Course Description

Instructor: Dan Zins, PhD

We need to talk about the costs--to ourselves and our progeny—of our cynicism and despair. Hence this course, offered especially for those deeply troubled about the world their children and grandchildren will be living in, but feel overwhelmed and powerless to do anything about it. Our course text, Paul Loeb’s anthology, “The Impossible Will Take a Little While,� introduces us to dozens of ordinary human beings who refused to succumb to despair in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and suggests how we too can commit (or recommit) ourselves to creating a more decent, just, peaceful, and environmentally sustainable world.