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EMERGENCY PLANET EARTH! Environmental crises, definitions and responses Tues 10 - Sun 15 Nov 2009
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NEW SHORT COURSE in November 2009 led by the University of Leeds @ the Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales - the UK's leading ecocentre
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. Want to learn more about the urgent environmental issues of our times?
. Want to engage with practitioners who are at the forefront of developing solutions?
. Want to tap into cutting edge, radical teaching and research with one of the UK's most respected universities and the UK's leading ecocentre?
Then this module is for you!
Teaching staff from the MA in 'Activism and Social Change' (www.activismsocialchange.org.uk) based in Geography at the University of Leeds are beginning an exciting new partnership with CAT to deliver this short course. CAT is one of Europe's leading ecocentres, undertaking practical research and teaching into ecological issues. It is based in the town of Machynlleth on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. This collaboration is particularly timely as CAT is launching a major new educational initiative and resource this summer called WISE (the Wales Institute for Sustainable Education). WISE will provide a state-of-the-art environmental education centre, featuring 24 en suite study bedrooms, 200 seat rammed earth lecture theatre workshops, seminar rooms, laboratory, restaurant and bar.
++ Module Logistics and costs
This course will take place in mid November 2009 and will be taught over one week, from Tuesday evening to Sunday afternoon.
Registration for this course costs £300 unwaged, £475 waged and £650 company rate and includes full board accommodation, tuition and materials.
Accommodation will be on our main site, in small simply furnished rooms, which contain 2-5 bunk beds. We have a few single rooms available for an extra £10 per night. There are common rooms available for relaxation, with facilities for making drinks. Meals are served in our wholefood vegetarian restaurant.
++ Module Content
The module will be delivered by staff from the University of Leeds and CAT and will involve a mix of lectures, seminars, evening reading groups, debates and films, student led presentations, guest speakers and site tours and a social on Saturday evening.
++ Sessions include:
Issues
1. Introduction: understanding rapid change
2. Climate Change: emergency code red?
3. The Energy crisis and peak oil
4. Environmental Justice: living in a toxic society
5. Land matters: the industrialisation of food and agriculture
6. Mid point reflection and summary
Responses
7. Green capitalism and the corporate response
8. Government frameworks for change: from the local to the global
9. Grassroots civil society responses: localisation and transition towns
10. Social movements for change: radical ecological direct action
++ To register
Tel: 01654 705981 Email: [log in to unmask] or www.cat.org.uk/courses for online booking.
To reserve a place, send a non-returnable deposit cheque to CAT Charity Ltd for £100 or ring or email with credit card details. Further details and invoices will be sent shortly before the course. The balance of the course fee is due before the start of the course. Residents of SY20 or SY23 should enquire about special non residential rates.
++ More information
For more information on the MA in Activism and Social Change see: www.activismsocialchange.org.uk or email the Programme Director: Dr Paul Chatterton [log in to unmask]
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