A Green Giant? Environmentalism and Technology in Germany, Today and Yesterday

3 Credits

Focuses on Germany's role as an economic and technological powerhouse and its claim to be a global environmental leader, both in the past and today. Germany is one of the leading export nations globally, with its automobiles and machinery being sold all over the world. Green technologies made in Germany leave their mark worldwide. But its businesses, scientists, and engineers have also been involved in the darkest chapters in human history: the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust. The city of Munich will be our classroom, with its global companies, memorial sites, and museums as sites of learning and discussion. With readings, visits, guided tours, and discussions, students will explore and examine German's reputation as a green nation and technological powerhouse.