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Research request from the Development Committee for The Global Systems Centre

  • 1.  Research request from the Development Committee for The Global Systems Centre

    Posted 02-17-2002 08:08
    Dear Colleagues,

    Please find below a research request from
    Steve Kurtz pf The Development Committee
    for The Global Systems Centre.

    This is a project of The Canadian Association
    for the Club of Rome.

    Those interested in the global probelematique
    of environment, ecology, sustainable development
    and related themes will find this of interest.

    Steve Kurtz and his colleagues request tour
    assistance in providing information.

    Ken Friedman



    Research request

    Please reply to:

    kurtzs@freenet.carleton.ca

    If you teach or work for an educational institution, or if you are
    well informed about the course offerings of a college or university
    department relating to the environment, ecology, sustainable
    development and the like, a brief reply [offlist] would be much
    appreciated. I realize that there may be more grassroots and informal
    organizations addressing this issue (than formal ones), but the point
    of this survey is to examine the state of affairs in formal
    institutions. Negative replies are as important as positive ones!

    The Development Committee for "The Global Systems Centre", a project
    of The Canadian Association for the Club of Rome,

    HTTP://www.cacor.ca/

    needs guidance as to the extent that whole-systems or macro
    approaches to the Global Problematique are being taught. Here's what
    we need:

    (1)

    Name (preferred; will be kept confidential) and location of the
    institution (will accept location only)

    (2)

    Undergraduate or Graduate curriculum?


    (3)

    Program title or Department (ex.: envir studies, ecological
    economics, human ecology,...)


    (4)

    Approximate number of courses that relate to the macro approach to
    The Global Problematique (The words "Global Problematique" need not
    be used)


    (5)

    Approximate number of years that this approach has been used



    Thanks for your input.

    Steve Kurtz

    Ottawa

    "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a
    finite world is either a madman or an economist." - Kenneth Boulding