{"id":1428,"date":"2024-05-17T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techx.wfu.edu\/23\/?page_id=1428"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:31:07","slug":"environmental-destruction-digital-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/techx.wfu.edu\/23\/environmental-destruction-digital-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Destruction Digital Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Students in English 175, \u201cEnvironmental Destruction: An Introduction to the Environmental Humanities\u201d (https:\/\/www.meredithfarmer.org\/environment175<\/a>) produced digital essays instead of final papers as a new capstone end-of-semester project. They were asked to work in small groups to recontextualize any recent work of environmental literature or pressing environmental problem, situating it in a longer literary, historical, and cultural context. A number of other departments tackle the question \u201cwhat now?\u201d But our question in an environmental humanities course was \u201chow, exactly, did we get here?\u201d The inspiration for this assignment was the blog \u201cBackstory,\u201d sponsored by the Virginia Humanities Council, which promises to offer \u201cthe history behind today\u2019s headlines.\u201d You can read the assignment here. One group crafted a documentary short entitled Food Systems. The film addresses how fast food chains contribute extensively to the carbon footprint and how the individual can reduce their personal carbon footprint when making restaurant choices. They interviewed the head chef of a local burger shop, Chef Justin at Heff\u2019s, who makes a conscious effort to source their ingredients locally and to use recyclable materials. They compared Burger King and Heff\u2019s with attention to three factors: production, shipping, and packaging.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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