are you an environmental studies major at USF?have you written an academic paper that takes an interdisciplinary approach to an environmental problem or issue?have you worked on a project that improved the environmental performance and livability on the USF campus and surrounding area?if so, please consider applying for one of our two annual awards.Gary Snyder Outstanding Paper AwardThis award is named after the poet, essayist and environmental activist Gary Snyder. The award will be awarded annually through the Environmental Studies Program to the best academic paper that takes an interdisciplinary approach to an environmental problem or issue.All senior environmental studies students graduating no later than December 2011 are encouraged to submit their best paper related to the environment. Besides criteria such as content, style, organization, argumentation, grammar and spelling the committee will look in particular for papers that show evidence of the interdisciplinary nature of Environmental Studies.In order to compete for this award please submit your best paper (10-15 pages) by 1 April 2011 to Professor Kuperus (gkuperus [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu).Green & Gold AwardThe Green and Gold Award recognizes an Environmental Studies student whose ideas and initiatives have improved the environmental performance and livability on the USF campus and surrounding area. The Green and Gold Award celebrates projects that reduce our collective environmental footprint, foster eco-literacy, engage diverse communities, and/or demonstrate sustainable best practices outside the classroom.In an essay no longer than 500 words, students should explain their project, discuss some of the Environmental Studies principles informing the project, and highlight tangible evidence of the project's impact. Please submit your essay by 1 April 2011 to Professor David Silver (dmsilver [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu).

Paper 1 for Golden Gate Park1. In the last two weeks, we have read and discussed the first two chapters of Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein's They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. In "'They Say': Starting with What Others Are Saying," we learned how to introduce our thesis and connect it to a larger conversation; in "'Her Point Is': The Art of Summarizing," we learned about the "believing game" when summarizing and how to direct your summary towards the topics of your paper.2. Also during this time, we read and discussed three chapters from Raymond H. Clary's Making of Golden Gate Park: The Early Years: 1865-1906. In particular, we learned about some of the early negotiations and developments of the park as well as some of its key players.3. For paper 1, use the writing moves from They Say/I Say to discuss one aspect of the early history of Golden Gate Park. You are free to select any aspect as long as you use material from Clary's Making of Golden Gate Park. Your paper should be three pages, typed, and double-spaced.4. Although you will have plenty of opportunities this semester to explore creatively and in depth the past, present, and future of Golden Gate Park, the purpose of this paper is less about the park and more about highlighting your understanding and mastery of the writing moves discussed in They Say/I Say.5. I expect and require you to thoroughly edit your paper. If I find three or more errors - spelling, grammar - I will stop reading your paper, return it to you, and ask you to re-edit and re-submit. When editing your paper, please consider reading it out loud. Also, consider swapping your paper with another student or students and edit each others' work.6. Paper 1 is due in class on Thursday, February 10. No late work accepted.

Community Garden OutreachEnvironmental Studies 145Fridays 11:45 am – 3:25 pmHayes Healy Formal LoungeProfessor Melinda StoneOffice: Kalmanovitz 120Office Hours: Wed 10 – 12 & by appointmentContact: stone [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu / 422-5755Professor David SilverOffice: Kalmanovitz 141Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3 – 4 pm & by appointmentContact: [ at ] usfca [ dot ] eduCommunity Garden Outreach introduces students to environmental, cultural, social, political, and philosophical issues that circulate through and around food production, preparation, and distribution. Through readings, guests, and class discussions, students will learn about sustainable and unsustainable systems of food production. Through field trips, homestead workshops, and our on-campus farmstand, students will engage directly with various sustainable food practices. This service-learning course is offered in tandem with Justin Valone’s Urban Ag II and both are part of USF’s Garden Project living learning community.Learning Goals:1. To continue managing – effectively and collaboratively – the campus farmstand;2. To