Date

Seminar Topic

Embodiment(s)

Activity

Reading/assignments due | Readings Reserve

Jan 11

Defining Education and Creativity

Education and Creativity

TED Talk

 TED Links:
Ken Robinson on Creativity and Education
Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity

Jan 18

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Optional Seminar -- No Seminar

Jan 25

Sustainability of the Educational System in America -- Part I

Education and Creativity

High-Stakes Testing: http://www.hepg.org/hep/Book/62 (Read the Preface and Excerpt from the Introduction)

The Achievement Gap

Access and Availability of Higher Education: http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/index.html - download the committee's Final Report. Read pages 8-12 (or on the .pdf page-lister p. 24-27, "Findings about Access" through "Findings about Financial Aid") of the Commission's final report

Feb 1

Sustainability of the Educational System in America -- Part II

Education and Creativity

Feb 8

Sustainability of the University

Education and Creativity

Assignment 2

Presentations due.

Feb 15

Creativity and the Arts

Creativity

 Read the following passages from Creativity 101, by James C. Kaufman
p. 1-9 (up to "A Very Brief History of Creativity")
p. 18-30 (up to the end of the paragraph about the two sci-fi series).

Feb 22

What do religions say about sustainability?

Religion

 Speaker: (Dr.) Jane Ellen Nickell

Mar 1

 The Sustainability of Religions

Religion

Mar 8

Spring Break - No seminar

Mar 15

When Politics and Religion Collide

Religion/Politics

Mar 22

Sustainability of Political Communications

Politics

Mar 29

 Foreign Relations and Politics

Politics

Apr 5

 Global Development

Development

Apr 12

 Our Aging Infrastructure

Development

Apr 19

Sustaining Social Capital: City Design

Development

Chapter 12 and Chapter 16 from Bowling Alone and handouts

Apr 26

 Social Networking

Development

Date

Seminar topic

Key Embodiment(s)

Activity

Reading/assignment due

Aug 24

Introduction to the community

brief overview of all

none

Community documents

Aug 31

Overview of sustainability

environmental

presentation

 The Rio Declaration,

Our Common Future, The World Commission on Environment and Development (1987)

Sept 7

Labor Day - no meeting

Sept 14

Local environmental sustainability

environmental

members’ presentations

Assignment 1

Sept 21

State-level environmental sustainability

environmental

Grady McCallie

Sept 28

Choice of topic (Chris' presentation)

environmental

Renewable Energy

Turning to Renewable Energy, Plan B 3.0 

Algae biofuels

Oct 5

Activist movements of the past

activist movements

Oct 12

Sustainability of activist movements today

activist movements

Oct 19

Peak oil

economic

Cuba Oil documentary

Oct 26

Nov 2

The materials economy, free trade, fair trade

economic

The Story of Stuff

The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Free Trade:

Nov 9

 Systemic economic sustainability

economic

 B-school speaker

Nov 16

Food and sustainability

economic, personal

Introduction to Omnivore’s Dilemma

Nov 23

Jeff Willis

personal

presentation on finance    

 Based on Millionaire Next Door (not required reading)

Nov 30

sustainability of relationships and character

personal

Dec 7

CHS and stress

personal

CWS

Last Child in the Woods, Chapter 5

Dec 14

Finals - no meeting