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May 25, 2025
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HP 350 - Sustainability of Community and Planet (The Junior Experience)
Credits: 4
Central in the Mercy tradition is an integrated commitment to responsible stewardship and the sustainability of the common good. In the broader moral tradition that informs the Sisters of Mercy, the common good is “the sum of those conditions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready access to their own fulfillment” (Pope Francis, Laudato Si, paragraph 122). Working towards this goal is imperative for a sustainable 21st century (and beyond), as protection and stewardship of the natural world and natural systems is a necessary condition to human fulfillment. Communities are entirely dependent on the proper function of natural systems to provide ecosystem services, defined as the provision of resources and services by natural systems that enable human society to flourish. The Sustainability of Communities and Planet seminar connects the good of sustainability within and between human communities and the good of sustainable stewardship of the planet. By the end of the course, students are equipped with a clear, action-oriented understanding of how sustainable communities depend upon a rich, multifaceted commitment to good stewardship.
This is both a Community-Based Learning - Required (CBL-R) and Sustainability-Focused (SF) course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:
- Engage in a multi-disciplinary discourse about sustainability and 21st century human life and communities.
- Outline the connections between sustainability for human communities and sustainability for the planet.
- Describe the basic models of ecosystem function and the provision of ecosystem services; understand the role of science in describing and predicting natural system vulnerability and resilience.
- Explain the relationship between diverse human worldviews, associated governance and policy structures, and their impacts on the environment.
- Model a clear sense of the meaning of social ethical concepts like justice and the common good; explore the moral and ethical implications of human stewardship for all of earth’s inhabitants.
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