Required readings and media:
No Impact Man (2008), directed by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein
The Battle of Algiers (1966), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
A Force More Powerful (2000), directed by Steve York
Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man (2006), directed by Robin Shuffield
Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action (2005) directed by Roberta Grossman
Ten Canoes (2006), directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr
Pumzi (2010), directed by Wanuri Kahiu
Thoreau’s Cabin Redux: Tiny Homes and Happiness
Recommended media:
C-SPAN: The Writings of Emerson and Thoreau
Ted Talks: Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
The Economics of Enough: Dan O’Neill
BBC: The Role of Gandhi in South African Politics
Historical Context of The Wretched of the Earth
The Stream: How does colonialism shape the world we live in?
Interview with Rueben George about his nation’s fight against Big Oil
Octavia Butler on Race, Climate Change, and Religion
Activist Networks, International Agencies and Organizations:
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development
Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
Indigenous Environmental Network
Institute for Culture and Ecology
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)
Regional Advisory Information and Networks Systems (RAINS)
The Schumacher Center for a New Economics
United Nations Environment Programme
SD 3800 Voices in Sustainable Development 