Spring 2006, Steffee B103 Mon 1:30-4:20; Wed 1:30- 2:20
Spring 2006, Steffee B103 Mon 1:30-4:20; Wed 1:30- 2:20
Instructors: Eric Pallant, Department of Environmental Science
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Office Hours: M, 4:00-5:00; Th 3:00-5:00; F 2:00 - 5:00
Caryl Waggett, Department of Environmental Science
Office Hours: M, 8:30-10:30; T 8:30 - 9:30, 11-12; W 2:30 - 3:30; Th 8:30 - 9:30
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Every Junior Seminar in the Department of Environmental Science has as its main focus a project whose completion is important to some stakeholder outside the college. Sometimes the party waiting for the report being prepared by students enrolled in the seminar is mildly interested in the outcome, prepared to take into consideration the research and ideas of Allegheny's juniors.
When people arrive in Meadville, even college students, they often wonder, "what is there to do?" There are a hundred ways to answer that question, not all of which include the answer, "nothing." Our goal is to gather answers that highlight quality of life. We want to tell the newcomer, and remind the long-term resident, welcome tourists, and inform locals who may not know it all, that there are some wonderful things in northwest Pennsylvania worth exploring. Here are some of the questions we imagine people ask if they want to learn about quality of life in Meadville.
Quality of Life FAQ’s
Where do I see bald eagles?
Where do I find cool architecture?
Where do I buy books?
Where do I go hiking? For an hour? For a day?
Where do I go see a working farm?
Where do I get my bicycle fixed?
Where do I find local wineries?
Where do I take my kids on a Saturday afternoon?
Where do I get ethnic or local or regional foods?
How do I learn where geocaches are located?
What can I see of historical interest?
This is a sneaky way to improve the health of people in our region and it is a sneaky way to attract new businesses and people to our region.
Your task is to
1. Complete the list of Frequently Asked Questions by interviewing
2. Answer the FAQs
3. Disseminate the information via
Why are we creating an “Insider’s Guide” to Meadville in a class on Environmental Science?
1. Meadville is our environment: natural, built, social, spiritual
2. Interdisciplinary
a. community
b. healthy living
c. not just natural world
d. plus natural world
3. Promoting local businesses and economical development
4. Counteract sprawl
5. Local businesses and events supports local culture.
6. Small business easier to keep more environmentally accountable
7. Poor economies lead to poor environmental decisions
8. Highlight community assets
9. Energy conservation
10. Promoting Market House and Organic Foods
11. This is a deposit into the human and social capital in Meadville
12. There are alternatives to re-industrialization in this project
13. This project is still too consumption oriented; at least it’s local consumptionTop 
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1/19 Week one Intro to Active Living, Intro to Senior Projects
1/24 and 26 Week two – What have other towns done - Waggett's New England Maps and Drumlin Farms Guide.
1/31 and 2/2 Week three –
2/7 and 2/9 Week four –
2/14 and 2/16 Week five –
2/21 and 2/23 Week six
2/28 and 3/2 Week seven
3/7 and 3/9 Week eight ….
Due Dates subject to change.
Grades will be based on class participation, i.e., the quality and intensity of your critique of other's presentations (20%), your written reports (50%), your oral reports at the end of the semester (10%), Comp first draft, Comp second draft (10% each).