ENST 4800 YA - Interdisciplinary Seminars

Topics

• Part 1: Sustainable Future?
• (wk 1) C2C: Intro: This book is not a tree (video: The Next Industrial Revolution)
• SR: Intro: Portrait of the sustainability revolution
• (wk 2) C2C: : Where to start? With Design……
• SR: : Sustainability and Ecological Design
• (wk 3) C2C: : Why being less bad is no good
• SR: : The Birth of Sustainability
• (wk 4) C2C: : Waste equals food
• SR: : Sustainability and Commerce
• (wk 5) C2C: : The importance of diversity
• SR: : Sustainability and the Biosphere
• Part 2: NGO Report
• Non-Government Organizations are a terrific way to meet people and expand your
• join the NGO, and 4) examples of projects where members can volunteer (and network!!)
• arise
• Part 3: Student Presentations on Achieving Sustainability
• doing things the “old way” and detailing how the activity can be done sustainably
• Where do their raw materials come from?
• Do they use recycled materials? (what type of recycling do they use?)
• Where does their energy come from?
• Do they treat their own water pollution?