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Horticulture Learning Community Assignment

Dive into the world of horticulture with Jenny Aune's assignment that explores the connections between people, values, and the environment. Topics include service learning, ethics, and sustainability. Preparatory readings and writing tasks set the stage for a transformative learning experience. Students grapple with differing viewpoints and societal norms, leading to positive outcomes like appreciating ancestral connections to the land and embracing stewardship. However, challenges arise as resistance and misunderstandings persist, requiring guidance and solutions. Join this learning community to explore a holistic approach to horticulture and personal values.

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Horticulture Learning Community Assignment

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  1. Horticulture Learning Community Assignment Jenny Aune

  2. Goals • To see differences • Values • People • To see connections • Assumptions and decisions • Life basis vs. holding medium

  3. Paper Topics • People and environment • Values • Gleaning (Service Learning) • Butterflies • Ethics of dams • Creating a sustainable farm

  4. Preparatory Reading 1 • “America in Exile” by Hawthorne • Religious persecution • England • New England • Nature • Life giving • Evil • Gap between viewpoints

  5. Preparatory Writing • Compare your personal values with those of an ancestor. • Devoted, religious mother has an affair and leaves family. • Drunken father beats son for drinking. • “Liberal” grandfather refuses to speak to granddaughter for marrying an American Indian.

  6. Transitional Assignment Bioregional Quiz

  7. Preparatory Reading 2 • “Voices From White Earth” by Winona LaDuke • Circular vs. linear thinking • Industrial thinkers • Examples • White Earth Recovery Project

  8. Soil What does it mean to you?

  9. The Assignment • Your paper should do the following: • Explain the purpose of soil. • Explain how you take care of the soil. • Explain why you think and act in this manner.

  10. Positive Outcomes • Some students really think • Appreciate own land • Ancestors’ connection to the land • Stewardship over ownership • Begin to appreciate other views • Not so negative about circular views

  11. Problem 1 • Severe resistance • “You can’t feed the world on organic crap.” • “Who does she think she is?”

  12. Problem 2 • Misunderstandings • “Why don’t they want progress?” • “If they’re using the land to make money, they’re doing the same thing as us ‘industrial thinkers.’ She’s just another hypocrite.” • “Don’t they make enough money off their casinos?”

  13. Problem 3 • Students bypass the assignment to express their anger at “hippie organic crazies.”

  14. Problem 4 • Turn their anger towards me—the puppy-hugger—and dismiss what I say on anything related to agriculture for the rest of the semester.

  15. Suggestions? (Help me!)

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