Introduction to Political Economy

Folks

This week we will be doing Political Economy of Ecology and Consumption. The readings and videos are:

1. E4E Chapter 15 and Field Guide Ch. 8

2. The Overspent American (Introduction) by Juliet Schor (PDF)

3. Confronting Consumption (Introduction) by Thomas Princen (PDF)

4. The Story of Stuff

5. Majora Carter’s inspiring talk on “greening the ghetto” (click on this if you can’t get the embedded video to work)