develop advanced skills in preparing, preserving, and distributing food; and3. Through field trips to San Francisco/Bay Area urban farms and gardens, to explore first-hand some of challenges and opportunities in urban agriculture.Course Schedule:Friday, January 28Re-introductionsFriday, February 4First Friday FarmstandFriday, February 11Field trip to Little City GardensPrior to field trip, read Chloe Roth, Little City Gardens makes a go of urban agriculture in San Francisco, SFGate, April 29, 2010; and Robert Selna, Urban agriculture: S.F. considers allowing sales, SFGate, December 23, 2010.Friday, February 18Homestead Workshop: Making Herbal salves, oils, teas and tinctures with Sarah DuscoePrior to homestead workshop, read: Sarah Holmes, Western Herbalism, September 11, 2000; Matthew Wood, The Three Basic Principles of Traditional Western Herbalism; and Jane E. Brody, Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You, New York Times, January 26, 2009.Friday, February 25Garden Guests: Daniel Tucker and Anne HamerskyRead selected chapters from Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker’s Farm Together Now: A portrait of people, places and ideas for a new food movement (2010).Friday, March 4First Friday FarmstandFriday, March 11Field trip to UCSC FarmPrior to field trip, read Patricia Allen and Martha Brown, Sustainable Agriculture at UC Santa Cruz, CASFS.Friday, March 18SPRING BREAKFriday, March 25Homestead Workshop: Foraging with Justin ValoneReadings TBD.Friday, April 1First Friday FarmstandFriday, April 8Garden Guest: Heather HoagReadings TBD.Friday, April 15Field trip to Garden for the EnvironmentRead: Can City Farmers Make a Living? Activist Eli Zigas on the Challenges of Urban Agriculture, Good, January 11, 2011.Friday, April 22Good Friday: No class.Friday, April 29Garden Guest: Marco Perez Navarrete, Permaculture Institute of El SalvadorRead selections from Raj Patel, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System (Melville House, 2008).Friday, May 6First Friday FarmstandThis class has no final.Course Grading:Weekly Reflections - 40%Farmstand Participation - 40%Classroom Participation - 20%Rules:1. No late work accepted.2. In class, on field trips, and during farm stand, no drinking out of non-reusable containers.

Green MediaMedia Studies 301Tuesday & Thursdays 12:45 – 2:30 pmEducation 319Professor David SilverOffice: Kalmanovitz 141Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3 – 4 pm & by appointmentdmsilver [ at ] usfca [ dot ] eduGreen Media is a media studies production class devoted to making media about making food. In this class, we will learn how to use social media to research, prepare, document, and share a selection of dishes and meals. Along the way, we will explore different meanings of food, the history of television cooking shows, connections between food and culture, and strategies for seasonal cooking.Learning Outcomes:1. To learn how to use social media to make and share media about making food;2. To develop a unique, creative, and compelling voice within your media work; and3. To learn how to collaborate creatively and effectively.Books:o Kathleen Collins' Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows (Continuum, 2009).o Novella Carpenter's Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Penguin Press, 2009).o Although you will be able to complete your assignments with a free flickr account, you are strongly encouraged to purchase a flickr pro account for $25/year.Calendar:Tuesday, January 25Introductions.Thursday, January 27Read: Patricia Harris, David Lyon, and Sue McLaughlin, “Food & Life,” from The Meaning of Food, pp. 1-59. Twitter Workshop.Tuesday, February 1Read: Kathleen Collins, “Stirrings: Radio, Home Economists, and James Beard,” from Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows, pp. 13-43.Thursday, February 3Read: Collins, “La Cuisine and Canned Soup: Dione Lucas vs. Convenience,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 44-68. Flickr Workshop, Part 1Tuesday, February 8Read: Mark Bittman, Chop, Fry, Boil: Eating for One, or 6 Billion, New York Times, December 31, 2010. Flickr Workshop, Part 2.Thursday, February 10Demo Day: Breakfast ProjectTuesday, February 15Read: Collins, “Julia Child and Revolution in the Kitchen,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 71-100.Thursday, February 17Read: Brother Rick Curry, S.J., “Making Bread,” from The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking, pp. 11-21; Molly Katzen, "An Illustrated Guide to the Baking of Yeast Bread," from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, pp. 86-95. Wordpress Workshop.Tuesday, February 22Read: Collins, “The Me Decade and the Galloping Gourmet” & “Cultural Capital and the Frugal Gourmet,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 101-155.Thursday, February 24Demo Day: Baking Bread ProjectTuesday, March 1Read: Collins, “A Network of Its Own,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 159-185.Thursday, March 3Read: Collins, “Good Television” & “‘Democratainment’: Gender, Class, and the Rachael-Martha Continuum,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 186-231.Tuesday, March 8Read: Collins, “Evolution: How Did We Get Here and What’s On Next?” