Some Recent Topic Areas for CRTW 201 Papers

Remember that these have to be narrowed down and focused into an inductive, argumentative, thesis-driven
Q at I

• Green building--from both buyer's and builder's perspectives, green construction at Winthrop
• Green art--environmental sculpture, using fewer and less harmful solvents, green fashion, environmental poetry, environmental art course proposal, green dance studio design
• Green and psychology: fear factors, motivation, greenwashing, green stereotyping, effectiveness of green marketing
• Green and religion--can/should Christians be green? How does stewardship fit with Christian duty? How can a particular church start an environmental program or ministry?
• Green business practices--supplies, market value of going 'green,' 'green' in advertising, investing green, green tourism, "greenwashing", green fashion, controlling a local pharmacy's paper use, making a gymnastics studio more green, designing a green daycare, designing a green exercise studio
• Green and food--does our meat-heavy diet contribute to global warming?, slow foods, "natural" vs. "organic" in labeling and nutritional value, recycling in the cafeteria, working with public assistance clients to raise 'green' awareness, pesticides, genetically-modified foods, green baby food
• Green and education--incorporating green concepts in lessons at certain grade levels, starting a recycling program at a school, green programs for RAs, recycling programs at athletic events, etc., "Thinking beyond the trashcan"
• Green and politics--Kyoto, carbon footprints, tax advantages for alternate power development, conservation zones and easements, placement of landfills, wastewater disposal in coastal towns, China, bikepaths for Rock Hill
• Green and manufacturing--auto industry, printing plants, gasoline crisis, taking a pharmacy "green"
• Green and sports--golf course management, playing surfaces, ethanol as racing fuel, baseball stadium design, recycling at a golf course
• Green and community organizations--stewardship, adopt-a-highway, recycling programs at an apartment complex, projects for a Greek organization to take on