At the end of Fall 2019 quarter, I asked my students for volunteers to create this testimonial video about the course I had just taught at Everett Community College in Washington State. The featured students signed formal permissions allowing me to share their testimonies.

This video is in a raw edited state. As an educational tutorial, this clip is manipulated with another software program at timestamps with step-by-step lesson instructions. Videos like this characterize my interactive course design. The following interactions were featured in this tutorial lesson: 00.01 Unscrew the increment borer and assemble it. The instrument is comprised of three separate parts: • the bit (black) • the handle (blue) • the extractor (silver metal) 00.12 You can apply beeswax to the tip of the borer before twisting it into the tree. Beeswax is a natural substance that facilitates movement when the increment borer feels too challenging to turn. However, beeswax is not required to take a tree core. 00.19 Once the borer is positioned into the tree, insert the extractor and turn the handle counterclockwise for one full turn. 00.31 Insert the extractor into the bit with the curved side up (like a spoon) in order to prevent the core from falling when you pull it out. You may need to wiggle the extractor gently to dislodge the end of the core inside the tree. 00.38 Carefully set the core in a safe place and return to the increment borer immediately! If it's not removed promptly, it will get stuck in the tree! 00.43 Prepare the core sample by sliding it into the straw tube and bending each end carefully to enclose it. 00.53 To prevent the spread of forest pathogens, the increment borer needs to be sanitized after each use. Take the alcohol pads from the pack and wipe down all the exterior surface areas exposed to genetic material. 01.02 Use the alcohol dropper to drip 5 drops of alcohol into the interior of the black borer bit. Cover both ends and shake back and forth before draining.

Academic presentation designed and edited by Spring Petta. Featuring video presentations recorded by Laura Wild and Jeff Fennel. AASHE Global Conference 2020 Social Justice in Learning Outcomes: Environmental Literacy in an Indigenous Language Hotspot This session introduces a bottom-up approach to sustainability-focused curriculum aligned explicitly to social justice learning outcomes at a state community college in Everett, Washington. Presented herein are three areas of inquiry. Place. The location of Everett Community College (EvCC) is significant in combining environmental and cultural attributes. EvCC is located in the most severely threatened language hotspot in the USA, the Northwest Pacific Plateau. Process. Shifting mindset and mobilizing a just transition can be attributed to the implementation of the 5 Dimensions of Equity(TM). In 2015, EvCC underwent a three-year iterative process to explicate concepts of equity within an educational ecosystem. The 5 Dimensions of Equity(TM) serves as a foundation to institutional core learning outcomes where EvCC confronts historically inequitable policies and practices and their cumulative impact on black, indigenous and other underserved communities. Facilitating equity in sustainability-focused curriculum amidst an indigenous language hotspot presents meaningful connections to place-based principles, processes, and practices. Practices. Motivating students, faculty, and community into a just transition is built upon a set of practices and pedagogical approaches that advocate inclusivity through local case studies in environmental justice, student-directed learning, project-based learning, and facilitating environmental literacy through multidisciplinary sustainability-focused curriculum.

This video is in a raw edited state. As an educational tutorial, this clip is manipulated with another software program at timestamps with step-by-step lesson instructions. Videos like this characterize my interactive course design. The following interactions were featured in this tutorial lesson: 00.04 Spring has inputted the location and species into the iNaturaionlist app and waits to see whether a tree is nearby. 00.08 Following the app's direction, Spring spots a tree with the species characteristics and goes to investigate. 00.16 The bark matches the species! 0.22 It's a long distance to the first branches in order to identify the leaves. 00.29 Looking along the base of the tree is a great way to identify leaves when the branches are out of reach.