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- Title
The Weight of Trash: Teaching Sustainability and Ecofeminism by Asking Undergraduates to Carry Around Their Own Garbage.
- Authors
Fahs, Breanne
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the significance of experiential learning with trash and highlights courses on social justice and feminism. It explores students reading Edward Humes' "Garbology" where the assignment requested students to carry their trash around for 48-hour periods and present it to the class. It discusses the assignment which aims to help students learn about sustainability, climate change and the contribution of their carbon footprint to the big picture of environment strain.
- Subjects
EXPERIENTIAL learning; WASTE management research; CLIMATE change; ECOLOGICAL impact; SUSTAINABILITY; GARBOLOGY (Book)
- Publication
Radical Teacher, 2015, Vol 102, p30
- ISSN
0191-4847
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.5195/rt.2015.186