SDC Writing Assignment

SDC 100 WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Scenario: A natural disaster has destroyed 95% of your community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?ti me_continue=97&v=BTHRcB_DeJo

SDC 100 WRITING ASSIGNMENT

How will you rebuild?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?ti me_continue=174&v=U2PSc_yzVVg

Palouse, Washington

What if . . .

Two kinds of reactions

Looking back: Put everything back just the way it was as if nothing ever happened.

Looking forward: Seize the opportunity to make it even better. And sustainable.

So where do you start?

Learning from Greensburg, KS

95% of the town destroyed by giant tornado in 2007

Rebuilt with the highest concentration of LEED Platinum buildings per capita in the world.

LEED

• Leadership in

• Energy and

• Environmental • Design

https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-leed-1708546

“a building certification process developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non- profit organization (not a government agency) headquartered in Washington, D.C.”

LEED

Four Levels:

• Certified

• Silver

• Gold

• Platinum

Nine Key Areas:

• Sustainable Sites

• Water Efficiency

• Energy and Atmosphere

• Materials and Resources

• Indoor Environmental Quality

• Location and Linkages

• Awareness and Education

• Innovation in Design

• Regional Priority

LEED

How did they do that in Kansas?

So where do you start?

Seek common ground and avoid politicized language.

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Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations

to meet their needs.

Sustainability

ASSIGNMENT:

Develop at least 3 talking points you would use to guide the community of Palouse in rebuilding, based on the positive & negative experiences of Greensburg, Kansas.

Possible points to use or approaches to take in defining and making the case for real world sustainability: • Financial stewardship • Environmental stewardship • Creating community assets

for future generations

Writing Tips:

Know your audience. Jot down a few of their concerns and goals.

Know your message.

Address those concerns and goals using examples from the Greensburg case study to deliver your message.

• 700 to 800 words

• Submit a Word document

• Footnotes in Chicago format https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

• Submitted on Blackboard by noon on due date