GS 204: Spirit & Nature: Religion & Science
Weeks 3 & 4 Schedule
Week 3: “Issues of Diversity”
AT BACA
9/19 MODELS OF DIVERSITY AND DARWIN’S OR YOUR HYPOTHESIS
8:00 AM - Leave for Baca Campus
2:00 PM - Class in Conference Center
7:30 PM - Video (with PopCorn?): "The Ladder of Creation;" Townhouse 14.
Read:
Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism,
pp.32-5,40-1,43-78.
9/20 RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
6:00
AM: Class Field Trip to Haidakhandi Universal Ashram
9:30 AM: Class Field Trip up North Crestone Creek Trail
6:45 PM: Class Field Trip to Crestone Zen Center
Read:
Goodenough, Chs. V- VI;
Readings appropriate to your participation in the 2nd Session of the
Darwin Re-Acting Game.
9/21 DIVERSITY FIELD STUDY
AM & PM -
Field Work: Plant Diversity & Abundance Study
7:30 PM: Darwin Re-Acting Game, Sesesion II: The Scientific Method and
the Merits of Darwin's Theory.
Read:
Goodenough, Chs. VII-VIII
9/22 SACRED SPACES & TIMES
AM -
Work on Diversity Study, Earth's Human Carrying Capacity & Population
Growth.
1:00 PM: Shumei - Natural Agriculture, Art & Spirituality
4:00
PM: Carmelite Monastery
including 5:00 PM Vesper Service
9/23 COMPARING DIVERSITIES
9:00 AM: Depart for Great Sand Dunes National Park.
PM: Return to CC Campus
Read:
Gottlieb, pp. 563-612, 634-643, 647-650,723-726.
Work on Wilson: All parts of Population & Resources; Centers of Food Plant Diversity; 20 plants that provide majority of Human Food.
Week 4: “Diversity Mapped”
9/26 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CARRYING CAPACITY AND HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH
9:00 Class Session: DVD - "World in the Balance"
Read:
Goodenough, Chs. IX-X.
9/27 DIVERSITY PROJECT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
1:00 PM
9/28 CONCLUDING DISCUSSIONS
9:00 Class Session
Read:
Tillich, Chs. I-II;
Prepare:
“I am/am not a Tillichian person of faith.” essay/journal entry.