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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