Each of you has a vital contribution to make to this course. I expect you to read assigned materials before class and to be prepared to contribute. To encourage classroom participation, I will periodically ask you to write abstracts or discussion questions for assigned readings. I will also call on you in class and ask you to participate in a formal classroom debate scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11. Please keep abreast of current debate in environmental economics.
Most readings are available in one of the following texts.
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Management 1999. Course Outline 1. For all we know, it may be perfectly possible to dispense with natural environments in favor of an encapsulated world of plastics and microchips. In all probability the issue is not survival in that sense.