THE
GREEN ECONOMY:
Practical Strategies to Create Community-based Eco-economies
Toronto's Premier Course on Green
Economic Alternatives
30 Hours over 10 weeks, Thursday
January 27 to March 31, 2005, 7
to 10 pm
$150
Labour Education Centre, OFL Bldg., 15 Gervais
Drive (Don Mills & Eglinton),
Toronto Ontario (416) 537-6532
The Green Economy is an overview of radical potentials for reorganizing the economy for social and ecological purposes, while at the same time showcasing exciting alternatives being built right now in the existing economy.
The premise of the course is that today's social, economic and environmental crises are not problems of management, but of design. A process of economic conversion is necessary to create economic structures which facilitate human self-development, social justice, community enrichment and ecological regeneration. Tinkering with the System will not do; and yet, the required changes can only emerge gradually and incrementally. How can really radical and qualitative change emerge organically? This course looks at the principles and practical strategies which can accomplish such a transformation. The focus of the course is on the range of practical economic alternatives being established in various sectors of the economy--from agriculture and the food system, to manufacturing, to transportation, to urban planning & design, to alternative financial systems, and much more. The 30-hr. course features expert guest speakers, videos, interesting literature and lots of discussion.
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Schedule and Readings for 2005
The Green Economy is offered by the Labour Education Centre as part of its Labour Studies program, in cooperation with George Brown, City College. LEC is the educational and training arm of the Labour Council of Toronto and York Region. The course contributes credit toward a Labour Studies degree at George Brown, but it is open to anyone interested in the course content. It is given once a year.
The sessions planned for winter 2005 will
likely include the following topics:
* Principles of Green Economics
* Labour & Extended Producer Responsibility
(EPR)
* The Food System
* The Soft Energy Path
* Manufacturing & Industrial Ecology
* Feminist Economic Alternatives : The Gift Paradigm
* Sustainable Transportation
* Urban Design & the Built Environment
* Green Jobs and the Future of the Labour Movement
Coordinator and main instructor of The Green Economy is Brian Milani, of the Toronto Eco- Materials Project, and the Coalition for a Green Economy. He is the author of Designing the Green Economy: the postindustrial alternative to corporate globalization. See the detailed schedule for our expert guest speakers.
The GREEN ECONOMY is only one of many courses given by the Labour Education Centre. Check out the others on the LEC website.
To Register:
…or for more info about other LEC courses, phone (416)
537-6532. Ask for
Nicole at ext. 2220, or Labour Studies at ext. 7014. LEC is located on the first floor of the
Ontario Federation of Labour building at
For more information on Green Economy course content, phone Brian Milani at (416) 968-1282, or E-mail: bmilani@web.ca
Course Prerequisites: none. The course is appropriate for those with much, or almost no, economic or ecological knowledge. No exams or required reading. All readings are available on the Schedule page, but hard copies can be made for those without internet access. Students are advised that doing the readings will make each presentation more enjoyable and interesting, even if they are not mandatory. Students are asked to fill out course evaluations at the end of the final session.
The
format is as follows:
7 pm: introduction to the week’s topic:
Brian Milani: 10 or 15 minutes
7:15: Guest speaker’s Presentation, part 1
8:30: (approximately class midpoint): coffee
break
8:45: announcements
8:50: Guest speaker’s Presentation, part 2
& discussion
10 pm: class finishes
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