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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.
>
>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.
>
>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):
>
>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
>
>Instructor:  Dr. Robin Saha, Environmental Studies Program, UM-Missoula
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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
>
>Instructor:  Dr. Andrew Light, Department of Philosophy and Evans School of 
>Public Affairs, University of Washington
>
>
>
>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
>
>
>Thanks, and I hope to see you in July!
>
>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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