Graduate Course in Earth Literacy offered at St. Thomas
University
IMP 543 -
Ecology and Human Consciousness
TIME:
TBA
FACILITATED BY:
Patricia Siemen, OP, JD, MA, Public Affairs; MA, Culture &
Spirituality
Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton, MA, Environmental Studies
Joe A. Iannone, Ph.D.
This course
explores the relationship between the development of human
consciousness and current ecological trends and crises. The
evolution of worldviews will be explored and social and
ecological analysis will be used to identify contemporary
critical ecological issues. Ecologically sustainable
alternatives and practices will be presented. Educators will
explore ways to incorporate these concepts into their respective
disciplines.
LOCATION:
Sessions will be held at St. Thomas University, 16400 NW 32nd
Avenue, Miami, Florida. Room TBA.
Link to Course Syllabus
REQUIRED
TEXTS: (Read those in Blue before start of class, Friday, Feb
11, 2005)
Berry, Thomas.
The Great Work.
Bell Tower, 1999
Earth Charter Commission.
The Earth Charter: Values &
Principles for a Sustainable Future. Website:
http://www.earthcharter.org.
Hartmann, Thom.
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight:
Waking Up to Personal and Global Transformation.
Harmony Books, New York, 1999.
Macy, Joanna. Coming Back to Life. (To be read
throughout the course of the class)
Uhl, Christopher.
Developing
Ecological Consciousness: Path to a Sustainable World.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, 2003.
SUPPLEMENTAL
READINGS:
Glendinning,
Chellis. My Name is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western
Civilization. Shambhala Press, 1994.
Hubbard, Barbara
Max. Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our
Social Potential. New World Library, Novato, CA, 1998.
Margulis, Lynn,
and Sagan, Dorien. Microcosmos. University of California
Press, Berkeley, 1997.
Seed, John and
Macy, Joanna. Thinking Like a Mountain. New Society
Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, 1988.
Swimme, Brian. Hidden Heart of the Cosmos. Orbis Books, New York, 1996.
The WorldWatch
Institute. State of the World 2004. W.W. Norton &
Company, New York, 2004.
Zohar, Danah. The Quantum Self: Human Nature and Consciousness Defined by the
New Physics.
Quill/William
Morrow: New York, 1990.
