THE GREEN ECONOMY:
Practical Strategies to Create Community-based Eco-economies
OISE-UT Transformative Learning Centre
Toronto's Premier Course on Green
Economic Alternatives
30 Hours over 10 weeks, Fridays
March 14 to May 16, 2008 6:30 to
9:30pm
$180
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, U of Toronto, 252 Bloor
St. W.
(directly above St. George subway stop)
Eighth Floor, Room 8- 214
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 urban planning &
design, to alternative financial systems, and much more. The 30-hr. course
features different expert guest speakers each week, showcasing the cutting-edge
of grassroots green alternatives in
Click Here for Detailed
Schedule and Readings for 2008
The Green Economy is
offered by the Transformative
Learning Centre of OISE-UT. The course,
taught by Brian Milani, was originally provided 1992-2007 through the Labour
Education Centre which recently closed down its Labour Studies program. The TLC
is a community-based educational project based in the Adult Education Dept. of
the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the
Green
Economy course sessions planned for spring 2008 are still being scheduled. Topics will likely include:
* Principles of Green Economics
* Green Building & Urban Design
* Local-Sustainable Food Systems
* The Soft Energy Path
* Green Jobs for Social Justice
* Community Indicators of Real Wealth
* Network Economics, Wikinomics & the
* Sustainable Transportation
* Socially-Responsible Investment
Coordinator and main instructor of The Green
Economy is Brian Milani, of the Coalition for a Green Economy, Green
Enterprise Toronto, and
To Register:
… e-mail Brian Milani at < bmilani (at) 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:
8:15: announcements
8:20: Guest speaker’s Presentation, part 2
& discussion
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