Please prepare your chapter summaries and post them here for others to review before class. Come prepared to present your assessment of the chapter. As usual, please post by 5pm on Tuesday, October 27.
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Reading for week 8:
Meadows, D., J. Randers, and D. Meadows. 2004. Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green publishing company.
Norgaard, R. B. 2002. Optimists, Pessimists, and Science. BioScience 52:287-292.
Nordhaus, W. D., R. N. Stavins and M. L. Weitzman. 1992. Lethal Model 2: The Limits to Growth Revisited. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 23:1-60.
Details on Week 8 assignment:
1. Everyone should read the Preface and Chpt. 1 of Limits to Growth.
2. Everyone should read the two response articles (Nordhaus and Noorgard). If you have questions or responses to these articles please feel free to post or jot down.
3. Instead of reading ALL of Limits to Growth, you should read in detail the chapter to which you are assigned below. Please prepare and post a 2 paragraph summary of your assigned chapter in advance of the class. Also come to class prepared to give a 5 min summary presentation of what the major points are in that chapter. By all working together we will be able to construct a good summary of what is in Limits to Growth. (Of course, you are welcome to read all of this classic cover to cover if you have time!)
Chpt. 2: Juliette, Carmella
Chpt. 3: Rasheda
Chpt. 4: Aaron, Andrew
Chpt. 5: Eric, Genelle
Chpt. 6: Nick
Chpt. 7: Samantha
Chpt. 8: Sam S.