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LE-EN2-SE61,LE-EN2-SE62,LE-EN2-SE63,LE-EN2-SE64

履修条件・関連科目等

授業で使用する言語

日本語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

Environmental Issues 1 will focus on what has already been done, including the Rio Declaration (1992), the Kyoto Protocol (1997), and the Oslo Declaration of Sustainable Consumption (2006). Students will study the origins of the environmental movement, beginning with the Conservation Movement of the 19th century. Some of the topics the first semester: 1) Silent Spring (1962); 2) Endangered Species; 3) Back to Nature Movements/Organic Food; 4) Environmental Movement Takes Shape (1970s); 5) Earth Day (1970)—its underlying goals; 6) Environmental Laws (1970s); 7) Exponential Growth—studies on Economic Growth vs. Climate Protection; 8) The Future—what will life be like in 2050, with the world at 9 billion.

Also, in the first semester, we will consider environmental pollution from chemical companies in Mianata, Japan and in West Virginia and in California, from the electric company, PG&E.

Environmental Issues 2 (second semester) will focus on indigenous peoples and how they have become leaders against corporate environmental destruction; it will be more on the International Environmental Movement (versus the US in the first semester) and more on what the world is doing today to address issues of Climate Change and Pollution. We will focus a little more deeply on topics introduced the first semester: the Rio Declaration (1992), the Kyoto Protocol (1997), the Oslo Declaration (2006); the Earth Summit (2012). The topics we will consider: 1) The Rise of Severe Weather Patterns; 2) Humanity’s Special Place & Responsibility; 3) Humanity’s Disconnection with Nature; 4) The Philosophy of Limitless Growth; 5) Climate Change/Earth Destruction/Species Extinction/Political Paralysis; 6) How to Live Sustainably; 7) Intelligent Design/Reducing Human Footprint; 8) The Way Forward. I hope students will gain a deep sense of what the Environmental Movement is doing and how ordinary people are contributing to it.

科目目的

The first semester:

∙ To help increase your listening ability
∙ To help increase your ability to understand a variety of accents
∙ To focus on social change and social protest in different parts of the world
∙ To consider the opinions of those with different values and outlooks
∙ To give you practice in developing an opinion
∙ To give you practice expressing your opinion
∙ To give you practice summarizing important information
∙ To give you practice retrieving information from the internet
∙ To offer a context for a deeper understanding of today’s environmental movement.
∙ To consider the role of non-profit organizations in the Environmental movement.
∙ To consider some of the fundamental changes the modern environmental movement has brought.

The second semester:

∙ To help increase your listening ability
∙ To help increase your ability to understand a variety of accents
∙ To focus on global challenges, especially how indigenous peoples are working for a carbon free future
∙ To consider the opinions of those with different values and outlooks
∙ To give you practice in developing an opinion
∙ To give you practice expressing your opinion
∙ To give you practice summarizing important information
∙ To give you practice retrieving information from the internet
∙ To provide a context to study international organizations more deeply

到達目標

In the First Semester, I hope students will gain an understanding of the Environmental Movement, now nearly 60 years old, that gave birth to an international movement, with the values of sustainable development. We will especially consider toxic waste from chemical and energy companies, both in Japan the the USA, that have caused such horrendous health problems. Many of these challenges are ongoing, since corporations have such power in our current economy.

The Second Semester will take us into the values of indigenous peoples, especially in North America and the Amazon, to understand how their values have become part of the modern environmental movement, with its concept of Mother Earth.

We will also consider such challenges as Climate Change Denial, which has been pushed by the huge energy companies, like ExxonMobile, to cast doubt on the science through FRONT organizations, such as the Heartland Institute. This really has stalled advances in addressing climate change, unfortunately.

授業計画と内容

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Silent Spring (1962) by Rachel Carson.
Week 3: The First Endangered Species Act (1966) in the United States.
Week 4: The second Endangered Species Act (1973).
Week 5: The Back to Nature Movement (1968).
Week 6: The Back to Nature Movement Today--organic farming and recycling.
Week 7: The Modern Environmental Movement Takes Shape: Positives and Negatives.
Week 8: The Modern Environmental Movement Takes Shape: Anti-Technological.
Week 9: The First Earth Day (1970)—where 20 million people nation-wide marched
Week 10: Earth Day—consciousness-raising for greater cooperation.
Week 11: Environmental Law Takes Shape:
Week 12: Environmental Law Begins: The Lack of International Environmental Standards.
Week 13: Exponential Growth: Industrial Development versus Protection of Nature.
Week 14: Exponential Growth: Political Polarization and the loss of thirty years.

Second term:
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: The Rise of Severe Weather Patterns:
Week 3: The Rise of Severe Weather Patterns: the Arctic and the Antarctic.
Week 4: Humanity’s Special Place and Special Responsibility: Humanity’s Footprint.
Week 5: Humanity’s Special Place and Special Responsibility: Recognizing Our Impact.
Week 6: Humanity’s Disconnection With Nature: The Rise of Industrial Farming.
Week 7: Humanity’s Disconnection With Nature: Recognizing Nature’s Gifts.
Week 8: The Philosophy of Limitless Growth: The Effects of the Industrial Age.
Week 9: The Philosophy of Limitless Growth: Measuring Happiness by GDP.
Week 10: Climate Change/Earth Destruction/Species Extinction/Political Paralysis:
Week 11: Climate Change/Earth Destruction/Species Extinction/ Human Ingenuity.
Week 12: How to Live Sustainably: Would Does It Take?
Week 13: Intelligent Design/Reducing Human Footprint: Re-imagining the Future.
Week 14: Intelligent Design/Reducing Human Footprint: Actions Today:nEnvironmental NPOs.

授業時間外の学修の内容

その他

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

Most of class time will be reviewing your homework assignments, which are based on the documentary segments.

Every other class will have a discussion. This is for you to develop your opinion and perhaps to debate or at least to compare opinions with other students in your group. Every other week you will also have internet-assignment, for the necessary background information to help you develop an opinion. In listening to a variety of accents, particularly from people whose native language is not English, you will first learn to get the general meaning of spoken English, though you may not understand every word.

Most of your work for the class will be done outside of class, to prepare for the class, especially for the discussion-assignments. I will provide the websites for the video segments. Please watch the segment each week as many times as necessary as you follow the instructions in your homework pages for the Vocabulary, Getting Main Ideas, Listening For Details, Fill In Blanks, Final Details, Internet Research, and Things To Talk About. Plan to spend a half hour on the homework each week doing the homework.

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり１時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

Listening Exercises & Internet/Discussion Questions--80%.
Presentation: 20%.

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける／授業時間に限らず、manabaでフィードバックを行う／その他

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

I will offer feedback on all assignments to assist in students improving the quality of their work.

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

PBL（課題解決型学習）／反転授業（教室の中で行う授業学習と課題などの授業外学習を入れ替えた学習形式）／ディスカッション、ディベート／グループワーク／プレゼンテーション

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授業におけるICTの活用方法

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授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

実務経験のある教員による授業

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テキスト・参考文献等

All materials will be provided by instructor.

その他特記事項

I will follow the university’s policy of requiring 80% attendance to pass the course. Please plan to review an hour each week in reviewing the reading assignments and keeping up with the written assignments. I hope you will enjoy the class and that you will want to attend each week!!

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