ENVS 002. Human Nature, Technology and the Environment


This course examines the relationships among the environment, human cultures, and the technologies they produce.  The continually accelerating pace of technological change has had effects on both the local and global environment. Although technology may be responsible for environmental degradation, it may also serve as an important societal mechanism that can help us evolve toward a sustainable society.  This course investigates how humans evolved, what tools they employed, and what the consequences of new technologies were for human kind and the surrounding environment.  Special attention is given to how the problems of the 21st century relate to circumstances of the past.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Environmental Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/environmental-studies


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