Course assistance?

[katey Gordon]

Greetings.
My name is Katey Foster and it’s been nearly 15 years since I last posted. I was an adjunct lecturer in Global Environmental Policy, Environmental Ethics, and Green Political Theory at Juniata College in PA after finishing my MA in International Environmental Policy from Keele University, Staffordshire, England.

It’s been a long hiatus and I am so excited to be considering a 200-level Environmental Policy and Globalization course at Champlain College this coming Spring. I have been a bit out of the loop over the years and am looking forward to the challenge of designing a syllabus for this course and I’m asking for your help!

I would love any recommendations for texts to consider, class exercises etc. Really anything you have time and passion to share, I’ll be delighted to pour over. When I was at Juniata College, someone on Gep-ed shared a student-led simulation of a UN water trade negotiation which I used with great success. Students became stake holders (countries, npos, utilities) and negotiated their way through a water trade of sorts.

I love offering hands-on/experiential learning opportunities…I’m also interested in any articles or journals I can be looking at in preparation for teaching this course. Any thoughts, ideas, readings, movies/documentaries you might direct me to would be so appreciated.

I’m sure I’ll be back with more questions as I go. I thank you for your time and any offerings you may have here.

It feels so great to be getting back to this important work.

All the best,

Katey Foster
Burlington, VT

[Paul Wapner]

Hi Katey (and others),

Apologies for self-promotion but you might consider using a reader that Simon Nicholson and I published a few years ago, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: FROM PERSON TO PLANET (Routledge). We carefully curated and edited some of the 'greatest hits' in global environmental affairs and organized the volume precisely for courses seeking an overview. It includes sections describing the scope of global environmental dangers, causes of environmental harm, and the role of states, markets, and civil society in perpetuating and responding to environmental challenges. It also includes sections on strategic thinking and the role of imagination to help students figure out meaningful ways to get involved. Chapter authors include: Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Robert Bullard, Wendell Berry, Sunita Narain, Jennifer Clapp, Peter Dauvergne, and many more. Finally, the book has various exercises for students.

For some reason, the volume is on sale at Amazon for $20 (paperback). You can check it out at: https://www.amazon.com/Global-Environmental-Politics-Person-Planet/dp/1612056490

Thanks,
Paul

Paul Wapner
Professor, Global Environmental Politics
School of International Service
American University
pwa...@american.edu
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