Sustainable Development Project Proposal

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Turn in journals 1-4, self-assessment
• Wednesday’s Meeting with Sherpa Sustainability Institute: Learn about sustainable business models

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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

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?

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
Read above for details on your first assignment!

HOMEWORK- Start your research.  Try to get at least a few sources identified and found.