Description

Overview:

The Lifestyle Project is a way for students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. It is a three-week exercise for students to reduce their impact on the environment by changing the way in which they live from day to day. The project has fairly rigid parameters, allowing students to achieve a gradual but definitive change in their everyday habits. Students choose three categories from a list of six: heat, garbage, electricity and water, driving, eating, and activism. For each category the rules are clearly defined, such as turning down the heat three degrees or eliminating the use of the car. Each week the project becomes more rigorous, because students will have to meet the requirements more frequently. They write about their experiences in journals, which are incredibly insightful, illustrating just how profoundly the project affects them.

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Subject:

Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Biology, Hydrology, Political Science

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division

Material Type:

Lesson Plan

Author:

Karin Kirk

Provider:

Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College

Provider Set:

Teach the Earth

Date Added:

11/19/2021