Sustainable Living 2008-2009
Weekly Schedule
October 6: Complete silhouette art project for auction.
October 14: Prepare for trip. Ishmael activity.
The Book Discussion Team has selected the following themes from Ishmael for us to focus on:
- the importance of recording history, a true history (not one that starts with the advent of agriculture)
- our cultural mythology is what is killing us, not any flaw in human nature
- there is no one right way to live
- we are members of a community of life
October 15-17: Overnight trip to Longbranch Environmental Education Center
Participation on the trip will be assessed with the following rubric:
Longbranch Overnight Service Trip Rubric
Your trip score will count toward your service course grade and toward your Biology grade.
October 21: Discuss Service deadlines. Develop Action Plans.
October 28: Work out details of Action Plan proposals.
November 4: Formalize Action Plan proposals.
November 11: Watch Wasteland video. Type Action Plan proposals.
Proposals should address the following questions:
What is your Action Plan? Give an overview.
Who is your audience?
What message are you trying to share?
What is the reasoning/justification for spreading your message?
How will you execute our plan? Use as much detail as you have planned so far.
When will your work take place?
Sources/Resources: people, books, websites
November 18: Finish typing Action Plan proposals and email them to Lysne and Fitzgerald by some time tonight (11/18).
When you receive approval by email, share your final plan with your parents and have them sign the proposal.
November 25: No service due to Exam Schedule.
Web Resources for Action Plans
Turtle Island Preserve - directed by Eustace Conway, subject of The Last American Man (from which I read an excerpt to you in Bio)
Captain Planet Grants - Dec 31 deadline, timing may not be right for everyone (or anyone).
Sustainable Western NC, blog by Paul Gallimore of Longbranch
National Wildlife Federation - Wildlife Habitat Certification
Town of Davidson Planning Department
Imaginon Teen Events Page - often there are workshops on cool, Earth-friendly projects
WebUrbanist Recycled Furniture - design ideas (not so much a how to)
GLOBE Water Quality Testing Protocols - look at the list in the HYDROLOGY section of this page
TED (Tech, Entertainment, Design) Talk videos:
Ann Cooper, Renegade Lunch Lady, on school lunches
Wade Davis, National Geographic reporter, on Engangered Indigenous Cultures
E.O. Wilson, Harvard biologist, on saving life on Earth
William Kamkwamba, Tanzanian teenager, builds home-made windmill for power
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