Climate Change: Why Should We Care? (TRE 570)
(01/03/2023-05/19/2023)
Course Memo
Climate change has far-reaching implications for our efforts to relieve poverty, to establish and maintain peace, and for the economy. The threat of climate change to our children and grandchildren is immense and its long term consequences are unprecedented in human history. The issue of climate change is vast and complex and its ethical implications are profound. This course seeks to cover spiritual and ethical principles that are directly applicable to the climate crisis. It will also cover teachings and wisdom of several world religions and their perspectives on climate change. This intensive course does not claim to be comprehensive. The issue of climate change is vast and complex and its ethical implications are profound. The major purpose will be to lay a foundation upon which you will be able to build your own knowledge, and to help make your actions a service to humankind and a contribution to saving the foundation for life on planet, Earth.