ESPM 50AC: "Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management"

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Mauna Kea Paintings

Paintings on paster paper on the destruction of indigenous Hawai'ian land.

East Meets West Cookbook

Sustainable cookbook that explores Indian cuisine and the influence of America through culture, immigration and natural resources.

Young Environmental Justice Activists Political Posters

This student chose to create political posters using Adobe Illustrator to uplift the voices of young activists of color.

About the Course Assignment

ESPM 50AC: “Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management” explores how the health of the environments we depend on is connected to natural resource management, which in turn arises out of historically and culturally specific relationships between humans and nature. The creative project utilizes a form of media to present the student’s research on a topic addressing a course-related theme in the United States or in an area of U.S. imperial influence and how natural resources intersect with race, culture, gender, or class. 

Being able to draw through my tablet, experiment with different software programs, record my script, and animate/edit/put together everything was incredible. I felt that my work and passion for the subject was strongly conveyed through my creative project, something that I'm not sure could have happened with my essay.
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Examples of Student Projects
Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea Paintings

The student painted two paintings on 9x12 in pastel paper symbolizing the destruction and adverse effects on indigenous Kanaka Maoli of building the thirty meter telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai’i.

East Meets West Cookbook

Two students sought to create a sustainable cookbook that explores American influence in traditional Indian cooking through culture, immigration, and natural resources.

Young Environmental Justice Activists Political Posters

This student chose to create political posters using Adobe Illustrator to uplift the voices of young activists, particularly juxtaposing the voices of young activists of color with Greta Thunberg who is being uplifted by the media.

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Kenneth Worthy

Lecturer, ESPM

By allowing a creative project, you're opening things up, making the course more diverse in a sense, making it more accessible to students who have different learning habits and different best modes of learning.
Ken Worthy

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