Week 12: Blog Post Resources

Hello Everyone:

Following are resources for your blog posts for this week as well as for discussion during class on Thursday.

Please note: You need only discuss Ishmael in your blog posts this week. Feel free however to also include relative information from other sources and especially those that help you to articulate themes in and messages from Ishmael in context of holistic sustainability.

Important: Blog posts due Thursday by midnight.

For Blog Post
Ishmael, finish book by Sunday, 22-Nov

For Discussion in Class Thursday: Two Documentaries
“The Magical Forest” http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/magical-forest/ 

“Nature. Beauty. Gratitude” www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude

Keep going, you're doing a great job!

Week 11: Blog Post Resources: Post due by Midnight

Hello Everyone:

Following are resources for your Week 11 Blog Posts.

Thiele, pp. 142-167

Worldwatch, pp. 113-153

Ishmael, through Chapter 12

Please note that your initial and response posts are due midnight (not noon) on Thursday the 5th. 

Good luck!

Week 10: Blog Post Resources

Hello Everyone:
Please find following the readings and other resources for your blog posts this week. Please remember that your posts this week are due Saturday the (31st), not Thursday, by noon.

Your are doing a fine job in this class: Congratulations and keep pushing forward!

Ron

Worldwatch, pp. 332-342

Benyus: Biomimicry’s Surprising Lessons from Nature’s Engineers at
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html; 

Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From at http://www.ted.com/playlists/20/where_do_ideas_come_from

Week 8: Blog Post Resources and Instructions

Hello Everyone:

Welcome to Week 8 of our Blog Post Project! Please find following the resources for our discussion this week, and remember that your initial post and response are due Thursday by noon.

Thiele, pp. 90-114

 Worldwatch, pp. 172-183; 317-331

Good luck!

Ron

Blog Post Project Instructions

You will write to this Blogspot weekly for 14 weeks (1-September – 1-December).  For the first part of your contribution, you will write a short quotation from the week’s reading, or from the book on which you are writing your report, and include with the quotation the page number indicated or in the case of a video, include the minute/second point at which the quote can be found. Along with your quote, pose a question, comment, or challenge pertaining to the quotation.      

      

For the second part of your blog contribution you will respond to another student’s question, comment, or challenge about the quote that they posted. Your response to another’s question, comment, or challenge must be a minimum of 100 words. 

Students are strongly encouraged to read and respond to other students’ submissions in a timely manner. Late submissions, submissions less than 100 words or lacking substance, and submissions not appropriately submitted (for example sent to CANVAS rather than to the Blogspot) will not receive credit.  

There are no make-ups for online submissions, so submit yours early to ensure that a late developing event (e.g. illness, family emergency, etc.) does not prevent you from receiving credit.

Your initial post as well as your 100-plus word response to a fellow student’s question, comment, or challenge is due each Thursday by 12-noon, September 1-December 1. Your blog posts, initial and response, are worth 5 points each for a total of 70 points.

Week 7: Blog Post Project Resources

Hello Everyone:
Welcome to Week 7 of our Blog Post Project! Please find following the resources for our discussion this week, and remember that your initial post and response are due Thursday by noon.

Good luck!
Ron

Thiele: pp. 65-89 

Worldwatch: pp. 353-362 

Synthesis on Biodiversity at http://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.354.aspx.pdf pp. 18-41.

The World’s Largest Family Reunion at http://www.ted.com/talks/aj_jacobs_the_world_s_largest_family_reunion_we_re_all_invited

Blog Post Project Instructions

You will write to this Blogspot weekly for 14 weeks (1-September – 1-December).  For the first part of your contribution, you will write a short quotation from the week’s reading, or from the book on which you are writing your report, and include with the quotation the page number indicated or in the case of a video, include the minute/second point at which the quote can be found. Along with your quote, pose a question, comment, or challenge pertaining to the quotation.      

      

For the second part of your blog contribution you will respond to another student’s question, comment, or challenge about the quote that they posted. Your response to another’s question, comment, or challenge must be a minimum of 100 words. 

Students are strongly encouraged to read and respond to other students’ submissions in a timely manner. Late submissions, submissions less than 100 words or lacking substance, and submissions not appropriately submitted (for example sent to CANVAS rather than to the Blogspot) will not receive credit.  

There are no make-ups for online submissions, so submit yours early to ensure that a late developing event (e.g. illness, family emergency, etc.) does not prevent you from receiving credit.

Your initial post as well as your 100-plus word response to a fellow student’s question, comment, or challenge is due each Thursday by 12-noon, September 1-December 1. Your blog posts, initial and response, are worth 5 points each for a total of 70 points.

A grading Rubric for your blog posts has been posted to CANVAS.

Blog Post Project: Instructions and Resources for Week 5

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our Blogspot for Week 5.

Please share your observations about these readings, as well as your thoughts about what these readings mean in the context of holistic sustainability.

Readings for Week 5

Ishmael: Beginning thru Chapter 6

Blog Post Project Instructions

You will write to this Blogspot weekly for 14 weeks (1-September – 1-December).  For the first part of your contribution, you will write a short quotation from the week’s reading, or from the book on which you are writing your report, and include with the quotation the page number indicated or in the case of a video, include the minute/second point at which the quote can be found. Along with your quote, pose a question, comment, or challenge pertaining to the quotation.      

      

For the second part of your blog contribution you will respond to another student’s question, comment, or challenge about the quote that they posted. Your response to another’s question, comment, or challenge must be a minimum of 100 words. 

