Mon January 14th
- Assignments:
- Topics:
- Introduction to the class; Speed dating: Get to know each other
- Society: Human Behavior and the Environment.
- Environment: Environmental Impact (Footprint)
- Readings:
- The Design of Eco-Feedback Technology.
- Design Principles for Carbon Emissions Reduction Programs
- The Social Dynamics of Environmental Degradation (Agency, Democracy and Nature, Ch. 3)
- Optional Readings:
- Using Peer Pressure as a Tool to Promote Greener Choices
- Wackernagel & Rees: Our Ecological Footprint
Wed January 16th
- Topic: Society: Moving the focus beyond individual behavior change
- Readings:
- Mankoff: Interactions Article
- Knowing the Environment (The Environment: A sociological Introduction, Ch. 2)
- A Global Environment (The Environment: A sociological Introduction, Ch. 9)
- Optional Readings:
- Sustainably Unpersuaded:How Persuasion Narrows Our Vision of Sustainability
- HCI and Environmental Sustainability: The Politics of Design and the Design of Politics
Mon January 21st [no class: MLK Day]
Wed January 23rd
- Topic: Society: Class discussion of alternative focii options [can relate to your project plans or individual essay plans]
- Readings:
- Environmental Politics (Brulle)
- Optional Readings
- Agency, Democracy and Nature (Agency, Democracy and Nature, Ch. 11)
Mon January 28th
- Assignments:
- Topic: Critique of Assignment #1
Wed January 30th
- Getting Data: Discussion of data sets and Assignment #2; Working class (bring your laptops)
Mon Feb 4
- Topic: Technology: Introduction to Information Visualization.
- Readings: Visual Thinking for Design (Ch. 9: The Dance of Meaning) by Colin Ware
- Optional Readings:
- Visual Thinking for Design (Ch. 1: Visual Queries) by Colin Ware
- Beautiful Evidence: The Fundamental Principles of Analytic Design (Tufte)
- [in class exercise: visualization task]
Wed Feb 6
Mon Feb 11
- Topic: Environment: Life Cycle Assessment
- Readings: LCA 101: Introduction to LCA Chapters 1 & 2 (12 pages)
- Optional Readings:
- LCA 101: Remainder
- Energy Implications of Bottled Water (Gleick & Cooley)
- Food Miles and Relative Impact of Food Choices in the US (Weber & Matthews)
Wed Feb 13
- Assignments:
- Topic: Critique of Assignment #2
Mon Feb 18
Wed Feb 20
- Guest Lecture (Smith): Topic: Environment: Traffic [canceled]
Mon Feb 25
- Assignments:
- Due: Assignment 3
- Handout of Assignment #4: Information Analysis
- Topic: Critique of Assignment #3
Wed Feb 27
- Topic: Technology: Rapid Introduction to Machine Learning with Weka
- Readings: None
- [in class exercise: Bring your laptops with Weka installed!]
Mon Mar 4
- Topic: People: Digging into Potential Futures
- Reading: Looking Past Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Using Futures Studies Methods to Extend the Research Horizon (Mankoff Rode & Faste)
Wed Mar 6
- Assignments:
- Handout of Assignment #5: Time Machine
- Topic: Working class for Assignment #4
Mon Mar 11 NO CLASS [spring break] / Assignment 4 Due
Wed Mar 13 NO CLASS [spring break]
Mon Mar 18
Wed Mar 20
- Topic: Environment: Opposing Views on trends
- Readings: Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? Ehrlich & Ehrlich;
- Have increases in population, affluence and technology worsened human and environmental well-being? Goklany
- Planning for Final Project (individual meetings with groups)
Mon Mar 25
- Assignments: Due: Final Project Proposals
- Topic: Proposal Discussions (individual meetings with groups)
Wed Mar 27
- Guest Lecture: Smith on Traffic
Mon Apr 1
- Assignments:
- Due: Assignment 5
- Handout of Assignment #6: Final Project
- Topic: Critique of Assignment #5
Wed Apr 3
- Topic: Technology/Environment: Greening IT / Long Lived Technology
- Readings
Mon Apr 8
- Topic: Group project discussion/Meetings
Wed Apr 10
- Topic: Society: Environmental Activism vs Environmental Action
- Readings
Mon Apr 15
- Topic: Group project discussion/Meetings
Wed Apr 17
- Topic: Citizen Science
- Readings: Citizen Science: Enabling participatory urbanism by Eric Paulos; Optional: Street Science by Jason Corburn
Mon Apr 22
- Topic: Group project discussion/Meetings
Wed Apr 24
- Topic: Food: Urban Farming & Technology
- Readings: TBD
Mon Apr 29
- Topic: Guest Lecture: Social commentary through Environmental Art.
Wed May 1
- No class: CHI & Work on Final Project