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Session Three A

Sustainability I:

Introduction to Global Environmental Problems

 

ACTIVITIES:

Class Overview

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 The class will involve a discussion of the student's educational biography and an introduction to global environmental problems.  Likewise, students will share with one another their experiences during their Forest Environment Trip.

Readings

Web Reading:

Agenda 21, Preamble, & Sustainable Development REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992)

Go to the following site  "Defining Sustainability" and be prepared to define what the term sustainability means in context.

Comments: You have challenging and technical reading this week as we gain an overview of the complexity of "interlocking crises" and the seriousness of environmental problems. The concept of sustainability is introduced. Your reading is for understanding and to prepare to write a paper due in Week Four.

 

Writing
Assignment		 Students you should have received your comments back for the first writing assignment.

Think about which environmental problem you would like to write on in your next short paper due in Week Four.

Click the icon for information on Writing Assignment # 2.

 
Field Trip

Field Trip

 Field Trip # 2 - Sense of place. Click here for information on meeting the course objectives for this field trip. Submit your Field trip report to Prof. Wimberley by attaching it to the Lesson Board upon completion of the field trip. This field trip must be completed and posted to the Lesson board by the end of Session 4.

Lesson Board:

 Discussion Questions:  Discussion questions due at end of this class session (Saturday at 5 pm.)

1.  What is Agenda 21?   What is the Preamble of Agenda 21 about?

2.  What is "sustainability"?  Please define

3. What does sustainability mean as defined on the Global Futures Foundation web site?

Post your responses to these discussion questions on the Lesson Board for Session 3.

 

Journal Writing		 Continue to regularly make entries into your journal. Decide what grade you would like for your journal and plan how often to do entries accordingly. Be sure to do a reflective entry after each field trip.  You might want to add a journal entry for instance on how sustainable you find your local development or community as a habitat that supports both the human, animal and plant community.  You might want to walk around your neighborhood and think about this. Remember that the journal must be in Word Format, must be attached to the Lesson board and in the interest of being opened and read, must not include pictures.

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