ENSb1307 Flourishing within limits to growth

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Brian D. Fath, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kristína Markechová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
Course Goals:
1. To provide students with a basic understanding of the environment as a system including the biological, physical, and chemical foundations of ecosystem services
2. To understand how nature provides resources and constraints to socio-economic development and to students’ everyday life.
3. To learn how human activities impact and interfere with this ecological functioning
4. To explore how human activities could promote sustainable, win-win, flourishing outcomes within these limits
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Course Outline: Arranged in 4- 1.5 hour blocks; specific readings (in bold) from Encyclopedia of Ecology, Fath and Jørgensen (eds). 2018. Elsevier.
  • Topic 1: Systems thinking: Where it comes from and where it goes
  • Ecological Systems Thinking: D W Orr
  • Human Ecology: Overview: F Steiner
  • Topic 2: Natural ecosystems, ecological succession, ecosystem services
  • Ecosystem Services: K A Brauman and G C Daily
  • Flourishing within limits: Jørgensen et al. 2015 Chapter 3
  • Topic 3: Limits to growth
  • Limits to Growth: B D Fath
  • Ecological Footprint: M Wackernagel and J Kitzes
  • Exercises relating to ecological footprint and sustainability
  • Topic 4: Flourishing within limits
  • Flourishing within limits: Jørgensen et al. 2015 Chapter 4
Literature
    required literature
  • Ecological Systems Thinking: D W Orr
  • Human Ecology: Overview: F Steiner
  • Ecosystem Services: K A Brauman and G C Daily
  • Ecological Footprint: M Wackernagel and J Kitzes
  • JØRGENSEN, Sven Erik. Flourishing Within Limits to Growth: Following Nature's Way. Routledge, 2015. info
  • Encyclopedia of ecology. Edited by Sven Erik Jørgensen - Brian D. Fath. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2008, xxxiv, 819. ISBN 9780444520333. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 26.5 13:00-15:00, 27.5. 13:00-15:00, 15:30-17:30, 28.5. 13:00-15:00.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimum: 15 students
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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