WEEK THREE
September 8
Humans, sacrality and biocracy
DUE: Thomas Berry,
“The Place of the Human”
September 10
Preflection for CBL experience at Potrero Nuevo Farm, Half
Moon Bay.
September 11, depart NDNU campus 11:00, return by 3:00
CBL day at Potrero Nuevo.
Transportation in athletic vans. Meet @ parking lot near gym & chapel.
September 12
No class – comp day for Potrero Nuevo Farm visit
WEEK FOUR –
INDUSTRIALIZATION
September 15
Food justice within an industrialized global economy.
DUE: Read Executive
Summary of “Livestock’s Long Shadow”
September 17
The Industrial Revolution and its impact on human/non-human
relationships. Responses to industrialization: spiritual (CST)… literary/philosophical
(Romanticism)…
DUE: TBD
September 19
Responses to industrialization: … and political (environmental
movement). SND on nature and environment – Dorothy Stang in the Amazon. Initial
prep for backpacking at Black Mountain. Gear check. What to expect.
DUE: Responses to Martyr Summer Reading questions
ALSO DUE: Post a
picture of your backpacking gear all laid out on your blog.
WEEK FIVE – LISTENING
/ GAIA
September 22
Listening to the non-human world.
DUE: David Abram, “The
Ecology of Magic,” from The Spell of the
Sensuous
September 24
Superorganisms.
DUE: E.O. Wilson,
“The Superorganism,” from Biophila
September 26
Gaia theory. Is the earth itself a living organism?
DUE: Harding, TBD
WEEK SIX – MYTHOLOGY
& RELIGION // EXPERIENCING GAIA
September 29
Guest Speaker Sr. Nina Fazio. Spirituality of gardening.
Giovannina.Fazio@SNDdeN.org
DUE: Reading on SND –
will be posted to blog or distributed in class
October 1
Food justice in action. Guest speakers John and Katie,
Catholic Workers from St. Martin de Porres, SF.
DUE: Read up on Table
of Plenty
October 2
Table of Plenty option #1,
Half Moon Bay
October 3
Final prep for backpacking at Black Mountain. Trail hazards
(poison oak, dehydration, slipping, blisters, etc.) Leave No Trace reminder.
Buddy system. Safety. Preflection.
DUE: Wilson, The
Right Place, pp 103-118
October 4-5
Action. 2 mile hike
to Black Mountain backpack camp. Dinner outdoors. Act creation myths by light
of a nearly-full moon. Telescope-free observation of the stars.
http://www.openspace.org/activities/downloads/backpack_camp.pdf.
WEEK SEVEN –
BIOPHILIA
October 6
No class – comp time for backpacking trip
October 8
Reflection. Post-hike reflection. Appreciating the
awesomeness of nature.
DUE: E.O. Wilson, “Bernhardsdorp,”
pp 3-22
October 10
Fear of nature.
DUE: E.O. Wilson, “The
Serpent,” pp 83-101
DUE: Enrichments #1 & #2
WEEK EIGHT – MIDTERM
WEEK
October 13 - Review
session for midterm.
October 15 - Midterm
exam.
October 17 - Midterm
break
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