Activity Collection
Bioregion Discipline
- Anthropology 13 matches
- Art 2 matches
- Biology 25 matches
- Business/Management 1 match
- Chemistry 24 matches
- Communication 8 matches
- Economics 6 matches
- Education 4 matches
- English 32 matches
- Environmental Studies 91 matches
- Geography 15 matches
- Geoscience 22 matches
- History 5 matches
- Interdisciplinary Studies 38 matches
- Mathematics 9 matches
- Oceanography/Marine Studies 6 matches
- Philosophy 15 matches
- Political Science/Policy 14 matches
- Prof/Tech Field 2 matches
- Psychology 4 matches
- Religious Studies 11 matches
- Sociology 21 matches
- Other 7 matches
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Bioregion Topical Vocabulary
- Civil Society & Governance 15 matches
- Climate Change 37 matches
- Cultures & Religions 25 matches
- Cycles & Systems 12 matches
- Design & Planning 10 matches
- Ecosystem Health 51 matches
- Energy 13 matches
- Ethics & Values 23 matches
- Food Systems & Agriculture 22 matches
- Future Studies & Visioning 3 matches
- Human Impact & Footprint 41 matches
- Human Health & Wellbeing 23 matches
- Lifestyles & Consumption 35 matches
- Natural Resources 20 matches
- Pollution & Waste 33 matches
- Promising Pedagogies 65 matches
- Sense of Place 43 matches
- Social & Environmental Justice 55 matches
- Sustainability Concepts & Practices 59 matches
- Water & Watersheds 33 matches
Results 1 - 10 of 166 matches
Mock United Nations Climate Negotiations Exercise
Shangrila Wynn, The Evergreen State College
This is a version of the UN climate mock negotiations exercise developed by Shangrila Joshi Wynn.
Bioregion Scale: Global, National/Continental
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Climate Change, Social & Environmental Justice, Civil Society & Governance
Exploring Climate Change Effects on Water Availability and Agriculture
Betsy Bancroft, Gonzaga University
This activity has students work together to summarize regional effects of climate change and other environmental issues, which a focus on how these issues may influence agriculture and water availability. Students present a region to the group and create a layperson summary of the effects of climate change and other environmental change on their region.
Bioregion Scale: Global
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Climate Change, Food Systems & Agriculture, Natural Resources, Human Impact & Footprint, Water & Watersheds
Rethinking Sustainability Through the Humanities: Multi-Sensory Experience and Environmental Encounter Beyond the Classroom
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
This assignment pairs studies in environmental humanities with outdoor activity. Students complete a "field excursion" (gardening, hiking, environmental restoration) and reflect on sensory experiences involved in that activity to critique rationalist traditions/Cartesian legacies in their education more broadly.
Bioregion Scale: Local Community/Watershed, Campus, Home/Backyard
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Sense of Place, Sustainability Concepts & Practices, Ethics & Values
Engaging Campus Conversations about Climate Action
Nicky Phear, The University of Montana-Missoula
Campus Climate Conversations are designed to be both educational and "deliberative," meaning students, staff, and faculty interact with one another in small groups to share views and ideas about climate action strategies. This activity is structured to enhance education and engagement, and to generate collaborative climate action strategies.
Bioregion Scale: Campus
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Promising Pedagogies:Civic Engagement & Service Learning, Climate Change, Sustainability Concepts & Practices
Climate Change Mind Map
Woody Moses, Highline Community College
Bioregion Scale: Global
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Climate Change
Campus Garbage Project
Jennifer Zovar, Whatcom Community College
Students are asked to design and conduct an archaeological survey of the modern college campus, focusing on the provenience of litter and other trash, which is collected, sorted, and analyzed. Students develop a research question about college culture, waste management practices, and/or sustainability more generally and prepare an academic poster presenting their results.
Mapping Stormwater Runoff Infrastructure for the City of Bothell
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Term-long course activity for student groups to map the flow of stormwater runoff on newly developed or altered properties in and for the City of Bothell.
Bioregion Scale: Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Promising Pedagogies:Civic Engagement & Service Learning, Pollution & Waste, Design & Planning, Water & Watersheds, Cycles & Systems
Environmental Justice in Tacoma: A Non-Majors Qualitative Assessment of Pollution and Public Policy in the Local Community
Jim Gawel, University of Washington- Tacoma
This activity is designed to get non-environmental majors to qualitatively examine their own community for evidence of environmental injustice. Using a mix of evidence from online sources (U.S. Census, EnviroMapper, Toxic Release Inventory, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, etc.) and field observations, student groups describe the population and pollution sources found within an assigned elementary school district in Tacoma.
Bioregion Scale: Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Social & Environmental Justice, Human Impact & Footprint, Ecosystem Health, Lifestyles & Consumption, Pollution & Waste
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the County Level: A Collaborative Term Project to Enhance Understanding of Climate Modeling and Quantitative Reasoning
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus; Robert Turner
The general assignment is for the students to work as a team to quantify and map the variability in greenhouse gas emissions for the counties in Washington State. To accomplish this, students work in pairs ...
Bioregion Scale: Regional
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Climate Change, Energy
Old Sticks in the Mud: Hazards of Lahars from Mount Rainier Volcano
Patrick Pringle, Centralia College
Volcanic debris flows (lahars) flow long distances, bury and aggrade river valleys, and cause long-term stream disturbances and dramatic landscape changes. Students will evaluate the nature, scale, and history of ...
Bioregion Scale: Regional
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Design & Planning