{"id":67,"date":"2019-07-15T10:09:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2026-01-18T06:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:17:55","slug":"what-is-this-class","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/schedule-content\/what-is-this-class\/","title":{"rendered":"What is this Class?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote style=\"border: 0px solid #666;padding: 10px;background-color: #f2f2f2\"><p>Update 1\/12\/2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3050\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-at-5.59.18\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1212\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-at-5.59.18\u202fAM.png 1212w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-at-5.59.18\u202fAM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-at-5.59.18\u202fAM-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-at-5.59.18\u202fAM-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1212px) 100vw, 1212px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Crazy complexity of nature, environment, and human cultural and social interactions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief walk across campus and to Delaware Run&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2731 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2023\/08\/IMG_5864-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2023\/08\/IMG_5864-1.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2023\/08\/IMG_5864-1-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2023\/08\/IMG_5864-1-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2023\/08\/IMG_5864-1-768x700.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Think: different <strong>approaches <\/strong>to environment &amp; sustainability (first half of RHM text):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concepts that <strong>enable action<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Population &amp; Scarcity<\/li>\n<li>Markets &amp; Commodities<\/li>\n<li>Institutions &amp; the Commons<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Ethics<\/li>\n<li>Risks &amp; Hazards<\/li>\n<li>Political Economy<\/li>\n<li>Social Construction of Nature<\/li>\n<li>Feminism &amp; the Environment<\/li>\n<li>Racialized Environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Then apply those concepts to\u00a0understanding stuff in the environment<\/b>\u00a0(second half of RHM text)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Carbon Dioxide<\/li>\n<li>Trees<\/li>\n<li>Wolves<\/li>\n<li>Uranium<\/li>\n<li>Tuna<\/li>\n<li>Lawns<\/li>\n<li>Bottled Water<\/li>\n<li>French Fries<\/li>\n<li>E-Waste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Active, engaged pedagogy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Theory into practice: OWU Connection-centered course &amp; Department<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s <strong>happening<\/strong> with the environment\n<ul>\n<li>How to <strong>think<\/strong> about the environment and stuff in it\n<ul>\n<li>How to<strong> do something<\/strong> about the environment: give you some\u00a0<strong>agency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Importance of the\u00a0<strong>research process<\/strong>: intellectual skills imparted by a college education: Project, theory into practice<\/p>\n<p>Importance of <strong>collaboration<\/strong>: student knowledge and interests, other OWU students, faculty, staff, OWU partners:\u00a0ENVS 198\/498<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lots of steps, parts, due dates:<\/strong> the research process: you are fully capable of managing a relatively complex project<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, no Blackboard.<\/strong> It doesn&#8217;t work for a class like this.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3625\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/executive_function.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/executive_function.png 1245w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/executive_function-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/executive_function-726x1024.png 726w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/executive_function-768x1083.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/executive_function-1089x1536.png 1089w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><strong>Executive Function<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3595 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/iMdsjCi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/iMdsjCi.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2025\/08\/iMdsjCi-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, AI. To paraphrase one <a href=\"https:\/\/neofeudalreview.substack.com\/p\/chatgpt-as-a-narcissus-mirror\">screed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>AI can be <strong>sloppy<\/strong> and <strong>incomplete<\/strong>, leaving out random parts of what you ask it to do<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">AI <strong>hallucinates<\/strong> facts and data if it doesn\u2019t know the answer<\/span><\/li>\n<li>AI claims <strong>objectivity<\/strong> or <strong>certainty<\/strong> when it possesses neither<\/li>\n<li>AI analysis can break down if it\u2019s asked to perform <strong>complicated<\/strong> tasks;<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s easy to become too reliant on AI; it will make you <strong>dumber<\/strong> because one gradually shifts one\u2019s interpretative and analytical abilities to it (confirmed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7295195\/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school\/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us\" rel=\"\">recent MIT study<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li>How <strong>manipulative<\/strong> it can be, subtly shifting a user\u2019s worldview over time to align with establishment dictates.<\/li>\n<li>AI encourages <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neofeudalreview.substack.com\/p\/chatgpt-as-a-narcissus-mirror\">narcissism<\/a><\/strong> by subtly reflecting your views back to you and fawning over your ideas and work<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That said: let&#8217;s give it a try.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review course syllabus, schedule, project w\/AI components.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a id=\"classemail\"><\/a>Send me an email (jbkrygier@owu.edu) with the following info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your Name (preferred name)<\/li>\n<li>The course (ENVS 110 [and section] and if you are in ENVS 198)<\/li>\n<li>Did you take the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScLEnAhzv0o3bKDwF_aFN92B4YCxJZqdL91oJ36_WRpo_6v8A\/viewform?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=107493102215527613624\"><strong>anonymous AI survey?<\/strong><\/a> (must be logged into your OWU account)<\/li>\n<li>Did you subscribe to the class calendar?<\/li>\n<li>Did you look over the syllabus, schedule, and project pages?<\/li>\n<li>Did you share the folder (see below)<\/li>\n<li>Do you have access to the text (or will share the copy in the back of 207)?<\/li>\n<li>Major (or ideas for major)<\/li>\n<li>Year at OWU<\/li>\n<li>Hometown (and state or country)<\/li>\n<li>Reason for taking this course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sharing your work with Instructor:\u00a0<\/strong>this is how you turn stuff in<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to your <strong>OWU Drive<\/strong> account<\/li>\n<li>Create a new <strong>folder<\/strong> with the <strong>course<\/strong> and <strong>your last name<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>+New<\/strong> button (upper left) &gt;&gt; then <strong>Folder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phoebe B. Peabody Beebe&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0folder would be: <strong>ENVS 110 Beebe<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Share<\/strong> that folder with me (so I can edit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Later, when you are ready to turn in your work:<\/strong> for example, the 6-page chapter review:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>put the document in the shared folder<\/li>\n<li><strong>email me<\/strong> that your document is in the shared folder and ready for me to review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 1\/12\/2026 Crazy complexity of nature, environment, and human cultural and social interactions Brief walk across campus and to Delaware Run&#8230; Think: different approaches to environment &amp; sustainability (first half of RHM text): Concepts that enable action Population &amp; Scarcity <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/schedule-content\/what-is-this-class\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3795,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/3795"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}