The Sustainability Studies curricular theme and Geography offer several Fall 2015 courses for students interested in sustainability—from implementing the Ohio University Sustainability Plan to looking at global frameworks of development.
See Summer and Fall 2015 Sustainability Studies Courses.
ES 4900 Sustainability Implementation Practicum
(Wednesdays 3:05-6 p.m.) Taught by Dr. Natalie Kruse, the Sustainability Implementation Practicum, ES 4900 involves students in a critical analysis of the Ohio University Sustainability Plan and/or community-based projects that support the Ohio University Office of Sustainability’s mission and vision. Students engage directly in the exploration of contemporary activism, leadership, professionalism and local issues. Implementation of effective projects and feasibility studies to advance institutional sustainability efforts provide students the opportunity to make meaningful changes within their campus and community. This course’s focus allows students the opportunity to better define sustainability and the role it plays in their lives, to learn or enhance skills that will encourage sustainable behaviors, and to and make positive contributions to their personal health, the natural environment and the local community.
GEOG 4520, Environmental and Sustainability Planning
This course is an introduction to how urban planning tools can be used to support the natural environment and promote local and regional sustainability. It outlines strategies for meeting important biodiversity, water resources, hazard mitigation, working landscape, waste management, and air quality goals. It connects environmental planning with supportive topics such as environmental policy and governance, sustainability and climate action planning, environmental justice, and environmental assessment.
GEOG 4450 Gender, Environment, and Development
This course explores frameworks linking gender and the environment and examines how they have influenced the practice of development in various geographic contexts. Case studies are from Africa, USA, Latin America, and Asia. Topics include gendered access to resources, health and inequality, men and masculinities, the body and the environment, non-governmental organizations, and grass-root organizing.
GEOG 4470 Natural Resource Conservation
Themes in American environmental history, resource conservation and management, and contemporary environmentalism are covered in this course.
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