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Fall Course – Human Societies and the Living Earth

Timely new course topic! This course explores multi-cultural perspectives – in particular, Western/Industrial cultures versus Indigenous cultures – on the ‘Living Earth’, as in non-human animals, plants, trees, fungi, etc. The course is divided into the following topics: Religion/Spirituality Labor/Human Production Medicine/Science Art/Entertainment Environmental Destruction/Species Extinction Sustainability/Ecological Diversity All these topics are explored using student […]

Climate Crisis: Take Action Course

UNIV 3985 Special Topics: Climate Crisis: Take Action 1-Credit Course Free to all UConn students, faculty and staff Human-caused climate change is one of the most challenging crises facing the world. Solutions exist that offer hope for addressing this challenge now. The course takes a transdisciplinary approach to the issue of climate change action, intentionally integrating […]

The Effects of Multiple Landscape Transformations

Part of the Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment A Multi-decadal Landscape Experiment Leads To New Perspectives On The Effects of Multiple Landscape Transformations Public Event Online – Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 4:00 pm David Lindenmayer, Australian Research Council Laureate Professor, Australian National University, Canberra The Teale Series […]