Sustainability

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Sustainability

• Spring 2009
• Class 16
• Jeff Fletcher

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The rest of the term

• No class Mon. (Memorial Day)
• Wed. Guest Speaker
• Title Jammii respectful sharing with our real
  world communities as a way to live more lightly
  on the earth
• A case study of taking an idea of passion and
  making it happen (or not)
• Following Mon. is Video Festival
• Final Portfolios Due
• Awards/Prizes
• Best overall video
• Best visual effects or graphics
• Best editing
• Best script
• Most educational
• Following Wed. last day of class

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Logistics

• Individual Reportssome feedback
• Some reports had a lot of book report material
  and little evidence of thinking about
  sustainability as it relates to product lifecycle
• Some groups not clear on who is doing what, or
  what message is
• Need you to sit by video groups for a few minutes
• Missing work TIB, reflections, product research

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Upcoming Event

• Sustainability Photojournalism Project
• FRINQ Work of ART
• Last Thursday N.E. Albertas Art Walk May 28th
  (6-900)
• Locations
• Fuel Café 1452 NE Alberta St.
• Mabel and Zora 1468 NE Alberta St.
• Sabin CDC 1488 NE Alberta St.
• Alberta Cooperative Grocery 1500 NE Alberta St.
• Origin Flowers 1534 NE Alberta St.
• Helser's on Alberta 1538 NE Alberta St.

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Community

• UN Millennium Development Goals
• Harlem Child Zone
• Finnish School System (stopped here 5/11)
• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Moodle
• WorldCat
• Educating Girls and Empowering Women
• Boys and Men in US?
• Public Health WheresGeorge.com
• Club 25
• Swedish Sex Education

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Alternatives to GDP/GNP

• History of GDP
• Other Comments on GDP
• Groups
• Your task is to list what other factors you want
  to keep track of in your alternative to the GDP
• We will share
• What method would you use to put these different
  things into one scale (or would you have a few
  scales) to indicate good economic activity vs.
  harmful economic activity?

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Business Topics