Watch Erin Smith's set of mini-lectures on ecological citizenship and ways to clean and green urban and suburban landscapes - see this Voicethread for slides:

- - - part 1 (~17min)- Defining cities, suburbs, and wilderness
    - part 2 (~11min)- What is ecological citizenship?
    - part 3 (33min) - Key greening practices happening in Philly and beyond

2. Reference Readings - skim for main ideas and pull key quotes that speak to you..

On "Ecological Citizenship" and "Civic Ecology" -- for what you can do as an individual:

- - Andrew Light's Urban Ecological Citizenship_Andrew Light
  - Marianne Krasny and Keith Tidball's research on the subfield of "Civic Ecology"
    - What is Civic Ecology?
    - Stewardship Health and Well-Being Chapter 6 from Civic Ecology
    - Introduction to Krasny's new book, In This Together 2023 (skim - 24 pages)

3. Assignments:

1. 1. 1. Discussion Post: where do we go from here? - due on Thursday, Oct. 2nd (20-30 min)
    2. UESP - Part 1 - Let's talk about Environmental Stewardship - due Thursday, Oct. 9th (25-45 min)

NEXT - Week 6 - Introduction to Ecology, Ecosystems Services, Systems and Flows, and Biogeochemical Cycling