Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; outside research, 4 hours
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Prerequisites: GSST 021; or consent of instructor
Description: Introduces theoretical underpinnings of ecological utopias and ecotopias. Examines practical aspects of designing these intentional communities focused on sustainability. Includes discussion and critique of proposed ecotopias, analysis of egalitarian economic systems, inclusive and participatory political institutions, social mores adopted by existing ecovillages and other sustainable intentional communities. See the Student Affairs Office in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences for breadth requirement information.