Sustainability and Public Policy

Description

This two unit course covers key points in current policy debates around the concept of sustainability as it plays out at the local and global levels.  We will approach the concept of sustainability through discussion of various models that help to explain some of the challenges in the policy-making arena.  Legislative and regulatory initiatives around cap and trade, land and energy planning, qualitative objectives for health and human services and other potential strategies will be explored through a variety of written and oral assignments.