FUTUS2a Sustainable Futures: Environment, Culture, Society, Economy

243242 FUTUS2a Sustainable Futures: Environment, Culture, Society, Economy

Credits 3 ECTS cr

Person responsible Piia Nurmi (piia.nurmi@tse.fi)

Term III (11.1.-19.2.2010)

Content and objectives

The students get acquainted with the concept of sustainability, specially with how this concept can be utilised in the development of the environment, culture, society, and economy in light of e.g. energy, climate, technological innovations, and population growth.

 

Mode of assessment 243242 FUTUS2a Environment, Culture, Society, Economy, 3 ECTS cr. To complete the course the students have to a) actively participate in the lectures (18 h) b) do a report based on the lectures and given materials.

Report instuructions (pdf)

 

Course registration: WebOodi or if you cannot access WebOodi piia.leppanen@tse.fi 

 

Lectures on Mondays and Thursdays, on period III (11.1.-19.2.2010), at 14.15-15.45 at Turku School of Economics in either lecture room LS04 or LS09 or LS19, or LS31.  See below for the lecture room every time!!!

 

Timetable (9 lectures) // please note the different lecture rooms!

 

date // lecturer // lecture room theme

slides & articles

Mon 11.1.// Piia Nurmi

ls04

Introduction to sustainable development

slides: Nurmi (pdf)

SD_timeline leaflet (pdf)

An article: Squaring the circle (pdf)

Questions to think when reading the article:

1. What makes sustainable development so difficult term?

2. Is it useful term? Why?

3. How important is the role of companies?

4. Can Futures studies help?

Thu 14.1.// Katriina Siivonen

ls09

The cultural dimension of sustainability

slides: Siivonen (pdf)

An article by Siivonen (pdf)

Mon 18.1.// Juha Kaskinen

ls04

The social dimension of sustainability

slides: Kaskinen (pdf)

An article by Susan Baker (pdf)

Thu 21.1.// Francesca Allievi

ls31

Technological dimension of sustainability  

slides: Allievi (pdf)

An article to read by Huesemann & Huesemann (pdf)

Thu 28.1.// Sirkka Heinonen

ls31

The economic dimension of sustainability

slides: Heinonen (pdf)

STERN REVIEW Executive Summary (pdf)

An article by Wilfred Beckerman (pdf)

Mon 1.2.// Piia Nurmi

no lecture; work on your own

Environmental dimension of sustainability

Please get to know these web pages:

http://www.bup.fi/index.php/Books-Publications/ & other www.bup.fi pages

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_Report_2009_ENG.pdf (especially form page 40 onwards)

http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/

http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/PivotApp/pivot.aspx?pivotid=475 (e.g. see the list of themes on page http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications#c9=all&c14=&c12=&c7=en; an interesting list of different environmental aspects / categories).

Thu 4.2.// Piia Nurmi

ls09

Sustainability strategies in companies

slides: Nurmi (pdf)

A publication by the CSR-driven innovation project (pdf)

An article by Porter & Kramer (pdf)

A leaflet: Opportunity & Responsibility (pdf)

Mon 8.2.// Sirkka Heinonen

ls19

Alternative visions for a future world

 

slides: Heinonen (pdf)

Great Transitions http://www.gtinitiative.org/documents/Great_Transitions.pdf

Mon 15.2.// Piia Nurmi

ls19

Presentations by the course participants

Your power point presentation on your (draft) project report needs to be ready!

Fri 26.2. DL for the project reports Please send your project report to Piia Nurmi by email by 26.2.!

 

 

Lecturers are:

·  Piia Nurmi, Project Director, Centre for Responsible Business

·   Juha Kaskinen, Director of FFRC

·   Katriina Siivonen, Senior Researcher

·   Sirkka Heinonen, Professor

·   Francesca Allievi, Researcher