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Agenda Finish DP Update and Reflection Take the End-Of-Year Humanities Evaluation survey Make sure your artwork and final philosophy written pieces are shared with Ashley! Honors: Half the SKy seminar and turn in lit analysis refinements End with Appreciations and class takeaways outside in amphitheater!
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Thought of the WEEK: “I have come to believe that our innate purpose is nothing more than to be the greatest version of ourselves. It is a process of refinement, improvement, and enhancement. When you are aligned with this process and living your purpose, you have the potential of creating something amazing.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience MONDAY Starter: Review the checklist of things to do this week and make a schedule for how you will manage your time in class and OUT of class to succeed this week! Share out your schedule with a peer. If either of you need help with time management or realistic planning, provide that help for each other! Go over the Exhibition Schedule Exhibition Planning Review and Timeline:
Philosophy Project WORK TIME Peer Critique Your Philosophy Project One More Time: Here are the Guidelines! TUESDAY Starter: Plan your introduction for your reading for exhibition night: EXAMPLE: Hello, my name is_________________. This is my personal philosophy project, expressed in the form of a poem. In it, I express the belief that one's happiness is comprised of....." Here are the exhibition schedules! I need volunteers to run the projector in my classroom!
Work Time 1. Rehearse
2. Continue making your way through the check-list of things to do this week! WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY: EXHIBITION DAY!!!!
FRIDAY
Starter: Reflect on yesterday's nature writing time. What was it like to be outside? How did you feel during and after? Was it a good use of class time?
*Option to share an excerpt of your writing! *Do we want to go back outside last 30 minutes of class today to keep writing?? Class Biz: Sign up for Exhibition Planning Committees:
Agenda: TEST PREP!
3. Test prep
10:12-11:10
11:15-12:02: Lisa Pool will be here from Conservation Colorado STARTER: "The Land Ethic" Review!!
Class Biz
Agenda Group Research Share-Out
think we SHOULD (moral obligation here) and CAN (practical considerations here) pursue? 2. How do your own environmental ethics and/or understanding of our energy needs and/or your own lifestyle choices influence your views on energy?? PRINT and POST your research notes on the classroom wall! (5 min) Intro to Nature Writing 1. Short Reading: "My house is the Red Earth" by Joy Harjo
2. What is "nature writing"? brief lecture (Slides 1-9...we'll do more if we have time!) Time to get organized for the exam!
DAN HARM'S POWERPOINT LECTURE FOR YOUR REFERENCE!!!
Announcements:
STARTER Come up with ONE good question to ask our guest speaker! More than one is great! Agenda 1. Research time 9:45-10:25 2. Guest Speaker: Dan Harms is the Manager of Rates, Technology and Energy Policy for La Plata Electric Association (LPEA). He will talk about how and where we get our energy from to power our lives in La Plata County and to what extent transitioning to renewables is a possibility. As a Systems Engineer Dan Harms has completed The Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program (MIP). Offered by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), MIP is considered one of the most exclusive educational programs in the nation for electric cooperative management. Starter (10 minutes)
Respond to this spoken word poem by Prince Ea: Which environmental ethic is he speaking to? To what extent do his ideas jive with you? To what extent do you disagree? Was this poem inspiring, annoying, disheartening, etc.... Agenda 1. Watch the TED Talk we started yesterday and answer these questions: As a class, watch the above TED Talk then respond to the following questions with a partner: - What are her main points? - What is your reaction to her talk? 2. Discuss your reactions to the TED Talk and to Don and Nate's presentation yesterday 3. "Get Your Motor Runnin'" Research Time
NOTE: We ended up not watching the TED Talk due to internet malfunctions today!
