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environmental practicum spring 2013
ECOL 8710/JURI 5290
The class meets Wednesdays, 10:10 am - 12:05 pm in Sanders Conference Room, Rusk Hall (next to the Law School and the Main Library) and the Seminar Room, Ecology Building.
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About the Practicum
Faculty are Laurie Fowler, Law and Ecology; Tyra Byers, Ecology and Office of Sustainability; Jason Evans, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; and assistant Amble Johnson.
The class includes graduate students in law, environmental design, ecology, forestry and engineering, and we might have a couple of undergraduate honors students as well. The purpose of the class is to provide you an opportunity to work with students and faculty from other disciplines to apply knowledge (about ecology, environmental engineering, environmental policy and design) learned in the classroom to real problems faced by clients.
Students will engage in a group project and will also be responsible for three independent assignments of their choosing spaced throughout the semester (we call these "memos").
We intend the class lectures to be rather broad in scope so as to be useful to all the students in the class but they will cover topics that are essential to an understanding of the three group projects. In addition to the class lectures, each group will attend another informal lecture (at a time of their choosing) on the environmental law/policy relating to their specific project. Other lectures might be arranged at the request of students.
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Schedule
All dates are Wednesdays unless specified otherwise.
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Date
Location |
Topic/Speakers |
Jan. 9
Law School |
Introduction to Practicum and Group Projects (Laurie and RBC Staff) |
Monday
Jan. 14 |
DUE: Political Autobiography |
Jan. 16
Ecology |
Lecture: Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (Ron Carroll) |
Jan. 23
Law School |
- Select projects
- Political Autobiography game
|
Thursday
Jan. 24 |
Sewanee Constructed Wetlands Group: Tour of Clayton County Constructed Wetlands |
| Week of Jan. 28 |
Groups meet with Laurie; it is up one student in each group to schedule these meetings w/ her. |
Jan. 30
Ecology |
Introduction to Work Plan |
Monday
February 4
Ecology |
Post BP Oil Spill Cleanup Group:
- Riki Ott lecture, 2:30 PM
- Meeting with Riki Ott, time TBD
|
Feb. 6
Law School |
- Lecture: Sea Level Rise (Jason Evans)
- DUE by midnight: Draft Memo 1
|
Thursday
Feb. 7 |
Sewanee Constructed Wetlands Group: Tour of Clayton County Constructed Wetlands |
Friday
Feb. 8 |
Comments on draft memos due back to students by midnight |
Feb. 13
Ecology
|
- Presentation of Work Plans
- DUE: Final Memo 1
|
Feb. 20
Law School |
Lectures:
- Constitutional Considerations/Limitations on Environmental Protection at the Local Government Level
- Tips on Ordinance Drafting
|
Friday
Feb. 22 |
Sea Level Rise Group: DUE: Draft of Sea Level Rise project for Jason Evans |
| Feb. 27 |
Lecture: Social Marketing for Environmental Protection (Karen Hilyard) |
March 6
TBD |
- Lecture: Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration: The Law and Implementation (Ryan Eaves, Alfie Vick, and Jon Calabria)
- Water: At the Interface of Building & Landscape (PDF of Powerpoint presentation by Alfie Vick)
- DUE: Draft Memo 2
|
Friday
March 8 |
Comments on draft memos back to students |
| March 13 |
NO CLASS – SPRING BREAK |
March 20
Law School |
- Faculty meet with groups
- DUE: Final Memo 2
|
March 27
Ecology |
Groups report progress |
TBD April
Sewanee,
TN |
Sewanee Constructed Wetlands Group: Presentation to Sewanee Utility District |
April 3
Law School |
- Laurie meets with groups
- DUE: Draft Memo 3
|
Friday
April 5 |
Comments on draft memos back to students |
| April 10 |
NO CLASS – ATTEND GEORGIA WATER RESOURCES CONFERENCE |
April 17
Ecology |
- Dress Rehearsals
- DUE: Great drafts of group project products
|
TBD
Ecology |
Final Presentations |
| TBD |
DUE: Final group project products |
Tuesday
April 30 |
DUE: Finals of all memos and group work products |
Monday
May 13 |
Grades due |
Additional dates for specific groups:
Sewanee Constructed Wetlands
Tours of Clayton County Constructed Wetlands: January 24 and February 7
Presentation to Sewanee Utility District in Sewanee TN: TBD in April
Sea Level Rise
Draft due to Jason Evans: February 22
Post-BP Oil Spill Cleanup
2:30 PM, Feb. 4, Ecology Auditorium: Riki Ott lecture
TBD, Feb. 4: Meeting with Riki Ott
Please note: The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructors may be necessary.
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Faculty and Staff Contact Information
Name |
Email |
Phone |
| Laurie Fowler |
lfowler@uga.edu |
706-202-9949 |
| Tyra Byers |
tyrab@uga.edu |
706-542-1301 |
| Jon Calabria |
jcalabr@uga.edu |
706-542-0903 |
| Ron Carroll |
ronecology@gmail.com |
706-338-1366 |
| Amble Johnson |
amble.johnson@gmail.com |
706-338-3227 |
Scott Pippin |
jspippin22@hotmail.com |
|
| Mark Risse |
mrisse@uga.edu |
706-542-9067 |
| Katie Sheehan |
katiesheehan80@gmail.com |
706-410-8035 |
| Alfie Vick |
ravick@uga.edu |
706-542-6550 |
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Students
Class listserv: envpracticum-L@listserv.uga.edu
Charlie Arnold |
Law |
Catherine Bartenstein |
Ecology |
| Shannon Bonney |
Ecology |
| Aaron Bose |
Economics |
| Ian Calhoun |
Law |
| Brian Chernoff |
CED |
| Brian Crawford |
Warnell - Wildlife |
| Clement Cullens |
Law |
| Emily Garber |
Warnell |
| Peter Gerakitis |
Law |
| Larry Hample |
Education |
| Lauren Heidingsfelder |
CVM |
| Will Keyes |
Law |
| Terry Morris |
Law |
| Ross Pringle |
Ecology |
| Oliver Pryor |
Law |
| Walker Rick |
Law |
| Mikey Salter |
Law |
| Greg Skupien |
Ecology |
| Suzanne Timmons |
Law |
| Kevan Williams |
CED |
| Sam Woolford |
Ecology |
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