1. Introduction to the course (10. 10.)

2. Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, climate change and international environmental agreements (17. 10.)

Reading: Steffen, W., Persson, Å., Deutsch, L., Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Richardson, K., … Svedin, U. (2011), The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship. AMBIO, 40(7), 739–761.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0185-x

3. Capitalocene, Doughnut Economics and Just Transition (31. 10.)

Davis, J., Moulton, A.A., Sant, L.V., Williams, B. (2019), Anthropocene, Capitalocene, … Plantationocene?: A Manifesto for Ecological Justice in an Age of Global Crises. Geography Compass, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12438

Raworth, K. (2017), Why it's time for Doughnut Economics. IPPR Progressive Review, 24, 216-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/newe.12058

4. Seeds of Vandana Shiva – movie screening (7. 11.)

5. Environmentalism – from nature conservation to climate justice and degrowth (14. 11.)

Schlosberg, D., Collins, L.B. (2014), From environmental to climate justice: climate change and the discourse of environmental justice. WIREs Clim Change, 5, 359-374. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.275

Hickel, J. (2021), What does degrowth mean? A few points of clarification, Globalizations, 18(7), 1105-1111. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2020.1812222

6. Ecofeminism (28.11.)

7. Transition towns (5. 12.)

Kolářová, M. (2020), Climate Change and the Transition Movement in Eastern Europe: The Case of Czech Permaculture. Sociologický časopis 56(3), 363-386. https://doi.org/10.13060/csr.2020.022

8. Food system transformation (12. 12.)

Gerber, J.-F. (2020), Degrowth and critical agrarian studies. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 47(2), 235–264. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2019.1695601

Nyéléni Forum for Food Sovereignty (2007). Declaration of the Forum for Food Sovereignty. Selingué, Mali, 23–27 February.

9. Project presentation (19. 12.)