Tuesday, 2:00-3:20, MGH 284 or Tuesday, 3:30-4:50, MGH 284 or Wednesday, 2:00-3:20, MGH 284 or Wednesday, 3:30-4:50, MGH 284

(assigned readings in bold) Jan 2/3 No class this week

Jan 9/10 Introduction to Course Diamond, J.M. 2002. Evolution, consequences, and future of plant and animal domestication Nature 418: 700 707.

Jan 16/17 Firestorm, Tectonic Stresses, A Keystone in Time, We Are Like Running Water Prologue-3 HD1 (76)

Jan 23/24 So Long, Cheap Slaves; Earthquake; Flesh of the Land 4-6 HD (78)

Jan 30/31 Closing the Windows, No Equilibrium, Cycles within Cycles 7-9 HD (82)

Feb 6/7 Disintegration, Catagenesis, Baalbeck: The Last Rock 10-12 HD (78)

Feb 13/14 Foreword, Preface, Living in a Complex World, The System Rules Everglades and Australia case studies Foreword-2 W&S2 (58)

Feb 20/21 Crossing the Threshold, In the Loop Coral Reef and Wisconsin Lake case studies 3-4 W&S (56)

Feb 27/28 Making Sense of Resilience, Creating Space Swedish Wetland case study 5-6 W&S (42)

March 6/7 Oral presentations of op-ed or letter

1 Homer-Dixon, H., 2006. The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization. Island Press, Washington, DC.
2 Walker, B., and D. Salt. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World. Island Press, Washington, DC.