SUBJECT: An inside look at the Center for Advancement of Sustainable Living (CASL) at the University of Oregon
THEME: Following Kaeli, an active member of CASL, the underlying theme is a Do It Yourself simple and sustainable living for the average person. The CASL house offers a variety of education in gardening, energy conservation, and healthy environmental interaction to those who work, will live, and visit in the house.
ANGLE: The focus of this piece is Kaeli’s growth and skill development acquired while working on the CASL site. Designing and constructing the house as well as maintaining the gardens has added many professional skills to her architectural resume that many students don’t acquire while simply attending class.
STORY: I plan to tell this story by spending the day at several CASL build parties while interacting with and following Kaeli around the work site.
WHAT KIND OF STORY: This will be a character story that depicts passion for human growth, education, and environmentally friendly living. Kaeli will heavily narrate this story because she is a main passion behind the larger project at hand.
KEY SCENES AND THE POINTS THEY ILLUSTRATE:
- General construction and student work at the CASL House. CASL is a student run organization that offers a hands-on-approach to all students interested in the building and construction world. It allows architecture students to apply their classroom studies to a real world situation before they leave school—something that is rare at most universities.
- Kaeli working in the garden. As the garden coordinator, Kaeli demonstrates her passion for plans and nature as she teaches other students her green thumb tricks and trades.
- Demonstration of environmental building techniques: ie. Plaster mixing, compost making. To show that sustainable living is easy and possible for anyone without any fancy gadgets or tricks.
