Readings

1. Paul Harrison. 1992. The Third Revolution. London: Penguin Books (chapter 2, ‘The o’ergrowth of some complexion : three billion years of environmental crisis,’ pp 21-37). In Canvas.
2. E.O Wilson. 2003. The Future of Life. NY: Vintage (chapter 1, The Ends of the Earth).
3. Elizabeth Kolbert. 2006. Field Notes from a Catastrophe. NY: Bloomsbury (Chapter 5, ‘The curse of Akkad,’ pp. 93-121). In Canvas.

Lecture pages

• Humans and the environment
• Understanding change
• The resource ‘process’
• Environment and humans
• A brief review

Video

1. Jared Diamond. 2005. Guns, Germs and Steel. National Geographic (episode 1, Out of Eden).