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  • ENV 3000: Special Topics in Environmental Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course is an advanced reading and/or research seminar on issues, theories and/or methods in environmental studies. The course may be repeated for credit if the topic has changed. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3004: Building Sustainable Communities

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This upper level course will provide students with an understanding of the tools and philosophy required to rebuild and grow communities in ways that respect natural resources and promote diversity human, natural and economic) and grassroots empowerment. Using case study and perhaps field-based approaches, students will study such techniques as asset-based mapping, Natural Step analysis, growth management, and watershed protection. Additionally, students will learn the fundamentals of financing sustainable community projects. Examples include financing redevelopment of industrial sites, pollution prevention, passive solar systems for residential, commercial, and municipal buildings, watershed agreements, and the like. For this part of the course, guest lecturers from the Vermont National Bank's "Socially Responsible Banking Fund" program may be invited. 3 credits
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  • ENV 3011: Environmental Law

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course is a survey of the leading federal and state statutes and cases on environmental issues. Questions examined during the course of the semester include: Who can bring suit on environmental issues What results from those lawsuits How effective are federal and state statutes and regulations in solving environmental problems How are the implementation and enforcement of environmental statutes affected by the interactions between the branches of government Prerequisite: ENV 2011 Public Policy & the Environment. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3012: Nonprofits Management & Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This class is an introduction to the world of nonprofit organizations. Covering the business, legal, management, planning, funding, and organizational challenges of nonprofit organizations, students learn the basics of this unique business model. Students then delve into the culture of nonprofit by profiling Vermont nonprofit organizations, creating their own models, and reviewing national and international case studies of nonprofits and NGOs. Through this work, students are exposed to the wide array of career opportunities in the nonprofit sector and are given the opportunity to network with nonprofit organizers and leaders. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3014: Watershed Management & Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This class considers the way watersheds and watershed boundaries are being used for ecological, land use, and social planning in Vermont and throughout the United States. Using the Mettowee River watershed and other local watersheds as resources, students learn the laws governing watershed planning, the tools necessary to plan watershed management, and the issues and policy considerations that come into play when considering watershed issues. Students will explore the watershed in field trips, and work extensively with local citizens, businesses, farmers, activists, planners, political leaders, and other stakeholders on a long-term class project. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3016: Land Use Planning

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This class introduces students to the legal, political, and economic considerations of land use planning. Starting with an overview of land use planning in the United States, students consider different eras of planning and land use law in the United States, specific land use tools the Town Plan, zoning bylaws, conditional uses, variances, etc.), as well as the current application of land use law. Students also work through Vermont's Act 250 as both an example of statewide land use planning regimes, and as a template for a variety of land use issues including wastewater treatment, impact fees, and traffic considerations. Drawing on the work of Christopher Alexander and others, students contemplate the larger questions of human use and manipulation of space and examine western preference for spatial arrangements. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3021: Sustainable Development:Theory & Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    To alleviate poverty and raise living standards, third world nations need to aggressively pursue economic development. If the resource- and energy-intensive western model of development is followed in these countries, severe resource shortages and widespread environmental degradation are likely to ensue. Sustainable development theory has emerged to describe an alternative path to economic development that averts potential resource and environmental crises. This course analyzes these theories and critically evaluates alternative sustainable development policies. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3023: Human Ecology

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course draws strongly on anthropology and ecology, as well as a variety of other disciplines, in order to study humans and human societies from ecological perspectives. We will examine both the benefits and difficulties associated with the application of ecological concepts to humans. Topics include human adaptation, continuity and change in human ecosystems, human epidemiology and infectious disease, and the role of symbolic cognition, politics and power, and globalization as they affect human ecosystems. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3026: Animal Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    What is the appropriate ethical relationship between humans and nonhuman animals This course is a systematic study of animal ethics, a field that has emerged as a response to the profound impact of human practices on other species. Topics will include animal experimentation, hunting, bushmeat, livestock agriculture, landscape sustainability, biodiversity, companion animals, vegetarianism, activism, suffering, animal intelligence, animal cultures, animal emotions, animal rights law, and the tension between animal rights and environmental ethics. 3 credits.
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  • ENV 3028: Wildlife Law & Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This is a course about the birds and the bees. No, not that kind of course, but one where we look at how we as a society protect wildlife through laws and policies. In the first part of the course we will examine the wildlife law and policy in the United States. We will look at the various actors and their roles in the system. In the second part of the course we will turn our focus beyond the domestic borders and look at how international law addresses wildlife protection. Students will get to select specific topics for case studies in the final portion of our course. 3 credits.
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