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Midterm Exam
Read more: Midterm ExamThe purpose of this mid-term is for you to:
- Show your grasp of the challenges in this course
- Demonstrate your understanding of the reading assignments and relationship to the seminar discussions
- Show understanding of sustainability issues at this point, and on this basis
- Obtain some feedback from the instructor as relevant
- It would be useful to outline your answers before actually writing. Since you will demonstrate familiarity with the assigned readings, please feel free to draw from materials across various weeks – as needed.
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Global System for Sustainable Development Database
Read more: Global System for Sustainable Development DatabaseSubmit 10 websites for the Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD) database via "Submit Site.
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Living with AIDS
Read more: Living with AIDSIf you can't make it to the evening film screening, view DVD of Living with AIDS (On the Frontlines of AIDS) on your own time prior to class in Ses #30.
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Practicing Poverty
Read more: Practicing PovertyFor the next week, limit your spending to $2 per day. Try to minimize your reliance on pre-existing resources (such as using food that is in the pantry, eating your room-mates leftovers etc.).
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Sector Paper
Read more: Sector PaperWrite a five-page paper (double-spaced, not including figures, tables or pictures) describing the current state of affairs in your country in one of the sectors that we have studied in class:
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Drowned Out
Read more: Drowned OutIf you can't make it to the evening film screening, view DVD of Drowned Out on your own time prior to class on Ses #25.
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Discussion Questions: Mastering the Machine 3
Read more: Discussion Questions: Mastering the Machine 3See [Smillie], pp. 44-66. Please answer the following questions (maximum 2 single-spaced pages), using examples from the book where applicable.
- According to the reading, what are some of the major reasons why NGOs and the Third Sector developed such an important role in what we call 'international development'?
- What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of NGO organizational structure? Use some examples from the reading.
- What is meant by 'civil society'? In what ways might the concepts described by this term influenced the development of D-Lab philosophy?
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Trip Project Proposal
Read more: Trip Project ProposalThis form will allow the D-Lab staff to provide feedback and help you prepare for your project. You should fill in a form for each project you are working on, but only one of them will be turned in to be graded. You should continue to refine the proposals throughout the semester.
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Practical Photovoltaics Design
Read more: Practical Photovoltaics DesignYou are in charge of designing a solar panel installation for a rural health post. The requirements for the given location are as follows:
- There is a 220W freezer that needs to run 24/7
- The health post is open until 9pm, and, on average, they have to turn the lights on from 6pm until they close. Given their needs, it seems that the most adequate installation would be 2 fluorescent lights of 15W each.
- They have an amateur radio to communicate with the clinic in the city, that consumes 40W, and it is usually on for two hours every day.
- The health post is staffed every day of the year.
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