1. Define sustainability. Use at least two different resources to come up with a complete definition of the term. The definition should be written in language that is appropriate for a college class. I.e., it should be good enough to go into a textbook.
2. Show why we need sustainability. Give the statistics on at least two environmental issues that are facing us today. Draw on legitimate scientific resources for your statistics.
3. Give two examples of groups that are working for a more sustainable future. Small scale groups, not large corporations.
4. Describe in detail: what they are doing; what the potential benefits are of their actions.
5. Analyze how their actions in sociological terms. For example, this group is socializing the community; this group is being deviant in this way; this group has changed the social class structure in this way etc.
6. You must use at least 10 different sociological terms, per group, to describe what this group is doing for an "A".
7. Your presentation should be 20 minutes long
8. It should be done through powerpoint. No death by powerpoint please! Do not read off of your slides. The information on the slide should be an outline only of what you are saying. Each idea that you present that is not your own must be cited on the slide. You can use up to five minutes of video.
9. Make sure that it is visually as well as intellectually interesting. Do not just use clip-art as your visual source. Use pictures from the web, magazines, books etc. You must cite each picture.
10. You can use references from the web, books, magazines as long as they are academic.
11. Yes! Magazine is a great source on ideas about who and why of sustainability
12. You need a bibliography and to cite all your resources, including pictures. This should be presented to me on the last day of class along with the grading for each member of your group. Your grade can go down if your group rates you poorly. See the syllabus for the grading criteria.
13. Your grade will be based on your own work as well as the group work. 50% of your grade will be on your own presentation; 50% on the group presentation.
14. The following rubric will be used to grade the group.