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EV 120: Elements of Sustainability
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Day |
Time |
Topic |
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WEEK 1 | |||
1 |
AM |
Catamount Institute Field Trip (trip list)
Ecological Leadership |
FD: Chapters 3-5 FD Handouts |
PM |
Catamount Institute Field Trip: Ecological Leadership Evening Film: Mindwalk Informal Advising Sessions |
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2 |
AM |
Catamount Institute Field Trip: Ecological Leadership |
FD: Chapters 6-8 |
PM |
Catamount Institute Field Trip: Ecological Leadership |
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3 |
AM |
Ecological
Footprints I Start Audit Assignment Develop Audit Rubrics Class Visit: Marla Gerein (IT)-9 AM Jim Cain (Facilities) 10 AM |
EF: Chs. 1-2 LR1 Due |
PM |
Personal Footprint Calculation | ||
4 |
AM |
Ecological Footprints II Campus Footprint Discussion Rubrics Class Visit: KT Jones (IT): 10:30 AM |
EF: Ch. 3 LR2 Due Campus Footprint Report |
PM |
Energy Audit Analysis: Excel Barnes Mac Lab (1:30 PM) |
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5 |
AM |
Ecological Footprints III Class Visits-Tom Nycum (VP Business) 9 AM John DeLaHunt (EHS): 11 AM |
EF: Chs. 4-5 LR3 Due Study Questions Working Group Report |
PM |
Final Project Discussion Audit Update |
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WEEK 2 | |||
| 1 | AM | Class visit: David Lord (Bus. Office): 9:30 AM Web Page Tutorial (10 AM); Barnes PC Lab |
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| PM | Biodiesel Review (2:30 PM) | ||
| 2 | AM | Campus Audits Due Human Ecology Discussion |
LR4 Due HE: Chs. 1-2 Study Questions |
| PM | Final Project Design Develop Project Rubrics 3 PM: WGCS Meeting |
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| 3 | AM | Human Ecology Discussion | HE: Chs. 3-4 LR5 Due Study Questions |
| PM | Final Project Design | ||
| 4 | AM | Human Ecology Discussion Virtual Workshop: Campus Sustainability UCCS (10 AM) |
HE: Chs. 5-6 LR6 Due Virtual Workshop Handout |
| PM | Final Project Design | ||
| 5 | AM | Human Ecology Discussion Discuss Audit Reports |
HE: Chs. 7-8 LR7 Due |
| PM | Final Project Design | ||
| Sat | A/P | Energy Conference (Denver) | |
WEEK 3 | |||
| 1 | AM | Final Project Proposals
Due (9 AM) Human Ecology Discussion |
HE: Chs. 9-10 LR8 Due |
| PM | Final Project Implementation | ||
| 2 | AM | Final Project Implementation / Group Discussion | LR9 Due (Optional ) |
| PM | Final Project Implementation | ||
| 3 | AM | Final Project Implementation / Group Discussion | |
| PM | Final Project Implementation / Office Hours | ||
| 4 | AM | Final Project Implementation / Group Discussion | |
| PM | Final Project Implementation / Office Hours | ||
| 5 | AM | Final Project Implementation / Full-Class Discussion Final Report Guidelines |
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| PM | Final Project Implementation / Office Hours | ||
WEEK 4 | |||
| 1 | AM | Practice Presentations (Tutt 122) |
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| PM | Practice Presentations | ||
| 2 | AM | Practice Presentations (Tutt 122) |
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| PM | Campus Presentations: 1:30 - 3 PM Tutt 122 |
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| 3 | AM | Final Reports Due (10 AM) Class Evaluation |
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| PM | Block Break! | ||
All readings are to be completed for discussion on the day noted. Thus, for example, by the morning of Monday September 29, you should have completed reading Chapters 3-5 in The Fifth Discipline (FD) text. The texts associated with the class are listed below by the abbreviation used. Links in the reading section are documents that you can access by clicking on the link. If all goes well, they will download a document to your computer.
Texts:
FD: Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization, Doubleday, NY, 1990.
HE: Gerald Marten, Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development, Earthscan Publications Ltd., Sterling VA, 2001.
EF: Mathis Wackernagel & Bill Rees, Our Ecological Footprint:Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, New Society Publishers, Stony Creek, CT, 1996.FD Handouts: Senge et.al., Schools That Learn, Doubleday, NY, 2000, pp. 59 - 94.