Course: English 1200 (linked with Biology 3300)
Assignment 1:
Working in small groups, you will choose one aspect of sustainability on your campus. This might include sustainability in campus architecture/buildings, sustainability in the curriculum, landscape design and horticulture, sustainable foods, campus sustainability/environmental committees, energy and water use, and so on. Your group will conduct research, interviews, and other forms of information gathering, and you will collectively write a 2-3 page report on your findings. Your group should be prepared to make a short presentation to the class about those findings.
Create a video describing the various sustainability initiatives taking place on our campus. Much of the information for this video will come from the sustainability reports from each group, but the info will need to be reconsidered and rewritten as part of our “script” for a 2-3 minute video. We will need leaders to create the scripts, to shoot video, to edit video, to select sounds and background music, to act and narrate the video, and to manage the whole process. Everyone will be involved in some way.
Our audience will be the general public, who may be interested in what our campus is doing concerning sustainability. The video will be published and viewable on the web. If the video is very good, we may be able to include it on our campus website, so your work may become a public text. We will also present the video to a group of faculty, administrators, community leaders, and others interested in the topic of campus sustainability.
Artifacts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=16&v=wbsYRicoipo
Assignment 2:
Working in small groups, you will choose one aspect of sustainability on your campus. This might include sustainability in campus architecture/buildings, sustainability in the curriculum, landscape design and horticulture, sustainable foods, campus sustainability/environmental committees, energy and water use, and so on. Your group will conduct research, interviews, and other forms of information gathering, and you will collectively write a 2-3 page report on your findings. Your group should be prepared to make a short presentation to the class about those findings.
Create a video describing the various sustainability initiatives taking place on our campus. Much of the information for this video will come from the sustainability reports from each group, but the info will need to be reconsidered and rewritten as part of our “script” for a 2-3 minute video. We will need leaders to create the scripts, to shoot video, to edit video, to select sounds and background music, to act and narrate the video, and to manage the whole process. Everyone will be involved in some way.
Our audience will be the general public, who may be interested in what our campus is doing concerning sustainability. The video will be published and viewable on the web. If the video is very good, we may be able to include it on our campus website, so your work may become a public text. We will also present the video to a group of faculty, administrators, community leaders, and others interested in the topic of campus sustainability.
Artifacts:
