Cultivating Resilient Communities of Wellbeing
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EEI and iCED Fall Semester Welcome Back!
InterAmerican Lunch-
Wednesday, September 13, 12 noon – 2:00
PM
Kendall Coffee - Watch for
Details!
North Coffee- Monday,
September 18, 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Wolfson Lunch- Wednesday
September. 6, 12 noon - 1:30 pm
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Frances Moore
Lappé
Author of:
Diet
for a Small Planet
EcoMind: Changing
the Way We Think,
To Create the World We Want
and her newest release
Daring Democracy:
Igniting Power,
Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want
October 11 and 12, 2017.
Wednesday evening -
InterAmerican Campus, RSVP
awalker1@mdc.edu
Thursday presentation - North Campus, Room 2151
11:15 - 12:30 PM |
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Dr. Peter
Blaze Corcoran
Earth Charter Scholar and
Education for Sustainable Development Specialist
Author of:
Voice
for the Earth: American Writers Respond
to the Earth Charter
Envisioning Futures for Environmental and
Sustainability Education
Facilitating a workshop for MDC Faculty and
Staff
Earth
Charter Reflections
Friday, October 13, 2017
Wolfson Campus, Room 3410-5
1:30 - -5 PM
To Register, class #
EEI1013-1
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Solar United Neighbors of Florida
Earth Ethics Institute and Miami Dade College
are Proud to Partner with Solar United Neighbors
of Florida
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.
Solar Coop
Information Sessions 7 - 8:30 pm
North Campus - Wednesday, October 18, Room 2151
Homestead Campus- Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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Chris Castro
Director of Sustainability, Smart Cities
co-chair, City of Orlando
Cofounder of Fleet Farming; Founder of IDEAS for
Us
Serves on Board of Directors of US Green
Building Council - Florida
Castro works to develop cross-sector
partnerships, policies, and programs that
support the sustainability, energy, and
climate-related goals of the "Green Works
Orlando" initiative.
Recognized by Grist as a "Grist 50 Fixer" one of
the top emerging sustainability professionals
around the world.
Selected as a GreenBiz '30 under 30'
Friday, November3, 2017
Wolfson Campus, Room 7128
11:00 - 11:50 am
GSELS Facutly Lunch
Wolfson Campus - contact
Alison Walker
for details
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M Dwi Marianto
A Sketch made in Tainan, Taiwan |
Earth Ethics Institute GSELS Faculty Enrichment
Lunch
Indonesian
Artists Explore South Florida
Meet the
Artists< Lunch and Studio Tour at Deering Estate
Hangga Hardhika, Interior Design lecturer
at the Indonesian Art Institute of Yogyakarta,
who has interests in Javanese mythologies.
Martinus Dwi Marianto, professor at ISI
(the Indonesian Art Institute of Yogyakarta),
and author of Art & Life Force in a Quantum
Perspective
Ryani Silaban, an ISI graduate student.
For More Information - Colleen Ahern-Hettich
cahernhe@mdc.edu
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Join the
Global Sustainability and
Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS) Learning Network
The Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy
Studies (GSELS) Learning Network provides
inclusive educational opportunities for the
Miami Dade College community to explore global
citizenship, ecological sustainability, and
civic engagement, through
understanding planetary
challenges and limits and
by developing values,
skills, and behaviors that
promote prosperity and
communities of well-being.
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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 focuses on the interconnection of human
health with environmental and community health.
Hialeah Campus - Begins Monday,
September 25, 2017
Facilitated by Mariana Molina
To Register, class # EEI1011-3
Medical Campus - Begins Monday,
September 25, 2017
Facilitated by EEI Staff
To Register, class # EEI1011-1
North Campus
- Begins Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 2017
Facilitated by Stephen Nesvacil
To Register, class #
EEI1011-4
Wolfson Campus
- Begins Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Facilitated by Alison Walker
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Food, Ethics and Sustainability –
Part 1
A Five-Part Lunch and Learn Series
Awarding 12
hours of Professional Development
This workshop focuses on food production and
sustainability. The global food web has become
increasingly more complicated with the
industrialization and globalization of our
world. Participants will build upon exploration
of their own relationship with food to delve
deeper into the interconnections between food,
politics, health, environment, ethics and
justice.
Kendall Campus, Five Wednesdays Beginning
October 4th.
To Register, class #EEI1012-1
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Reconnecting with Earth 1:
Shifting Paradigms
Awarding
12 hours of Professional Development
This workshop explores 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.
InterAmerican Campus
- Begins Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Facilitated by Mike Matthews
To Register, class #: EEI1005-3
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Earth Charter Reflections
Awarding 3.5 hours of
Professional Development
Friday, October 13, 2017
Wolfson Campus, RM 3510-5
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.
Facilitated by Dr. Peter Blaze Corcoran
To Register, class #
EEI1013-1 |
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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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Programs for
Faculty and Staff-
Ongoing
Global Sustainability
and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS)
Learning Network
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
The Next
Generation of Global Leaders are Stepping Forward - JOIN
US!
Narrow Ridge Earth
Literacy Field Experience - Apply In
December!
Programs and Resources for Students
Earth Literacy and Sustainability I -new course
YES! club
EEI
Service-Learning
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Student
Resources |
Faculty
Resources |
Recommended Reading
Recommended Viewing
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Listening
Related Websites
NWF
Campus Ecology Program
Student Immersions
EEI
Service-Learning |
Sustainability and Earth
Literacy
in Curriculum - MDC Faculty
EEI
Workshops-Power Point Presentations
Recommended Reading
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Listening
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