On this page, there are links to various goals and outcomes that are aligned with this course. After you watch the DVD, review the lists and pull out 3-5 that you think the movie touched on. Explain how you think the movie represented that attribute. (If you open the skills and attitudes in a separate window, you can easily copy and paste the phrases you select)
Evaluate sustainability issues and solutions using a transdisciplinary approach that focuses on the intersections between complex human and natural systems: He had the problem on the lake freezing over each year and taking away a good water supply so from what I remember he’d cut into the ice to have a hole for fishing and water. It also allowed him to walk over the ice and get to further places without his boat.
Describe the environmental integrity, economic vitality and social equity aspects of sustainability and give examples of how they are interrelated.: His economic vitality was amazing, he used his own resources to live sustainably and only sometimes did someone bring him food that he would store in a cold box under the ground.
Apply permaculture principles to land and community development in small and large-scale designs: The took things from the land around him and applied it to the way he was living, I’d say it was more large scale then small, his entire house, his food tower. Those were all following the principles of permaculture and sustainability
Choose one of the attributes you listed and give an example of how you have represented that attribute in your academic or personal life.:
Apply permaculture principles to land and community development in small and large-scale designs:I have been trying to apply many of the permaculture principles in my life, conserving energy, conserving water, finding ways to reduce waste in my day to day life. I’ll never achieve the level that this man did but I can certainly try.
