Monday, 12 January
SKLT Barn

Preparation

Course Syllabus
A Rulebook for Arguments (x - 44) and (67 - 79)
Familiarity with editorial pages of a good newspaper and/or news magazine during week of January 5, before the course begins.
* Bring nice clothing for evening event, Dinner with Dr. Doody

Focus

Critical reading skills
Argument analysis and creation
Social skills

Content
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Activities

Review of informal arguments
Formal argument analysis (formulas and fallacies)
Assessment of technique in parsing out written passages
Application of analysis skills to documentary film

Evening social event with Dr. Agnes Doody
6 pm Celestial Cafe, Exeter

Preparation

Review A Rulebook for Arguments
Bullard, Environmental Blackmail in Minority Communities
Getting to Yes

Focus

The challenges of non-verbal and intercultural communication
Environmental injustice

Content
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Activities

How to identify context in communicating across cultures
How to debate, including creation of position, analysis of opposition, response to challenge and conflict resolution
Practice with arguments and fallacies

Preparation

Figueroa and Mills, Environmental Justice
Getting to Yes
Review A Rulebook for Arguments

Focus

Justice in environment and society
Local and global environmental justice
Methods of conflict resolution

Content
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Activities

Understanding levels of justice
Review of ethical frameworks studied in the fall
Practice methods of conflict resolution
Conflict resolution exercise with guest participants
(Be prepared to stay until 5:30 p.m. and set aside time for a small at-home writing exercise to be assigned)

Preparation

Foster, The Narrative and the Ambient in Environmental Aesthetics
Be prepared for outdoor activity no matter the weather
Review how to make challenges to informal arguments

Focus

Making and taking criticism
Aesthetic and cultural factors in environmental value
Perceptual skill and imaginative agility

Content
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Activities

Use argument techniques in articulating positions
Use challenges to techniques in making criticism
Frame environmental values individually and collectively
Field application of perceptual and cultural theory
Ambience exercise
(Be prepared to spend some time Thursday night creating a self-analysis on leadership and an analysis of one other team member, to be assigned)

Preparation

Review everything!
Be prepared for potential overnight work
(Be sure to bring anything you might want if you wind up staying at work through the night. There are showers at the barn and items such as a sleeping bag, toothbrush, etc. might be a good idea just to be prepared for any eventuality)

Focus

Leadership styles, group communication and teamwork
Using humanistic tools in environmental contexts
Project overview

Content
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Activities

Review skills and issues of the week
Exercises to develop leadership awareness
Brainstorming techniques
Prepare for Saturday project event

Preparation

Have professional clothing on hand for presentation
Communicate about equipment needed to conduct event*
*One of us will arrive at 8 am to set up a projector and any other equipment needed but please let us know of any special needs.

Focus

Identification and presentation of proposed plans for the collaborative writing of a paper focusing on coastal and offshore renewable energy, e.g., wind and wave..

Content
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Activities

Trainees will identify the proposed paper topic, justify their selection, recommend specific steps to be taken to prepare for the paper writing process, present findings to CIIP community and engage in a Q&A session with guests. The presentation and discussion will be followed by lunch.
Final Assignment