Topic: Current Issues In Peace, Justice and Sustainability

Catalog description

This writing enhanced learning community will focus on current issues relating to peace, justice and the environment as well as how interconnected they are. Some of the key topics to be included in this action-oriented course include: global climate change, alternative energy sources, globalization, resource depletion, poverty, health, and education. Students will not only learn about these pressing issues, but also the challenges, efforts, tools and solutions used in promoting peace, justice and sustainability. Additionally, students will gain a solid understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of peace, justice and environment particularly as it pertains to promoting ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, social and economic justice, democracy and a culture of peace.