Agenda
Starter Listen to EPISODE 1 of the "Everything is Connected" Podcast
CLASS BIZ
AGENDA 1. Launch of mini-research assignment, "Get Your Motor Running" Get your motor runnin': Energy Production Impact and Solutions mini-research assignment overview
2. 11 am: Guest speaker, Sara Vorhees with Doyle Trading Consultants, to give you an overview of various energy sources to choose from for your research topic. Here is the pdf of her presentation from today! 3. Choose your topic and begin researching! Write your topic on the whiteboard by the end of class General Information from Sara Vorhees (these are her words-- read through this before choosing your topic and beginning research) The Energy Information Administration (EIA): They report on all aspects of US Energy including future projections. From the home page you can search or link to hundreds of reports. www.eia.gov The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA): Tracks all kinds of data on mining in the US (largely coal) from production figures to number of employees, accidents and deaths, along with all the regulations in place to insure the safety of US miners. Good resource for Black Lung issues if someone were interested in drawbacks of coal mining. www.MSHA.gov (I use this website often in my position and would be happy to share more info as needed with students who need it) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Good resource for looking at what regulations are in place to protect the US from all manner of energy extraction and creation. www.epa.gov The EPA’s Clean Power Plan is a hot button issue currently and would be a great thing for a student to study what went into creating it and the trouble the new administration will have in trying to just repeal it. Along with the implications that will result from scaling back regulations on power plants and their emissions. In favor of Energy Industry: You can direct the students to search for publicly traded companies in any energy sector (coal, natural gas, oil, solar, wind, hydro) along with publicly traded utility companies. Their websites all have a wealth of information on what they do and how they “protect” the environment. Alex Epstein and the Center for Industrial Progress- www.industrialprogress.com. I met Alex a handful of years ago when he was just starting out. He is the uber cheerleader for the fossil fuel industry. He has a book “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuel” that lays out why it is a necessity in the modern world. His website is full of articles, interviews and debate tactics for winning over those who demonize fossil fuels. He loves connecting with the youth of America and would probably respond favorably to any student who contacted him detailing what their project was about seeking information. Blog: The Coal Tattoo: West Virginia is considered ground zero for many coal mining issues. I have been following Ken Ward Jr and his blog on coal for many years (part of the Charleston Gazette- Mail newspaper). He is oddly neutral on most things concerning the coal industry and openly calls out his local officials when they are simply pandering to the locals. Many of the smaller mining communities in WV that have lost mining and have little other source of industry have fallen victim to rampant drug abuse. There is a lot of information available on this topic and would make a very interesting subject for someone to cover on what happens when mining leaves an area that is totally dependent on it. Against Energy: Sierra Club, EarthGuardians, Earth First are just a few of the major groups that spend every minute of every day litigating anything and everything having to do with the energy sector and the environment. Oddly they even oppose moves to solar and wind energy!!! For those who feel strongly that we should move back to the pre-industrial revolution, these are your peeps. They rarely have great solutions, but will fight to the death against a new power plant being built. The fight over the Dakota Pipeline and the XL Pipeline. A student could certainly dig into what the fight is really about and why the native people are so desperate to keep it off their land. I have been following a brewing debate for years over coal companies in WY and MT wanting to build export terminals in Oregon and Washington State to move coal to Asia. Washington and Oregon both lean green on this debate and have tossed up roadblocks at every turn despite the fact it would bring commerce and many jobs to the towns. No one wants the dirty trains rumbling through town, or the messy stockpiles of coal sitting at the port waiting to be loaded (even though one said they would make it totally indoor). This would be a good both sides of the story project for someone to vet out. There is also much debate in the US over building LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals in the Gulf and some southern ports to sell off some of our extra natural gas to the export markets. We produce (or did a few years ago) way more natural gas thanks to fracing than we use. I have information on how much we have in storage as well as how the surplus is hurting the overall natural gas industry currently. Starter
Think back to all the ethics we've covered so far: How would you characterize your own environmental ethic and how did you come to hold these beliefs? In other words, what childhood experiences, works of literature or other influences inspired these beliefs? Think about whether or not your ethic comes from self-interest or from a true interest in non-human elements. Or does it come from an interest in sustainability (using enough of the land for what we need while preserving as much as possible for future generations) or justice (ensuring that all people have access to clean environments)?
HONORS: Please share your lit analysis essay with me! Agenda 1. Share your starter in groups of 3-4 2. Self-guided activity on Environmental Justice and Sustainability (due by the end of class today or Monday if you don't finish it in class)-- Make a copy of the linked document and share it with Ashley. **For those interested, further reading on Environmental Justice legislation:
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