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big business, book club, Crisis Forum, curricula, david cromwell, in the face of humanity, lunch-time talks, mark levene, transition proposal, university, University of Southampton
Anthropogenic climate change is now acknowledged as being the core crisis of the 21st century. Crisis Forum has previously created a proposal for a transition university, and this is the first in a series of articles where I will explore their suggestions further. A full introduction to this series is available.
In the other articles, I have focused on both universities and businesses in general. While this aspect of the proposal can ultimately only be proposed to a university, there are aspects that could be adapted for businesses. For instance, many large organisations frequently host lunch-time talks or book clubs, and elements of Crisis Forum’s proposal could be incorporated within these type of settings.
The idea at the heart of the curricula proposal is that climate change would be introduced into all undergraduate curricula, as appropriate to each school. In relation to the University of Southampton, HIST 2054, In the Face of Humanity, could be used as a prototype, a module currently in its third year of existence. The module, available to humanities students and taught by a range of lecturers from a wide variety of disciplines, has made many students aware of what is really meant by the future effects of climate change. It would expose students to an inter-disciplinary approach that attempts to inspire action, as the problems caused by climate change ferociously multiply.
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