1. Sustainability Freshman Inquiry Oct. 5, 2010 Jeff Fletcher

2. Logistics Field Trip Oct. 21 (2pm to 6pm at latest) –How many are 18 or younger? New Reading (due Oct. 12): –Transition to College Writing Ch. 1, 2 –Omnivore’s Dilemma Ch. 3-7 (won’t talk about until Sustainability tour next Tuesday (details to follow) HW1: still submit if you haven’t –changed so can edit New student?

3. Opportunities Gardens Oct. 11th (this Monday) noon –meet at Food For Thought Café in Smith basement Pioneer District of Garden Clubs has a $1000 scholarship Hopworks 2-4 hour / week job Homework 0 –ISEPP Lectures: http://www.isepp.org/http://www.isepp.org/ –Sustainability Solutions Seminars: http://www.pdx.edu/sustainability/solutions-seminars http://www.pdx.edu/sustainability/solutions-seminars

4. Ways of Knowing Instinct Experience Math/Reason/Logic Philosophy Science/Evidence Literature/Art Oral tradition (parents/elders) Religion/Spirituality Cultural Experience Social Expectations Education/Books/Internet

5. Scientific Method Observation Hypothesis Design Experiments Collect Data Analyze Data Write journal papers / attend conferences Peer Review Develop and Revise Theories Skepticism at all stages –About theories and evidence, but also about how our minds work (biases)

6. Skepticism About How We Think Analogy with Optical Illusions –Adelson's Checkerboard IllusionAdelson's Checkerboard Illusion A Scientific (Skeptical) View: Michael Shermer founder of Skeptic Magazine (14 min) –http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 7453317847381528211&ei=zY3jSIP9GJn- qAPMve2RCw&hl=enhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 7453317847381528211&ei=zY3jSIP9GJn- qAPMve2RCw&hl=en

7. General Reading Questions What is the context of the book? Why did the author write it? What is his/her likely motivation? What is the question being investigated? What question was he/she trying to answer, or what is the main point he/she is trying to make? What is the contribution? Is this book likely to be important? To whom? What affect might it have on the world? Is the impact likely to be narrow or broad? Based on what you’ve read so far, is the author making his/her points well? Is it well written and how does this affect its impact? What is the method of investigation? What methods does the author use to make his/her point? How are his/her arguments structured? What alternatives are possible?

8. Important Themes National Eating Disorder Natures way vs. Industrial/Corporate way Omnivore's Dilemma Domestication by Humans; or Domestication of Humans We are corn Dramatic Increase in Corn Yields Corn anatomy and sex