Sustainability

This course invites students to explore how culture, ecology, and food intersect in shaping sustainable futures. Through immersive and hands-on experiences, students engage directly with landscapes, producers, and microbial life. The course examines food systems at macro (landscape), meso (producer), and micro (microbial) scales, emphasizing the values of locality, diversity, and...

Study Tours: Sweden, Milan

Disciplines: Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Global Health, Sustainability

This course enhances your understanding of the divergent goals and complex processes associated with sustainable development from a European perspective. Specific focus is given to the interplay between social, political, and economic issues and environmental concern...

Study Tours: Seville, Stockholm, Helsinki, Denmark

Disciplines: Environmental Studies, Ethics, Public Policy, Sustainability

This course focuses on concrete and innovative solutions that reshape our connection to food. These solutions recognize and address the environmental and social impacts of food. Critical questions include: What is the true cost of food? How can we achieve more sustainable diets while producing less waste? Does food activism make a difference? What do pioneering restaurants and food entrepreneurs teach us? How do cities help shape more sustainable food practices?

Study Tours: Norway, Netherlands, Sicily (Spring), Denmark, Barcelona (Fall)

Disciplines: Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Public Policy, Sociology, Sustainability