Updated: 1/2025
Readings and details about reading notes are on syllabus.
Students will be expected to participate and present course efforts during the Spring Sustainability Task Force (STF) meetings. The three meetings are noted on the schedule.
Week 1
Read & Notes: Review Course Syllabus, Schedule, Previous Project Pages, and Evaluation pages
Thursday, Jan. 16: Introduction to Course & Projects & Discussion of Projects
Week 2
Read & Notes: Readings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Tuesday, Jan. 21: Discuss Readings (1, 2) & Projects
Thursday, Jan. 23: Discuss Readings (3, 4,5) & Projects & Form Groups and Projects
Week 3
Read & Notes: Readings 6, 6.5, 7, 8
Tuesday, Jan. 28: Project Updates + Discuss Readings (6, 6.5) + Prepare for STF Meeting
Thursday, Jan. 30: Discuss Readings (7, 8) + Prepare for STF Meeting
Week 4
Read & Notes: Reading 9: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 1; Reading 10: Discard Studies, ch. 1
Monday, February 3rd, Attend: 12:10: Sustainability Task Force Meeting (STF, Merrick 301)
Tuesday, Feb. 4: Post-STF Review, Planning:
Assign: Plan for Readings & Presentations on Uncommon Knowledge & Discard Studies books
Assign: Planning for the next two STF meetings: March 3rd + April 7th @ 12:10 in Merrick Hall, room 301
Assign: Proposals for Group Sustainability Projects: due Thurs. Feb. 13
Thursday, Feb. 6: Discuss Reading 9: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 1; Reading 10: Discard Studies, ch. 1, Projects
Week 5
Read & Notes: Reading 9: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 3 (skip 2); Reading 10: Discard Studies, ch. 2 & 3
Tuesday, Feb. 11: Discuss Discard Studies ch. 2 & 3; Work on Proposals
Thursday, Feb. 13: Discuss Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 3; Work on Proposals
Due @ 11:59pm on Thursday Feb. 13: Proposals for Course Projects
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Week 6
Read & Notes: Reading 9: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 3 (skip 2); Reading 10: Discard Studies, ch. 2 & 3
Monday, Feb. 20: Work on Project Proposals
Due: Assessment of M F 15 Meeting (here)
Wednesday, Feb. 22: Group Presentations of Draft Project Proposals & Discussion of Discard Book
Due: Notes on Discard Studies
Week 7
Monday, Feb. 27: Draft Timeline + Communication Plan & Plan for STF Meeting
Due: draft timeline added to proposal
Due: draft communication Plan added to proposal
Review: Plans for Lifelong Learning Initiative (LLI) meetings
Review: Plans for the next STF meeting
Review: Plans for End of Semester: Green Week, Student Research, and OWU Connection Events
Wednesday, March 1: Joshua Daughenbaugh (Price Farms Organics) & Lisa Tabak (OWU Biological Sciences)
Attend: 12:10: Sustainability Task Force Meeting (STF, Merrick 301): ENVS 399 Slides
Week 8
Monday, March 6: Project Meetings & Work
Due: Assessment of W March 1 Meeting (here)
Due: Group project summary memo (2-3 pages) for LLI Group (will be forwarded to them before first LLI meeting)
Wednesday, March 8: Meeting with Cole Hatcher, OWU Communications; Project Meetings & Work
Week 9: Spring Break
Monday, March 13: No Class Meeting
Wednesday, March 15: No Class Meeting
Week 10
Monday, March 20: Project Meetings & Work
Wednesday, March 22: Project Meetings & Work & Prep for LLI Group
Week 11
Monday, March 27: LLI 1: Introduction and 399 students present projects & progress to LLI Group for feedback; LLI group divided into subgroups and joined with student project groups for reading discussions and project engagement
Wednesday, March 29: Rita Selle-Grider, Vegans Delaware OH & Project Meetings & Work
Week 12
LLI & 399 Read: ENVS 399 Project Memos; Reading 8: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 1-3
Monday, April 3: LLI 2: Students Present & Discuss Uncommon Knowledge & Discard Studies with LLI Group
Wednesday, April 5: Project Meetings & Work; B&G Memo to Contribute To
12:10: Sustainability Task Force Meeting (STF, Merrick 301)
Week 13
LLI & 399 Read: ENVS 399 Project Memos; Reading 8: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 4-5
Monday, April 10: LLI 3: Students Present & Discuss Uncommon Knowledge & Discard Studies with LLI Group
Wednesday, April 12: Project Meetings & Work
Week 14
LLI & 399 Read: ENVS 399 Project Memos; Reading 8: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 6-7
Monday, April 17: LLI 4: Walking Tours of Campus w/Sustainability / Environment Stops for LLI Group (Instructor off campus!)
Due: Draft (share with instructor) of project poster for May 2 Poster Session (see here)
Wednesday, April 19: Project Meetings & Work
Due: Final project poster for May 2 Poster Session (see here)
Week 15
LLI & 399 Read: ENVS 399 Project Memos; Reading 8: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 8-10
Monday, April 24: LLI 5: Catch-up on reading discussion + Project Work
Wednesday, April 26: Project Work
Week 16
Monday, May 1: Last Day & LL6: Final Student Presentations including LLI Group
Due: Final course assessment (no later than May 9 at noon in shared folder)
Tuesday, May 2: Poster Presentation (Atrium) with Remote Sensing Course: 10-1pm with lunch at noon.
Please attend when you can!
Wednesday, May 3: No Class Meeting