PEAC 201: From Water to Chocolate: Environment, Conflict and Justice is an examination of selected global political-ecological issues, including conflict minerals, child slavery, climate change, and water wars; as well as the power and potential of various pathways to peace, including nonviolent direct action, Indigenous solidarity, fair trade, international accompaniment, ecological restoration, and environmental peace-building.
Prerequisites: Second-year standing. PEAC 100 is recommended.
Note: This pre-requisite may be waived with the permission of the Instructor.
Corequisite: None
Crosslisted: None
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Credits | 3.00 |
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| Total Hours | 45 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 3 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- correctly use vocabulary specific to peace and justice studies, environmental conflict and human security;
- describe and depict relationships between and among concepts germane to the study of environment, conflict and justice – including, but not limited to environmental stress and violence; resource abundance and conflict; scarcity and conflict; environmental conditions and political power/democracy; and ecological restoration and human security;
- examine how various actors create, contribute to, and change destructive and oppressive structures and forces within the diamond trade, metals mining, cocoa production, oil & gas extraction, hydro development, water management, and responses to climate change;
- describe a variety of legal instruments (laws, decisions, agreements) that seek to establish, affirm and uphold Indigenous rights, environmental rights, and human rights more generally in the realms covered by the course; and offer a basic assessment of their effectiveness.
- define and discuss specific examples of interventions employed by actors aiming to increase peace and justice in the environmental realm of – including certification, alternative development, shareholder activism, corporate social responsibility, international accompaniment, political solidarity, nonviolent direct action, fair trade, lobbying, cooperatives, environmental peacebuilding, and ecological restoration; and
- pose critical questions about the interventions studied in the course.
Grading Table
| Percentage |
Letter Grade |
GPA |
| 90-100 |
A+ |
4.33 |
| 85-89 |
A |
4.00 |
| 80-84 |
A- |
3.67 |
| 76-79 |
B+ |
3.33 |
| 72-75 |
B |
3.00 |
| 68-71 |
B- |
2.67 |
| 64-67 |
C+ |
2.33 |
| 60-63 |
C |
2.00 |
| 55-59 |
C- |
1.67 |
| 50-54 |
P |
1.00 |
| 0-49 |
F |
0.00 |
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DNW |
0.00 |
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Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.