EVR 3020

Reading Assignment: Edward Wimberley and Scott Pellegrino, Ecopragmatics - Introduction, Chapter 1 & 2; Ronald La Due Lake & Robert Huckfeldt "Social Capital, Social Networks and Social Participation;" Simone Cuer "Social Capital Slides;" O'Brien, Catherine (2008) "Sustainable Happiness: How Happiness Studies Can Contribute to a More Sustainable Future," Canadian Psychology. Vol. 49, No. 4, p. 289-295, Friedersdorf, Conor (2018) "The Idioms of Non-Argument," (A Review of John Haidt's The Coddling of the American Mind), The Atlantic. (October 16).

Video Assignment: Jonothan Haidt APA Keynote Address 2016; Jonothan Haidt Interview on Political Correctness; The Perfect Storm Over Craig Colorado; Gov. Hickenlooper at Town Hall Meeting in Craig Colorado; Gov. Hickenlooper at Craig Town Hall Meeting Part Two; Colorado Coal Mine Expansion; Former Gov. Explains Why Coal is Still Necessary; Coal Powered Colorado Undergoes a Natural Gas 'Revolution;" "Social Capital,"

Homework Assignment:

1. Summarize the perspective of Wimberley and Pellegrino to ecopragmatics and explain how their approach, based upon the work of William James differes from Minteer's approach based upon Dewey.
2. What does the term "imaginating" mean?
3. What forces led to the shut down of the Craig Unit in Craig Colorado?
4. Who supported banning Coal use in electric power generation in Colorado and why?
5. Who opposes this change in power generation and why?
6. What is the importance of social capital?
7. How might social capital contribute to the willingness of citizens to address environmental issues?
8. What is Jonathan Haidt's perspective on "political correctness"?
9. What detrimental impacts might "political correctness" have upon environmental deliberations?
10. How are the concepts of social capital, social networks and social participation related to one another?
11. How do these three concepts relate to considerations of environmental issues?
12. What is sustainable happiness and how can it contribute to a sustainable future?
13. In what way is "sustainable happiness" a pragmatic approach to environmental sustainability?

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