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>The Center for Ethics at The University of Montana has organized an
>Environmental Ethics Institute, entitled "Exploring the Landscapes of
>Environmental Thought" to run July 10-28, 2006. Come to beautiful
>Missoula, Montana and combine a unique summer vacation with stimulating
>educational opportunities. The institute features courses, field trips, and
>evening panel discussions and lectures. The courses are open to students,
>interested professionals, and the general public. Participants are not
>required to be enrolled at UM, and there is no 'out-of-state' tuition fee.
>Registration forms, course descriptions, preliminary syllabi, faculty
>information, and travel information can be downloaded directly from our
>website, <http://www.umt.edu/ethics> http://www.umt.edu/ethics. If you
>need more information, contact The Center for Ethics: 406-243-6605,
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>The courses are:
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>Environmental Justice in Montana's Indian Country (July 10 - 13, 2006, with
>Dr. Robin Saha)
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>Foundations of Environmental Thought (online June 5 - July 7 & in classroom
>July 17 - 21, 2006, with Dr. Andrew Light)
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>How We Experience Nature: Environmental Aesthetics & Case Studies from the
>U.S. & Japan (online June 5 - July 7 & in classroom July 24 - 28, 2006,
>with Dr. Yuriko Saito) (see below, or our website www.umt.edu/ethics for
>course descriptions)
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>Our field trips will examine:
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>Montana's National Bison Range, led by Dr. Robin Saha in conjunction with
>his course.
>and
>Ethical Issues in Ecological Restoration, led by Dr. Dan Spencer in
>conjunction with Dr. Light's course. Non-course participants can join
>either field trip.
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>Finally, we will host evening events, including two panel discussions:
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>"The Death of Environmentalism."
><http://depts.washington.edu/philweb/faculty/light.html> Andrew Light,
>Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington; William
><http://chaloupka.com/Resume.htm> Chaloupka, Chair, Department of Political
>Science, Colorado State University;
><http://www.crmw.org/Staff.asp?p=DanielKemmis> Daniel Kemmis, Senior Fellow
>in Public Policy, Center for the Rocky Mountain West; and
><http://www.clarkfork.org/about/board_staff.html#tracy> Tracy
>Stone-Manning, Executive Director, Clark Fork Coalition, will discuss the
>controversial essay, "The Death of Environmentalism."
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>and
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>"Science, Religion and the Environment"
><http://lamar.colostate.edu/%7Erolston/bionote.htm> Holmes Rolston III,
>University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State
>University, will begin the conversation. The panel of speakers that will
>respond to Rolston's remarks includes:
><http://www.umt.edu/phil/Faculty/Info%20Pages/borgmann.htm> Albert
>Borgmann, Regents Professor of Philosophy at The University of Montana,
><http://www.cofc.edu/hettinger/> Ned Hettinger, Professor of Philosophy at
>the College of Charleston in South Carolina, and
><http://www.bu.edu/sth/faculty/staff/jhart.html> John Hart, professor of
>Christian Ethics at Boston University.
><http://www.umt.edu/phil/Faculty/Info%20Pages/preston.htm> Christopher
>Preston, visiting assistant professor at the University of Montana,
>currently preparing an intellectual biography of Rolston, will moderate.
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>Along with four evening lectures:
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>When We Restore Nature, What Do We Owe the Past? - with Dr. Andrew Light
>Objectivity in Environmental Ethics and Protection of the Environment -
>with Dr. Ned Hettinger
>The Aesthetics of the Japanese Garden - with Dr. Yuriko Saito
>and
>Generating Intelligent Life on Earth: Six Looming Questions in Evolutionary
>Biology - with Dr. Holmes Rolston III
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>Course Descriptions:
>Environmental Justice in Montana's Indian Country (July 10 - 13, 2006):
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>A 4-day short course examining the challenges faced by Montana tribes to
>protect their natural resources and environment from a variety of threats
>including coal-bed methane development and acid mine drainage.
>Participants also learn about environmental justice and the exercise of
>traditional hunting, fishing, and treaty rights, as well as the pursuit of
>traditional spiritual practices. The course includes a one-day field trip
>to the National Bison Range on the Flathead Reservation.
>
>$295 for 1 undergraduate/graduate credit or audit, or $360 for no-credit
>option
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>Instructor: Dr. Robin Saha, Environmental Studies Program, UM-Missoula
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>
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>Foundations of Environmental Thought (online June 5 - July 7 & in classroom
>July 17 - 21, 2006):
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>Dr. Andrew Light, a leading environmental scholar from the University of
>Washington, will explore American environmental history and discuss the
>writings of significant environmental thinkers. The works of Rachel
>Carson, Aldo Leopold, and others, will be compared with more recent
>writings on the rise of American wilderness advocacy and environmentalism.
>This course provides a solid background in environmental thought and raises
>important philosophical questions about environmental issues. Dr. Light
>comments, "To understand this historical strain is to remind ourselves of
>who we are, where we want to go, and what our relation to our environment
>and each other is and could be."
>
>$545 for 3 undergraduate/graduate credits or audit, or $360 for no-credit
>option
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>Instructor: Dr. Andrew Light, Department of Philosophy and Evans School of
>Public Affairs, University of Washington
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>
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>How We Experience Nature: Environmental Aesthetics & Case Studies from the
>U.S. & Japan (online June 5 - July 7 & in classroom July 24 - 28, 2006):
>
>Dr. Yuriko Saito, a highly regarded scholar from the Rhode Island School of
>Design, also a recipient of its excellence in teaching award, will teach
>this course. Reflecting on how we experience nature raises many
>fascinating and important questions. Environmental aesthetics is a new
>field of study, once limited to the aesthetics of nature but now including
>our everyday environment-built structures, cultural landscapes, art and
>non-art artifacts. We will look at environmental aesthetics from the
>western perspective and from the perspective of Dr. Saito's native Japan,
>focusing on the cultural roots of our aesthetic experience of the
>environment, why a specifically environmental aesthetic is needed, and the
>complex and serious ethical ramifications involved in what appears to be
>simple environmental appreciation.
>
>$545 for 3 undergraduate/graduate credits or audit, or $360 for no-credit
>option
>
>Instructor: Dr. Yuriko Saito, Division of Liberal Arts, Rhode Island
>School of Design
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>
>Thanks, and I hope to see you in July!
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>Justin Whitaker
>Project Coordinator
>
>The Center For Ethics
>The University of Montana
>1000 East Beckwith Avenue
>Missoula, MT 59812-2808
>http://www.umt.edu/ethics
>Tel (406) 243-5744
>Fax (406) 243-6633
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