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63-66%
80-82%
B60-62%
<59%
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COURSE OUTLINE:
WK
DATE
TOPICS and VIDEOS (*)
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8/18-8/24
Unit 1 Section 1:
Introduction of course – What is sustainable
development?
 “Story of Stuff” (23
min.) http://www.youtube.com/v/9GorqroigqM?ver
sion=3&hl=en_US
 New Cell Phone Idea (3 min):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1443227
442568480&set=vb.452811378126236&type=2&t
heater
 “The Route to a Sustainable Future” by Alex
Steffen, TED Talk (17 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/alex_steffen_sees_a_su
stainable_future
 “Most Developed 10 Countries (HDI)” (1 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Exgs2s8aY
Unit 1 Section 2:
Scale and Stakeholders
 The Business Logic of Sustainability Ray
Anderson TEDTalk 16 min.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_anderson_on_the_b
usiness_logic_of_sustainability
 Chris McKnett The investment logic for
sustainability, 12
min.https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_mcknett_the_i
nvestment_logic_for_sustainability
 The UN Lecture on Sustainable Development and
Stakeholders 53 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaQCahQVN
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8/25-8/31
REQUIRED
READINGS/ASSIGNMENTS:
READ:
1. Our Common Future (pp. 26-39)
2. Beyond Economic Growth “What is
Development?” (pp. 7-11)
3. Sustainability: A Comprehensive
Foundation (pp. 5-14; 504-505)
Discussion:
Calculate your ecological footprint at
http://myfootprint.org/en/ in the Discussion
forum post a thread of your results. How
many earths does your lifestyle require?
What things do you think elevated your
footprint?
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ: NGOs and Development
1. “Introduction” (pp. 1-23)
2. “Understanding Development NGOs
in Historical Context” (pp. 24-46)
3. “NGOs and Development” (pp. 7190)
BROWSE:
 http://www.unrol.org/article.aspx?article_
id=23
 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId
=330
 http://www.who.int/apoc/about/structure/
ngdo/en/
 http://www.iisd.org/business/ngo/roles.a
spx
 http://www.worldbank.org/
 www.un.org/en/development
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http://www.imf.org/external/about.htm
Discussion: What stakeholder type do you
think is the most important? Give a real
world example or evidence from the
readings to support your argument.
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(9/1 Labor
Day)
Unit 2, Section 1:
Overview, Economic indicators (GDP, GNI,
external debt, labor/unemployment), Public/Private
Enterprise
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“200 Countries, 200 Years” by Hans Rosling (4
min.)
http://www.gapminder.org/videos/200-years-thatchanged-the-world-bbc/
“World GDP” by The Economist (1 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oeq9PLYG_
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“Guns, Germs, and Steel” (2005), Part 1 (Out of
Eden) (54 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJfZOyFpZo
“Tapped” Documentary (1 hour)
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/tapped/
Looking to 2060: A Vision of Long-Term
Economic Growth (3 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnIl212tBPk
2008 World Economic Forum “Responsibility for
Developed Countries to Help Developing
Countries” (55 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kg963w0lZk
Top 10 Least Developed Countries (Human
Development Index) (2 min):
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+id
entify+developed+countries&FORM=VIRE4#view
=detail&mid=C4A8BA0476B49662D8DFC4A8BA
0476B49662D8DF
Unit 2, Section 2: Globalization
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“Guns, Germs, and Steel” (2005), Part 2
(Conquest) (54 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgYZ6gfqslQ
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“Guns, Germs, and Steel” (2005), Part 3 (Into the
Tropics) (54
min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94olOXJVRQ
 Crash Course (History/Globalization): Part I (11
min) (**): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnRe0S6Ic AND Part II (13 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iwrt7D5OA\
 Bangladesh Garment Factory Collapse (3 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISj8BECf40Q
 Hidden Face of Globalization: Part 1 (10 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bhodyt4fmU;
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ: Chapters 2, 4 and 11 Beyond
Economic Growth
1. “Comparing Levels of Development”
(pp. 12-16)
2. “Economic Growth Rates” (pp. 2327)
3. “Public and Private Enterprises:
Finding the Right Mix” (pp. 76-82)
BROWSE: World Development Indicators
2012
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator
http://www.globalissues.org/issue
http://www.worldbank.org/
Discussion/Activity: Choose a country that
has been colonized (most African, South
American, Central American, many
Southeast Asian countries, etc.). Compare
the GDP per capita (PPP) found in table 4
http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries to that of the
country that colonized the original country
you chose. What sort of differences are
there and why do you think this might be the
case.
