Select two photos that describe your biographical background as it relates to the environment. Citing a minimum of 2 required readings (from week 2), explain how the photos are representative of your environmental biography. In addition, describe the specific learning outcomes you seek to gain from this course. Students will provide short presentations in Zoom breakout rooms during class (600 words).
See FAQ and Grading Rubric below.
FAQ:
1) What is an Environmental Biography?
It is a description of how you have experienced the built (buildings, parks, sidewalks, freeways, anything human-made) and natural environment (waterbodies, green spaces, trails, wilderness, anything that is natural) in your daily life (can include work experience and education).
Choose 2 out of the 3 readings from Week 2 that resonate with your lived experiences, particularly when you think about the environment and the space you grew up/lived in/worked at/where you went to school.
It could also be your experience from other times and walks of life such as traveling, experience moving from one neighborhood to another, and so on.
2) You should ideally take pictures because these spaces are what you experienced. Unless these are about some prominent landmark such as the LA County Museum of Art, for which you can find images online, you should use pictures that best describe your experience in those spaces (cite your source).
3) 600 words is the minimum word count for the entire assignment.
4) Use in-text APA citation format and reference/citation page. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.htmlLinks to an external site.
5) Include your name, date, class, and assignment title.
Readings 2
Layzer, Judith (2020). “Chapter 1: Policymaking Framework.” In The Environmental Case. CQ Press.
Mendez, Michael (2020). Preface and Chapter 1: “Seeing Carbon Reductionism.” In Climate Change from the Streets. Yale University Press.
Walker, Heidi, et.al. (2020). Applying intersectionality to climate hazards: A Theoretically Informed Study of Wildfire in Northern Saskatchewan. Climate Policy, 1-15.
