![]() But it also involves harnessing AND BEING HARNESSED BY the natural ecology of our living planet.Īnd it involves an understanding (or belief) that human beings are not the apogee of creation, the be all end all purpose of a teleological narrative in the universe. ![]() ![]() These industrial ecology solutions are key to our vision of a clean, just and sustainble society. The plan, you may or may not be surprised to learn, doesn't just involve recommendations for the rapid integration of technologies based on solar energy in its various manifestations (active solar thermal and photovoltaic transformations of light and heat, passive solar architecture and thermal masses to harness the benefits of absorbtion, convection and radiance, the energy of wind and falling water and stored solar energy in the chemical bonds of food wastes, human and other animal wastes and agricultural residuals). That is to say, it should stimulate further questioning along lines that might one day be useful.Īs the professor of the classes, and as co-director of Solar CITIES, I have my own vision of eutopia, of course (a world of solar cities "connecting community catalysts integrating technologies for industrial ecology solutions"!), and a plan to get there. It can be to some degree a flight of fancy (what eutopian scheme isn't?) but it must also be grounded in science so as to lend at least enough plausibility to the effort to make each student's contribution have at least heuristic value to others. The ultimate goal of my courses each year is to have students come up with their own personalized vision of "Eutopia" - the good place - based on references and ideas they accumulate during the semester. Teaching Human Behavioral Psychology and Environmental Psychology this semester at Mercy College in New York I challenge my students to face the task of chipping away at the conundrum "why do we humans behave the way we do?"
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