Ecological Economics
Prerequisites: ECON 201 or ECON 202.
Ecological Economics is a trans disciplinary course that takes a systems approach to the relationship between planetary stewardship, social justice, and the economy to design a prosperous and desirable future for humans on a finite planet. Ecological economics fuses economic theory and sustainability science to generate new solutions for today's challenges. Topics include sustainable scale, just distribution, efficient allocation and relationships between economic and ecological systems.
Outcomes: Understanding of ecological economics history, conceptual foundations, principles, tools, indicators, and applications.
Ecological Economics is a trans disciplinary course that takes a systems approach to the relationship between planetary stewardship, social justice, and the economy to design a prosperous and desirable future for humans on a finite planet. Ecological economics fuses economic theory and sustainability science to generate new solutions for today's challenges. Topics include sustainable scale, just distribution, efficient allocation and relationships between economic and ecological systems.
Outcomes: Understanding of ecological economics history, conceptual foundations, principles, tools, indicators, and applications.