Sustainable Development Project Proposal Launch

​Starter: Artwork Analysis
Let's get those artistic brains a churnin' today!  Analyze the cover The Gulch magazine through the three spheres of economic, environmental and social/cultural sustainability!  Jot dot all the things you see in here related to those three spheres and the way the artist is either critiquing Durango or attempting to inspire a more sustainable way forward. 

Share-out analyses and contrast to the 1872 painting, "American Progress" by Johnathon Gast 
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Announcements

• All 4 journals are due today!  The "final synthesis journal" should be shared electronically with me. The other three can be turned in as hard copies. 
• Staple the completed self-assessment rubric to journals 1-3 and turn those into the cubes by the window
• ​Phase 1 of Senior Project brainstorm due next Thur, 10/18
• College Essay Grades-- some thoughts from yours truly.
  

Sustainable Development Project Brainstorm!

Project Essential Question: What needs to be sustained more holistically in our own community and how might we do so in a way that takes into consideration environmental, economic and social/cultural needs?

Framing: It is time to choose an issue of sustainability for us to focus on as a class for our final project. But first, you need research one issue of interest to you and write a proposal for why we should select that issue! More to come on that! To help you choose an issue, let's brainstorm as many issues of sustainability as you can think of at play in our community.  

1. With a partner or group of 3, draw the three spheres of sustainable development on a piece of scratch paper.
2. Brainstorm all the things you think are related to those three spheres in our community!  Think outside of the box-- recycling is old hat, y'all.  
3. Think about it as a response to this question: What are current unsustainable practices? What needs to be sustained, and what are the consequences of us NOT sustaining that?

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Topic Selection and Problem Statement

1. Pick one issue/topic from our brainstorm that you're most interested in.
2. Write a one-sentence problem statement that follows this structure:"Our current consumption of water is unsustainable! We need to sustain our water supply or we will decrease our ability to nourish our forests, farms and citizens"

Sustainable Development Project Proposal Launch

• Start researching!​

Work time this week:

1. ​Monday: Rest of class!
2. Tuesday: Rachel Landis, Former Director of the Environmental Center at FLC, Current Director of the Local Food Security Project, workshop on systems-based thinking for creating solutions that actually work for issues of sustainability!
   
3. Wed: Most of class minus 30 minutes for guest speakers from the Sherpa Institute for Sustainability, speaking to us about their work to help businesses develop more sustainable models
   
4. Thursday: Most of class devoted to Senior Project Phase 1 share outs
   
5. Friday: ALL OF CLASS
   
6. Monday, 10/22: Research due, work time for essay!