Packet Readings Weeks 3-10

Hi all here are the mandatory readings/films for the rest of the term by week, be patient, I am trying to get each week done at least 3 days before the weekend of the week they are to be read! :)

Week 4- Capitalism, Class and Social Construction

  1. Bill Moyers interview with Robert Reich-http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-inequality-for-all/

  2. Toward A New Sustainable Economy- -https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjb3VzYXJzfGd4OjM0ZTIxZjk4OTkwYTBjMWU

  3. Is Sustainable Capitalism and Oxymoron? -https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjb3VzYXJzfGd4OjcxMWEyOGU1YzQxZmFhZTI

  4. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/the-science-behind-why-power-corrupts-and-what-can-be-done-to-mitigate-it

  5. http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm (just explore the main page for solutions)

WEEK 5-Violence, Domination and Health Outcomes

  1. Film-https://www.ted.com/talks/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue?language=en

  2. Reading 1-http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00333549141291S206

  3. Reading 2-https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence

  4. Reading 3-https://www.rainn.org/safety-prevention

  5. Reading 4-Convention on the rights of the child-http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx

  6. Reading 5-just get the gist of it-U.S. Child Soldier Prevention Act https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/135981.pdf

  7. Reading 6-Current events related to reading #5-https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/26/us-return-burma-iraq-child-soldier-list

  8. Reading 7-(moved from moodle) http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/violence/action-plan-endorsement/en/

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WEEKS 6 and 7-Agribusiness, Hunger and Food Insecurity

Wk. 6-Hunger, Trade and Poverty

  1. Reading 1-Understanding The Global Trade Model-http://www.globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-poverty

  2. Reading 2-U.S. hunger and Food Insecurity-https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx

  3. Reading 3-Global Hunger-http://www.worldhunger.org/2015-world-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/#definitions

  4. Reading 4-10 Myths of Hunger-Food First -https://foodfirst.org/publication/world-hunger-ten-myths/

Wk. 7 Choices-Sustainable Food or Genetic Manipulation?

  1. Reading 4-Social Issues associated with GE- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558185/

  2. Reading 5-GMO's: Is there really a Scientific Consensus on Safety https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12302-014-0034-1

  3. Reading 6-GE Impacts- https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186%2F2190-4715-24-24.pdf

  4. Reading 7-Pesticide use, down or up? link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186%2F2190-4715-24-24.pdf

  5. Reading 8-Explore The World Economic Forum's 2017 report on Shaping the Future of Global Food Systems-http://www3.weforum.org/docs/IP/2016/NVA/WEF_FSA_FutureofGlobalFoodSystems.pdf

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Weeks 8-10-Ecological Health, Sustaining our Planet and All Life on Earth

  1. Film Short 1-The Problem in a nutshell: The Story of Stuff Project: The Story of Stuff-http://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/ (we watched this in class too)

  2. Film Short 2-The Story of Change -http://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-change/

  3. Film Short 3-TheStory of Solutions- http://storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-solutions/

  4. Film Short 4-The Economics of Happiness-https://www.localfutures.org/programs/the-economics-of-happiness/the-film/

  5. Materials for Presentations:https://sites.google.com/site/cousars/presentations