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GreenSteps Sustainability
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Sustainability: finding solutions for the continuing co-existence of humans and other life on this planet.CalendarSee Cabrillo
GreenSteps for general information. The
latest news on sustainability initiatives at Cabrillo
College is now available on the blog: http://cabrillogreensteps.wordpress.com/ You can see more about what I've been thinking about at my personal blog: Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate. See links I've found lately at Dr. Pongo's Sustainability bookmarks on del.icio.us. Cabrillo College Sustainability Alliance
"We are growing an alliance of students, faculty, staff and administrators at Cabrillo College, all working to transform our college into a hub for sustainability education in our community. We seek to improve sustainable practices on campus, and to increase ecoliteracy education inside and outside the classroom."
2011-2012Due to budget cuts, ANTHR 19G Surviving the Future: The (Re)emergence of Sustainable Cultures is not being offered this year or 2012-2013. The student clubs I advise, Cabrillo Sustainability Council and Occupy Cabrillo, were very active this year, as were the Cabrillo Bike CoOp and the Permaculture Club. Fall 2010 NewsCabrillo GreenSteps is up and running! Thanks to everyone on the Climate Initiative Task Force and in Marketing who helped get this underway. ANTHR 19G Surviving the Future: The (Re)emergence of Sustainable Cultures is scheduled to be offered as a one-unit course in Spring 2011. Spring 2010 NewsThe Climate Task Force hosted a Flex Week event to work on our Climate Action Plan. See the presentation and participate in a discussion of what we can do to reduce Cabrillo's carbon footprint at the Cabrillo College Sustainability Alliance site. Many sustainability classes at Cabrillo Collge have been put on-hold due to state budget cuts. ANTHR 19G Surviving the Future: The (Re)emergence of Sustainable Cultures will be offered as a one-unit course in Spring 2010. We'd love to get the student Sustainability Club happening again, and we need to start making plans for Earth Week at Cabrillo. Contact me if you want to join in these efforts.
Fall 2009 NewsFlex week activity: Strides toward Teaching Sustainably, Monday 24 Aug 09. 3-5pm Many sustainability classes at Cabrillo Collge have been put on-hold due to state budget cuts. ANTHR 19G Surviving the Future: The (Re)emergence of Sustainable Cultures was not offered in Fall 2009, but we will be able to offer it as a one-unit course in Spring 2010 (although it has been approved to be expanded into a 2-unit course in the future). Curriculum for a new class, ES 50 Local Sustainability Research and Solutions, was approved in February 2009, but is not being offered, again due to the reduced units available during this budget crunch. The reasoning for not offering these courses is that they are not part of the core curriculum - they are electives not currently considered essential for transfer, graduation or certificates. Sustainability Curriculum Projects and Progress at Cabrillo College Cabrillo CollegeMaster Plan Goal B: Enhancing
Excellence in the Classroom and Student Support
Services 4. Promote awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of emerging trends, including global sustainability and social justice.As the college mission includes "assisting all students in their quest for success… in an ever-changing world," we must increase our efforts to deliver education that reflects emerging realities in the workforce, at the colleges and universities to which our students transfer, and in the broader social and ecological contexts of our world. The need to respond to global changes and the repercussions of our past and current interactions with natural systems and diverse cultures is already a factor in many business and policy decisions, and our students must be prepared for these realities as they enter the workforce. Social justice is inextricably linked with sustainability as world problems are linked to economic issues and ethics in dynamic, global systems. There is broad interest in increasing interdisciplinary approaches to address these complex, interdependent realities. Spring 2008 & Fall 2007: Educating for Ecoliteracy activities as Flex Week faculty development seminar January 2008: new website to connect and coordinate with community http://www.wiserearth.org/group/cabrillosustainability Registration for Spring 2008: "Sustain on the Brain" fliers listing sustainability courses posted on campus and around community (e.g. New Leaf Markets) Fall 2007: Karen Groppi and Michelle Merrill received small Faculty Grant for Student Success to support "Student Participation in Sustainability Assessment" for curriculum development and additional grant research Fall 2007: Elissa Wagner and Michelle Merrill took draft Ecological Literacy requirements to Academic Council Fall 2007: New 1-unit course proposed, approved by Curriculum Committee: Anthropology 19G - Surviving the Future: The (Re)Emergence of Sustainable Cultures Summer 2007: Brian King signs President's Climate Commitment Spring 2007 (?): Elissa Wagner proposes revision of Cabrillo College Core Competencies - limited success "Global Awareness: An appreciation of Scientific Processes, Global Systems and Civics, and Artistic Variety" (word "Systems" added) January '08: Flex Week Workshops on Sustainability, Wednesday February 6th:
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Cabrillo College Sustainability Alliance Cabrillo Student Clubs
EcoCruz is a portal for Santa Cruz County organizations and events Some favorite outside Sustainability links: See what I've found lately at: ANTHR 19G Surviving the Future: The (Re)emergence of Sustainable Cultures Sustainable Cultures Class Blog
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