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MDC Students: are you passionate about
environmental concerns? Would you like to
explore your connection to Earth and nature? Do
you want to learn how you can make a positive
difference in our community and beyond? Then
GSELS is for you!
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Join the
GSELS Learning Network |
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· Meet MDC faculty, students and staff interested
in Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy.
· Attend events and meetings. Participate in
symposia, fairs and field trips.
· Explore what it means to be fully human in the
world today.
· Develop the
characteristics
needed of a 21st Century Engaged Citizen
and be part of the GSELS community!
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GSELS
Vision |
Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies
(GSELS) acknowledges the
interconnections
and interdependencies that define our
world. We collaboratively explore the
significance of human activity within an
evolving Universe and Earth. This
nurturing learning
community facilitates the emergence
of awareness, knowledge,
skills and
solutions necessary to create
sustainable systems while fostering ethical
values of Earth Literacy, social justice,
cultural diversity, and civic engagement. |
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Participate! |
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Find GSELS-designated classes at
your campus!
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Complete your GSELS Civic Engagement Project
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Become a
GSELS Scholar! |
1. Complete at
least 12 credits in GSELS-designated
classes, with a
minimum of three credits from a GSELS-focused
class, and earning a minimum of a "B" in each of
your GSELS-designated classes
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Complete a GSELS Civic Engagement
Project, for which there are three
options (see
our LibGuide for more information):
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1. A 10-hour Academic
Service-Learning project registered through the MDC
Changemaker Hub, coordinated
with one of your GSELS class instructors and
related to this class’ curricula
2. Score a
minimum of 100 points on iCED’s
Civic Action Scorecard,
with a minimum of 50 of those points scored from
the Environment & Sustainability section
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A sustainability and/or Earth Literacy related
project designed by your GSELS professor and
approved by Earth Ethics Institute, receiving a
grade ‘B’ or higher, that has a civic engagement
component, and is presented to the public in
some format once completed
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3. Write a 500-word reflection essay describing
how your GSELS Civic Engagement Project
connected to what you learned in your GSELS
classes
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Contact us to apply for GSELS
Scholar recognition (we will need your degree
audit, Civic Engagement Project documentation,
and reflection essay)
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To learn more about GSELS and to check
your progress toward GSELS Scholar recognition,
please contact any of the EEI staff:
EEI Director: Mike Matthews ● (305)237-3796 ● mmatthew@mdc.edu
Kendall Campus: Netiva Kolitz ●
(305)237-2247 ● nkolitz@mdc.edu
North Campus: Stephen Nesvacil ●
(305)237-1338 ● snesvaci@mdc.edu
Padrón Campus: Dr. Mark Tirpak ●
(305)237-6733 ● mtirpak@mdc.edu |
Click here to view
our GSELS
video! |
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Learn more about the guiding philosophy behind
GSELS |
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The Earth Charter |
Thomas
Berry's -Nature
of Universe
and
12
Principles
of Understanding the Universe,
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Life Long Learning,
Environmental and
Sustainable Education |
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Additional
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