Learn more about the environment and sustainability in one of these courses currently taught at King’s.

2138 F/G Microeconomic Policy

This course deals with contemporary microeconomic policy issues of the Canadian economy. Topics may include industrial and environmental regulation, trade policy, public finance and labour markets.

English 2262F/G - Water and Civilization: Literature, Ecology, Activism

This course examines non-fictional accounts of the relationship between water (its management and mythology) and the development of diverse civilizations. This course alternates between historical examples from around the world and a specific focus on the Great Lakes Basin, including a group project for improving the ecology of the Thames.

1100 Fundamentals of Geography

A systematic descriptive introduction to the diverse elements of landscape including geomorphic, climatic and biotic elements, human settlement and land-use patterns; cartographic approaches to the analysis of selected processes of landscape change; an introduction to the synthesis of elements and processes in spatial systems models

4705E Environmental History

History 4705E is a senior seminar course that studies themes in North American environmental history, employing scholarship drawn primarily from Canada and the United States. The course examines changing relationships between humans and other aspects of the natural world from colonial times to the present. Specific topics include the study of environmental history as a scholarly discipline; the impact of European colonization on aboriginal cultures and landscapes; regional variations in the use and development of natural resources; changing attitudes toward the wilderness; the conservation and environmental movements; government policies and environmental regulation; the role of science (especially ecology) and its impact on popular thought and public policy; and aspects of human health and environmental justice.

2230F/G ECOLOGY, SPRITUALITY, AND JUSTICE

This course examines the relationship between spiritual practices and the environment through lenses of social justice. Students will explore how spirituality and spiritual practices offer ways to reframe our relationship to our natural world at a time of intensifying climate and economic crises.

2220 A/B Sociology of the Environment I

This course examines environmental issues and concerns from a sociological perspective. Topics include environmental values, attitudes and behaviour; environmental movements; the political economy of the environment and environmental risk and risk assessment. Debates surrounding such concepts as sustainable development will also be emphasized.