You are a part of a collegewide effort to increase access to education and empower students through "open pedagogy." Open pedagogy is a "free access" educational practice that places you - the student - at the center of your own learning process in a more engaging, collaborative learning environment. The ultimate purpose of this effort is to achieve greater social justice in our community in which the work can be freely shared with the broader community. This is a renewable assignment that is designed to enable you to become an agent of change in your community through the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For this work, you will integrate the disciplines of Sociology, Environmental Engineering, ESL and Career Studies to achieve SDG #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Homelessness as a social dilemma is on the rise across the country and here in Tucson, AZ. The project seeks to engage students in study to understand what the problem is and how it originates. Thereafter, students will be asked to either design or piggyback on an existing system that can be utilized to improve, in some way, the lives of homeless persons. This can be designing a new building, a housing complex, redesigning existing structures; utilizing natural resources and/or modern technologies. Students will interact with staff at University of Arizona to learn about different programs now in place that study and address sustainable life. Students will research ways to rehab outdated electronic equipment for use by students and low-income students. The secondary focus will be on SDG #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG #12: Responsible Consumption and Production.
