Update 10/10/2021
- ENVS 100.1: Introduction to Environment & Sustainability meets MWF
- Section 2: 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM in 207 SCSC
- Section 1: 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM in 207 SCSC
- for now, we will utilize the same schedule for both class sections
- ENVS 100.2/400.1: Conversations Toward a Sustainable Future meets M at 12:00-12:50 pm in 207 SCSC
- ENVS 100.1 Readings: RHM = Paul Robbins, John Hintz, and Sarah A. Moore, Environment & Society: A Critical Introduction (2nd edition)
Library Resources
- ENVS 100.1 Course Project Library Resources
- ENVS 100.1 Library/Research Forms
- OWU Library Services and Access Guide
- Holly Birk, Public Services & Science Librarian (hebirk@owu.edu): Research help for students:
- Hobson Science Library, Room 282, Tuesdays from 9 AM – 11 AM and Thursdays from 2 PM – 4 PM.
- Beeghly Library, Room 141, Tuesdays from 1 PM – 4 PM.
- Email Holly for other options!
Additional Resources
- Digital Submissions Guide
- Assessing Your Environmental Values
- Transferable Skills
- Subscribe to ENVS 100.1 Calendar: see Syllabus or Project Page
Keywords
So you don’t blamp out on all the exciting concepts I talk about, I’m asking that you submit (via Google Forms) one keyword (your choice) and its definition from each class lecture (not including meetings about the course project, or student presentations, etc.)
The submission form and explanation are here.
I’ve indicated on the schedule below (and on the ENVS 100.1 Calendar: see Syllabus) when keywords are due.
Week 1: Environment & Sustainability
Monday, Aug. 23: No class meeting
Monday, Aug. 23: ENVS 100.2/400.1: No class meeting
Wednesday, Aug. 25: Delaware Run
Friday, Aug. 27: What is this Class?
Due: Subscribe to ENVS 100.1 Calendar: see Syllabus or Project Page
Week 2: Some Background
Read: RHM Ch. 1 Introduction
Read: Your assigned RHM chapter (on Projects page; assigned Friday)
Glance @ Assessing Your Environmental Values
Monday, Aug. 30: Humans, Environments, and the Anthropocene I
Due: One keyword from Aug. 30 lecture by Sept. 1 (form here)
Monday, Aug. 30: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Introduction: Overview of course; introductions; Project Drawdown
Wednesday, Sept. 1: Humans, Environments, and the Anthropocene II
Due: One keyword from Sept. 1 lecture by Sept. 5 (form here)
Friday, Sept. 3: Your RHM Chapter & Who is in this class & Preliminary Project Ideas
Assign: Your assigned RHM chapter (9-17) (on Projects page): ready by Wed., Sept. 8. & check presentation date on schedule.
Contact: Your chapter co-presenter
Week 3: Catastrophe and Triumph & Projects
Read: Your assigned RHM chapter (on Projects page) & Howald & Krygier “Scrappy Sustainability”
Monday, Sept. 6: Labor Day (no class meeting)
Monday, Sept. 6: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Labor Day (no class meeting)
Wednesday, Sept. 8: Catastrophe and Triumph: Scrappy Sustainability
Due: One keyword from Sept. 8 lecture by Sept. 10 (form here)
Friday, Sept. 10: Discussion of Chapter Review, Values, Ideas for Specific Project Proposal
Present: ideas for specific course project to class; email to instructor by 4 pm
Assign: Chapter Review
Saturday, Sept. 11: Bonus Fun! Olentangy River Festival! Information here.
Week 4: Approaches & Things
Read: Assessing Your Environmental Values, Transferable Skills
Read: RHM Ch. 2 Population & Scarcity, 9 Carbon Dioxide, 10 Trees
Monday, Sept. 13: Project Ideas (cont.) & Approach: Population & Scarcity I [We talked about project ideas too long!]
