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Class schedule and important dates for "Environmental Philosophy"

Lesson	Topic	Key Dates
1	Introduction
2	The crisis anticipated
3	Lecture #1 - Easter Island and entropy
4	Basics from thermodynamics
5	Basics from ecology
6	Humankind and the biosphere
7	Lecture #2 - Ecology and structure
8	The Crisis
9	History of energy use leading to crisis
10	Lecture #3 - The crisis: Excess entropy in the biosphere
11	Increasing energy use tied to economic growth
12	Lecture #4 - Source of crisis: Economic growth
13	Purported solutions preserving growth
14		Midterm Examination
15	Lecture #5 - Recovery strategies preserving growth
16	Continued growth not justified
17	Growth driven by desire for wealth
18	The limited resources of environmental ethics
19	Lecture #6 - Production driven by social values
20	Leopold's land ethic
21	Ecologically destructive values
22	Values for social survival
23	Lecture #7 - Dismantling consumer society
24		Student Papers
25		Student Papers
26	What one can do
27	Lecture #8 - Doing one's part
28	Review
29		Final Examination

Cite/attribute Resource. Sayre, K. (2007, May 29). Calendar. Retrieved February 15, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/environmental-philosophy/calendar.

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