Activity Collection
Bioregion Discipline
- Anthropology 4 matches
- Biology 6 matches
- Business/Management 1 match
- Chemistry 7 matches
- Communication 5 matches
- Economics 4 matches
- Education 1 match
- English 9 matches
- Environmental Studies 24 matches
- Geography 4 matches
- Geoscience 4 matches
- History 4 matches
- Interdisciplinary Studies 13 matches
- Oceanography/Marine Studies 2 matches
- Philosophy 5 matches
- Political Science/Policy 8 matches
- Prof/Tech Field 1 match
- Psychology 2 matches
- Religious Studies 3 matches
- Sociology 12 matches
- Other 4 matches
Bioregion Scale
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary Show all
Human Impact & Footprint
43 matches
Bioregion Topical VocabularyResults 41 - 43 of 43 matches
Ecosystem Services and Environmental Economics
Claus Svendsen, Skagit Valley College
In this exercise, students explore the value of ecosystem services of an ecological restoration project that they are proposing. They will be able to compare the ecosystem services value to the cost of the restoration project.
Bioregion Scale: Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Ecosystem Health, Natural Resources, Sustainability Concepts & Practices, Human Impact & Footprint, Water & Watersheds
What's Up With Your Stuff?
Holly Hughes, Edmonds Community College
Through a quarter-long series of assignments students determine their ecological footprint and explore their relationship with consumer culture. Students are given an opportunity to participate in a "service-learning" activity.
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Ecosystem Health, Promising Pedagogies:Reflective & Contemplative Practice, Lifestyles & Consumption, Promising Pedagogies:Civic Engagement & Service Learning, Human Impact & Footprint
Making Our Campus More Sustainable and Democratic
Eric Chase, South Puget Sound Community College
With the goal of addressing sustainability within the bioregion, students will generate their own assessment of the needs of the particular learning institution in which they are a part. In a sense, this is a giant student generated service-learning project around the topic of campus sustainability.
Bioregion Scale: Campus, Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Human Impact & Footprint, Promising Pedagogies:Civic Engagement & Service Learning, Promising Pedagogies, Sustainability Concepts & Practices