Monday, Sept. 13: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Networking w/OWU Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Brianna DeMuth), Tree House (SK), SEAL (Graham Steed), Seminary Hill Farm (Mikayla Watts), Wilderness Ministry / Chaplain’s Office (Will Hayes)
ENVS 100.2: Brief notes on session, two questions, ask one during meeting
ENVS 400.1: Senior perspectives on living on campus and clubs: at least one comment during meeting.
Wednesdaty, Sept. 15: Approach: Population & Scarcity II [class tragically cancelled]
Due: One keyword from Sept. 13 and one keyword from Sept. 15 lecture by Sept. 17 (form here)
Friday, Sept. 17: Things: students present & discuss: Carbon Dioxide & Trees
Due: Chapter review shared by 9 am
Week 5: Approaches & Things
Read RHM Ch. 3 Markets & Commodities, 11 Wolves, 12 Uranium
Monday, Sept. 20: Approach: Population & Scarcity
Due: Two keywords from Sept. 20 lecture/Population Chapter in RHM by Sept. 24 (form here)
Monday, Sept. 20: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Assign Course Reflection Project, Discussion:
• “How John Muir’s Brand of Conservation Led to the Decline of Yosemite”
• “Cornered by Protected Areas”
• “Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad, a Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu” (video)
Wedbesday, Sept. 22: OWU Writing Center & Sagan ARC & Approach: Markets & Commodities
Due: One keyword from Sept. 20 and one keyword from Sept. 22 lecture by Sept. 24 (form here)
Friday, Sept. 24: Things: students present & discuss: Wolves & Uranium
Week 6: Approaches & Project Focus Topic Ideas
Read RHM Ch. 4 Institutions & The Commons
Monday, Sept. 27: Approach: Markets & Commodities
Due: Two keywords from Markets & Commodities by Sept. 29 (form here)
Monday, Sept. 27: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Sustainability Task Force Meeting (STF) in 201 Merrick Hall
Wedsneday, Sept. 29: Approach: Institutions & the Commons
Due: Two keywords from Institution & the Commons by Oct. 1 (form here)
Friday, Oct. 1: Brief Presentation of Course Project Focus Topic Idea
Due: Refined and doable project topic
Week 7: Things
Read RHM Ch. 13 Tuna, 14 Lawns, 15 Bottled Water, 16 French Fries, 17 E-Waste
Monday, Oct. 4: Things: students present & discuss: Tuna & Lawns
Monday, Oct. 4: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Dr. Nathan Rowley
Read: Greenland Is Melting Away (NYT; check email for login)
ENVS 1oo.2: due: draft of Freshman/Sophomore E&S Plans for the Future Document
ENVS 400.1: due: draft of Senior E&S Achievement & Assessment Document
ENVS 100.2/400.1: Share & Comment on Documents
Wednesday, Oct. 6: Things: students present & discuss: Bottled Water & French Fries
Friday, Oct. 8: Things: students present & discuss: E-Waste (& Trees, 9am section only)
Due: Finalized focus topic shared by 4 pm
Week 8: Project Sources & Mid-Semester Break
Monday, Oct. 11: No Class Meeting (ENVS 100.1 only)
Monday, Oct. 11: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Meet and Paper Exchange
Wednesday, Oct. 13: Mid-semester break (no class meeting)
Friday, Oct. 15: Mid-semester break (no class meeting)
Week 9: Project Focus Topic Sources
Read RHM Ch. 5 Environmental Ethics
Monday, Oct. 18: Finding Focus Topic Sources I
Monday, Oct. 18: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Discussion:
• 9 Rules for the Black Birdwatcher (Orion)
• How Am I Going to Be Perceived as a Black Man With Binoculars? (Vanity Fair) (also, PDF)
• I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet (Washington Post)
• On the Stubborn Whiteness of Environmentalism (Inside Higher Ed)
Wednesday, Oct. 20: Finding Focus Topic Sources II
Friday, Oct. 22: Approach: Environmental Ethics I
