1. Sustainability Freshman Inquiry Nov. 4, 2009 Jeff Fletcher

2. Another Upcoming Event for HW 0 Chris Cokinos, “Vanished Birds and Shooting Stars: Death and Life from the Skies.”Chris Cokinos, “Vanished Birds and Shooting Stars: Death and Life from the Skies.” –Nov. 5, 2009 6:30pm –Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union Room 333 –More info…More info National Sustainability Education Week: Educating for Citizen-Leadership (Nov. 9 – 14 th ) University EcoDistrict Part 2 - THURS. NOV. 19 - 8:30 to 10:30 am, SMU 228 Multicultural Center –Join SERA Architects' Tim Smith in a highly interactive, community-wide civic ecology conversation in which all will begin to envision and connect our talents and teaching/research interests to an emerging vision for Portland's University EcoDistrict.

3. Logistics Assignments –Read for next week: Water Sell the rain: How the privatization of water caused riots in Cochabamba, Bolivia Connie Watson, CBC Radio | Feb. 4, 2003Sell the rain Water Revolt: Cochabamba, Bolivia, Frontline, PBSWater Revolt Who Will Bring Water to the Bolivian Poor? NYTWho Will Bring Water to the Bolivian Poor? –Water Footprint Draft Next Monday 11/9: Bring data and rough draft of intro and methods –Final Water Footprint Report Due: Monday 11/16 –HW 4 Credit for doing, not assessed for writing Diversity of opinion about what has most impact

4. Design Your Off-The-Grid Diet In small groups You are allocated a couple of acres of fertile land near Portland, plus what you can forage and hunt close by If you hand to sustain your group members (without shopping for food), how would you use this land? –What would you eat? –What would you plant? –What would you raise? –What would you gather, hunt/fish?