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Sustainable by Design + Social Entrepreneurship for Equitable Development & Sustainability

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  • Sustainable by Design + Social Entrepreneurship for Equitable Development & Sustainability
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  • Make this CU home your living pledge What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? - H.D. Thoreau to infinitely care for a finite earth
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  • Photos by SbD Freshman Kieran Czerwinski S OCIAL E NTREPRENEURSHIP FOR E QUITABLE D EVELOPMENT & S USTAINABILITY S USTAINABLE BY D ESIGN S OCIAL E NTREPRENEURSHIP FOR E QUITABLE D EVELOPMENT & S USTAINABILITY AND S USTAINABLE BY D ESIGN M ULTI -D ISCIPLINARY, COLLABORATIVE RAP S IN THE NEWEST STATE - OF - THE - ART LEED P LATINUM RESIDENCE HALL THAT ENGAGE STUDENTS IN COURSEWORK, PROJECTS, EVENTS AND ACTIONS RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY. F OCUSED ON HELPING STUDENTS MEET CORE REQUIREMENTS WHILE GAINING UNDERSTANDING OF TIMELY ISSUES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS THAT PREPARE THEM FOR A VARIETY OF CAREERS AND LIFE SKILLS ! @ SEEDSRAP WV40N or S.E.E.D.S. RAP Sustainable by Design RAP What is Unique About SEEDS + SbD The Sustainability RAPs
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  • Williams Village 40 N Home and Indoor/ Outdoor Classroom SEEDS Faculty Director, Susan Clarke and Faculty in Residence, Matt Jelacic
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  • Williams Village North R esidential A cademic P rograms SEEDS The art and social business of equity & sustainability Designing change that is inclusive and compassionate Developing models that are collaborative and sustainable SbD The art and science of low-carbon design Developing systems that re-use resources Bridging architecture and nature
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  • and You! Williams Village North RAPs SEEDS + SbD Views! Rooms! John is a great teacher, he gets the class thinking, and the ability to have a smaller class allows for easier discussion/debate. I think the course material is extremely fascinating and I am excited to see where our "big ideas" lead to by the end of the semester. (Student in PSCI 2028) Faculty
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  • Reduce waste: get a sustainability RAPs tumbler! Karen Morian, Hall Director, says: (But this t-shirt is one-of-a-kind. Art by TRA Jack Thorpe)
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  • RAP Educational Excursions Fall 2011 Boulder Farmers Market Visit with Jenn Ross, the Market Manager
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  • RAP S CHALLENGE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS TO WORK THROUGH THEIR PRE - CONCEIVED NOTIONS
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  • S MALL GROUPS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN - DEPTH DISCUSSION
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  • Fall 2012 RAP Courses
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  • Friends Partners Colleagues Earthlings Human Beings Villagers Collaborators
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  • Students learn to cook & eat healthy foods In our state-of-the-art kitchen!
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  • S TUDY OF F OOD & S USTAINABILITY : D ISGUSTING & D ELICIOUS Several possible ways to eat bugs: A taste of the foods eaten every day by Amazonian people. Presented by Arts & Sciences Associate Dean Darna Dufour.
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  • Budding Social Entrepreneurs Sharing project Big Ideas and debating the topic poverty or environment with students visiting from United World College (spring 2012)
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  • The biotic pyramid is a tangle of chains so complex as to seem disorderly, yet the stability of the system proves it to be a highly organized structure. Its functioning depends on the cooperation and competition of its diverse parts. Aldo Leopold 1948 The biotic pyramid is a tangle of chains so complex as to seem disorderly, yet the stability of the system proves it to be a highly organized structure. Its functioning depends on the cooperation and competition of its diverse parts. Aldo Leopold 1948
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  • 2010 Graduating Seniors in All Disciplines Requested: Have more experiential educational activities Focus classes more on real life applications vs. theoretical discussions Spring 2010 Exit Survey Freshman in SEEDS + SbD RAPs 2011 Experienced: The course offers interesting and challenging projects What I am learning is useful and will be useful for future endeavors Fall 2011 RAP Survey
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  • I like that the assignments are broad and we have to set goals for ourselves. I am learning good presentation skills that many, including those at the graduate level, lack. We are learning about sustainable practices and innovative ideas that are coming about in todays society. - Survey responses November, 2011
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  • The discussions that we have in class are interesting and fun. The professor is awesome because he is passionate and knowledgeable about the topics. John is a great teacher, he gets the class thinking, and the ability to have a smaller class allows for easier discussion/debate. I think the course material is extremely fascinating and I am excited to see where our "big ideas" lead to by the end of the semester. I am learning how to act as an entrepreneur
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  • SEEDS (303) 735.1330 http://seedsrap.colorado.edu s.e.e.d.s. rap @seedsrap [email protected] SbD (303) 735.1250 https://SbDrap.colorado.edu Sustainable by Design RAP [email protected]