QUIZ: See Blackboard
READ: 9,12-13, Beyond Economic Growth
1. “Globalization: International Trade
and Migration” (pp. 83-94)
2. “Globalization: Foreign Investment
and Foreign Aid” (pp. 95-101)
3. “Industrialization and
Postindustrialization” (pp. 63-68)
BROWSE:
 Fair Labor: http://www.fairlabor.org/
Discussion Activity:
Locally there have been a lot of textile
manufacturing jobs lost to less-developed
countries, however the prices of these goods
have also decreased. Consider this
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Part 2 (8 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0IBM7_BvTw;
Part 3 (8 min) (**):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8VPjRKOkY;
Part 4 (7 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wqBRWa0fno
&list=UUHppUgSa-1YUTBUNb-u8YqQ
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Auret van Heerden: Making Global Labor Fair
(TED Talk, 17 min) (**):
http://www.ted.com/talks/auret_van_heerden_mak
ing_global_labor_fair.html
 Migration (The Economist) (3 min) (**):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcoOENLfpUI
Unit 3, Section 1: Human Development: Measuring
Social Development and Population (Growth and
Distribution)
situation and whether you think it is better
(economically, socially, and environmentally)
for goods to be produced locally or at a
global scale.
WATCH:
 Joel Cohen, Floating University, Columbia
University (43
min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZrmYp4
USWo
 “Global Population Growth” by Hans Rosling, TED
Talk (10
min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTznEIZR
kLg
 “Human Population Growth” (2
min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDskXx
mdDI
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“Bhutan: The Pursuit of Happiness” by Silver
Donald Cameron, TED Talk (17 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CLJwYW6-Ao
Unit 3, Section 2: Poverty and Inequality
Browse: “Best at Being the Worst”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/
29/americanexceptionalism_n_4170683.html
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“How Income Inequality Harms Societies” by
Richard Wilkinson, TED Talk (17 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ7LzE3u7Bw
“The Cost of Inequality” by Joseph Stiglitz, TED
Talk (16 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYHT4zJsCd
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“Good News on Poverty” by Bono, TED Talk (14
min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/bono_the_good_news_
on_poverty_yes_there_s_good_news
“Why Poverty?” BBC World Debate (47 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNIEb3injpc
“Does Money Make You Mean?” by Paul Piff, TED
Talk (16 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_piff_does_money_
make_you_mean
Is America Becoming a Third World Country? (first
5 minutes of 11 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmrfiPi4H20
Why are 46 Million Americans Living in Poverty (7
min):
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ: Chapters Beyond Economic Growth
1. What is Development? (pp. 7-11)
2. World Population Growth (pp. 17-22)
Discussion Activity: What do you think: Is
the world over populated? If so, why do
you think this and if not, at what point do you
think it will be?
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ: From Beyond Economic Growth,
Chapters 5 and 6
1.
2.
“Income Inequality” (pp. 28-32)
“Poverty and Hunger” (pp. 33-38)
Discussion Activity: Based on the readings
and videos this week and last what do you
think is the driver of worldwide poverty?
What do you think is the solution?
