1. Open in Case of Emergency
Kristy Tougas & Nick Kirby
10/13/16

2. Teaching for Turbulence | Michael Maniates
“Merely sharpening the focus of programs built for placid waters will not be enough.”
‘Faith in Crisis’ critique of current environmental studies and science
Nimbleness and Wisdom
‘Systems Analysis’ vs. ‘Small and Easy’
‘Boundary Spanners’
What would these programs look like? How would they be assessed?

3. Effective Crisis Governance | Brian Martin
‘Stiff’ vs ‘Flexible’ governance
Civil resistance as ‘template’ for flexible governance
Solutions to crisis demand local-level resilience
Critique of international governance
Short term/issue focus AND long term/structural focus
How to make the transition? Can large scale resources be leverged?

4. Governance in the Long Emergency | David W. Orr
‘Tragic Choices’
Concentration of power ignores long term problems
Tension between corporation and democracy
Belief in participation and civic education
Dangers of economic oligarchy
Can the Oberlin Project scale? Is it fundamentally different from our society?

5. Building an Enduring Environmental Movement Erik Assadourian
Missionary Christianity as a model
Need for independence and resilience
Critique of ‘shallow’ environmentalism
Social Enterprises (eco-clinics, shaker crafts, social services)
Dystopian vision vs ‘glorious way’
How has religion successfully spread? Is environmental concern religious?

6. Resistance: Do the Ends Justify the Means? Bron Taylor
Direct Action as entry to legal process
Doomsday scenarios to destroy the destroyers
Tension with public as audience and target
‘Rowdy audience or angry coach’
What is ‘the system’? What is resistance?

7. The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering Simon Nicholson
Solar Radiation Management & Carbon Dioxide Removal
Risk, cost, sacrifices
Narrative of using technology to solve complex problems (tech. ≠ progress)
Anti-democratic and potential for conflict and equality
Oxford principles for geoengineering research & governing geoengineering
Would geoengineering impact individual willingness to change unsustainable habits?

8. Cuba: Lessons from a Forced Decline Pat Murphy and Faith Morgan
Economic crisis driving environmental progress
2005 Cuban Energy Revolution (CER)
Social Services- medical care, education; ecological agriculture
‘Revolution of consciousness’
How do we shift the measurements of quality-of-life? Would anyone willingly follow Cuba’s example?

9. Climate Change and Displacements Michael Renner
‘Climate-induced pressure’
Environmental refugee & internal displacement
Climate change as political issue
Adaptation vs disaster
How can the most vulnerable populations protect themselves?

10. Cultivating Resilience in a Dangerous World Laurie Mazur
Unprecedented historical risk
Autonomy as risk mitigation/escalation
‘Novel responses to changing conditions’
Efficiency vs resilience
Is resilience sustainable?

11. Shaping Community Responses to Catastrophe Paula Green
‘Cultural trance of denial’
Social capital as safety net
UNEP effort to ‘empower rather than lead, inspire rather than direct’
Human agency as force for collective destruction or survival
How can social capital develop without becoming destructive?

12. Is It Too Late? | Kim Stanley Robinson
Path dependency
Polyarchy as social consciousness
Ecological economics
Sustainability metrics
Is it possible to measure our impact on the natural environment?