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Sustainability
Spring 2009
Class 16
Jeff Fletcher
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 Portfolio’s Due
– Awards/Prizes
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Best overall video
Best visual effects or graphics
Best editing
Best script
Most educational
• Following Wed. last day of class
Logistics
• Individual Reports—some 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
Upcoming Event
• Sustainability Photojournalism Project
– FRINQ Work of ART
– Last Thursday N.E. Alberta’s Art Walk May 28th (69:00)
– Locations:
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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.
Community
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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
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?
Business Topics