SUST2000 - Introduction to Sustainability

(Class meets: T/Th 3:30-4:45pm):

Registration is open for Fall 2008 for anyone with sophomore standing or higher.

The course will provide a broad-based introduction to sustainability that is relevant to all majors. Students will gain a working knowledge of sustainability through readings and class discussions of theory and case studies.

The course is the required foundations course for the new Minor in Sustainability Studies that will be offered at Auburn starting in Fall 2008.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to email the instructors: Matt Williams and Lindy Biggs.

Draft list of topics:

• History of Sustainability
• The Next Industrial Revolution: Natural Capitalism
• The Triple Bottom Line: Economics, Environment, & Equity
• Human Capital
• Climate Change
• Scientific Process and Sustainability
• Fundamental Ecological Concepts
• Biodiversity
• Complexity of Natural Systems
• Resilience and Tipping Points
• Limits of Human Engineered Systems
• Ecosystem Services: water, air, toxins
• Ecosystem Services: food systems
• Ecological Footprinting
• Sustainable Industry and Business
• Sustainable Materials
• Sustainable Design
• Sustainable Buildings
• Sustainable Cities
• Sustainable Engineering
• Biomimicry
• The Future of Energy
• Waste and How it is Used