27 Jan. Sustainability & Risk Communication.

Featured Image: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Class Meeting Agenda

The Following are the topics/goals we will cover into today’s class session:

Sustainability: A History

Remote Class Video 1

DQ: Breakout Session 1

Please respond to the following in your breakout sessions. Just write down as much information as you need to respond during discussion:
  • 1. What’s your final assessment of “sustainability”? As a descriptive term, how does “sustainability” differ from some of the terms/movements that it subsumes? For instance, what does “Sustainability” communicate that say, “Climate Change” or “Global Warming” cannot?
  • 2. What are some drawbacks, OR how well does sustainability withstand the criticism leveled at it by guys like Bill McKibben way back when it first entered popular usage (2)
  • 3. If sustainability is such a useful term why have environmental conditions deteriorated so much since the 1970’s?

Risk Communication, 4 Models

Remote Class Video 2

DQ: Breakout Session 2

Please respond to the following in your breakout sessions. Just write down as much information as you need to respond during discussion:
  • 1. Do Grabill & Simmons have suggestions for how to communicate sustainability more effectively?
  • 2. For example, how can sustainability discourse be fit into a participatory democracy model?

Skills: Defining Key Terms in Professional Academic Writing

Remote Class Video 3

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