Environment, Energy & Compute · Capstone brief
ENV-11 · Adaptation vs. mitigation framing
Argue which frame fits your local case — and what each frame hides.
The question
Argue which frame fits your local case — and what each frame hides.
Sources / materials
One local case (facility, flood plan, grid stress). Short primer readings teacher-approved. Frame worksheet: mitigation moves vs adaptation moves; what each hides (burden shift, delay, false precision).
Expected failure modes
Declaring one frame morally pure. Ignoring who pays. Using global slogans for a local case.
Done looks like
Frame analysis memo; hidden-cost list for each frame; recommendation for the local case with an honest remainder problem.
Five C's
CT: frames as tools, not teams. CR: local case anchoring. CO: peer names a hidden cost you missed. CM: memo. CZ: people bearing the hidden cost.
Mentor role
Env teacher reviews hidden-cost list. School-supervised.
Rubric calibration
R1: one local case. R2: frames defined. R3: both frames applied. R4: what each hides listed. R5: memo clear. R6: refuses purity claim.
Two ways this goes wrong
(a) Team mitigation cheerleading. (b) Global essay with no local case.
Credit lane fit
Lane A immediately. No verified credit claim.