PACS 164B: Introduction to Nonviolence - Spring 2007. An introduction to the science of nonviolence, mainly as seen through the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. Historical overview of nonviolence East and the West up to the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr., with emphasis on the ideal of principled nonviolence and the reality of mixed or strategic nonviolence in practice, especially as applied to problems of social justice and defense.
Cognitive Science C103, 001 - Spring 2015
History of Information - Paul Duguid, Geoffrey D. Nunberg
Creative Commons 3.0: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
"Climate Change Implications of Waste Treatment"
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that four percent of the equivalent anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the world result from methane and nitrous oxide produced from wastewater, solid wastes, and animal manure. However, if such methane gas is collected and used as a biofuel, not only would the methane emissions decrease, but also the need for fossil fuels could be decreased as well. Indeed, the potential to produce methane from wastewater treatment might be exploited to a greater extent than it has at present to turn a potential problem into a significant benefit for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. How might wastes best be handled in the future to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and how might this change our current practices? These questions will be explored in this seminar.
"Judges and the Rule of Law"
J. Clifford Wallace,Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the Ninth Circuit for a discussion of the role of judges in democracies. Topics covered include: how judges decide, judicial activism and restraint, reforming judicial institutions, and the American judiciary as a model for other countries.
Recorded March 11, 2009
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/