SDG Detail

CSES 310 Good Food, Real World: A Course in Applied Sustainability

None

Project description

Should our food be sustainable? What does sustainability describe? Can we use the framework on sustainability to describe problems in a communicable way? What if the audience is not engaged in sustainable thinking? Does describing a problem in the language of sustainability help? Wait, what about people? The context for the class is food sustainability both at Yale and in United States Industry. Over the course of the semester, we contextualize the sustainability framework and how it is currently applied to movements and policy. Students create, support, and pitch an idea framed with sustainability. We also examine the data, storytelling, and compelling personalities that move forward sustainability ideas. The course pays special attention to the roles given to people in sustainability frameworks. Through a series of practical examples, we discover the depth and breadth of work it takes to pitch a new idea. Drawing from readings, discussions and field trips students are tasked to bring a sustainability idea from inception to the point of persuasive argument.