Quiz: See Blackboard
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Unit 3, Section 3: Food and Food Systems
WATCH:
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10/1310/19
(10/1110/14 Fall
Break)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6foVcplAaU
America’s Broken Dreams: The New American
Poor (44 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV4grZ_Lw5s
“The Global Food Waste Scandal” by Tristram
Stuart, TED Talk (14 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/tristram_stuart_the_glob
al_food_waste_scandal#t-316580
“Obesity + Hunger = 1 Global Food Issue by Ellen
Gustafson (9 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_gustafson_obesity
_hunger_1_global_food_issue#t-212778
Bioponics: Most Sustainable Form of Agriculture
(8 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSS5mFjwLtI
Vertical Farms and Green Cities (2 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsIzkyWb7UE
Unit 3, Section 4: Healthcare and Disease
WATCH:
 “The Truth about HIV” by Hans Rosling, TED
Talk (17 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_tru
th_about_hiv
 “The Good News of the Decade” by Hans
Rosling, TED Talk (15 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_go
od_news_of_the_decade
 Water Cleanup in India (7 min)
http://www.upworthy.com/at-5-p-m-a-girl-gotsick-by-7-p-m-she-was-dead-her-killer-is-nowbeing-cleaned-up?c=ufb1
READ: Chapters 6 and 7, Beyond
Economic Growth, Inequality Matters
1. “Poverty and Hunger” (pp. 38-42),
from Beyond Economic Growth,
Chapter 6
2. “The State of Food Insecurity in the
World” (UNFAO, 2012) (pp. 8-45)
Discussion Activity: Track all of your food
and beverage usage for 24 hours, including
how much food (if any) you threw away?
What can we do to minimize food waste?
What is one way we could distribute food
more equitably worldwide?
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ:
1. “Health and Longevity” from Beyond
Economic Growth (pp. 53-62)
2. “Health Inequalities: Life
Expectancy at Birth, Child Mortality,
and Nutrition” (pp. 41-45), from
Inequality Matters: Report on the
World Social Situation, 2013 (United
Nations)
Discussion Activity: Why do you think the
United States has health outcomes that are
not as good as most other developed
nations? What can be done to bring our
health outcomes to the top of the list of
countries?
Quiz: See Blackboard
Unit 3, Section 5: Education
READ:
WATCH:
 “Illiteracy in the World” (6
1. “Inequalities in Education” (pp. 46min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5XoolVb
53), from Inequality Matters: Report
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on the World Social Situation, 2013
 “The Global Literacy Project” (4
(United Nations)
min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tuiNN3a
2. “Education” (pp. 43-52),
2Ns
from Beyond Economic Growth,
 “The World Literacy Summit” (6
Chapter 7
min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0IAt6m
vqo
Discussion Activity: Ponder your own
personal journey of education. What would
 “Meet Kailashi: Overcoming Illiteracy and Polio in
your life and future be like without an
rural India” (3 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp-uFV6WBCc education? How could your education thus
far have been better?
 “Eradicating Global Illiteracy” by David Risher of
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Worldreader (11 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOHQFH2jZfk
 “My Daughter, Malala” by Ziauddin Yousafzai,
TED Talk (16 min.)
