Instructors:	Elan Shapiro
Location:	CNS 163 (Bio. Dept.Conference Room)
Time:	Tuesdays, Thursdays 1:10-3:40

• Radical Simplicity, "The Wiseacre Challenge"
• Ecophysiology, "Are We Happy Yet"
• Ecophysiology, "The All-Consuming Self"

OBJECTIVES/DESCRIPTION:  This course focuses on understanding – and applying - core strategies that foster sustainable communities – education, knowledge of place, sustainable design, social marketing, partnership development, policy change, etc. It begins wit an introduction to the fundamentals of sustainable community, on an ecological, social/cultural, economic, and personal level.  It then focuses on strategies that are most effective in creating behavior and policy change across broad sectors of the population. More than half the course will involve semester-long team projects (green building, sustainable land use, community education, etc.) on campus, in the local community or at EVI, that apply the principles and case studies that we cover.  The class will become a “learning community” as a integral part of what we studying.

STUDENTS:  Intended for Environmental Studies majors (and minors) but open to all students.

FORMAT AND STYLE:  Presentations, experiential group learning, field trips, community projects, participatory research.

REQUIREMENTS:  Reading and class participation, including presentations. Projects will require 4-6 hours a week of work.  Short reflective papers, a final reflective paper, and a final group project report.

GRADING:  Based on attendance and participation, class and community presentations, reflective papers, effort and success at project implementation.  Periodic evaluations will be an important learning component.