Russanne Low

School of Natural Resource

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Workshop Leader, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Course Modules (5)

Unit 5: Case Study Group Work-Spatial Data Investigation part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
Unit 5 will delve more into an examination of food security using online ArcGIS. The class begins with a GIS-based exploration of data available for the three regions. The rest of the class period is provided for ...

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Russanne Low: Using Food Security in Science Systems Environment and Sustainability at University of Nebraska at Lincoln part of The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security
InTeGrate Modules work on-line! This is an example of an InTeGrate module, taught on-line and asynchronously in a large class format. The module was embedded in a team-taught introductory environmental science course offered by UNL's School of Natural Resources. The course emphasizes the importance of personal ethics, social responsibility, and sustainable practices as linkages between the environment and society. This module served as the culminating activity for the course, and students were challenged to apply systems thinking in an exploration of the complex, multiscalar factors that contribute to the wicked problem of global food security in their assigned region.

Essays (2)

Sustainable Futures Storytelling part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Russanne D. Low, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Emphasizing sustainability in our classrooms is a great way to build interest in Earth system sciences. Unlike climate change (and in some circles, ...

Russanne Low part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Essays
Essays on Teacher Preparation by Workshop Participants Science CentrUM University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Background and Infrastructure of Program Office: Our mission at the Science CentrUM is to ...

Conference Presentations (6)

The Wicked Problem of Food Security: Modules that Promote Interdisciplinary and Systems Thinking Using AGO part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Oral Sessions:Wednesday A
Over the next several decades, food security will continue to be one of the most pressing issues facing our planet. With this in mind, three professors from different disciplinary backgrounds, cultural geography, ...

Other Contributions (4)

Case Studies: Environmental and other issues part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Oral Sessions
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