Environment, Power and Society

Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

With the publication of Environment, Power, and Society in 1971, H.T. Odum changed the lives of countless individuals, altering their worldviews by starting them along a quantitative, systems-oriented path toward holistic thinking. This course will introduce the Energy Systems Language, a visual mathematics capable of representing the details and bringing into focus the complexities of any system, and through the macroscope, his tool for eliminating detail and gaining an overview of the entire system. For many, the concepts in Environment, Power, and Society are profound ideas and methods that clear away much of the mystery about integrating nature and humanity to the benefit of both.

Credit: 3