Environmental Studies 240
Students will engage in a relevant and hands-on sustainability project on the campus of the University of New England or in the larger community. Concepts and data drawn from prior Core Environmental Studies courses will inform student efforts. Classroom discussion will focus on components of sustainable living and behavior adoption. Skill development activities will include strategic planning, survey development, social marketing, proposal writing, and written and oral communication. Students will experience real-world political, social, communication, and economic situations in completing their project. Students will work with community partners for mutual benefit, which will enrich the learning experience by students’ active contribution efforts to address a social-environmental problem.
In Env 240 we learned what went into making an action plan. Then took the step as a class into making an actual action plan to get another compost dumpster.
This class showed me all the steps of implementing and carrying through an action plan. As it’s a lot more than involved than just doing it and ignoring a number of things. As an environmentalist, this is an important skill set to have. While also being able to work in a group and assign the task to others.
