Sustainability Freshman Inquiry March 8, 2011 Jeff Fletcher See also: Daily Log PageDaily Log Page

Learning Activities Homework Essays –HW1 Sustainability Autobiography (draft of first paragraph) –HW2 Bad/Good Apples (sharing in mentor session) –HW3 Changing Recycling Behavior –HW4 Sustainability Song Analysis Carbon Footprint Report (with draft) Collapse –Annotated Bibliography for your focal society (Collapse chapter) –Final group presentation on Collapse. Other activities –Participation in the PSU Recycles project for Broadway –Watching and discussing Heat, Sick Around the World, The Story of Stuff, the Hans Rosling videos, Colbert Report –Library visit –Smaller in-class activities Habits of a Systems Thinker, Tragedy of the Commons exercise, Look at scientific significance, NetLogo modeling tool, Possible extra credit essay Field trip to Mercy Corp

Four University Studies Learning Goals Inquiry and Critical Thinking: –Students will learn various modes of inquiry through interdisciplinary curricula—problem-posing, investigating, conceptualizing—in order to become active, self-motivated, and empowered learners. Communication: –Students will enhance their capacity to communicate in various ways— writing, graphics, numeracy, and other visual and oral means—to collaborate effectively with others in group work, and to be competent in appropriate communication technologies. The Diversity of Human Experience: –Students will enhance their appreciation for and understanding of the rich complexity of the human experience through the study of differences in ethnic and cultural perspectives, class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and ability. Ethics and Social Responsibility: –Students will expand their understanding of the impact and value of individuals and their choices on society, both intellectually and socially, through group projects and collaboration in learning communities.

Preview of Next Term Critical Thinking about Collapse and Sustainability Economics, Energy, Consumerism Non-consumer-based Happiness Environmental Movement and Solutions –Earth Day The Positive, Hopeful Activities of Involved Citizens Student defined projects

Projects Recycling in Broadway -- take 2 –(with “nudging” from behave econ) Lane Mid School community garden Garden on campus Open Engagement Celebration Crowd sourcing and sustaiablity Solar mapping of Portland Other?

Movies Seen? I AM People Like US: Class in America Earth Days Affluenza What’s an Economy For Anyway? Zeitgiest The Garden

Main Texts Treading Softly: –Paths to Ecological Order by Thomas Princen (2010) Blessed Unrest: –How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken (2008)

Columbia Gorge Fieldtrip