SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES (1 CREDIT)
ENV5901.04
june 24–25, 9 am–12 pm and 1–4 pm Melissa K. Scanlan Shifting the global economy off of fossil fuels while pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals, such as reducing income inequality, requires harnessing the power of the private sector in new ways. Using a series of case studies of inspiring sustainability pathbreakers working
in renewable energy, organic foods, water, finance, and fair trade, the course explores how social enterprises, such as cooperatives and B Corp, pursue the triple bottom line. After completing this course, students will understand the critical role of sustainable social enterprise design to our fossil-free future, and know how to draft purpose-infused governance documents to influence sustainability outcomes.
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TERM THREE: See individual course descriptions for class dates and times. ANIMAL ETHICS AND CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS
(2 CREDITS)
(2 CREDITS)
ENV5902.01
ENV5902.02
july 11–14 and 18–21, 1–4 pm Heather Rally
july 11–14 and 18–21, 9 am–12 pm Sean Donahue
This course explores the challenges associated with applying animal welfare ethics to wildlife management and ecosystem conservation. The course provides students with the scientific and philosophical tools required to critically evaluate the myriad ethical and animal welfare challenges faced under a variety of wildlife management scenarios, including for agriculture, recreation, species conservation, and biodiversity protection purposes. Students explore the apparent conflict between environmental and animal welfare ethics frameworks and work to resolve these tensions through the critical evaluation of case studies, revealing the challenges and opportunities that exist when we reconcile these differences for the betterment of both animals and their ecosystems.
In this course we will first examine some fundamentals of appellate practice and procedure (understood to include judicial review of agency action). We will survey topics that often loom large in environmental appeals, including subject matter jurisdiction and appealability; presentation of complex scientific and technical evidence; statutory and regulatory interpretation; and legal framing of environmental claims and values. Finally, we will look at a series of significant environmental cases in detail, and discuss the tactical challenges the litigators faced, from initial filings to briefing and appellate argument, with attention both to the nuts and bolts of procedural and to broader questions of strategy.
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