{"id":6108,"date":"2024-08-15T10:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T14:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?page_id=6108"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:49:45","slug":"teaching-modules-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/education-materials\/teaching-modules-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment6187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment6187\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/tobias-fischer-zZLQzxk_MOU-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/tobias-fischer-zZLQzxk_MOU-unsplash-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"365\" class=\" wp-image-6187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/tobias-fischer-zZLQzxk_MOU-unsplash-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/tobias-fischer-zZLQzxk_MOU-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/tobias-fischer-zZLQzxk_MOU-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/tobias-fischer-zZLQzxk_MOU-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/tobias-fischer-zZLQzxk_MOU-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment6187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Tobias Fischer via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>ECI&#8217;s teaching modules on social and environmental issues in economics are designed for use as stand-alone supplements in undergraduate or graduate-level courses, and are publicly available as PDFs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Originally developed at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE), the modules series is maintained and updated by ECI. The modules range from 25-70 pages, and most include discussion questions, glossary, references and exercises. Instructor notes and exercise answers are available for many modules; please <\/span><a href=\"mailto:eci@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>contact us\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span>with proof of instructor status to receive access to these materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Environmental Issues in Economics<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5796&amp;preview=True\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economics of Global Climate Change<span><\/span><\/a> [Updated 2025]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5924&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Economics and Policy<\/a> [Updated 2025]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5970&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trade and the Environment\u00a0<\/a> [Updated 2025]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5970&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5975&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Water: Economics and Policy<span> <\/span><\/a>[Updated 2025]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?page_id=6650&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Population and the Environment<\/a> [New in 2025]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5790&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alternatives to Growth-Centric Development<\/a> [Updated in 2025]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=6057&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economics of Renewable Energy<\/a> [Updated 2024]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5946&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmental Justice: Income, Race and Health<\/a>\u00a0[Updated 2024]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5967&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microeconomics and the Environment<\/a> [Updated 2024]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5962&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macroeconomics and the Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5953&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agriculture and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5959&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forests and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5861&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Land Economics and Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/2023\/04\/24\/green-macroeconomics-growth-and-distribution-in-a-finite-world-new-in-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Macroeconomics: Growth &amp; Distribution in a Finite World\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><\/b>Economics in Context Modules<b><\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5978&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social and Economic Inequality<\/a> [Updated 2023]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5775&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consumption and the Consumer Society<\/a> [Updated 2023]<a href=\"#consumption\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5779&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macroeconomic Measurement: Environmental and Social Dimensions<\/a> [Updated 2023]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5782&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Growth and Sustainability in the 21<sup>st <\/sup>Century<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0[Updated 2023]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Topical Modules on Contemporary Issues<b><\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5993&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taxes and Tax Policy<\/a> [Updated 2023]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5999&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corporate Power in a Global Economy<\/a> [Updated 2023]<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5981&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comparative Economic Systems<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5984&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Power of Capital: An Introduction to Class, Domination and Conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5987&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Behavioral Economics in Context: Applications for Development, Inequality &amp; Discrimination, Finance, and Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5990&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Debt and Deficits: Economic and Political Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5996&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Goods in Everyday Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ECI&#8217;s teaching modules on social and environmental issues in economics are designed for use as stand-alone supplements in undergraduate or graduate-level courses, and are publicly available as PDFs. 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