https://www.ted.com/talks/ziauddin_yousafzai_my
_daughter_malala
 Finland’s Education System (4 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LpRQvKx6r0
 Singapore’s Education System (8 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHSR5Niv4jU
Unit 4, Section 1: Environmental Indicators and
Problems
WATCH:
 “How to Fight Desertification and Reverse Climate
Change” by Allan Savory, TED Talk (22
min.) http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_
to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_clim
ate_change
 “Let the Environment Guide our Development” by
Johan Rockstrom, TED Talk (18 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqtrlixYR4
 “Sustainable Development: What, Where, and By
Whom” by Kitty van der Heijden, TED Talk (19
min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sJuixn7Jg
 Dianna Cohen, TED Talk on Tough Truths about
Plastic Pollution (5 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fddYApFEWfY
 Rainforest Alliance: Conservation & Biodiversity (4
min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBQA6fZeU4
 “We Can Recycle Plastic” by Mike Biddle, TED
Talk (10 min)
http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_biddle.html
 “Sustainable Forest: A Georgia Success Story”
(15 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=an
notation_675911&feature=iv&index=1&list=UUvBf
Dn1qOfmfFc_ghihYwJQ&src_vid=TL3ByZGkkm8
&v=JHoLEGjs9Iw
 “Vanishing of the Bees” Documentary, Narrated
by Ellen Page
 “More than Honey” Documentary, By Markus
Imhoof
Unit 4, Section 2: Urbanization
WATCH:
 “Urbanization and the Evolution of Cities Across
10,000 Years” (4 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKnAJCSGSd
k
 “Harnessing Urbanization for Growth and Poverty
Alleviation,” by World Bank (7 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTAlOxqKYN
o
 “Megacities Reflect Growing Urbanization Trend,”
by PBS News Hour (8 min.)
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ:
1. “Urban Air Pollution” from Beyond
Economic Growth, Ch. 10 (pp. 75-8)
2. “With Millions of Tons of Plastic in
Oceans, More Scientists Studying
Impact,” National Geographic Daily
News: http://news.nationalgeographi
c.com/news/2014/06/140613-oceantrash-garbage-patch-plastic-sciencekerry-marine-debris/
Discussion Activity: What do you think is
the most serious environmental problem the
world is currently facing? Why?
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ:
1. “Dimensions of the Eco-City” by
Mark Roseland, Cities (pp. 1-6)
2. World Urbanization Prospects: The
2011 Revision, Center for Strategic
and International Studies, United
Nations.
3. “The Promise of Urban Growth” in
Unleashing the Potential of Urban
Growth, United Nations Population
Fund (pp. 5-14)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFboV2m1yu
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 “Urbanization,” by Hans Rosling, Gapminder (4
min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w33hPL
4tdNg
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“Can Urban Cable Really Ease City Congestion?”
by McDaniel & Ficklin, TED Talk (15 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55TDpeU3l2Q
Unit 4, Section 3: Climate Change
WATCH:
 “Climate Time Machine”
http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate_time_
machine
 “Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change”
by James Hansen, TED Talk (17 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/james_hansen_why_i_m
ust_speak_out_about_climate_change
 “An Inconvenient Truth,” by Al Gore (1
hour) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZUoYG
AI5i0
 “Flourishing on Earth: Lessons from Ecological
Economics” (1 hr)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZkTlVPgqG4
 “Economics of Climate Change” by Tim Jackson,
TED Talk (24 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp29wq5F4Fw
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Unit 4, Section 4: Energy
WATCH:
 “A Clean Energy Proposal: A Race to the Top!” by
Jennifer Granholm, TED Talk (12
min.) http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_granholm_
a_clean_energy_proposal_race_to_the_top#t437797
 “The Future of Clean, Efficient Energy is Here
Now” by Justin Tipping-Hall, TED Talk (12 min.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/justin_hall_tipping_freein
g_energy_from_the_grid
 Energy Recovery (2.5 min + 5 min)
http://www.treehugger.com/cleantechnology/could-non-recycled-waste-be-turnedlow-carbon-fuel.html
 “Which Countries are the Most Eco-Friendly?” (3
min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL_ceT9k92M
Unit 5, Section 1: Human Rights: History and
Ethics
WATCH:
 “Sustainable Development: The Bigger Picture” (8
min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keZmg56ahd
M&feature=related
Discussion Activity: Do you think cities will
be more helpful or harmful to sustainability
efforts in the future? How do you think this
will vary across developed and developing
nations of the world?