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 232-252.Thursday, March 10Demo Day: Food Person ProjectMarch 15 & 17SPRING BREAKTuesday, March 22Read: Patricia Harris, David Lyon, and Sue McLaughlin, “Food & Culture,” from The Meaning of Food, pp. 61-105.Thursday, March 24Read: Sandra Cate, “‘Breaking Bread with a Spread’ in the San Francisco County Jail,” Gastronomica, Summer 2008, pp. 17-24.Tuesday, March 29Demo Day: Food and Culture ProjectThursday, March 31Watch: Food, Inc.Tuesday, April 5Read: Lisa Miller, Divided We Eat, Newsweek, November 22, 2010.Thursday, April 7Read: Michael Pollan, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, New York Times Magazine, August 2, 2009.Tuesday, April 12Read: Elizabeth Kolbert, Green Like Me, The New Yorker, August 31, 2009; and Rachel Laudan, “A Plea for Culinary Modernism: Why We Should Love Fast, New, Processed Food,” Gastronomica, February 2001, pp. 36-44.Thursday, April 14Demo Day: Lunch ProjectTuesday, April 19Read: Kim Severson, Neighbor, Can You Spare a Plum? New York Times, June 10, 2009; Fallen Fruit, “Take Back the Fruit: Public Space and Community Activism, from Food, edited by John Knechtel (MIT Press, 2007).Thursday, April 21No class.Tuesday, April 26Guest: Marco Perez Navarrete, Permaculture Institute of El Salvador. Readings TBD.Thursday, April 28Demo Day: Seasonal Dish ProjectTuesday, May 3Read: Novella Carpenter, “Turkey,” from Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, pp. 1-98.Thursday, May 5Read: Carpenter, “Rabbit,” from Farm City, pp. 99-184.Tuesday, May 10Read: Carpenter, “Pig,” from Farm City, pp. 185-269. Guest: Novella Carpenter.Thursday, May 12Demo Day: Last Supper ProjectThis class has no final exam.Grading:Quizzes, homework, and in class assignments - 30%Class participation - 20%Projects - 30%Demo Days - 20%Attendance Policy:Missing class, or attending class unprepared, will significantly affect your final grade. If you do miss class, contact a classmate or two to find out what we discussed in class and ask to borrow their notes. After doing this, if you have questions about missed material, visit me during office hours.Rules:1. No late work accepted.2. No drinking out of non-reusable containers during class.

Golden Gate ParkFirst-Year SeminarHarney Science Center 143Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:55-11:40Professor David SilverOffice: Kalmanavitz 141Office hours: Tues & Thurs 3-4 pmContact: dmsilver [ at ] usfca [ dot ] eduGolden Gate Park is a First-Year Seminar that explores the history, built environment, popular narratives, and mixed uses of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Through readings, class discussions, and library workshops, students will develop a broad and keen understanding of the park; through field trips, students gain valuable on-site experience in and with the park. An accelerated writing seminar, Golden Gate Park fulfills USF’s Core A2 requirement.Learning OutcomesIn this class, students will learn:o How to read, analyze, and summarize complex texts from multiple fields and subjects;o How to develop interesting research questions based on outside research and individual interests;o How to use Gleeson Library and online tools to find relevant material from a range of sources and disciplines;o How to write, edit, revise, and polish clear and compelling essays that, when necessary, keep with the conventions of academic and/or professional discourse; ando How some sand dunes called the Outside Lands became Golden Gate Park.Required Text:o Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, 2nd Edition (W. W. Norton, 2009)Course Schedule:Week 1:Tuesday, January 25Introductions.Thursday, January 27Read: Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, “‘They Say’: Starting with What Others Are Saying,” in They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (or TSIS), pp. 19-29. Twitter Workshop.Week 2:Tuesday, February 1Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Her Point Is’: The Art of Summarizing,” in TSIS, pp. 30-41; and Raymond H. Clary, “The Birth of American Parks,” in Making of Golden Gate Park: The Early Years: 1865-1906, pp. 1-5.Thursday, February 3Read: Clary, “The Beginning of Golden Gate Park” and “The Visionary Plan of William Hammond Hall,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 11-27.Week 3:Tuesday, February 8Field trip: Conservatory of FlowersThursday, February 10Paper 1 due in class. Library Workshop.Week 4:Tuesday, February 15Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘As He Himself Puts It’: The Art of Quoting,” in