Updates: 4/13/2023
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.
As the crazy of a hands-on practicum are not enough, I’ve volunteered to integrate an OWU Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) course into ENVS 399 during the latter half of the semester. The LLI provides courses primarily for retirees in the Delaware area. We’ll take advantage of this bunch of seasoned folks for 1) Discussion of Readings (the Ostrom book and possibly Discard Studies), 2) Review of our project goals and progress on achieving them, and 3) an additional audience for our events and presentations at the end of the semester.
Week 1
Read & Notes: Review Course Syllabus, Schedule, Projects 2020, Projects 2023, and Evaluation pages
Monday, Jan. 16: No class meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 18: Introduction to Course & Projects & Discussion of Projects
Week 2
Read & Notes: Readings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Monday, Jan. 23: Discuss Readings (1, 2, 3) & Projects & Form Groups and Projects & STF
Wednesday, Jan. 25: Susan Zimmerman (see email) + Discuss Readings (4, 5) & Projects & Form Groups and Projects
Week 3
Read & Notes: Readings 4, 5, 6, 7
Monday, Jan. 30: Project Updates & Prepare for STF Meeting (Wednesday) & + Discuss Readings (4, 5)
Wednesday, Feb. 1: Discuss Readings (6, 7) & Apply Theory of Change ideas to Course Projects (see worksheet and process diagram)
Attend: 12:10: Sustainability Task Force Meeting (STF, Merrick 301): ENVS 399 Slides
Week 4
Read & Notes: Reading 8: Uncommon Knowledge, ch. 1; Reading 9: Discard Studies, ch. 1
Monday, Feb. 6: Planning
Assign: Plan for Readings & Presentations on Uncommon Knowledge & Discard Studies books
Assign: Planning for Lifelong Learning Initiative (LLI) meetings: share proposals & readings?
Assign: Planning for the next two STF meetings (see slides for Mar. 1 meeting below – linked to Mar. 1 meeting: update these slides)
Assign: Planning for End of Semester: Green Week, Student Research, and OWU Connection Events
Assign: Proposals for Group Sustainability Projects: due Wed. Feb. 15
Wednesday, Feb. 8: 2:10: Frank Fahner (ABM); 3:00: Ryan Boland (AV)
Week 5
Read & Notes: Reading 8: Discard Studies, ch. 2-3
Monday, Feb. 13: Assessment of W F 8 meetings & (3pm) Lauren Richards & Craig Flockerzie, Preservation Parks of Delaware
Due: Assessment of W F 8 Meetings (here)
Wednesday, Feb. 15: (2:10pm) Tyler Frysinger, Strata Eco Solutions.; (3:30pm) Susan Zimmerman (OWU Grants); Discuss DS ch. 2-3;
Shared:Grant Sources from Susan Zimmerman
Due: Proposals for Course Projects
Due: Assessment of M F 13 Meeting (here)
Week 6
Read & Notes: Reading 8: Discard Studies, ch. 4-5
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