Week 12 – Re-Imagining the World
Readings
Further Exploration
- FOOD FIGHT
- For Slaughterhouse Workers, Physical Injuries Are Only the Beginning
- TED Talk: Food Corps
- Teen Building a Tiny House
- Farming in Brooklyn
- YouTube Videos on Creating a Sustainable Future
- Doc and Dana’s Garden Backyard
- Three methods to overcome learned helplessness and boost optimism
- ECO-BRICKS! A way to use plastics.
Week 13 – “A New Story”
Readings
- Developing Ecological Consciousness – Chapter 8: Birthing a New Story
Further Exploration
- Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting
- A Challenge to Produce Zero Trash
- The Time You Have…
- The Healing Breath
- Slow Down Now
- Project Drawdown
- How to Dress for the Planet
Week 14 – “Hero’s Journey”
Readings
Further Exploration
- The Animals Valley Institute
- PSU Environmental Inquiry Minor
- Enough is Enough Video by BISCI TA Hannah Geller
- Penn State’s Bachelor of Philosophy: Individualized Major Program
- Penn State: Sustainability Leadership Minor
Week 15 – OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE
Readings
Further Exploration
- TED Talk: Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight
- Black Eyed Peas: Where is the LOVE?
- New York Times Opinion Article “A Nation of Weavers”
- Grist Article: People Didn’t Used to Be “Consumers”
- Time for Change Flowetry by Past BISCI student