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Conrad Grebel University College - Promoting Peace in Perilous Times - Course Material
Module Topics
Peak Oil – Peak oil theory suggests that the global demand for oil is exceeding our ability to produce it cheaply.
Framework for Hope – While it is easy to feel paralyzed by the complexity of the issues, crises provide real opportunities for hope, action, and change.
Economic Crises – The years of 2007-9 have been named, by top economists, as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Detroit – Once a major manufacturing centre, Detroit was devastated by the economic crisis.
Ethics of Life and Community – Whether disease pandemics or natural disasters, times of crisis require civil society to make tough decisions. Are we adequately prepared to act fairly and effectively?
Climate Change – Climate change, accelerated by human activities, has an enormous impact on the environment and is likely to produce widespread human hardship.
Globalization and Poverty – Global and local economic disparity can lead to dangerous fissures: sickness, extremist political/religious movements, poor governance, and persistent unemployment.
Sanitation and Disease – Each year, millions of people, mainly children, die from preventable diseases related to inadequate water supply, hygiene, and sanitation.
Agriculture – Current agricultural activity intensifies climate change and climate change exacerbates the problems of growing food.
Technology and Conflict – Modern technology has the capacity to be both a source of positive change and collaboration as well as a powerful source of destruction.
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