This course was developed in cooperation with Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment, and Virginia Tech’s Graduate School (Science Education, Natural Resources, and Environmental Engineering programs) through a 2008 Summer grant promoting interdisciplinary graduate education. Accordingly, participants’ projects and course products are highly variable and reflect a wide variety of professional, academic and personal interests. Participants thereby enjoy a great deal of ownership in the addressing the scope of the assignments.

Assignments are designed to provide students with products that can be immediately implemented in their work or advocacy, and these products will be shared with all course participants for their use.