- Instructor
- James Capshew
- Location
- Ballantine Hall 105
- Days and Times
- Tuesday/Thursday 1:15P-2:30P
- Course Description
Examines trees and forests as conspicuous natural objects that play a multivalent role in human imagination, thinking, and emotion. Explores the intertwined natural and cultural trajectory of trees along scientific, historical, and psychological dimensions. Topics include ecosystem services, human uses and attitudes, deforestation, IU's woodland campus, and ecological ethics.