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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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The Earth Charter at 20
6 hours of
Professional Development Credit
Virtual workshop
October 23, 2020 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Facilitated by Peter Blaze
Corcoran Class #
EEI1026-1
Peter Blaze Corcoran, noted scholar and
internationally recognized Earth Charter
expert, guides us in revisiting the landmark
document, globally recognized as the
premiere ethical framework for true and
meaningful sustainability on this, the Earth
Charter’s 20th anniversary
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A Call To
Sustainability
15 hours of
Professional Development Credit
A
Five-part virtual discussion series on
Wednesdays at noon: 9/23/, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4/,
11/18
Facilitated by EEI North Campus Program
Professional Stephen Nesvacil
Class #
EEI1025-1
Facilitated by Hialeah Campus Professor
Karen Alvarez-Delfin
Class #
EEI1025-2
Exploring the urgent
need for sustainability, the importance of
ecological principles in understanding the many
social issues that define humanity’s
relationship with the natural world, social and
ecological issues inherent in food production,
and the impact of humanity on Earth’s aquatic
systems
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Reevaluating
the Modern Lifestyle
12 hours of
Professional Development Credit
A
multipart virtual discussion series on
Wednesdays at noon
Facilitated by EEI
Kendall Campus Program Professional Netiva
Kolitz over five sessions: 9/23/20, 10/7/20,
10/21/20, 11/4/20, 11/18/20. Class #
EEI1024-1
Facilitated
by EEI Director Mike Matthews over four
sessions: 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28. Class #
EEI1024-2
Exploring
the connection between minimalism/voluntary
simplicity and quality of life, mindfulness, and
modern consumerism
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Food, Ethics
and Sustainability--part 1
12
hours of Professional Development Credit
A four-part virtual discussion series on
Wednesdays at noon: 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28
Facilitated by Medical Campus Professor
Ileana Pino Class #
EEI1012-6
Exploring topics of
how food is produced, where food comes from, and
the true costs of food quality, quantity and
availability
Food,
Ethics and Sustainability--part 2
12 hours of
Professional Development Credit
A
four-part virtual discussion series on
Wednesdays at noon: 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4
Facilitated by Wolfson Campus Professor Ben
Augustyn Class #
EEI1016-4
Exploring the
hidden ethical implications related to
industrialized agribusiness, impacts of our
eating choices on farm animals, social justice,
and human rights issues
Seeing Systems:
Peace, Equity and Regeneration
11 hours of
Professional Development Credit
A
four-part virtual discussion series on
Wednesdays at noon: 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4
Facilitated by West Campus Professor Sarah Jacob
Class #
EEI1001-6
Examining the interrelationships of and
interconnections between peace, social and
economic justice, racial and gender equity and
environmental sustainability
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Hialeah Campus
Bee Jam 2020
October 29,
2020 5:30 - 6:30 PM
An interdisciplinary
MDC Hialeah Faculty and Hialeah Public Library
collaboration.
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Kendall Campus
GSELS Projects
Showcase
Monday, November 16
- Friday, November 20
Featuring
asynchronous virtual student project
presentations
Visit our
Library Guide
webpage
to view the projects and learn more
The
Global Sustainability and Earth
Literacy Studies (GSELS) Projects
Showcase at Kendall Campus is an
event organized and hosted by MDC's
Earth Ethics Institute each semester.
During this event, students in GSELS-designated
classes present and share
with the Kendall Campus community
their research projects, artwork,
designs and models, and performance
pieces, focused on an array of
sustainability and Earth Literacy-related
topics. Join us in learning about the topics and issues
that students have explored through their Global
Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies
(GSELS)-designated classes this semester.
North and Padrón
Campuses
Campus Learning
Community:
Sustainable Cities
Fall 2020
Campus
Learning Community
and Virtual Symposium
November 16 - 20
Sustainable Cities LibGuide
The
Sustainable Cities Campus Learning Community
takes place during the 2020-21 academic year at
Miami Dade College (MDC) Padrón and North
campuses.
Participating
faculty from both campuses will integrate
elements of United Nations Sustainable
Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and
Communities into their curricula through the
Fall and Spring terms.
MDC’s Earth
Ethics Institute (EEI) and the Institute for
Civic Engagement and Democracy (iCED) will offer
support in the form of content, programming, and
related civic engagement changemaking
opportunities for MDC students.
Both academic
terms will culminate in a symposium featuring
student projects, guest speakers, film
screenings, special events/activities, and more.
The Sustainable
Cities Campus Learning Community offers the
opportunity for faculty to employ such
high-impact pedagogies as academic
service-learning, project-based learning, and
changemaking education.
It also
offers a framework for not only the study of
sustainability but examining current events and
social issues through the lens of urban
sustainability.
Additionally,
such topics as urban design, green spaces,
poverty, transportation, and more are all “fair
game” for faculty to tackle.
MDC faculty already
participating in EEI’s Global Sustainability and
Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS) learning network
as well as implementing the Civic Action
Scorecard through iCED will find extending into
the campus learning community an easy yet
rewarding stretch.
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Earth
Ethics Institute •
An Earth Literacy Resource Center Serving MDC Administrators, Faculty,
Staff, and Students, as well as the South Florida Community
Miami Dade College
• 300 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Room 1201,
Miami, FL 33132-2204
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