Environmental Stewardship

Unit 1: Envisioning Environmental Stewardship

(subject to change)

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Guiding Questions:

1. What is a "steward"?

2. What is a "land ethic" and how can we apply it to our work at Conserve School?

3. How can we continue our work as environmental stewards after we leave Conserve School?

 

Week 1:

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Tuesday, January 30:  

Essential questions:  What is stewardship?  What places are we stewards of?

• Activities:

  • Mapping Activity

  • ​​Introduce Course Map

• Homework:  (Due 1/31) Please take the time to read through your course map carefully--you are responsible for knowing the information in the course map and for asking questions as they arise. When you have finished reading, please fill out the course map contract--which includes space for you to share goals, hopes, and concerns.  

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Wednesday, January 31:

Essential questions: What can we learn from difference?  How can we steward each others' voices and experiences?

• Activities:

  • ​Sound Map

  • Perfect Conversation Exercise

  • Introduce TAP and Class TAP​

• Homework: (Due 2/6) Read “Leopold’s Land Ethic”, the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, and watch the accompanying video. Answer homework questions (in your Stewardship homework field guide)

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Week 2:

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Tuesday, February 6:

Essential questions: What is a land ethic?  What is your land ethic?  How does your land ethic connect to both Lowenwood and your sending community?

• Activities:

  • Discussion on human ethics

  • Land Ethic Discovery Hike​ on Little Donahue single track

• Homework: (Due 2/7) Your E-port Homepage is due Wednesday at 10 pm.  (Brainstorming prompts available in homework field guide)

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Wednesday, February 7:

Essential questions: What is a land ethic?  What is your land ethic?  How does your land ethic connect to both Lowenwood and your sending community? (continued...)

• Activities:

  • Land Ethic hike

• Homework: Your E-port Homepage is due tonight at 10 pm (brainstorming prompts available in homework field guide), Commons Field Guide due Tuesday, 2/13, TAP Experience/Vision/Brainstorming/Goals due Wednesday, 2/21

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Tuesday, February 13

Essential questions:  What is the "Tragedy of the Commons"?  How can we steward common spaces justly?

• Activities:

  • Commons videos and discussion​

• Homework: Environmental Education readings and response due tomorrow,  TAP Experience/Vision/Brainstorming/Goals due Wednesday, 2/21

  

Wednesday, February 14

Essential questions: What is the "Tragedy of the Commons"?   How can we use communication to steward the commons responsibly?

• Activities: Perfect Conversation Activity on Black Oak Lakes

• Homework: TAP Experience/Vision/Brainstorming/Goals due Wednesday, 2/21

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Tuesday, February 20:

Essential questions:  How can we steward our voices?  

• Activities:

  • Discussion on presenting and presenting style

• Homework: Land Ethic  e-port

  

Wednesday, February 21:

Essential questions: What connections can we make between our heroes, our land ethic, the commons, and our TAP

• Activities: Guest speaker (Mark Voss) + discussion hike

• Homework: Heroes presentation next Wednesday

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Tuesday, March 6:

Essential questions:  How can we present our ideas?

• Activities: Stewarding our voices lesson

• Homework: Heroes presentation tomorrow

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Wednesday, March 7:

Heroes Presentation

• Activities: Heroes Presentation

• Homework: Sign-up for an individual mid-term check-in with me