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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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Deep Time Wisdom
& Post-Doom Inspiration
An Earth Ethics Institute professional
development workshop awarding 6 hours of credit
Rev. Michael Dowd is a bestselling
eco-theologian, TEDx speaker, and pro-future
advocate. This three-hour workshop showcases
wisdom distilled from his acclaimed 2020
"Post-Doom" conversation series.
Friday, March
26, 1 - 4:00 p.m.
To Register, class #
EEI1029-1
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Food, Ethics
and Sustainability Part 2
A multipart virtual discussion series awarding
12 hours of professional development credit
This workshop explores the hidden ethical
implications of industrialized agribusiness and
connects our eating choices to farm animal
welfare as well as social justice and human
rights issues. The impact of climate change on
food supply and production will also be
discussed.
Facilitated by Dr. Ileana Pino, Medical
Campus
Fridays 12:00
- 1:30 PM
Feb. 12, Feb 26, March 12, March 26
2/5/20, 2/19/20, 3/4/20, and
3/18/20
To Register, class #
EEI1016-5
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Reconnecting
Through
Voluntary Simplicity
A multipart
virtual discussion series awarding
12 hours of professional development credit
Exploring the
paradox of increased technological connection
leading to increased personal disconnection, as
well as the importance of media literacy and
simplicity in moving us forward into an
uncertain future.
Facilitated
by Netiva Kolitz, Kendall Campus EEI Program
Professional
Four Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:00, fifth Wednesday
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Jan. 27, Feb. 10, Feb. 24,
March 10, and March 24
To Register, class # EEI1027-1
Facilitated by Dr. Mark Tirpak, Padrón Campus
EEI Program Professional
Four Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Feb. 3, Feb.
17, March 3, March 17
To Register, class # EEI1027-2
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Visions of
Sustainability
A multipart
virtual discussion series awarding
15 hours of professional development credit
Explore the importance of diversity and equity
in building resilient communities, the impacts
of the evolving American transportation system,
and the ties between consumer culture and the
economy.
Facilitated by Stephen Nesvacil, North
Campus EEI Program Professional
Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:30
Jan. 27, Feb. 10,
Feb. 24, March 10, and March 24
To Register, class # EEI1027-1
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Campus Events and Activities |
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Sustainable Cities
Info Page
Sustainable Cities
LibGuide
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Note: Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, Spring 2021 EEI programming
was limited and held virtually.
Hialeah
Campus
Bee Club
Virtual Sustainachella - Sweet Bees
Bees are one of the
most important pollinators and are critical in
the propagation of plants, trees, and food crops
in South Florida. Join us to learn more about
bees and pollinators, local beehives, and
becoming a trained beekeeper!
Friday, January
29, 2021
12PM - 1PM
MBRisingAbove.com/Sustainachella
Climate 101
Webinar - The CLEO Institute
The Hialeah campus YES!
Club invites you to attend the "Climate 101"
workshop presented by The CLEO Institute. Learn
about the most current science, impacts, and
solutions for climate change!
Thursday, February 25, 2021
5:30 -
6:30 PM
Kendall Campus
Virtual
GSELS Projects Showcase
Featuring asynchronous virtual student project
presentations
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. Students
in GSELS-designated classes present and share
their research projects, artwork, designs,
models, and performance pieces, all focusing on
an array of sustainability and Earth Literacy
topics.
The Spring
2021 GSELS Projects showcase is now live! Please
visit our Library
Guide website to
see the many great projects our students have
created.
Disparities in
Minority Communities
A Black History Month event, hosted by the
Kendall Campus African Heritage / Black History
Committee
Health disparities, food injustice, social
injustice and environmental racism in the United
States of America have disproportionately
impacted African American and Latino
communities. In partnership with the
Sustainability Committee, the panel will explore
the intersection of these critical
socio-economic factors to understand the fragile
state of these communities. The question is
where do we go from here now that the pandemic
has revealed the truth? Panelists include Ms.
Asha Walker (Founder of “Health in the Hood”),
Dr. Kilian C. Ashad-Bishop (Director of College
Access for Breakthrough Miami), and Ms. Zelalem
Adefris (VP of Policy & Advocacy at Catalyst
Miami).
Thursday,
February 11, 2021
10 - 11 AM
Padrón
& North Campuses
Decoding the Weather Machine
Please join us for a special screening of the
PBS Nova documentary Decoding
the Weather Machine!
Brought to you by MDC Learning Resources and
Earth Ethics Institute in support of the Sustainable
Cities campus
learning community and symposium and the Resilient
Communities initiative
in partnership with the American Libraries
Association.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
12:45 -
2:45 PM
Sustainable Cities
Spring 2021 Campus
Learning Community Virtual Symposium
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.
Wolfson Campus
Civil Rights,
Chasing the Dream in the 21st Century
Race in America,
Post-Obama, Trumpism, and the Great Racial
Divide
Guest speaker Steve Balkaran discusses the
future of civil rights in the United States
post-Obama and post-Trump. Hosted by EEI
Faculty Council member Professor Robert Henry.
Thursday,
February 25, 2021
2 - 3:30 PM
Ditch Your Car
and Find New Wheels!
YES! Club Wolfson and Intramural Sports Club
challenge you ro replace your car with new
wheels for achance to win one of two prizes for
the members with the most miles!
February 1 - 28, 2021
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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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