It's all about ecology. The relationship between economics culture environment everything
On Dec 8, 2017 11:21 AM, "Regi Teasley" <rltcay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Environmental Sociology and Cultural Geography should be part of the > conversation. Interdisciplinary work can be very fruitful. > Perhaps, like massive stars, some species (ahem) have dazzling, short > lives. > > Regi > > "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love > everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky. > > > On Dec 7, 2017, at 9:23 PM, Ben Haller <bhal...@mac.com> wrote: > > That’s a neat question. Nowadays there are some schools offering > degrees in sustainability studies; I’m not sure what that actually > constitutes, in terms of what you do academically. In any case, back when > I was 18 that didn’t exist. :-> Back then – maybe economics? That’s what > it all really comes down to, in my opinion. Economics encompasses all > sorts of questions about what humans prefer and value, where those > preferences come from and what influences them, how those preferences > interact with politics, and how it ends up structuring society. And that’s > where the solutions likely reside, too, in my opinion, because in the end > most people respond to incentives. If the economic structure of society > rewards them for selfishness, pollution, etc., then that is what most > people will end up doing. If it rewards them for sharing, recycling, etc., > then that is what most people will end up doing. So the things that I > think are likely to provide real solutions will come from economics – > things like a carbon tax, things that manipulate the incentives to which > people respond. But I agree that it would really have to end up being > multi-discliplinary; maybe economics with minors in ecology, sociology, and > political theory? :-> > > Cheers, > -B. > > > On Dec 8, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Joe Nolan <jcn_ith...@twc.com> wrote: > > > Interesting. Speaks to a question I've long pondered, which is, if I could > go back to being 18 and wanted to study the overall human-planet > relationship and how to improve it, what academic field would I enter? It > seems the academic factions have been calcified for so long that there's > really nobody studying this most-important-of-all phenomena. A few isolated > philosophy or anthropology classes maybe? I suppose ecological economics, > as far as that goes - but as far as I'm aware it doesn't address the > cultural issues that Joe Brewer is talking about. > > > > > On 12/6/2017 7:25 PM, Gay Nicholson wrote: > > >I'd like to recommend an article on cultural evolution by Joe Brewer > <https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-complexity-of-cultural-evolution-63e28e117f6b> > . > > > > > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
