Monday, February 28, 2011
Intro Fieldcraft 2/28
We will meet at the Honors College on Wednesday. Please bring your binoculars, field notebook, pencil, and bird identification guide.
Community and sustainability 2/28
Greetings everyone--we will meet tomorrow in the classroom. I'll be talking about water issues on the Southern High Plains.
First drafts of your paper are due tomorrow. They should be double spaced, 5-7 pages long, with citations.
First drafts of your paper are due tomorrow. They should be double spaced, 5-7 pages long, with citations.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Fieldcraft 2/22
Greetings everyone--
I am still under the weather with the flu, so I'm canceling class for tomorrow. We'll make it up on the fieldtrip in April.
Stay well!
Dr T
I am still under the weather with the flu, so I'm canceling class for tomorrow. We'll make it up on the fieldtrip in April.
Stay well!
Dr T
Monday, February 21, 2011
Community and sustainability 2/21
Hi everyone--
I am still very much under the weather with this flu, so I'm going to go ahead and cancel class for tomorrow. Continue working on your blogs and papers--I can read the former from here at home, and can also answer any questions you might have about the latter via email.
I'm working on lining up a field trip to Nazareth, Texas to talk to Darrel Birkenfeld and Julie Hodges about the things they are doing up there with the Ogallala Commons, as well as look at how Darrell has turned his own home into a showcase for homeowner sustainability. That date is tentatively April 2nd, so go ahead and mark your calendars.
I am still very much under the weather with this flu, so I'm going to go ahead and cancel class for tomorrow. Continue working on your blogs and papers--I can read the former from here at home, and can also answer any questions you might have about the latter via email.
I'm working on lining up a field trip to Nazareth, Texas to talk to Darrel Birkenfeld and Julie Hodges about the things they are doing up there with the Ogallala Commons, as well as look at how Darrell has turned his own home into a showcase for homeowner sustainability. That date is tentatively April 2nd, so go ahead and mark your calendars.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Community and Sustainability 2/20
Greetings everyone. I am still sick with the flu, so I may have to cancel class on Tuesday. Be sure to check this blog for an update.
Intro Fieldcraft
Greetings everyone. I am still sick with the flu, so I won't be able to grade journals this week. I may have to cancel class on Wednesday, too, so be sure to check this blog for an update.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Community and Sustainability 2/18
Greetings, all. I am still not well enough to be going in to the office, so I won't be able to make copies of the articles I wanted you to read about lawns. So I'm going to shift the schdule slightly and give you a lecture on water issues on Tuesday. Meet in the classroom at the usual time.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Community and Sustainability 2/14
Hi all--
I've been ill with a very bad cold, but I think I'll be well enough to come to class tomorrow. Nevertheless, be sure to check for an update tomorrow, should it become clear that I shouldn't come to class.
Please read chapter 4 and 5 of AVM for a discussion tomorrow. We will also be talking briefly about how to get a victory garden started. Following discussion, we will go on a practice group ride, so please bring your bikes and helmets.
UPDATE: I am feeling much better today, and so expect to be in class. See you there!
PS, we are meeting in ENGL 304.
I've been ill with a very bad cold, but I think I'll be well enough to come to class tomorrow. Nevertheless, be sure to check for an update tomorrow, should it become clear that I shouldn't come to class.
Please read chapter 4 and 5 of AVM for a discussion tomorrow. We will also be talking briefly about how to get a victory garden started. Following discussion, we will go on a practice group ride, so please bring your bikes and helmets.
UPDATE: I am feeling much better today, and so expect to be in class. See you there!
PS, we are meeting in ENGL 304.
Fieldcraft 2/14
Greetings everyone--I have been ill with a very bad cold and will stay home from the office today. So journals will NOT be due this week, since I won't have a chance to grade them before noon tomorrow.
We will meet at Urbanovski Park on Wednesday to draw trees.
We will meet at Urbanovski Park on Wednesday to draw trees.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Community and Sustainability 2/8
Here is the link to the interview with Terry Tempest Williams: The Vitality of the Struggle
Here are the prompts. You may choose only one, or you may choose to combine some:
1) From where do our tensions and fears arise (both personal and national)?
2) How do these tensions and fears relate to living in the ecotone?
3) (I'm adding another) Is the tension and fear a necessary part of the mosaic?
4) Tell me who you are.
5) TTW says at one point in the interview, "Hope seems beside the point." Do you think that's true?
6)When did you change?
7) How would you redefine "activist"?
Read Chapters 4 and 5 in AVM.
Here are the prompts. You may choose only one, or you may choose to combine some:
1) From where do our tensions and fears arise (both personal and national)?
2) How do these tensions and fears relate to living in the ecotone?
3) (I'm adding another) Is the tension and fear a necessary part of the mosaic?
4) Tell me who you are.
5) TTW says at one point in the interview, "Hope seems beside the point." Do you think that's true?
6)When did you change?
7) How would you redefine "activist"?
Read Chapters 4 and 5 in AVM.
Monday, February 7, 2011
FIeldcraft 2/7
Greetings all. It looks like the weather will turn ugly on us again on Wednesday. We will meet at LLL and have class inside. See you there!
Community and Sustainability 2/7
Greetings everyone. I'm sorry for this delay in posting the plans for tomorrow; I was waiting to see what the forecast would bring.
We will meet in class and listen to a podcast of an interview with Terry Tempest Williams on the issues of community. Following discussion, there will be a short writing response to this.
If time and weather then allow it, we will go on a short group ride to practice some skills in riding safely as a class, so bring your bikes and helmets.
We will meet in class and listen to a podcast of an interview with Terry Tempest Williams on the issues of community. Following discussion, there will be a short writing response to this.
If time and weather then allow it, we will go on a short group ride to practice some skills in riding safely as a class, so bring your bikes and helmets.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Fieldcraft 2/2
Hi everyone,
Fieldcraft will NOT meet today, owing to the extreme weather. This will be your "free" day in exchange for the weekend field trip in APril.
Cheers,
Dr T
Fieldcraft will NOT meet today, owing to the extreme weather. This will be your "free" day in exchange for the weekend field trip in APril.
Cheers,
Dr T
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
CS 2/1
Hey everyone, it's cold out there. I'll be in class, and if you think you can stay warm on the walk/ride in, then you should come, too. But if you do not have the proper clothing (including gloves), or if you start walking in and get too chilled, DON"T come to class. Stay home and be safe. We'll pick it up again next week.
If you do make it, I'll have fresh bread and olive oil for a snack while we discuss the book.
If you do make it, I'll have fresh bread and olive oil for a snack while we discuss the book.
Fieldcraft 2/1
Greetings everyone! Tomorrow we are supposed to have dangerously cold temperatures, so we will certainly NOT be going outside to draw trees. I was planning to give you one class day off this semester in exchange for the weekend field trip, so I have decided that tomorrow will be that day.
NO CLASS ON 2/2. Stay safe and warm!
Dr T
NO CLASS ON 2/2. Stay safe and warm!
Dr T
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