{"id":616,"date":"2019-12-02T10:24:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/?page_id=616"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:03:11","slug":"conclusions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/schedule-content\/conclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Conclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updates 11\/24\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n

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Where it started…<\/h2>\n

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Book Learnins’<\/h2>\n

Think: different approaches <\/strong>to environment & sustainability (first half of RHM text):<\/p>\n

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  • concepts that focus<\/strong> and organize<\/strong> and enable<\/strong>\u00a0action<\/strong>\n
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    • Population & Scarcity<\/li>\n
    • Markets & Commodities<\/li>\n
    • Institutions & the Commons<\/li>\n
    • Environmental Ethics<\/li>\n
    • Risks & Hazards<\/li>\n
    • Political Economy<\/li>\n
    • Social Construction of Nature<\/li>\n
    • Feminism & the Environment<\/li>\n
    • Racialized Environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Then apply those concepts to\u00a0understanding stuff in the environment<\/b>\u00a0(second half of RHM text)<\/p>\n

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        • Carbon Dioxide<\/li>\n
        • Trees<\/li>\n
        • Wolves<\/li>\n
        • Uranium<\/li>\n
        • Tuna<\/li>\n
        • Lawns<\/li>\n
        • Bottled Water<\/li>\n
        • French Fries<\/li>\n
        • E-Waste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Then the research process…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          Phase 1: Foundation & Ideas<\/strong><\/p>\n
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          • Personal chapter review<\/strong> of environmental topic + values + topic ideas<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Group presentation<\/strong> of chapter\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
          • AI Support:<\/b> Topic development and refinement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Phase 2: Research & Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Select your best topic idea<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Learn library research skills<\/strong> with science librarian Holly Birk<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Find and evaluate 6 scholarly sources in an annotated bibliography\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
            • AI Support:<\/b> Research strategy and source evaluation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Phase 3: Proposal & Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Write 3-page TPG proposal<\/strong> with budget based on annotated bibliography<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Develop 12-minute presentation<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
              • AI Support:<\/b> Proposal development and refinement\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Phase 4: Integration & Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                • Combine and review all project components into Project Synthesis<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
                • Reflect on learning process and impact of AI and self-assess your work\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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                  How to do something: Propose a fundable project developed as a research project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                  Statements for your Resume<\/strong> (upon completion of course)<\/h3>\n

                  Grant Proposal Development:<\/strong> Project development, scholarly research and development of an undergraduate research grant proposal (in ENVS 110: Introduction to Environment & Sustainability)<\/p>\n

                  AI Literacy:<\/strong> Critical and ethical use of AI in an undergraduate research grant proposal, including topic development and refinement, research strategy, and assessment of personal draft of grant proposal. (in ENVS 110: Introduction to Environment & Sustainability)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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                  Some pearls of wisdom:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

                  Understand what theory-into-practice and the OWU Connection are about:<\/strong> the focus of the course is how to make this all work for you (whether you do it sooner or later).<\/p>\n

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                    • undergrads at other colleges don’t have access to these kinds of opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Keep trying to understand your personal values<\/strong>\u00a0(environmental and otherwise) and how they apply to all of this.<\/p>\n

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                        • Use it to shape what you do – now and in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          Work to find something you are interested in and excited to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                            • pay attention to brain wiggles<\/strong><\/li>\n
                            • if you are not finding inspiration, look elsewhere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                              Read and learn and talk about concepts and ideas<\/strong> – like those we explored in the first part of the class text.<\/p>\n