Date	Tentative Sustainable Living Schedule For Lecture Class on Tuesday & Thursday Topic/Speakers	Flint/Houser Textbook Pages to Read Before Class
1/27	Welcome and introduction to the class – John Gerber, PSIS Dept.
2/1	Sustainable Living – J. Gerber	xxv-xxxi & 1-14
2/3	Ecological Footprint & Beyond the Obvious – J. Gerber	15 – 33
2/ 8	Walden and a Cultural View of Sustainability  – Judith Davidov, Dept. of English & American Studies	Handout - Economy by Thoreau
2/10	American Lifestyles – A Historical Perspective – David. Glassberg, Dept. of History
2/15	Environmental Sustainability	37 - 93
2/ 17	Can Cities be Sustainable?  Sustainability and Land Use Issues – Elizabeth Hamin, LARP
2/ 22	Sustainability & Holism – J. Gerber	94 – 116
2/ 24	Building Natural Assets: The Political Economy of Sustainability – James Boyce, Economics Department
3/1	Paradigms, Change and Holistic Health – M.A. Bright, Nursing	117 -170
3/3	Community Health and Social Justice – Dan Gerber, Community Health Dept.
3/8	Global Food Issues – Anne Carter, PSIS	208 - 221
3/10	Local Farming & Sustainability – Anne Carter, PSIS	182  - 187
	Spring Break Week – Have fun!
3/22	Turn the Tide (Video)
3/24	See possible topics below……
3/29
3/31
4/5
4/7
4/12		.
4/14
4/19
4/21
4/26
4/28
5/3
5/5
5/10
5/ 12	Grading and closing – Last class	Contract with Self Due

Topics for Part II of the class – dates to be determined:

Possible Topics and Speakers

Ecovillages; an Experiment in Sustainable Community – Daniel Greenberg, Living Routes Inc.

Waste Not – a Look at the Waste Stream at UMass and the Pioneer Valley – Lorenzo Macaluso, UMass Office of Waste Mgt.

Sustainable Energy – using the sun – Jeremy Lemieux

Sustainable Living – a story about energy – Paul Lipke

Personal/Local Land Use – In Introduction to Permaculture Principles & Practices – Keith Zaltzberg; LARP

Bartering & Local Economy – Earth & Sky

Surviving Peak Oil -

The Next Industrial Revolution

House of One People –

Voluntary student presentations

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