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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: Home/Backyard, Campus, Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Ethics & Values, Sustainability Concepts & Practices, Sense of Place
Blogging about Nature and Politics: A Weekly Journal Activity for Building Resilient and Active Students
David Spataro, Bellevue Community College
Bioregion Scale: Campus, Local Community/Watershed, Home/Backyard
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Climate Justice, Promising Pedagogies:Reflective & Contemplative Practice, Lifestyles & Consumption, Human Health & Wellbeing, Civil Society & Governance, Climate Change, Sense of Place, Sustainability Concepts & Practices, Ethics & Values, Social & Environmental Justice
Sustainability Daily Practice
Greg Gordon, Gonzaga University
The Daily Practice is an ongoing assignment that asks students to make a lifestyle change that contributes to environmental sustainability.
Bioregion Scale: Campus, Home/Backyard, Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Human Impact & Footprint, Climate Change, Ethics & Values, Sustainability Concepts & Practices, Promising Pedagogies:Reflective & Contemplative Practice, Lifestyles & Consumption