ENS242 Green Economics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Molly Scott Cato (lecturer), RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 22. 10. 18:00–19:30 P21, Fri 23. 10. 10:00–11:30 U32, Mon 26. 10. 14:00–15:30 AVC, Tue 27. 10. 16:00–17:30 P24, Thu 29. 10. 8:00–9:30 P22, 18:00–19:30 P21, Fri 30. 10. 10:00–11:30 U32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is offered only in 2009/10. It is taught in English by British Reader in Green Economics Molly Scott Cato, and will take part in two blocks. The first block will be between Thursday 22.10.2009 and Friday 30.10.2009, on a daily basis including both Fridays. Please se the study materials of the course on the course website for a detailed time outline! The second block is planned for spring 2010, probably between 6th to 16th April (two weeks), face-to-face teaching will again be daily. The course is thus aimed at students who will be able to attend both blocks. The final evaluation will only be possible in the spring semester! The aim of the course is to present a basic overview of an emerging system of thinking known as Green Economics. Green Economics is focused on a search for solutions of the current environmental crisis in the shape of new economic approaches, tools and policies, which respect planetary limits and which have the explicit goal of a just and sustainable economy. At the end of the course, the student will be able to discuss economic implications of global warming, have learned about the issues of land, work and food from a Green Economics perspective, and will be aware of functioning models of community ownership and of case studies of Green Economic ideas applied in a British context. The course will be interactive and the lecturer, in conjuction with the students, will attempt to link the presented ideas with the present and future in Brno and Moravia.
Syllabus
  • Introduction What is Green Economics?
  • Energy and Money, Mapping our lives*
  • Widening the circle Women and the core economy
  • Case-study The economy of food
  • Community Land Trusts and Community Supported Agriculture
  • Introduction to climate change Science and Stern Review
  • Domest.Tradeable Quotas, Contraction and Convergence, Cap-and-Share
  • Localisation vs. globalization Ball-of-string game
  • Case-study Transition towns
  • Trade subsidiarity Mapping the stuff in your pockets
  • Land, soil and earth Subsistence/indigenous perspectives
  • Why ownership matters Co-operatives, commons and gifts
  • The Convivial economy Identity and community
  • Case-study Sustainable construction
  • Work and Livelihood Production or consumption or both?
  • *include: speed trading, calculating your carbon footprint, plan your ideal eco-house
Assessment methods
Set reading will be allocated for the period before and between the teaching blocks, the assessments will be written between the two blocks and after the second block. Assessment for the course will consist of three parts: a shorter essay (30%), a longer essay (50%) and a mark for attendance and participation (20%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015.
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