TSIS, pp. 42-51; and Clary, “Politics in the Park,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 33-43.Thursday, February 17Read: Gray Brechin, Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, pp. 80-89.Week 5:Tuesday, February 22Field trip (with Peter Novak, Vice Provost for Student Life): National AIDS Memorial Grove. Prior to field trip, read: Christopher Pollock and Erica Katz, “The Eastern End,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories, pp. 12-49; and "About the National AIDS Memorial Grove."Thursday, February 24Paper 2 due in class. Library Workshop.Week 6:Tuesday, March 1Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Yes / No / Okay, But’: Three Ways to Respond,” in TSIS, pp. 55-67; and Clary, “Midwinter Fair,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 110-125.Thursday, March 3Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘And Yet’: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say,” in TSIS, pp. 68-77; and Pollock and Katz, “The Music Concourse,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, pp. 50-79.Week 7:Tuesday, March 8Field trip: The Music Concourse and The Japanese Tea GardenThursday, March 10Paper 3 due in class. Library Workshop.Week 8 (March 15 & 17)SPRING BREAKWeek 9:Tuesday, March 22Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Skeptics May Object’: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text,” in TSIS, pp. 78-91; and selections from Christopher Pollock’s Golden Gate Park: San Francisco's Urban Oasis in Vintage Postcards.Thursday, March 24Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘So What? Who Cares?’: Saying Why It Matters,” in TSIS, pp. 92-101; and Sally B. Woodbridge, John M. Woodbridge, and Chuck Byrne, “Golden Gate Park & Vicinity,” in San Francisco Architecture: An Illustrated Guide to the Outstanding Buildings, Public Art Works, and Parks in the Bay Area of California, pp. 197-205.Week 10:Tuesday, March 29Field trip: The de Young MuseumThursday, March 31Paper 4 due in class. USF Roundtable featuring Shawn Calhoun (Gleeson Library); Alex Hochman (Career Center); and Charlene P. Lobo Soriano (First Year Student Services).Week 11:Tuesday, April 5Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘As a Result’: Connecting the Parts,” in TSIS, pp. 105-120; and Clary, “The Great Disaster,” Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 156-169.Thursday, April 7Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Ain’t So / Is Not’: Academic Writing Doesn’t Always Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice,” in TSIS, pp. 121-128.Week 12:Tuesday, April 12Read: James R. Smith, “California Midwinter International Exposition – 1894,” in San Francisco's Lost Landmarks, pp. 111-126.Thursday, April 14James R. Smith, “Playland at the Beach,” in San Francisco's Lost Landmarks, pp. 44-53.Week 13:Tuesday, April 19Graff and Birkenstein, “‘But Don’t Get Me Wrong’: The Art of Metacommentary,” in TSIS, pp. 129-138.Thursday, April 21Paper 5 due in class. Library Workshop.Week 14:Tuesday, April 26Read: Josh Sides, “The Unspoken Sexuality of Golden Gate Park,” in Erotic City: Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern San Francisco, pp. 123-140.Thursday, April 28Read: Wikipedia entries for Golden Gate Park; Conservatory of Flowers; AIDS Memorial Grove; Music Concourse; and Japanese Tea Garden.Week 15:Tuesday, May 3Read: Philip J. Dreyfus, “Greening the City,” in Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco, pp. 67-100.Thursday, May 5Paper 6 due in class.Week 16:Tuesday, May 10Field trip: The Beach Chalet and Ocean Beach. Prior to field trip, read: Pollock and Katz’s “Facing West,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, pp. 112-125.Thursday, May 12Reflection Paper due in class.There is no final exam in this class.Grading:Paper 1 - 10%Paper 2 - 10%Paper 3 - 10%Paper 4 - 10%Paper 5 - 10%Paper 6 - 10%Reflection Paper - 10%Class participation - 15%Field trip participation - 15% Attendance Policy:Because this is an accelerated writing seminar, attendance is crucial. Students are expected to attend each class and field trip, have all readings finished prior to class or field trip, and be ready to participate in class discussions. Missing class, or attending class unprepared, will significantly affect your final grade. If you do miss class, contact a classmate or two to find out what you missed and ask to borrow their notes. After doing this, if you have questions about missed material, visit me during office hours.Academic Integrity:Plagiarism is using another person’s words and/or ideas without giving appropriate credit. Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic honor and personal integrity and can result in failing an assignment, being removed from this course, or even being asked to leave USF.Rules:1. No late work accepted.2. In class and on field trips, no drinking out of non-reusable containers.