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Co-Curricular Learning Academies (COLA)
Workshops
North Campus, Room 1306
Fridays: Sept. 1, 8, and
15
10:00 - 10:50 AM
To
complete the COLA module, students will
participate in five 1-hour workshops that
feature social change strategies based on the
Transformative Action Institute curriculum
(TAI), and will include three workshops in
collaboration with the GSELS learning network.
Sept. 1st:
Situations and Global Challenges through Systems
Thinking
Sept. 8th:
The Earth Charter: The Ethical Framework for a
Sustainable Global Society
Sept. 15th:
Guiding Philosophy of a 21st Century
Global Citizen
For more info, contact snesvaci@mdc.edu
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The
Alpha Singing Bowl Demonstration
North Campus, Rm 2147
Sept. 21, 2017, 9:50 – 11:30 AM
The Alpha Room
is a combination of therapist Zayra Morales
investigative journalism and healing therapy
skills. This presentation features a short film
documentary and live sound performance with
tuned crystal bowls demonstrating how noise
pollution is affecting peoples’ lives and how
sound therapy brings a sense of relief and
restorative inner peace—creating the foundations
of societal resiliency and sustainability.
For more information, contact Stephen Nesvacil
at snesvaci@mdc.edu
305.237.1338
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EEI and iCED Welcome Back
Coffee
North
Campus, MJ Taylor Lounge
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Join EEI and iCED for coffee, networking
and a brief information session about how to get
involved in Academic Service-Learning, the
Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy
Learning Network (GSELS) for professional
development, and other exciting opportunities
and initiatives this year.
Deadline to RSVP: Sept 11
Contact Stephen Nesvacil
snesvaci@mdc.edu, or Rebecca
Pelham rpelham@mdc.edu |
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WE-LAB WORKSHOP:
In partnership with Dream In Green
North Campus, MJ Taylor Lounge
Watch For Details!
Participants will learn how to implement
money-saving water and energy conservation
behaviors at home that foster long-term
sustainability. Participants will receive a free
toolkit valued at $75. Limited space.
To register, visit www.we-lab.net/workshop. |
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Urban Health Symposium
Keynote by Frances Moore Lappé (Thursday, Oct
12)
North Campus
Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 11 – Oct. 12, 2017
Wednesday, Oct. 11th
Room MJ Taylor Lounge
10:00-10:50 AM
Dr. Maribeth Gidley
from NOAA
11:00-11:50 Am
Asha Loring of Health
in the Hood
Thursday, Oct.
12th
Room
2151
11:15 - 12:30 PM
Frances Moore Lappé -
Keynote
Frances Moore Lappé
is the author of 18 books including the
three-million copy, 1971 Diet
for a Small Planet that
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American
History describes as “one of the most
influential political tracts of the times." She
is the co-founder of three national
organizations that explore the roots of hunger,
poverty and environmental crises, as well as
solutions now emerging worldwide through what
she calls Living Democracy. Her most recent
books include Daring Democracy: Igniting
Power, Meaning and Connection For the America We
want; EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to
Create the World We Want; and World
Hunger: 10 Myths.
In 1975, with Joseph Collins she launched the
California-based Institute
for Food and Development Policy (Food
First) to educate Americans about the causes of
world hunger.
In 2002, Lappé and her daughter Anna established
the Small
Planet Institute based
in Cambridge,
Massachusetts a
collaborative network for research and popular
education to bring democracy to life. With her
daughter, she is also co-founder of the Small
Planet Fund,channeling resources to democratic
social movements worldwide.
Contact Stephen Nesvacil snesvaci@mdc.edu
305.237.1338 |
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Solar
United Neighbors
Solar Coop
Information Session
North Campus, Rm 2151
Oct. 18, 2017, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Solar United Neighbors of Florida
expands access to solar electricity by educating
Floridians about the benefits of distributed
solar energy, helping them organize group solar
installations, and strengthening Florida’s solar
policies and its community of solar supporters.
