This Week's Work

Sunday (April 13th):

EDUC: by 5pm – post an open response to this week's readings.

ENGL: by 5pm post on-line your third 5-pp. reflection, on how much "latitude" you can allow..

Monday (April 14th):

ECON: Bring a calculator to class and the exam.

EDUC: Read Chase, “Changing the Nature of Environmental Studies”; Di Chiro, “Teaching Urban Ecology” (password-protected file)

Sunday (Mar. 23rd): By 5 p.m., post on-line a one-paragraph description of your Friday experiences in the environment: what happened @ Harriton House (if you were able to join that stroll), and what happened elsewhere if you were not? (Any particular economical, educational, literary and/or artistic dimensions of the experience you'd like to highlight?)

Monday (Mar. 24th):

ECON: Read this excerpt (pp. 43-54) from Cairncross, F. (1992).   Costing the Earth: The Challenge for Governments, the Opportunities for Business. Harvard Business School Press. then read from middle of page 35 to top of page 39 of Tietenberg, T. and L. Lewis (2008).  Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, 8th ed.  Pearson.The remainder of the excerpt contains additional details on valuation methods, if the topic particularly interests you.

EDUC: Read Judson, A New Approach to Ecological Education, pp. 7-63

ENGL: IN DALTON 212A.