The Education For Sustainable Living Program
Guest Lectures | Action Research Teams | Syllabus | Video/Audio Recordings
Summary:
This two unit seminar series hosts guest lectures by renowned educators, authors, environmentalists, and progressive thinkers. Lectures are open to the public to encourage collaboration between the campus and local community. The course encourages reflection upon and analysis of the principles of sustainability, and is designed to encourage dialogue between students, faculty, staff, administration, local community, and the entire UC system. For two additional units, students have the option to participate in Action Research Teams (ARTs). These groups focus on campus specific issues such as sustainable transportation, socially & environmentally preferable purchasing, energy consumption reduction, waste reduction and prevention, and green building. For further information please see the syllabus.
Mission Statement:
The Education for Sustainable Living Program is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to realize sustainable community throughout the University of California. Students form action research teams in partnership with guest lecturers, faculty, administration, and community members to implement tangible change. Such experiential learning inspires participants to internalize the concept of sustainability, and carry it in practice beyond academia into a greater society.
Spring 2011:
Wednesdays, March 30 – June 1
4:10PM – 6:00PM
Giedt Hall 1002
Undergrad CRN: 33713
Grad Student CRN: 33768
Schedule:(All lectures are Wednesday 4:10 – 6:00 in Giedt 1002)
03/30/2011 Nikki Henderson Food, Justice, and You
Elle Gold Award 2010 and executive director, People’s Grocery in West Oakland, California
reading- Why the Food Movement is Becoming an Environmental Force
04/06/2011 ART team introductions and World Cafe
A chance to sign up for 2 additional units by participating in Action Research Teams
no reading
04/13/2011 Dr. Geerat Vermeij
Distinguished Professor of Geology, UC Davis
04/20/2011 Marcela Oliva
Professor, Architecture and Environmental Design
04/27/2011 Ciudad de Luces and Micah Posner
Ciudad de Luces- Latino bicycle collective from LA
Micah Posner- director, People Power
5/04/2011 Chris Jones, 350.org, and Cool Davis- Scaling community based solutions to climate change
Chris Jones and 350.org podcast
05/11/2011 Josiah Cain -Sustainable Design
Founder/Principle, Design Ecology
05/18/2011 Greywater Guerillas
educators, designers, builders, and artists
05/25/2011 Kim Stanley Robinson
2008 Time “Hero of the Environment” and science fiction writer (author of best-selling Mars Trilogy)
06/01/2011 Action Research Team Presentations
Contact:
Stephanie Castle
castle.stephanie@gmail.com
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