The due date for the experiential learning assignment has been deferred until on or before the end of the day on Wednesday, December 17.
Our class session on December 10 will be devoted to the final presentations of your term projects. We will present in the same order that we used on December 3 for our rehearsals.
In class on December 3, I referred to a sample social science paper to illustrate a model for the format of your final paper. Use your College English handbook to guide your formatting of the final paper.
Below is the agenda for our class on December 3:
Part I: Workshop on term research papers and presentations. In seminar format, we will discuss each student's project and the theory and substance contained within it to draw out its potential. The discussion provides a group learning opportunity.
Part II: Each student will orally rehearse a short preliminary presentation of the final work. PowerPoint slide shows are welcome but not required. We will constructively critique each others' work.
Please examine a sample paper for its format.
Paul Rosolie's being eaten by an anaconda will be broadcast on the Discovery Channel at 9 P.M. on Sunday, December 7. Paul has been sighted recently, so he is alright.
Our agenda for class on November 19 is:
You should be sending me your response to the essay on the Story of Stuff if you have not done so yet. You should be working on your term paper draft now. Please be prepared to discuss your progress and status in class on November 12.
Our agenda for class on November 12 is:
I will be travelling from late Thursday until Sunday, but will review your essays shortly upon my return.
Take a look at an article on the external costs of coal in China in the New York Times 11/5/2014: Counting the Varied Costs of China’s Dependence on Coal by Becky Davis. We will explore the article in class.
Our agenda for class on November 5 is:
Our agenda for our class on October 29 is:
See the Bloomberg article on why oil will rise to $100/barrel, especially the section on marginal costs.
Please try to attend the Sustainability Day events at the Trustees Pavilion from 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Our agenda for our class on October 22 is:
The Department of Defense has commissioned a report on the military aspects of climate change, summarized by high-level strategists in an article in Politico. I give heed to military reports and their strategic insights.
Our agenda for class on October 8 is:
Examine a map of the recent spread of drought in the American southwest.
The changes we ratified have been embedded in a revised schedule, now live on our class web site. They are:
1. The 16-point paper on the intersection of economics and sustainability has been cancelled, although all of the substance will still be delivered.
2. We will give greater emphasis on the final paper and the presentation, although the due dates have not changed. The final version of the term paper now counts 32 points and expands to 12 pages (or more if needed). The presentation will count 10 points and will be rehearsed on December 3. I will provide more coaching for both the construction of the term paper and the presentation.
3. The term paper proposal now counts 10 points and is due on October 15.
4. Your response to the Story of Stuff and related material, now due on November 5, will count 16 points, reflected in the memo re-defining the assignment. The literature and thought that presents the intersection of economics and sustainability will accompany the review of Story of Stuff.
I have extended the due date for the term paper proposal to October 8. However, please be prepared to discuss your proposal on October 1.
Our agenda for our class of October 1 is:
Take a glance at an article about the recently released Coca Cola Global Sustainability Report. Such reports reflect the more general Corporate Social Responsibility reports and are often externally validated.
Meghan Dransfield, a student in my Environmental Internship, works with the Mahwah Environmental Volunteer Organization (MEVO). She is organizing a fall trash clean-up to take illegal dumping out of Stag Hill.
If you wish to participate in a fine Course Enrichment Component project, meet at the Ramapough Lunaape Community Center at 189 Stag Hill Road, Mahwah, NJ, on Saturday, September 27th 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
See the description at the MEVO Facebook page.
We have some catching up to do at our class meeting on September 24. Our agenda is:
Remember that the due date for the Course Enrichment Component, the experimental learning log, has been pushed back to September 24. We will discuss the Course Enrichment Component in class on September 17.
The schedule makes adjustments for our attendance of the film Disruption. The email message indicating your focus for the Course Enrichment Component and the term paper topic is deferred a week, until class time on September 24. At the same time, please provide a writing sample: a paper you have written in the last academic year. I will explain how to frame the Course Enrichment Component and the choice of topic for the term paper in class on September 17.
Our agenda for September 17 is:
Please peruse several relevant articles and videos for our class meeting of September 9:
Welcome to Ecology, Economics, and Ethics, ENST30501, for the fall 2014 semester. Please see the course syllabus for a description of what happens here. The schedule provides a map for the unfolding of the course and will adapt to the flow of the semester.
Check this Bulletin Board in advance of each class meeting for notes and detailed agenda. The agenda for our meeting on September 3 is:
I look forward to meeting you in class on September 3.