Overview of the Standard START Course

Linked here are the 21 collections of reading sets (labeled A to U) and where they fit into the eight segments (labeled I to VIII) and 24 sessions of the Standard 24-Session START course.

Each session number is linked to a suggested agenda for that session.

Session	Topic / Readings
	I. Introduction to START
Session 1	Topic: Introduction to START and Personal Introductions to Other Participants
Session 2	Reading Sets Collection A. Learning about START
	II. Another World is Possible
Session 3	Reading Sets Collection B. Another World is Possible — A Few Positive Examples
	Understanding Problems and Identifying Solutions
	III. Meeting Basic Human Needs — Physical Systems
Session 4	Reading Sets Collection C. Air, Water, Land, and Food
Session 5	Reading Sets Collection D. Industrialization and Energy Use
Session 6	Reading Sets Collection E. Environment and Sustainability
	IV. Meeting Basic Human Needs — Economic Systems
Session 7	Reading Sets Collection F. Economic Systems
Session 8	Reading Sets Collection G. Meeting Basic Needs in the U.S.
Session 9	Reading Sets Collection H. Global Economics
	V. Providing Safety
Session 10	Reading Sets Collection I. International Security
Session 11	Reading Sets Collection J. Personal Safety
	VI. Living Together
Session 12	Reading Sets Collection K. Governance
Session 13	Reading Sets Collection L. Ways We Are Divided
Session 14	Reading Sets Collection M. Community
Session 15	Reading Sets Collection N. Communicating Information and Values
Session 16	Exercises AND/OR Planning a Change Activity

	VII. Strategies for Positive Change
Session 17	Reading Sets Collection O. Earlier Movements for Change
Session 18	Reading Sets Collection P. Later Movements for Change
Session 19	Reading Sets Collection Q. Personal and Cultural Transformation
Session 20	Reading Sets Collection R. Building Alternatives
Session 21	Reading Sets Collection S. Challenging Existing Structures
Session 22	Reading Sets Collection T. Theories and Strategies
	VIII. Next Steps
Session 23	Exercises AND/OR Planning a Change Activity
Session 24	Reading Sets Collection U. Next Steps

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