1.  Extemporize about the prospect of creating an interdisciplinary institute or program for sustainability

1.  Reflect on the course

Discussion: The Idea of an Interdisciplinary Program

• would it be possible to create an interdisciplinary sustainability center or program here at Qingdao?
  • Rationale to do so?
  • Barriers?
• Example: Institute of Sustainable Manufacturing at UK
  • See also: The UK Faculty Sustainability Council
• Qingdao University of Technology: Specialties Represented in this Course
  • School of Civil Engineering
    • Structural Engineering
  • School of Mechanical and Auto Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Material Science
    • Chemistry
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Control Theory and Control Engineering
    • Computer Application Technology
    • Signal and Information Processing
  • School of Science
    • Geo-technical Engineer
    • Mechanical Engineer
    • Mechanical Design and Theory
  • School of Architecture and & Urban Planning
    • Urban and Rural Planning
    • Landscape Architecture
    • Building Technology Science
  • School of Management Engineering
    • Construction Engineering Management
    • Management Science and Engineering
  • School of Arts and Design
    • Industrial Design
  • Linyi Campus
    • Mechanical Design and Theory
    • English

Music:

• 6060-842, performed by The B-52s (lyrics) (music)
• Come on up to the house, performed by Tom Waits (lyrics) (music)
• Dear Theodosia, performed by Regina Spektor (lyrics) (music)
• This land is your land, performed by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (lyrics) (music)
• Waiting for you, performed by Paper Bird (lyrics) (music)

Expressions Game:

• No brainer
• That hit the spot
• Down at the mouth
• Dead to rights
• I'm being smeared.
• Silver lining.
• Out of one's depth
• Overplayed his hand
• Running on fumes
• Slim pickens (pickings)
• Down for the count
• Excuse my French
• To wing it
• Cold turkey
• Hindsight is twenty-twenty
• The bane of my existence
• No rhyme or reason to it
• Chip on his shoulder
• Old hat
• Egg on my face
• Shooting the breeze (shooting the shit)
• Jump on the bandwagon.
• Skeletons in the closet
• Flip one off (Flip the bird)
• I have to piss like a race horse.
• Shit a brick
• Full of beans
• Fall off the wagon
• Tickle your fancy
• Dibs
• We wear a lot of hats.
• Quaking in her boots
• Pick up the pace
• Drop some coin
• Put my foot down
• Go bananas
• Heard it through the grapevine
• Straw that broke the camel's back / last nail in the coffin
• It's not my cup of tea
• She's a dog
• Catch as catch can
• Sleep like a log
• Hot on my heels
• Backwash
• Off the cuff
• Really going to town
• That takes the cake
• Bottomless pit
• Put your foot in your mouth
• Use your noggin
• To be blue
• Works like a charm
• Pushing the envelope
• Got a good head on his/her shoulders
• On the lam
• To tide you over
• Hairy eyeball (to give someone the…)
• Good old boy
• Gut it out
• No rhyme or reason
• On the edge of my seat
• (Have a) Monkey on my back / Get this monkey off my back
• Rat race
• Butt dialing
• Bear the brunt
• Holding down the fort
• A bear to do
• Another day, another dollar
• Leaves him cold
• Hump day
• Lip-service
• Jump ship
• Dirt nap
• The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing
• It's just spitting outside
• I/You have got no dog in this fight
• It's not over until the fat lady sings