Sustainability

Spring 2009

Class 13

Jeff Fletcher

Logistics• Upcoming Deadlines

– Today• Individual Product Lifecycle Report

– This Wednesday May 13th • Video Production Plan (1 per group)• (Due date extended for Worldchanging: Business essay)

– Next Monday May 18th

• Portfolio Reflection Essay (1,500 words ~ 4-5 pages)• Finish reading Worldchanging: Business

– Next Wednesday May 20th • Worldchanging: Business essay

– Following Monday is Memorial Day Holiday (May 25th)– Following Wednesday May 27th

• Final Portfolio Due– Last week of class

• Product Lifecycle Videos Monday June 1st

• All Extra Credit Due Monday June 1st

• Extra Credit (ALL Due by June 1st—no late papers)– Documented visits to writing center (up to 5 points) – Essay on a Lecture, Film, Show (up to 8 points)

• OR Attending and participating in the fieldtrip (up to 8 points)– In addition, attending fieldtrip can make up for up to 2 class or mentor absences IN THE

PAST• Missing Website names• Guest Speaker: Dr. David Hall on Wednesday

Fieldtrip Saturday May 16th• Fieldtrip May 16th (10:00-4:30)

– Meet 9:45 (leave by 10am sharp)• Meeting location will be set on Wednesday• I will check my office phone messages just before we leave

on Saturday: 503-725-4995

– Zenger Farm – Columbia Gorge Scenic Area Visitors Center

• Multnomah Falls

– Horsetail Falls (Short) Hike (lunch)– Bonneville Dam (Powerhouse, Fish ladder viewing,

fish hatchery)

• Can makeup up to 2 absences and up to 8 points of extra credit

The Debate Topic• Affirmative: Local governments should be able to

regulate land use on properties that affect their water quality (and for other environmental protections) without compensating land owners.

• Feedback– What worked; what didn’t?– Did it force you to think more carefully or deeply about

the issue?

• What is critical thinking (in your own words)?– In pairs, come up with a 25 word or less definition.

• How is it different than opinions, beliefs, facts?

Community• Holistic Problem Solving• Education and Literacy• Educating Girls and Empowering Women• Public Health• South-South Science• Copyfight• Urban Community Development• Community Capital• Microfinance• Social Entrepreneurship• Giving Well• The Barefoot College• Travel and Tourism• Global Culture

Community• UN Millennium Development Goals• Harlem Child Zone• Finnish School System (stopped here 5/11)• MIT OpenCourseWare• Moodle• WorldCat• Educating Girls and Empowering Women

– Boys and Men in US?• Public Health: WheresGeorge.com• Club 25• Swedish Sex Education