Instructor: Truffaut Harper, Teaching Assistant: Caleb Schnellbacher
Enrollment: Closed
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Description:
Join us for an engaging book club where we meet once a month over the semester to discuss a different environmentally focused book. This is the perfect course for students looking to add a strong reading list to their high school transcript.
In this course, students will read and discuss a variety of books covering environmental issues such as climate change, animals, and the environment. We will meet ten times for a lively and insightful discussion about the topics and the books themselves.
In addition, students will be required to answer questions for each book and share their thoughts with me and the class.
The books we will be discussing are:
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose
Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals by Christopher J. Preston
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot
The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance by Dan Egan
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Gaia’s Web: How Digital Environmentalism Can Combat Climate Change, Restore Biodiversity, Cultivate Empathy, and Regenerate the Earth by Karen Bakker
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken
Please note that students need to be ready to discuss. We need at least 5 students to run the book club. If you enroll, please consider sharing with others. Thank you!
Meeting Times: Once a month on Tuesdays (8/26, 9/23, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16, 1/20, 2/17, 3/24, 4/21, 5/19), 7:00 – 7:50 pm EST
Tuition: $150