UC 101 - University
Colloquium - Sustainable Communities
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COURSE SCHEDULES - Fall 1999
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for All Four Sustainable Community Sections, and for All Four
Faculty teaching this colloquium
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All Class Sections meet TUESDAY & THURSDAY 2:20 - 3:35 a.m.
Classroom: Bldg. 12/Geology - Room 103
Seq. no. 66250 - 44
Principal instructor: Dr. Abe Springer (Geology)
Classroom: Bldg. 26/Adel Mathematics - Room 146
Seq. no. 66228 - Section 22
Principal instructor: Dr. Alan A. Lew (Geography and Public Planning)*
Classroom: Bldg. 26/Adel Mathematics - Room 206
Seq. no. 66229
Principal instructor: Dr. Carolyne White (Educational Leadership)
Classroom: Bldg. 26/Adel Mathematics - Room 224
Seq. no. 66253
Principal instructor: Dr. Marcus Ford (Humanities, Arts & Religion)
EXTRA CREDIT - Campus Event Related to this Class that are available for Extra Credit
September 10 - Lester Brown, founder of the Worldwatch Institute and author of the article we are reading for Sept. 9, will be speaking at Prochnow Auditorium, 10am-11am.
September 13 - City of Flagstaff Sign Code revision. The City Council is discussing the sign code at their next work session, September 13 at 4:00pm at City Hall. Some council members want to increase the height from 8 to 16 feet, plus other enlargements.
September 18, Saturday, noon - 1:00 pm, there will be a protest gathering against the big-box development in Flagstaff at the Home Depot construction site at Woodlands "Pillage" and Rte. 66., across from Flagstaff West Athletic Club. The organizers of this event state: "We know that many people have been energized by this recent Dry Lake victory and want to get active on other land use issues. Come join us on Saturday to let Home Depot know not everybody in Flagstaff welcomes them. Bring your own sign. Mine says, Who Bombed Here? I like Honk if you shop local which gives people a chance to make what may be their first gesture toward speaking out. Not my home; not my depot has a nice ring to it." No matter whether you support their cause or not, you can still get 10 extra credit points by reporting on the event -- assuming people actually show up. (see also: Flagstaff Growth discussion forum on the AZ Daily Sun's website.)
September 18 &19 - The Southwest Renewable Energy Fair at Ft. Tuthill (Coconino Country Fairgrounds) from 9am to 4pm. There is a fee to enter the fair -- $3 for adults and $1 for children.
September 23 - Environmental Ethics Lecture - J. Baird Callicott will talk on "The Implications of the Shifting Paradigm in Ecology for Environmental Ethics." 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 in the du Bois Center Ballroom. J. Baird Callicott is a professor of philosophy and religious studies at the University of North Texas and president of the International Society for Environmental Ethics. This talk is sponsored by the Grand Canyon Honors Semester, Department of Philosophy and the Program in Community, Culture and Environment.
September 30 - "How We Saved Mount Everest" - Dr. Myron Sutton and his wife Ann, both professional writer-photographers, will discuss their work and how they helped experts to establish national parks worldwide. The couple will share their experiences and photography and how it all began for them as students at NAU. - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Southwest Forest Science Complex, Room 17.
October 1 - Historian Hal Rothman (UNLV) will speak on "Shifting Economies and Shedding Skin: Tourism and the American West." from 12noon-1pm in Liberal Arts 135. Rothman is the author numerous books about the environment, the West, and tourism. His most recent book is Devil's Bargains: Tourism and in the 20th Century American West.
October 5 - Dr. Scott Bair of the Ohio State University will be giving a presentation
titled "Contamination of Woburn Wells G & H: What the Experts Said at Trial,
What We Know Now" in Geology Room 203, 4-5pm. Scott is the 2000 Birdsall-Dreiss
Distinguished Lecturer of the Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society
of America. Scott's lecture is the subject of the bestselling book and movie
"A Civil Action", which focused on a famous federal trial. The trial was concerned
with eight families in Woburn, MA, who filed suit against two companies alleging
that improper disposal of industrial chemicals contaminated groundwater that
flowed to two municipal wells and prolonged ingestion of the water led to leukemia
and other health disorders.
October 6 - Friends of Flagstaff's Future member/friend meeting on Wednesday,
October 6 at 6:00pm. We'll meet at the Flagstaff Public Library, 300 W. Aspen.
