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Want to know more about sustainable living? Do you want to work on a project to directly benefit our campus related to sustainability?

Or maybe looking for 2 more units to round out a fun spring quarter?

Well, we have the class for you!

There is an exciting seminar being offered this spring called Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP).  ESLP is a 2-unit seminar series which:

• Hosts weekly lectures/discussions lead by renowned educators, authors, environmentalists, and progressive thinkers.
• Encourages reflection upon and analysis of principles of sustainability.
• Promotes dialogue and collaboration between students, staff, faculty, administrators, and the local community.
• Offers an additional 2-units to students participating in an Action Research Team (attached flier).

Whether you are already passionate about environmental, social, and economic issues, or you are just trying figure out how to meet your minimum progress requirement, ESLP provides a fantastic opportunity to hear some amazing speakers and explore the meaning of sustainability.

Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)

When: Wednesdays 4:10-6:00pm

Where: Giedt 1002

CRN: 33713

Schedule: (All lectures are Wednesday 4:10 – 6:00 in Giedt 1002)

03/30/2011 Course Introduction

04/06/2011 TBA

04/13/2011 TBA

04/20/2011 Marcela Oliva

Professor, Architecture and Environmental Design, L.A. Trade Technical College

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 Erica Fernandez

2007 Brower Youth Award Winner, youth environmental activist

05/11/2011 TBA

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

For further information, please contact Stephanie Castle at stcastle@ucdavis.edu (408) 506-5223, check out our page on DavisWiki here.

UC Davis is home to an array of students and faculty on the cutting edge of environmental issues. Needing to fulfill a GE requirement or looking for an interesting class to take? The following is a list of lower division classes with few or no prerequisites that we feel do a great job of increasing awareness of our surroundings- a fundamental step towards becoming sustainable.

This list is by no means exhaustive, and very much open to interpretation.

We are in the process of building this tool…

If you know of any classes that seek to increase environmental awareness, email us! at ucdcce@gmail.com.

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If any of the information is inaccurate or has changed, email us! ucdcce@gmail.com

A 2 unit seminar, LDA 98!

It’s none other than the Field Guide to Sustainable Living in Davis, and its student led (by undergraduates).Whether you are looking for additional units or are interested in getting an introduction to sustainability at Davis, this class is for you! For 2 hours each week, we will discuss different aspects of sustainability, as well as visit places around campus to learn actually how to do each action. For example, we will plant our own plants, fix bikes, take a tour of a community garden, visit cooperative housing, tour the Arboretum, and much more!

To see what last quarter’s class did, visit www.fieldguidetosustainability.blogspot.com

LDA 98: Field Guide to Sustainable Living in Davis
Mondays 1-3
CRN: 44488
For more info, email Will Klein at wpklein@ucdavis.edu

Course Description

What does a theoretical understanding of climate change accomplish if you don’t know
how to compost or recycle? What does composting or recycling accomplish if you are the
only one doing it? Through this class, students will not only learn the mechanics of
sustainable behaviors in Davis (and the major concepts behind sustainable living), but
also learn how to engage those around them in these same behaviors. This class will be
co-led by the instructor and undergraduate students with experience in sustainable living
on and around campus.  Students will learn the basics of sustainability from those who
practice them every day. Students will keep a journal to record experiences with
sustainability practices in their daily lives, for example the challenges and feasibility of
reducing one’s carbon footprint by 5000 lbs annually. The practical “how-to”
demonstrations of sustainable practices will act as an introduction to each aspect of
sustainability, with an ensuing discussion of the implications of these behavior changes
on society’s environmental footprint. By the end of the quarter, students will have a
comprehensive introduction to the behavior change strategy of environmental policy,
from which students will then be able to critique in comparison with the more top-down
environmental policy approaches. The overarching effect will be an increased
environmental consciousness.

Learning Objectives
3 Main Tasks:
-How to do the basics of sustainability- recycling, composting, food, consumerism,
gardening, resource conservation, transportation in Davis, and Natural Contact
-Thinking critically about sustainability practices with a goal of teaching and engaging
others in these behaviors
- Challenge participants to think beyond the short term interests that currently drive
global systems; examine how our present decisions and action affect future generations;
apply a cross disciplinary systems level analysis to our community decisions and consider
their regional and global effects.

10. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4) I. Kelt, Moyle Lecture–3 hours; discussion–1 hour.

Introduction to the ecology and conservation of vertebrates. Complexity and severity of world problems in conserving biological diversity.  GE Credit: SciEng, Div, Wrt.

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