This class looks at anthropological approaches to studying the relationship between society and environment. Analysis and practice are closely related; defining the causes of environmental problems requires the production of categories of nature and culture, which in turn are necessary to designing policies and politics which can remedy environmental degradation. In the second half of the course we apply anthropological approaches to a variety of production systems, and to conservation and development institutions, looking at proposed solutions to development problems, including traditional ecological knowledge and community natural resource management. Part of the class is lecture based, part is based upon in-class discussions and activities.