First Midterm Exam

Three very simple-yet-complicated, multi-layered questions:

1. What idea in Sachs do you find the most important and relevant?  Why? (1 page)
2. What idea in McKibben do you find the most important and relevant?  Why? (1 page)
3. Using your answers to #1 and #2, and whatever process suits you, invent YOUR ideal community. (2-3 pages) Compare that ideal to the reality you see every day. 
1. Need help with the thought and design processes?  See Wikipedia's entry on Design Thinking, for example.