We will be discussing Flagstaff's Land Development Code, the Sign Code, Arizona
Territory, and the Citizens Growth Management Initiative. Mark Young, principal
planner with the city will give a brief presentation on the Land Development
Code, including the proposals relating to affordable housing that the city staff
has put forward, and will be available to answer any questions. You can also
ask questions about the sign code at that time. Bill Towler, director of community
development for the county, will give a brief presentation on Arizona Territory,
a proposed tourist-related development. You can also ask questions of Bill.
Following these discussions, we'll briefly discuss the Citizens Growth Management
Initiative. You may ask questions about the initiative and our progress on collecting
signatures to get it on the year 2000 ballot. This is an excellent opportunity
for all of us to discuss complex issues. Please call our office if you have
any questions! (928) 556-8663; friends@infomagic.com
October 6 - Take Part in a Live Video Conference: "Building on Leopold's Legacy: Conservation for a New Century". There will be a live broadcast of a session at this conference on "Wilderness: Changing definitions, perspectives, and priorities" starting at 12noon on Wednesday, October 6th in Room 18 of the Southwest Forest Sciences Center building. We should have some on FOOD on hand. As we view the presentation, we will try to have our own local discussion and formulate a question to submit to the live discussion via e-mail. Several other sessions are being taped. You can check out the full agenda for the conference at: www.wisc.edu/wisacad/landethic .
October 11 - Michael Corbett is an international leader in ecological-sustainable
design and urban planning. Corbett is the designer and developer of "Village
Homes" in Davis, CA and is also the former mayor of Davis. He will present on
Monday, 7:30pm in the NAU College of Business Bellwood Auditorium, Room 200.
Corbett is currently planning a new community near Davis, a sustainable garden
village. The pedestrian-oriented community will integrate residential, retail,
and office development and on-site food production, and will utilize passive
solar architecture, natural drainage, and biologically treated sewage for reclamation.
Corbett wrote "A Better Place to Live," a book on sustainable planning, and
co-authored the "Ahwahnee Principles," a set of nationally-recognized guidelines
for improving urban design.
October 18 - Mon - Ed Ayres, author of the recently published book, God’s Last Offer: Negotiating for a Sustainable Future will speak at Northern Arizona University, Cline Library Assembly Hall, on October 18 at 7 p.m. His topic for the evening will be “Global Threats and Global Citizenship: the Battle for the Human Future.” Students, faculty, staff, and the public are cordially invited to attend. Mr. Ayres is editorial director of the nonprofit Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., and editor of World Watch, an international magazine that tracks key indicators of the Earth’s well-being. His book has been called “a must read for any thinking person.” In addition to presenting a careful analysis of the condition of life on earth, Ayres identifies the social forces that encourage public indifference. Most importantly, he proposes ways of restructuring our lives, offering hope in a time of great danger.
October 21 to 22 - Thu & Fri - Conference at NAU: Sustaining Rural Environments: Issues in Globalization, Migration and Tourism - organized by Dr. Lew. Many (but not all) of the paper sessions at this conference are open to students. Click above for a list of sessions and papers that are open to UC101 students. Each paper session that you attend can be written up as a 10 point extra credit assignment.
October 21 - Thu - Charles Wilkinson, Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the University of Colorado, will be reading from his new book, "Fire on the Plateau". The reading will be from 5 to 6 p.m. in Cline Library Assembly Hall. Afterwards, he will sign books at the Grand Canyon Trust office at 2601 N. Fort Valley Rd. from 6:30 to 8:30.
October 25 - The Flagstaff City Council will discuss options presented by city staff relating to the Land Development Code and affordable housing at the next worksession, Mon. Oct 25, 4pm at City Hall. City planning staff has presented two options--one is a mandatory affordable housing set aside policy--the other, a voluntary one. Both examine reducing resource protection in exchange for affordable housing as well as other options such as speeding up the permitting process for projects incorporating affordable housing.
October 27 - Wed - 7pm - Save the Peaks Meeting Flagstaff Public Library Come, bring a friend, eat some frybread and learn about volunteer opportunities to help with the Sierra Club's Save the Peaks concert on Hopiland, (volunteers could get in free)! Hosted by the Sierra Club and FAN. For more information, Call Andy at 774-6103
October 28 - Dr. Michael McGinnis, Director of the Ocean and Coastal Policy Institute at UC Santa Barbara, will give a talk on "The Politics of Restoring Art, Nature, and the City. McGinnis is the editor of Bioregionalism, and is an internationally-known scholar on the politics of bioregionalism and ecological restoration. The talk will be in Room 110 of Social and Behavioral Sciences, from 3:30 to 5. Sponsors include Political Science, Environmental Sciences, The Center for Environmental Sustainability, the College of Ecosystem Science and Management, and NAU's Program on Community, Culture, and the Environment.