Students are strongly encouraged to read and respond to other students’ submissions in a timely manner. Late submissions, submissions less than 100 words or lacking substance, and submissions not appropriately submitted (for example sent to CANVAS rather than to the Blogspot) will not receive credit.  

There are no make-ups for online submissions, so submit yours early to ensure that a late developing event (e.g. illness, family emergency, etc.) does not prevent you from receiving credit.

Your initial post as well as your 100-plus word response to a fellow student’s question, comment, or challenge is due each Thursday by 12-noon, September 1-December 1. Your blog posts, initial and response, are worth 5 points each for a total of 70 points.

Blog Posts Project: Instructions and Resources for Week 4

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our Blogspot were we will share our observations about the readings for this semester as well as share thoughts about what these readings mean to us in the context of holistic sustainability.

Following are Blog Post Project instructions that can also be found in our class CANVAS page.

Blog Posts Project: Instructions

You will write to this Blogspot weekly for 14 weeks (1-September – 1-December).  For the first part of your contribution, you will write a short quotation from the week’s reading, or from the book on which you are writing your report, and include with the quotation the page number indicated or in the case of a video, include the minute/second point at which the quote can be found. Along with your quote, pose a question, comment, or challenge pertaining to the quotation.      

      

For the second part of your blog contribution you will respond to another student’s question, comment, or challenge about the quote that they posted. Your response to another’s question, comment, or challenge must be a minimum of 100 words. 

Students are strongly encouraged to read and respond to other students’ submissions in a timely manner. Late submissions, submissions less than 100 words or lacking substance, and submissions not appropriately submitted (for example sent to CANVAS rather than to the Blogspot) will not receive credit.  

There are no make-ups for online submissions, so submit yours early to ensure that a late developing event (e.g. illness, family emergency, etc.) does not prevent you from receiving credit.

A grading Rubric for this your blog posts has been posted to CANVAS.

Your initial post as well as your 100-plus word response to a fellow student’s question, comment, or challenge is due each Thursday by 12-noon, September 1-December 1. Your blog posts, initial and response, are worth 5 points each for a total of 70 points.

Readings for Week 4

Thiele, pp. 115-141.

Worldwatch, pp. 244-252, 279-291. Linked from our CANVAS course page in Assignments for Week 4

Blog Posts Project: instructions and Resources for Week 3

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our Blogspot were we will share our observations about the readings for this semester as well as share thoughts about what these readings mean to us in the context of holistic sustainability.

Following are Blog Post Project instructions that can also be found in the syllabus that can be found in our class CANVAS page.

Blog Posts Project: Instructions

You will write to this Blogspot weekly for 14 weeks (1-September – 1-December).  For the first part of your contribution, you will write a short quotation from the week’s reading, or from the book on which you are writing your report, and include with the quotation the page number indicated or in the case of a video, include the minute/second point at which the quote can be found. Along with your quote, pose a question, comment, or challenge pertaining to the quotation.      

      

For the second part of your blog contribution you will respond to another student’s question, comment, or challenge about the quote that they posted. Your response to another’s question, comment, or challenge must be a minimum of 100 words. 

Students are strongly encouraged to read and respond to other students’ submissions in a timely manner. Late submissions, submissions less than 100 words or lacking substance, and submissions not appropriately submitted (for example sent to CANVAS rather than to the Blogspot) will not receive credit.  

There are no make-ups for online submissions, so submit yours early to ensure that a late developing event (e.g. illness, family emergency, etc.) does not prevent you from receiving credit.

Your initial post as well as your 100-plus word response to a fellow student’s question, comment, or challenge is due each Thursday by 12-noon, September 1-December 1. Your blog posts, initial and response, are worth 5 points each for a total of 70 points.

Readings for Week 3

Lappe (2013) “Scarcity-mind or Eco-mind?”  Find the link to this document in CANVAS

Read the Earth Charter Preamble at http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter.html.

Norman Uphoff quote: Find a link to this document in CANVAS

Blog Posts Project: Instructions and First Readings

Hello Everyone!
Welcome to our Blogspot were we will share our observations about the readings for this semester as well as share thoughts about what these readings mean to us in the context of holistic sustainability.
Following are Blog Post Project instructions that can also be found in the syllabus that I email you Saturday 22-August.

Blog Posts Project: Instructions

Weekly for 14 weeks (1-September – 1-December) you will write to an online blog. For the first part of your contribution, you will write a short quotation from the week’s reading, or from the book on which you are writing your report, and include with the quotation the page number indicated or in the case of a video, include the minute/second point at which the quote can be found. Along with your quote, pose a question, comment, or challenge pertaining to the quotation.      

      

            For the second part of your blog contribution you will respond to another student’s question, comment, or challenge about the quote that they posted. Your response to another’s question, comment, or challenge must be a minimum of 100 words. 

Students are strongly encouraged to read and respond to other students’ submissions. Late submissions and submissions not appropriately submitted will not receive credit.  There are no make-ups for online submissions, so submit yours early to ensure that a late developing event (e.g. illness, family emergency, etc.) does not prevent you from receiving credit.

Your initial post as well as your 100-plus word response to a fellow student’s question, comment, or challenge is due each Thursday by 12-noon, September 1-December 1. Your blog posts, initial and response, are worth 5 points each for a total of 70 points.

Readings for Week 1

Aldo Leopold. Thinking Like a Mountain, at http://www.eco-action.org/dt/thinking.html.

Senge. Navigating Webs of Interdependence at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOPfVVMCwYg&list=PL0EF49AFFABB8AEF8

Savory. How to Green the Desert at http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change