ENGLISH 24
(A.K.A. CLIMATE CRISIS 101)
Week #6
Weekly Assignments
Lectures
Lecture #10, Monday, May 6, Clair Brown is a professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, as well as the author of the number of books, including Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science.
Watch as a video / Listen to as an audio podcast
Lecture #11, Wednesday, May 8, Theo LeQuesne is a climate organizer with the Center for Biological Diversity. In this lecture, Theo reflects on how to organize effective activism.
Watch as a video / Listen to as an audio podcast
Reading
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet, Preface – page 150.
Please also watch Ken’s video introducing this reading:
After 1) completing the reading and 2) watching Ken’s short video above, please make your weekly reading comment in Canvas.
Film
This Changes Everything (streams from Gauchocast).
Note that this film is based on Naomi Klein’s best-selling book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.
Please also watch Ken’s video introducing this film:
After 1) watching the film and 2) watching Ken’s short video above, please make your weekly film comment in Canvas.
Comment Deadline
Please note that you must make your two weekly YouTube comments by 6am (PST) on Monday, May 15 to receive full credit. Details on the commenting process can be found on the main syllabus page.
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