Transcript GEOG 352: Day 15

GEOG 352: DAY 15
Human Needs, GDP, and
Alternatives to GDP
Housekeeping Items
• I am working away on the mid-terms. Will try to get them
back by Thursday, but no guarantee. I am swamped with
work. The first few look quite good.
• Our agenda for today is that we will hear from Haley and
Stephanie on the Internet articles assigned for this week.
• I would also like to show you part of a video on an
innovative Mexican fishing and whale-watching cooperative that illustrates well that cooperative resource
management and common property systems can work very
well, i.e. from the tragedy of the commons to the triumph of
the commons. I wanted to show it weeks ago, but
somebody had it out and refused to give it back.
Housekeeping Items
• But that will only be if we have time; more importantly, I want to show a
video on alternatives to gross domestic product (GDP).
• I will circulate a sheet regarding the Urban Issues Film Festival. If you are
interested in being invited, please put down your name and e-mail.
• Janeane from the Dean’s Office is looking for volunteers for November 3 rd
and 4th: On Wednesday November 4, Social Sciences hosts its annual
celebration of International Students in Social Sciences in Building 355
Lounge 211 from 12:00 - 1:30. Our event is part of “WorldVIU
Days: Exploring how culture influences the way we make sense of the
world,” so much of what we do/think/study in Social Sciences. Please let
me know by Friday October 30 if you can do all or part of any of the
shifts below and Janeane will pass your name onto Social Sciences Workop & Volunteer Coordinator Im Taj.
• Volunteers receive a red Social Sciences t-shirt (PLEASE WEAR YOURS IF
YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE) and of course the amazing international
cuisine! If you volunteer for more than four hours a semester you’ll
receive (at the end of the semester) a Dean's thank you letter that can be
used in your career portfolio. Janeane (250)740-6393
One question which wasn’t on the exam, but which a couple of people
asked about was “the economy as an autonomous free-floating entity
vs. it being embedded in society and nature like the fetus in an egg.”
society
nature
economy
Earth as partially closed
system