Activity Collection
Bioregion Discipline
- Anthropology 6 matches
- Art 1 match
- Biology 3 matches
- Business/Management 1 match
- Chemistry 2 matches
- Communication 5 matches
- Economics 3 matches
- Education 1 match
- English 10 matches
- Environmental Studies 19 matches
- Geography 6 matches
- Geoscience 3 matches
- History 1 match
- Interdisciplinary Studies 12 matches
- Oceanography/Marine Studies 3 matches
- Philosophy 4 matches
- Political Science/Policy 5 matches
- Prof/Tech Field 1 match
- Psychology 1 match
- Religious Studies 4 matches
- Sociology 6 matches
- Other 3 matches
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Local Community/Watershed
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- Case Studies 7 matches
- Civic Engagement & Service Learning 9 matches
- Learning Communities 1 match
- Reflective & Contemplative Practice 26 matches
Promising Pedagogies
1 match General/Other
Bioregion ScaleResults 31 - 34 of 34 matches
A Sense of Place Collage Essay
Kathleen Byrd, South Puget Sound Community College
The "collage essay" is a formal writing assignment for English 101. The "collage" format of this paper offers students the opportunity to explore a sense of place from multiple perspectives without needing to demonstrate a stance as is usually expected in a thesis-driven essay.
Bioregion Scale: Home/Backyard, Campus, Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Promising Pedagogies:Reflective & Contemplative Practice, Ecosystem Health, Sense of Place
Place Quilt: Exploring Visual Language through Sense of Place
Rob Beishline, Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom
Black and white silhouette project for undergraduate art appreciation students exploring the idea of place.
Bioregion Scale: Local Community/Watershed
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Sense of Place, Promising Pedagogies:Reflective & Contemplative Practice
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
Wilderness Practice within the Circumference of the Collegiate Home
Elizabeth Sikes, Seattle University
This is a field activity that reinforces the concept of what Gary Snyder calls "a practice of the wild," that is, a practice that engages and connects the whole person within the local ecological community broadly conceived.
Bioregion Topical Vocabulary: Sense of Place, Promising Pedagogies:Reflective & Contemplative Practice