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Emily
Penn-
Explorer, Educator, Ocean Advocate
MDC GSELS Faculty
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By Invitation Only
Welcome Back Dinner
Thursday, September 22- IAC
RSVP by September 8 |
Exploring Mindsets:
Shifting Our Thinking
to Make Positive Change in the World
Kendall Campus
Wednesday, September 21st
Room R-402-03 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Wolfson Campus
Thursday, September 22nd
Room 1261 9:50 - 11:05 am
Emily
Penn is an explorer, educator, artist and ocean
advocate,
dedicated to studying environmental
challenges around the globe.
Formally
trained as an architect, she has spent the last
decade:
--circumnavigating the globe on Earthrace
teaching about renewable fuels;
--founding/directing the non-profit organization, Pangaea
Explorations;
--studying plastic pollution in the
five subtropical ocean gyres and
--organizing the largest ever community-led waste
cleanup
from a tiny Tongan island;
--sailing the Northwest Passage with the Blue
Planet Odyssey;
--and speaking at COP21, TEDx events worldwide,
Royal Geographic Society, University of
Cambridge Expedition Society, and more.
Ms. Penn will share stories
of her journey from architect to explorer, as
she details how she has built upon each
experience to be where she is today. With a
focus on solutions, Ms. Penn will share
information about her most recent project,
Exploring Mindsets, which brings together
diverse people into common conversations about
how we can create a shift in our thinking to
make positive change in the world.
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Starting
in September:
Seeing Systems: Peace,
Justice and Sustainability (Part 1)
Awarding 11 hours of
Professional Development
In
this four-part series, examine the
interrelationships of and interconnections
between peace, social and economic justice,
racial and gender equity and environmental
sustainability while exploring systems thinking
as a way to make sense of complex systems and
problems.
Hialeah
- Starting September 26, 2016
To Register and for dates/time -
class #
EEI1000-1
Seeing
Systems: Peace, Equity and Regeneration (Part 2)
Awarding 11 hours of
Professional Development
A series
of four lunch and learn discussions examining
the interrelationships of and interconnections
between peace, social and economic justice,
racial and gender equity and environmental
sustainability.
InterAmerican -To Register and for
dates/time, class #
EEI1001-1
North
- To Register and for dates/time,
class #
EEI1001-2
Reconnecting with Earth 1: Shifting Paradigms
Awarding 12 hours of
Professional Development
This workshop is one of a
two-part series, each offering four sessions that address a central
issue of our time: What is the appropriate relationship of human beings
to Earth? As participants engage in readings and discussion questions,
they will share observations and reflections on our relationship to
Earth, the threats of ecological imbalance, what we can do to create a
paradigm shift and make lasting, impactful change, and what the role of
higher education is in creating a future generation of Earth literate
citizens.
Kendall
- To Register and
for dates/time, class #
EEI1005-2
Wolfson
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To Register and
for dates/time, class #
EEI1005-1
Climate Disruption: Choosing Resiliency
Awarding 15 hours of
Professional Development -
This multi-media workshop will address the
topic of climate change through readings, group
reflections, discussion questions, and action
planning as well as interactive electronic
resources including web and video content.
Wolfson
- Starting Friday, September 23, 2016-
2 pm - 3:30 pm
To
Register and for dates/time, class #
EEI1007-1
SENCER and Sustainability Best Practices
Awarding
6 hours of Professional Development -
This workshop combines EEI
Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies
(GSELS) Learning Network,
SENCER specifics, and GSELS faculty perspectives on engaging with SENCER.
InterAmerican - Friday, October 28, 2016 at
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
To
Register, class #
EEI1002-1
Oleta River State Park
Awarding 4 hours of
Professional Development -
Saturday, October 22nd, 2016
9 am - 1 pm
The immersion will cover the
natural and cultural history of the largest urban park in the
Florida State Park System.
To Register, class #
EEI1003-1
Deering
Estate at Cutler Bay
Awarding 6 hours of
Professional Development -
Friday, November 4th, 2016
1:30-5:30 pm
Participants in this immersion will explore the natural and cultural
history of the Deering Estate at Cutler. It will include three (3)
components: a tour of the Richmond Cottage and Stone House, a short
hike on the Tekesta Trail, and a visit to the footpath that, near
the end of the nineteenth century, became the
first Cutler Road.
To Register, class #
EEI1004-1 |
