ENS242 Green Economics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Molly Scott Cato (lecturer), RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 18. 10. 16:00–17:30 P21, Tue 19. 10. 19:45–21:15 U32, Wed 20. 10. 14:00–15:30 U33, Thu 21. 10. 18:00–19:30 U42, Fri 22. 10. 12:00–13:30 U32, 16:00–17:30 U32, Mon 25. 10. 12:00–13:30 U43, Tue 26. 10. 12:00–13:30 U35, 18:00–19:30 P24, Wed 27. 10. 16:00–17:30 U32
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is taught in English by British Reader in Green Economics Molly Scott Cato. It will be taught via daily face-to-face teaching in a block lasting two weeks. Please se the study materials of the course on the course website for a detailed time outline. The aim of the course is to present a basic overview of an emerging system of thinking known as Green Economics. Green Economics is focused on a search for solutions of the current environmental crisis in the shape of new economic approaches, tools and policies, which respect planetary limits and which have the explicit goal of a just and sustainable economy. At the end of the course, the student will be able to discuss economic implications of global warming, have learned about the issues of land, work and food from a Green Economics perspective, and will be aware of functioning models of community ownership and of case studies of Green Economic ideas applied in a British context. The course will be interactive and the lecturer, in conjuction with the students, will attempt to link the presented ideas with the present and future in Brno and Moravia.
Syllabus
  • Energy: Why do we worry so much about money, when energy is the scarce resource? Money: The politics of money – how it is created and who controls it. Including local currencies and the Stroud pound Land as Commonwealth: How would a green economist manage land? Which policies can ensure that it is shared fairly? Including community-land trusts Food Security: The economy of food including community-supported agriculture; Stroud community agriculture The orthodox economics of climate change: including the Stern Review, carbon trading Sharing the global commons: including Domestic Tradable Quotas, Contraction and Convergence and Cap-and-Share Rethinking global trade: Comparative advantage or trade subsidiarity Some principles of green design: applying permaculture to economic development Green taxation: Why do we tax? What can taxes achieve and what can’t they Citizens‘ Income: A policy proposal for justice and sustainability
Assessment methods
Set reading will be allocated for the period before the teaching block. Assessment for the course will consist of three parts: a shorter essay (30%), a longer essay (50%) and a mark for attendance and participation (20%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015.
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