For this assignment, you are required to attend a public meeting at one of the following types of organizations:
Neighborhood association
Non-profit organization (sustainability related)
Municipalities
Businesses
If you are not able to locate a suitable meeting, please watch one episode of one of the following documentary series, and analyze instances of stakeholder engagement in your response to the assignment prompts:
EPISODES FROM FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Making your lifestyle footprint …
Episode 1: Making your lifestyle footprint regenerative
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. In Fundamentals of sustainable living. (2015). The Great Courses.
Summary: What does it mean to live sustainably? How can we better live within the biophysical limits of the planet without engaging in self-denial? Begin to answer these questions here as you consider how your choices of home, food, transportation, energy, and more promote a sustainable lifestyle (29 min.).
Green economics: Living well
Episode 10: Green economics: Living well.
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In Fundamentals of sustainable living. (2015). The Great Courses.
Summary: What does a sustainable economy look like? Take an in-depth look at the core concepts necessary for an economy that meets people’s material needs while respecting the hierarchy of sustainability and working in service to humanity and nature. Such ideas include a steady state economy and the movement for degrowth (31 min.).
EPISODES FROM FOOD FORWARD
Urban agriculture across America
Episode 1: Urban agriculture across America
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. (2014). In Food forward. PBS.
Summary Learn how the explosion of urban agriculture is revitalizing local economies and creating jobs (25 min.).
School lunch revival
Episode 7: School lunch revival.
(opens in a new tab) In Food forward. (2014). PBS.
Summary: All public school kids have access to free or reduced price lunch, but affordability doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for them. Detroit’s renegade lunch lady is not only serving kids healthy food, she has them growing it, too. Houston schools are joining a national movement with “seed to plate” classroom cooking, and in North Carolina, a new generation of service members is connecting farmers and schools (25 min.).
ASSIGNMENT: I ATTACHED THE ASSIGNMENT TO THE FILE !!!!!!!!!!!
PLUS THE VIDEOS IF NEEDED TO BE WATCHED ILL ADD THE LINKS BELOW
EPISODES FROM FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING
1. https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/168077?vp=riosalado AND https://riosalado.kanopy.com/video/fundamentals-sustainable-living-green-econom
EPISODES FROM FOOD FORWARD
2.https://riosalado.kanopy.com/video/urban-agriculture-across-america AND https://riosalado.kanopy.com/video/school-lunch-revival
Field Trip Observation Report Rubric
Response is complete: 3 pts
Response to item #5 clearly describes the subject of the meeting (i.e. the problem or project): 3 pts
Rationale for responses to items #6-9 accurately identifies the stakeholder types as described in the lesson and other resources. 16 points
Rationale for response to item #10 demonstrates competently identifies the stakeholder engagement strategies described in the lesson and other resources. 4 points
Rationale for response to item #11 demonstrates competently appraises the effectiveness the stakeholder engagement strategies described in the lesson and other resources. 4 points
