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Disciplinary Group Diagrams

Initial Publication Date: June 9, 2010

For this task, the participants were split into disciplinary-esque groups to think about how the big ideas in sustainability overlap with the big ideas in their disciplines. The following Venn diagrams were the product of the session. After posting, the participants conducted a Gallery Walk to look at and comment on the different diagrams.

Biology (Wittler, Tibbets, Grossman)

Biology Sustainability Diagram

Comments
  • How do you connect natural communities to "the good life"? Are all natural communities "the good life"?
  • I like this diagram.


Chemistry (Sturgeon, Spencer, St. Clair)

Chemistry Sustainability Diagram

Comments
  • What's not in the middle?

Economics and Business (Hayes, Holland, Zhosan, Swoboda)

Economics Sustainability Diagram

Comments
  • limitations of physical laws?
  • I like the fluidity of the categories.


Art / Communication / Psychology (Martinson, Martin, Lee, Simmonds)

Art/Comm/Psych Sustainability Diagram

Comments
  • Where is the physical world?
  • Interesting that this one is the most attractive.


History / English / Political Science (Farrell, Caton, Zaffiro, Mosher, Hutula)

History Sustainability Diagram


Languages: German / French / Spanish (Kath, Gates-Young, Gates-Madsen, Feat)

Languages Sustainability Diagram

Comments
  • "Process over time" may connect several of these posters.


Geology / Southwest Studies / Physics (Savina, Whitten, Hansen)

Physics/Geology Sustainability Diagram


Education / Philosophy / English (Jensen, Watson, Darlington)

Humanities Sustainability Diagram