MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
Grinnell College courses:
Resource Center
Objectives
The objective of the course is to explore producing much of what people need close to where they live. The wealthy nations have spent the last 100 years creating very long supply lines for food, energy , building materials and the rest of their provisions. This course looks at creating wealth in communities and a durable future by reeling those supply lines back in. The success of modern economies depends on continued growth in the production of material goods. Is it possible to create an economy that works to continually develop human welfare without continually growing the amount of stuff produced? Do steady state economies differ for industrially developed nations vs developing nations? We will explore these questions and many more. The course will consist of lectures, readings, classroom discussion, films, guest speakers, field trips, conferences, and a variety of hands on projects that we will identify and select through in an open space process.