This was my first time enrolling in any ENVR course at UBC. It felt a little bit like an adventure; not only did I venture outside of my major but the course was also taught in a completely non-traditional manner. The lectures and learning goals were curiosity driven, thought-provoking and engaging, and I thought that by wrapping it up with a term project we had a great chance to test our learning in the form of applications. One of the valuable practices I'll be taking away from this course would be fact-checking my sources. The media and T/F technique we saw in class was really enlightening, especially when I had been proven wrong about many facts I thought were true throughout my time as a student. Dissecting and debating topics delivered from media, which nowadays are a major source of our stream of knowledge is going to be a very important habit to adopt and I am grateful for the experience I was able to derive from taking this class. Thank you to the teaching team for having us and for entertaining all of our future visions and solutions. :)
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The class was constantly engaged with the material too, which is just something very special about how this course is structured and taught :)
I also really enjoyed the T/F questions and addressing some of environmental science "myths"!
Hi Anna,
This was also my first time taking any ENVR course at UBC and I can say that I definitely learned a lot and yes, it's always important to fact-check any social media resources.
Vision: for more and more incoming students to take not just ENVR 430 courses, but to try our any ENVR courses in general just for the breadth and curiosity. This was the oncoming generations can emphasize more on sustainability. Values: I think that the youth have all the power in their hands to make feasible change and progress, and mitigate the damages that have been caused by environmental negligence thus far, and believe institutions like UBC are a great place to get the journey started Interventions: For previously enrolled ENVR 430 students to spread the word about this course by word of mouth. For the students to continue with their campaigns and workshops where possible, so that our work and future visions don't just fizzle out.