Many of the readings are not available in the public domain and need to be accessed through the Pilot course page.

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Week One

Steffen, Crutzen, and McNeill, "The Anthropocene" (Pilot)

Nixon, "The Anthropocene"

Week Two

Leopold, "Odyssey"

Leopold, "65290" (Pilot)

Carson, Silent Spring

Williams, "Save the Whales..."

OPTIONAL READING: SHOULD SOME SPECIES BE ALLOWED TO DIE Out?

Week Three

VanDooren and Bird Rose, "Lively Ethography"

Heise, "Cultures of Extinction"

Week Four

Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World (Prologue/Ch.1) (Pilot)

Pesendorfer, et al, "Scatter hoarding corvids"

Week Five

McFarlane, "The Understorey" (PDF also in Pilot)

Simard, “Mycorrhizal Networks" (pilot)

Week Six

Powers, The Overstory (Ch. 1 & 7) (Pilot)

Week Seven

Lutz, “The Vegetation of Heart’s Content” (Pilot)

Rooney and Dress, “Species Loss..." (pilot)

Alverson, “The Habitat Island of Dr. Moreau” (pilot)

Week Eight

Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World
(Ch. 11-13) (Pilot)

Week Nine

Savoy, Trace (Ch 3-4) (Pilot)

Meine, “The View from Man Mound” (Pilot)

Week Ten

Robinson, New York 2140 (Citizen Chapters) (Pilot)

Tschakert, et al, "One thousand ways to experience loss” (Pilot)

Weeks 11-14

Annihilation PPT

Dawn PPT