This course serves as both a review and elaboration of several aspects of the theme of “Visions of Good and Sustainable Communities.” Students will bring together their experiences in a variety of courses as they discuss the theories and practices that inform sustainable community life. They will have an opportunity to refine their philosophy of community and their approach to sustainable communities, test their ideas in conversation, and connect their individual work with the work and ideas of others.
**This course is only offered in the spring and it is required to graduate.**
Course objectives:
- To provide a forum for the elaboration and maturation of ideas about sustainable community life
- To gain exposure to a variety of approaches and perspectives on issues of sustainability and community life
- To make connections between theory and practice and between academic and community life
- To enable advanced MLS students to develop and share their philosophies of community and strategies for “re-enchanting” the world — particularly as they are taking form in their final projects— with each other and to respond to the work of others