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Understanding PFOA: Science and Policy — ENV2173.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Timothy Schroeder and John Hultgren
Credits: 2
The water supply of Hoosick Falls, NY, Bennington’s western neighbor, has been contaminated with Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by past industrial activity. PFOA is an “emerging contaminant” that is correlated with a range of health problems. This course will investigate the social and physical aspects of this ongoing disaster, from how the regulation of chemicals in the US
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Unfair distribution: Poverty, inequality and deprivation — PEC4128.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 4
Poverty [defined as absolute deprivation] and inequality [defined as relative deprivation] are the two key concepts that allow us to talk about unevenness in income distribution and the unfairness in distribution of economic goods and economic opportunities amongst people.  This course traces the roots of these two key concepts in welfare economics, and asks: What causes
Society Culture and Thought CAPA Environment

Urban Disasters: Economics, Risk, and the City — PEC2286.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

Catastrophic events—droughts, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and landslides—are growing in frequency and intensity around the world. As more of the global population concentrates in urban areas, the nature and consequences of these natural hazards are taking on a distinct and often violent shape in today’s metropolises and megacities. This course investigates how urban

Advancement of Public Action Environment Political Economy

VAPA Evolving — ARC4111.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
VAPA was conceived as a facility that would provide an "...evolving environment for the performance of all forms of art and open to the most challenging ideas and personalities from either inside or outside the college environment..." [The Art Policy Committee, 1964] VAPA has undergone significant change over the course of forty years, with new programs and studios created for
Visual Arts Environment

Volatile Futures/Earthly Matters — APA2275.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 2
Where and when does the Anthropocene come to matter? Looking at inundated low-lying islands, the melting Arctic, or the coastal wrath of super storms, many suggest such contemporary moments prophesy the future that awaits us all. Others, returning to the ecological fallout of the colonial plantation, hydrocarbon imperialism, or nuclear weapons, suggest our impending unraveling
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Walking and Writing — LIT2398.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Akiko Busch
Credits: 4
The workshop will examine the literary traditions of walking and writing, focusing on how the first can assist the second. Themes will include walking as a passage; walking as escape; walking as a meditation; walking towards something; walking away from something; and those times when walking manages to be both of these things. Of his outings in Concord, Henry Thoreau said
Environment Literature

Water Dialogues: Conflicts Over Our Most Valuable Resource — APA2220.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Water is the essence of life. Access to Clean Water for drinking, fishing, irrigation and sanitation are basic human rights. In this course, we will use two texts: "Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource" edited by Irena Salin and Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization by Steven Solomon. Water as a source of conflict for
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Water Dialogues: Conflicts Over Our Most Valuable Resource — APA2220.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Water is our most important resource in the world. Without it, human, animal and plant life cannot exist for very long. Where we live in the eastern United States,  water is plentiful.  We take it for granted that we can drink it freely, wash ourselves when we feel like it, and use it for industry and recreation. But in our own country (western U.S.) and other parts
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Water: First Home of Life  — APA2148.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Burcu Seyben
Credits: 4
Water is the source of life. Scientists search for water in the universe to discover if there is life out there. Civilizations of the ancient world flourished near water. Over the centuries, we have established relationships with water other than merely using it to survive. How has our relationship with water been changing, and how has this affected water? What role do
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