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    Rethinking Sustainability Through the Humanities: Multi-Sensory Experience and Environmental Encounter Beyond the Classroom part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
    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.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: English, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science, Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Sustainability
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    Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Project for the Science Classroom part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
    Liliana Caughman
    Students are assigned unique roles and work independently to solve a complex problem from the perspective of their role (i.e. sociologist, educator, historian, etc.) Students then work collaboratively to present their findings and action plan to the "tribal council".

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geography, Geoscience:Oceanography, Geoscience, Soils, English, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, Environmental Science, Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Soils and Agriculture
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Environmental Advocacy Project part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
    Anita Harker, Whatcom Community College
    This assignment requires that students research the historical context of an environmental issue within their own communities and apply different types of organizing/advocacy tactics for instigating social change.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science, Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, History, Sociology, Geography:Human/Cultural, Health Sciences, English, Political Science, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geography, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review