Delta State University
SOC/COD 521 Sustainable Development
Fall Semester 2006

Discussion on Readings
Discussion Leaders

Week Date Topic Reading Discussion Leader(s)
2

  Discussion 1
Tuesday
Aug. 22

The Price of
Modernity I

Book:
Silent Spring
ch. 1-8

 Scott Trapolino
Eric Atchison
3

  Discussion 2
Tuesday
Sep. 5

The Price of
Modernity II

Book:
Silent Spring
ch. 9-17

Susie Shorter

Vivian Williams
5

  Discussion 3
Tuesday
Sep. 19

The
Environmental
Impulse

Book:
History of Environmental Politics
ch. 1-5

Nakikke Wallace
6

  Discussion 4
Tuesday
Sep. 26

Globalizing the Terms of Sustainable Development

Book:
Our Common Future
ch. 1-6

 Jackie Scott
Kizzie Miller
7

  Discussion 5
Tuesday
Oct. 3

Envisioning the
Outcomes of
Sustainable Development

Book:
Our Common Future
ch. 7-12

Juanita Sims

Patrick Ervin
9

  Discussion 6
Tuesday
Oct. 17

Environmental
Engagement

Book: 
History of Environmental Politics
ch. 6-11

Matt Jones
11

  Discussion 7
Tuesday
Oct. 31

Campesino
Pedagogy

Book:
Campesino a Campesino
ch. 1-3

Gerrit De Young
12

  Discussion 8
Tuesday
Nov. 7

Campesino
Politics

Book:
Campesino a Campesino
ch. 4-6

Monica Rosas
14

   Discussion 9
Tuesday
Nov. 21

Environmental
Perspective

Book:
History of Environmental Politics
ch. 12-17

Mary Kathryn Wooten

Fara'e Wolfe