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Sustainability. Spring 2009 Class 11 Jeff Fletcher. Logistics. This I Believe Due Worldchanging Essay: Community due next Wed. May 6 (not April 29) Some feedback Individual Report on Product Lifecycle Due Next Monday Be sure you’ve looked at Community readings for Wednesday
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Sustainability Spring 2009 Class 11 Jeff Fletcher
Logistics • This I Believe Due • Worldchanging Essay: Community due next Wed. May 6 (not April 29) • Some feedback • Individual Report on Product Lifecycle Due Next Monday • Be sure you’ve looked at Community readings for Wednesday • Portfolio Assignment • Access • Permissions for UNST • Follow-up on Guest presenter • Dani Dennenberg, Northwest Earth Institute (nwei.org)
What’s an economy for? • Director John de Graaf will screen and discuss his new documentary • May ?? (DATE CHANGING—NOT May 21st) • About John de Graaf : • National coordinator of TAKE BACK YOUR TIME (www.timeday.org) • Overworked, too-busy people are bad for the environment • KCTS-TV, the Seattle PBS affiliate, for 24 years, as an independent producer of television documentaries. • More than 15 of his programs have been broadcast in Prime Time nationally on PBS. • He is the recipient of more than 100 regional, national and international awards for film-making, including three Emmy awards. • He produced the popular PBS specials, RUNNING OUT OF TIME, an examination of overwork and time pressure in America, and AFFLUENZA, a humorous critique of American consumerism. • His other national PBS specials include FOR EARTH’S SAKE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID BROWER; VISIBLE TARGET; A PERSONAL MATTER: GORDON HIRABAYASHI VS. THE UNITED STATES; BEYOND ORGANIC; ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA; IT’S UP TO US: THE GIRAFFE PROJECT and CIRCLE OF PLENTY.
Other Events Coming Up • Major Exploration Day • Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 from 11– 3pm in the Ballroom (SMSU 355). • Breakout sessions related to choosing a major, creating an academic plan and connecting co-curricular experience to a future career. • More details at http://www.pdx.edu/unst/ • Student, Conci Althouse, filmed a white antiracist activist from the 60s, named Karen Haberman Trusty in class, then created documentary. • Screening Friday May 8, 6:30 pm at Fifth Ave. Cinema • Documentary geared to motivate young people to a life of activism • Free
Groups • For your assigned foreign city or country, review how it was used in the Cities section of the book. Be prepared to explain what was illustrated using this foreign location. • Locations • China • Lagos, Nigeria • Bogota, Columbia • Goa, India • Kenya • Vancouver, BC, Canada
Different Groups • Watch New Frontline Program: Poisoned Waters http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/ • Segment 10 on dangers of storm water runoff • Segment 11 on rural/urban debate over property rights • Each group prepare to argue either side (property rights vs. government regulation) • Have both pros and cons for each • We will flip a coin right before to decide which side you are on • The two teams will take turns talking (timed) with a chance at (polite) rebuttal