Session 2 Short Summary by U Minnesota students

This summary of the second week of the course covers the material of the week, including Chapter One of Sustainability Science: An Introduction, key supplemental readings, remarks by chapter author Bill Clark, of Harvard, remarks by Jim Heffernan, of Florida International University, remarks by University of Minnesota student discussants, and responsive themes raised in the questions and online discussions of the students from the seven participating colleges and universities. The summary represents a consensus view of the University of Minnesota student group that took responsibility for presenting a formal response to the material of the second week. It was written by Beth Mercer-Taylor, Nathan Mueller and John Sheehan with Christine O'Connell, Sri Ganti, John Vincent, Katie Lundquist, Matthew Burgess and Baishali Bakshi.

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