Quiz: See Blackboard
READ:
1. “The Risk of Global Climate
Change” from Beyond Economic
Growth Ch. 14 (pp. 108-115)
2. “Impacts of Climate Change”
Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC
(read Sections A-1 through A-3 and
C-1 and C-2)
3. “Science of Climate Change”
Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC
(pp. 4-28)
DISCUSSION ACTIVITY: Envision how the
world would be 100 years from now if we do
nothing about climate change during this
time: What do you think would be the major
problems in developing countries? And
developed countries?
QUIZ: See Blackboard
READ: No reading assignments
DISCUSSION ACTIVITY: What form of
renewable energy do you think has the most
potential for long term success and why?
QUIZ: See Blackboard
READ:
1. “Sustainability: Ethics, Culture, and
History” (Chapter 10, pp. 490-497;
517-524) in Sustainability
Comprehensive Foundation
2. “Identity and Inequality: Focus on
Social Groups” (Ch. 4, pp. 72-97) in
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
Inequality Matters
Gordon Brown: Global Ethic vs. National Interest
3. Agenda 21: Preamble and Table of
(17 min):
Contents
http://www.ted.com/talks/gordon_brown_on_globa
l_ethic_vs_national_interest.html
4. “The Promise of Urban Growth”
 Majora Carter, TED Talk on 3 Stories of Local
in Unleashing the Potential of Urban
Eco-Entrepreneurship (18 min):
Growth, United Nations Population
http://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_3_stories
Fund (pp. 5-14)
_of_local_ecoactivism.html
 The Venus Project (Future by Design) (1.5 hrs):
DISCUSSION ACTIVITY: Track the current
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJf52Ir10xA
changes in vital statistics of our world on:
 What is an Eco City? (4 min):
http://www.worldometers.info/ What are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ygw2L-Qi0c
your impressions?
 Eco-Cities (In Focus ECOPIA) (26 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1duDDs44bM
QUIZ: See Blackboard
 Future Cities (5 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRoc7_jVdo
 Visions of a Sustainable World (10 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7o4g5kzMM
 Super Sustainable City (4 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMFnmpNsaqg
 Sustainability by Design (6 min):
http://www.ted.com/playlists/28/sustainability_by_
design.html
 Dan Phillips: Creative Houses from Reclaimed
Stuff, TED Talk (17 min):
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_phillips_creative_ho
uses_from_reclaimed_stuff.html
 Earthship Global Model: Radically Sustainable
Buildings (6 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2so9hyNWxc
 Sweden Green Innovation (25 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSCmUBi_JYw
 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Sustainable City
(12 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFElcHECJAk
 Stavanger (Norway), Sustainable City (11 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEdL80z7NU
 Visions of a Sustainable World (10 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7o4g5kzMM
 Novo Nordisk (Most Sustainable Biz in the World)
(2 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi7ZIHaoUg
 Unilever Sustainability Story (2 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrePlUKH1Q
 Unilever: A Smaller Footprint (1.4 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq_mA6daql8
 Innovative Strategy to Increase Healthy Behaviors
(2 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKuyhfLlXzA
Project Due
15
11/25
(*) Course material will be adjusted according to the flow of material in the class. We may spend more time on
some issues and less time on others, depending on student need. A number of class periods will be partially
turned into workshops to apply course material to course projects.
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COURSE POLICIES:
1. Academic Integrity: Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to UNCG’s
Academic Integrity Policy on all assignments and examinations
(http://academicintegrity.uncg.edu/complete).
2. Participation/Preparation: Meaningful participation, and being prepared for class (having
completed readings prior to due date) are all expected. Failure to submit an assignment,
quiz, or project by the due date will result in a grade of Zero. Late work will not be
accepted.
3. Email communication: When you email me, please use “STH-101-01 – your last name”
in the subject heading and use proper email etiquette when addressing/signing your
messages. Unsigned/unclear emails will not receive replies.
4. Special needs: Should you have special needs related to a qualified/certified disability,
please notify me by the end of the 2nd week of classes so that arrangements can be made
to meet those needs.
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