HEN573 Environmental NGOs

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Jan Haverkamp (lecturer), Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Eva Danielová
Timetable
Mon 29. 3. 10:00–13:30 J.301, Mon 5. 4. 10:00–13:30 J.301, Mon 19. 4. 10:00–13:30 J.301, Mon 3. 5. 10:00–13:30 J.301, Mon 17. 5. 10:00–13:30 J.301
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Ir. Jan Haverkamp studied biochemistry and nuclear physics at the University of Leiden, and environmental sciences, social and environmental psychology and communication psychology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He worked 10 years in the development of environmental NGOs in Eastern Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Albania and Croatia before he emigrated to the Czech Republic. He is founder of the ZHABA facilitators collective. In the Czech Republic he worked for organisations like the NGO computer network Econnect, Hnuti DUHA / Friends of the Earth CZ, EPS (Environmentalny pravni service) and the last years as campaigner and campaign director for Greenpeace. He is 43 years old and has a 9 year old daughter in Prague and an 11 year old son in the Netherlands.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Toto je pracovni verze sylabu, z praktických důvodů učitele je v angličtině, ale POZOR - VÝUKA BUDE PROBÍHAT V ČEŠTINĚ!! The role of Environmental NGOs in society Goals 1.Students understand the basic role of NGOs in general and environmental NGOs more specifically in society. 2.Students understand the main differences in roles of environmental NGOs in different societies (USA / Canada, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, international / global / UN level). 3.Students understand the difference between local, national and international civil initiative. 4.Students know the situation under which environmental NGOs work in CZ and Europe 5.Students know where to place different NGOs on the line non-violent - violent, extreme - main stream. 6.Students can form and express a well-founded opinion about who they would support or oppose under which circumstances. 7.Students understand the dynamics of NGO organisation Times Every two weeks, Monday, 10:00 - 14:00 hours. Students are expected to attend all blocks, as the seminar will be highly interactive and participative and include a lot of work and discussion done during the seminar hours. The seminar blocks will not exist of lectures, but of interactive group work. The seminar will take place in Czech, much literature and materials will, however, be in English. English knowledge therefore is necessary for this seminar. Halfway the seminar, students will investigate the history of one environmental group in small teams and present the results to the group. The course will be concluded in the form of a short group-essay with an oral debrief on the basis of the work done during the blocks and background literature. Introduction and basis -Introduction in the way this seminar will be run -Expectations -Mapping own experiences with and present position towards environmental NGOs Stakeholders in environmental debates -Mapping stakeholders in several key environmental debates: Climate change, GMOs, nuclear power, saving species (whales, the great apes, wolves, river-crabs (astacus)), mobility, toxic pollution (water quality, corporate responsibility, toxics in consumer products), habitat protection (protected areas). -Positioning the role of NGOs in these debates -Making a SWOT analysis of the position of NGOs -Recreating the map of environmental NGOs History of the environmental movement -Case histories of NGOs - partly prepared by students themselves -Nature protection movement: Dutch Society for the Protection of Nature Monuments -parallels and differences with ČSOP -International nature protection and the step to environmental problems: WWF and IUCN -Friends of the Earth -Netherlands, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, FoEI -Greenpeace -Sea Sheppard, Earth First -Veronica, SOS Praha -Differences in environmental movements in Central Europe (DDR, CZ, HU, BUL, PL, ex-YU) Principles, tools, dynamics and organisation of environmental NGOs -Tools environmental NGOs have at their disposition -Underlying principles of non-violence, direct and symbolic action, relation of NGOs to the law -Financing of NGO activities -Working with volunteers Round-up - our position towards environmental NGOs -real life debate on the role of NGOs -Intermezzo: environmental NGOs and gender issues -short NVDA training (Non-Violent Direct Action) -finding our own position towards environmental NGOs -preparation for group-essay Exams in coordination with students
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2011.
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