Samples and Examples

• Interactive Sample Document: Introducing a Description
• Example: Extended Definition - EPA "Climate"
• Example: Process Description - The Autopsy Process
• How Stuff Works

Tutorials

• Evaluating Online Information
• Designing Documents with a Word Processor

Handouts and Helps

• Definitional Techniques
• Lecture notes: Chapter 9

Idea Starters for this Project

You may have to root around in these articles and reports to identify things that you could explain as a process, but you may find some good starting points in here. You might start by considering how you will define "sustainability."

You could define it as one or more of the following:

1. Environmental sustainability
2. Economic sustainability
3. Social sustainability

• If you're an English major or journalism major consider...
  • How green is the book publishing industry?
  • Publishing industry writes sustainability story
  • Eco-friendly book printing
  • A Non-Profit's Guide to Green Printing

     

• If you're in the life sciences (biology, nursing, etc.) consider....
  • Environmentally Responsible Healthcare in PA
  • Where Does Medical Waste Go?
  • Sustainable Design for Medical Devices
  • Seattle Hospitals Are Turning Green and It's Not the Flu

     

• If you're in engineering consider...
  • Engineers for a Sustainable World - Campus Initiatives
  • Engineers Present 10 Top Technologies for Sustainability
  • Engineers Without Borders International - Resources