Week 10: Approaches & Project
Read RHM Ch. 6 Risks & Hazards
Monday, Oct. 25: Approach: Environmental Ethics II
Due: One keyword from Oct. 22 and one keyword from Oct. 25 lecture by Oct. 27 (form here)
Monday, Oct. 25: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Sustainability Task Force Meeting (STF) in 201 Merrick Hall
Wednesday, Oct. 27: Olentangy Watershed Forum [or Sharing & Questions session}
Due: Share one of 6 sources with class (all 6 due Friday, Nov. 5)
Friday, Oct. 29: Approach: Risks & Hazards I
Week 11: Approaches
Read: RHM Ch. 7 Political Economy
Monday, Nov. 1: Approach: Risks & Hazards II
Due: One keyword from Oct. 29 and one keyword from Nov. 1 lecture by Nov. 3 (form here)
Due: Revisions of RHM Chapter Review (if needed)
Monday, Nov 1: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Dr. Laurie Anderson (readings TBA)
ENVS 100.2: Due: Read and commented on drafts of 400.1 documents (Now due Sunday, April 18)
ENVS 400.1: Due: Read and commented on drafts of 100.2 documents (Now due Sunday, April 18)
Wednesday, Nov. 3: Approach: Political Economy I
Friday, Nov. 5: Approach: Political Economy II
Due: One keyword from Nov. 3 and one keyword from Nov. 5 lecture by Nov. 7 (form here)
Due: Focus topic sources (2 books, 2 articles, 2 WWW sources, proper citation style) share by 4 pm.
Week 12: Approaches
Read RHM Ch. 8 Social Construction of Nature
Monday, Nov. 8: Annotated Bibliography & Draft TPG Proposal & Final Presentation Workshop
Monday, Nov. 8: ENVS 100.2/400.1: TBA
Wednesday, Nov. 10: Approach: Social Construction of Nature I
Friday, Nov. 12: Approach: Social Construction of Nature II
Due: One keyword from Nov. 10 and one keyword from Nov. 12 lecture by Nov. 14 (form here)
Week 13: Presentations I
Monday, Nov. 15: Work on Annotated Bibliography (no class meeting)
Monday, Nov. 15: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Presentations
ENVS 400.1: Seniors present 5-minute reflection on time at OWU
ENVS 100.2: Freshmen/sophomores present 5-minute preliminary plan for future at OWU
Wednesday, Nov. 17: Presentations of Student Projects (about 15 minutes each)
Section 2:
Section 1:
Due: Annotated Bibliography (250-300 words per source) share by 4 pm.
Friday, Nov. 19: Presentations of Student Projects (about 15 minutes each)
Section 2:
Section 1:
Week 14: Thanksgiving
Monday, Nov. 22: Thanksgiving Break (no class meeting)
Monday, Nov. 22: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Thanksgiving Break (no class meeting)
Wednesday, Nov. 24: Thanksgiving Break (no class meeting)
Friday, Nov. 26: Thanksgiving Break (no class meeting)
Week 15: Presentations II
Monday, Nov. 29: Presentations of Student Projects (about 15 minutes each)
Section 2:
Section 1:
Due: Draft TPG Proposal (2-3 pages) share by 4 pm.
Monday, Nov. 29: ENVS 100.2/400.1: Sustainability Task Force Meeting (STF) in 201 Merrick Hall
Wednesday, Dec 1: Presentation of Student Projects (about 15 minutes each)
Section 2:
Section 1:
Friday, Dec. 3: Presentation of Student Projects (about 15 minutes each)
Section 2:
Section 1:
Week 16: Presentations II & Finish
Monday, Dec. 6: Presentations of Student Projects (about 15 minutes each)
Section 2:
Section 1:
Monday, Dec. 6: Presentations
ENVS 100.2: Freshmen/sophomores present 5-minute preliminary plan for future at OWU + Discussion of More Conversations
ENVS 1oo.2: due: revised, final Freshman/Sophomore E&S Plans for the Future Document
ENVS 400.1: due: revised, final Senior E&S Achievement & Assessment Document
Wednesday, Dec. 8: Presentations of Student Projects (about 15 minutes each)
Section 2:
Section 1:
Friday, Dec. 10: Conclusions
DUE: Course Project Summary & Synthesis (See Project page for details) due by the end of the scheduled remote final period.