Blog 5

Blog#5: Using the reading material for today as well as previous reading on green values (and referring to specific aspects of that material), write a blog entry outlining the goals and specific characteristics of a green learning community.  How would you know one if you saw one? 

The goals of a green learning community would be to create a group learning environment that facilitates group discussion, student led classes, and equality. They would discuss the ecological and societal consequences of the topic at hand.  It would focus heavily on cooperation skills and activities outside the classroom, mostly likely volunteer work and community building.

Some characteristics of a green learning community would be respect for all members of the community, a noncompetitive, cooperative attitude. They would focus on equality not just in the classroom but throughout the world, talking about privilege and bias that the typical student would not think about.

I would know if I saw one because the goals and characteristics above, like equality in the classroom, are very different from the classic teaching style of lecturing and receive grades based on tests of the material. Also having activities outside of the classroom is quite different from the typical classroom.