ENSb1268 Environmental Organizations in the Czech Republic

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
! ENS268 Environmental Organizations &&!NOW( ENS268 Environmental Organizations )&&TYP_STUDIA(B)
Read and understand texts in English language. Ability to discuss them in Czech and English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 33 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/33, only registered: 0/33, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/33
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will familiarize students with the role of environmental organizations in the Czech Republic and also with the different focus of individual organizations operating here. In addition, the course will provide a detailed understanding of the functioning of the five most important environmental organizations in the Czech Republic, including their history and analysis of the most important successful and unsuccessful campaigns. At the end of the course the student will be able to understand and explain the history of the Czech environmental movement and identify its strengths and weaknesses.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- describe the history of Czech environmental thinking from Durdík to the present (Durdík, Pitter, Pammrová, Úlehla, Hruška, Moldan, Keller, Librová, Šmajs and others)
- to elucidate the origin of the Czech environmental movement, its development and describe its current state;
- to explain the difference between the democratic, authoritative and totalitarian functioning of organizations;
- to clarify the meaning of the term dogmatic, radical, extremist;
- describe the development of selected Czech environmental movements (ČSOP, Brontosaurus, Rainbow Movement, Children of the Earth, Disasters, Greenpeace) and explain its key breakpoints;
- outline the development of the Czech environmental movement's reflection and write an essay detailing the development of the selected environmental movement;
Syllabus
  • I. Used terms and posible interpretations.
  • II. History of czech environmnetal movement - until 1989.
  • III. History of czech environmnetal movement - until 1999.
  • IV. History of czech environmnetal movement - until recent times.
  • V. Comparison of the evolution of czech environmental movement and movement in the western countries.
  • VI. Case study - Hnutí Duha.
  • VII. Case study - Nesehnutí.
  • VIII. Case study - Děti Země, Arnika.
  • IX. Case study - Greenpeace.
  • X. Case study - zoocentrism.
  • XI. What is and what is not main stream of environmentalism?
  • XII. Protheans.
Literature
  • BINKA, Bohuslav. Zelený extremismus - Ideje a mentalita českých environmentálních hnutí (The Environmental Extremism - Ideas and Mentality of czech environmental movements). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 236 pp. Ne edice. ISBN 978-80-210-4791-4. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, homework readings, case studies. Position papers.
Assessment methods
Written tests with multiple choice and open questions. 1 x position paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
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