For more information, contact Stephen Nesvacil
at snesvaci@mdc.edu
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Be Here: Northern Hearts Around the Lake
Gather Together, Focus on Breath, Be Mindful and
Notice
North Campus Lake, Northeast Corner
(Intersection of Buildings 1 and 3)
Every Monday 10:00 AM
Be
Here: Northern Hearts around the Lake is an
opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to
gather for a few minutes in quiet reflection and
guided mindfulness. Together we let go of
perceived stress, planning for future events,
and the grit of daily living to relax, focus on
the breath, let go of any distractions and
perceived stressful thoughts to engage mindfully
on the inherent beauty of North Campus and
interconnectedness of all life.
For more information: Contact Stephan Nesvacil
at snesvaci@mdc.edu
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Join the
YES Club -
Meetings regularly -
Recycle Patrol!
Faculty Advisor - Tiina Lombard
tlombard@mdc.edu |
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Earth Ethics Institute
Workshops and Professional Development for MDC Faculty and Staff |
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Health: Connecting People
Place and Planet
A Four-Part Lunch and Learn Series
Awarding 12
hours of Professional Development
This workshop consists of four sessions, each is focused
on the interconnection of human health with environmental and community
health. Examine the roots of Western
medicine and how it has evolved in an industrial society and explore health as a dynamic relationship between humans
and the environments in which they live.
(This is part one of a
two-part workshop series.)
Wednesdays, North
Campus, Room 1256 Conference Room
October 4, 2017, 12-1 pm
and
October 18, November 1, November 15, 2017
12 Noon - 1:30 pm
To Register, class #EEI1011-4
Earth Charter Reflections
Awarding 3.5 hours of
Professional Development
Friday, October 13, 2017
Wolfson Campus, Rm 3410-5
1:30 - 5 pm
In this workshop, participants will explore the
meaning and intent of the Earth Charter and
consider its significance from an
inter-disciplinary perspective. A panel of
renowned subject-area specialists will lead the
discussion of how the Earth Charter can guide
the development of new curriculum, and how
familiarity with this document helps prepare
students for success as global citizens.
To Register, class #EEI1013-1
Virginia Key Beach Park: A
Sense of Place
Awarding 3 Hours of Professional Development
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9 am - 12
Noon Virginia Key
This Immersion provides an overview of Historic
Virginia Key Beach Park. Participants in this
Immersion will tour this important ecologically
rich site and gain an understanding of its
importance to Miami as a barrier island with
unique and valuable ecosystems and as a
gathering place with a priceless cultural and
historical legacy.
To Register, class #EEI1014-1 |
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Earth Ethics Institute
Outdoor Immersions for MDC North Students |
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Earth Ethics Institute Organizes Student
Immersions
to National, State and County Parks.
Below are a few of our partners:
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
Everglades National Park
Oleta River State Park
Fruit and Spice Park
Deering Estate
Contact Stephan Nesvacil at
snesvaci@mdc.edu
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Programs
for Faculty and Staff- Ongoing |
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Participate in the Global
Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS)
Sustainability
Education
Professional Development Opportunities
Sustainability and Earth Literacy
Professional Development Workshops
Graduate Courses in Collaboration
with EEI
EEI and
Florida International University
(FIU)
Outdoor
Immersions Awarding
Professional Development
Sustainability in the
Curriculum
Immersions for Your
Classes
Sustainability
Learning Lunches
Hialeah IAC
Kendall
North Wolfson
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Programs for
Students - Ongoing |
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Join the Global
Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS)
Learning
Network
Narrow Ridge Earth
Literacy Field Experience
Programs and
Resources for students
Earth Literacy
and Sustainability I -new course
YES club
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Websites
NWF Campus Ecology Program
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Sustainability in Curriculum - MDC Faculty
EEI Workshops-Power Point Presentations
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Listening
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Earth Ethics Institute
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Plants and Indoor Air
Quality
Find out how plants help keep office air healthy
15 plants have been identified as great air
purifiers
Projects like installing new
carpet and painting walls can release chemicals that pollute indoor
air. These are called VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), they’re
chemicals used to manufacture and maintain
building materials, interior furnishing,
cleaning products and personal care products.
Luckily, some houseplants moonlight as efficient
purifiers. For the best results, put as many
plants as you can care for in the rooms you use
most. |
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