Sept 6   Giller: Generating Change: Why reaching a diverse environmental citzenry is important for the future of the environmental movement

Sept 13  Hanley: Beyond the tip of the iceberg: Five stages toward cultural competence
              Ukpokodu: Multiculturalism vs Globalism

Sept 20 Kimmerer: The Rights of the Land
               (powerpoint presentation from Dr. Emery, with web links)

Sept 27  Watch short YouTube video featuring our guests, Climbing PoeTree
               Work on your autobiographical essay draft materials.

Oct 4  Vermont Public Radio News Report: Senate Approves Abenaki Recognition
            Burlington Free Press: Against All Odds Law Backs Abenaki Effort
            Vermont Folklife Center: The Golden Cage, Mexican Migrant Workers and Vermont Dairy Farmers (visit this site/listen to some interviews and
                the audio slideshow)

Oct 11 Please choose ONE of the following readings based on your interests - read it and provide a description of it for your paper this week. While we have related each to one of the majors in the Rubenstein School, you do NOT have to choose based on your intended major.

Floyd: Managing National Parks in a Multicultural Society (Parks, Recreation, and Tourism)

Hammer: Return to the Marsh (describes efforts to restore Marsh Arabs' traditional way of life in southern Iraq)(Environmental Sciences)

Elbakidze: Implementing Sustainable Forest Management in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains: The Role of Traditional Village Systems (Forestry)

Unger: Exploring Diversity in the Wildlife Profession (from the Wildlife Professional) (Wildlife/Fisheries Biology)

McGurty: Warren County, NC, and the Emergence of the Environmental Justice Movement (Natural Resources Curriculum - Resource Planning)

Middendorf: Ecology and Environmental Justice (from the Ecological Society of America) (Natural Resources Curriculum - Resource Ecology)

Pellow & Matthews: Immigrant Workers in Two Eras (compares labor organizing by immigrant women in California in the fruit & electronics industries)(Environmental Studies)

             (If you are interested in seeing the entire report, go here)

            Also, check out the Hastings Center Report on state level Environmental Justice Policy. It is quite lengthy, so go to your home state in the report and see what EJ policy has been established there. You can find your home state by going to the "Table of States" - on the 19th and 20th pages of the .pdf file, with hot links to each of the states reviewed in the report.
           
            For a copy of today's powerpoint presentation, click here.

Rubenstein School Office of Experiential Learning with links to jobs, internships, study abroad information
RSENR Diversity Plan
RSENR Diversity website

UVM Diversity website
Alternative Spring Break 
Next Step Retreat a social justice retreat for UVM students
Community University Partnerships and Service Learning at UVM
Global to Local/Local to Global Opportunities, Resources for Community Engagement
Office of International Education for study abroad programming
Global Village Residential Learning Community
Social Justice Resources: from the University of Vermont
Our Common Ground: University of Vermont

Self-Survey: Commitment to Combat ISMS
Speak Up! Responding to Everyday Bigotry: from the Southern Poverty Law Center
Ecological Society of America, SEEDS program (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability)

Nov 8 Please review the following websites to find out information about programming relevant to our guest speaker panel:
    Vermont Department of Health Lead Program
    Vermont Public Research Interest Group (VPIRG)
    Trouble in Toyland Report from VPIRG that includes information on lead in children's toys.

Nov 15 No assigned readings this week, but please review a short biosketch of our guest
            National Park Service Deputy Director Mickey Fearn