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Sustainability:
finding solutions for the continuing co-existence of humans and other
life on this planet.
 Would
you like to explore the tools and ideas needed to create sustainable
lifestyles, businesses, communities and cultures? Want to discover how
innovative sustainability solutions are transforming the way the world
works?
New
classes are being developed here at Cabrillo
College to address those issues (including some that
might not make it on the published schedules)! Click here to find out more about
course offerings on sustainability.
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Cabrillo College Sustainability Alliance
We now have a site to network and exchange information about
sustainability issues at Cabrillo College on WiserEarth:
"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. Emerging
websites:
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~kgroppi/SustainableCabrillo/index.html
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~mmerrill/sustainability.htm
http://greencabrillo.blogspot.com/"
Please
join us!
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August
'08
Sustainable
Cabrillo Flex Week Workshop
-
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 1-4,
rm 406
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Our
community of students, staff, faculty and administrators working
toward a more sustainable campus is growing. We will be sharing our
progress and possibilities related to the Climate Initiative Task
Force, student research, curriculum considerations and other
developing programs and projects. If you believe that changes are
necessary to ensure a positive future, join us as we help Cabrillo be
the change we wish to see in the world.
Go Green Cabrillo: Interested in
volunteering?
Join us in
promoting the GO GREEN campaign at Cabrillo College!
Beginning
September 2nd we will promote alternative transportation options to
Cabrillo
students, faculty and staff.
We are
looking
for enthusiastic and energetic volunteers to help distribute
information for 1
– 2 hour shifts.
Who:
Ecology Action/GO GREEN & Cabrillo College
What:
Promoting alternative transportation options (bus, bicycle, carpool,
walk,
etc.) to Cabrillo
College
students, faculty
and staff
Where: Cabrillo College
– 6500 Soquel Drive,
Aptos
When:
September 2 – 5 & September 8 – 12 (11AM
– 2PM)
Please
contact
Bonnie McPike at bmcpike (at)
ecoact.org if you are interested in volunteering.
April
'08 Update:
Sustainability Curriculum
Projects and Progress at Cabrillo College Cabrillo College
Master Plan Goal B:
Enhancing Excellence in the Classroom and Student Support Services
Draft Objectives and Justification Narrative (Revised:
4/4/08)
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)
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January '08:
Flex Week Workshops on Sustainability, Wednesday February 6th:
Cabrillo Climate
Initiative Organizational Meeting This session is
an organizational meeting to explore the challenges of the national
College and University Climate Commitment approved by the Cabrillo
College Governing Board. The goal of the meeting is the formation of a
task force that will develop a clear timetable and a list of goal's for
Cabrillo's Climate Initiative. The resulting plan will be a road map to
improve energy efficiency and implement campus-wide sustainability
measures at Cabrillo. 9-10am SAC 202 Brian King
Education for
Ecoliteracy: Continuing the Conversation Before the
sea rises to flood Santa Cruz, please join us to continue discussion
about what you do or would like to do in class to address issues of
ecology and the environment. Our cultures, our economies and our
communities all rely on a healthy, functioning biosphere. Solutions for
sustainability will come from smart people working across discipline
boundaries, finding the ways that environmental concerns can be
addressed throughout the disciplines. Let’s discuss
strategies for presenting information on the various global
environmental crises and their possible solutions. 1-3 pm
rm406 Barbara Bloom, Karen Groppi, & Lisa McAndrews
Sustainable
Cabrillo Now that Cabrillo has signed on to the
President’s Climate Commitment, how will we approach zero
greenhouse gas emissions? What innovations will we create towards
educating and evolving our campus to a fully sustainable institution?
What new or existing best practices in course design, interdisciplinary
courses, task forces, community outreach, student-run programs and
activities will help us move toward climate neutrality and improve our
ecological footprint as a campus community? Open to all members of the
Cabrillo community—staff , faculty, students,
administrators—who would like to be a part of the greening of
our campus. 3-5pm rm406 Karen Groppi, Lisa
McAndrews, & Michelle Merrill
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December '07: Karen Groppi and I received a Faculty
Grant for Student Success to begin research and development of
curricula to give students opportunities to participate in a Cabrillo
College. Contact me
if you think you might be interested in participating. More info on the
way!
November '07: I
will be teaching a new 1-unit course in the Spring 2008 semester:
Examines
tools and ideas for creating sustainable lifestyles, businesses,
communities and cultures, and innovative sustainability solutions that
are transforming the way the world works. Investigates the complex
systems and networks experiencing dynamic change in our environment,
our economy and our society to understand where we are now. Provides
scenario building strategies to imagine culture changes in future
decades.
Section
57076 | Days W | Times 06:00PM-09:00PM | Units1.00 |
Meets
6 weeks 2/27-4/9. Holiday 3/26.
Click
here to
learn more about this course.
I
am also teaching a workshop called "Unlocking Nature's Secrets"
through Cabrillo
Extension on May 3rd. Registration will begin in January...
Stay tuned for more info!
Elissa Wagner and I are
working on developing an Ecoliteracy graduation requirement at Cabrillo
(similar to the Multicultural requirement). This will mostly be met by
existing classes, and will not be officially required of students who
began work at Cabrillo before its inception. We presented our ideas to
the Academic Council on November 5th, and were met with a very positive
response. We're now asking for feedback from faculty on our Ecoliteracy
Goals and Criteria, for determining which classes would meet this
requirement.
Cabrillo College
Solar Update: See news
items at Solar Technologies regarding this project. Rumor has
it that contention over preserving native habitat versus installing
panels up the hillside is heating up again.
"You never change things by fighting
the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes
the existing model obsolete."
--R.
Buckminster Fuller
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Oct-Nov
'07: I attended two amazing conferences: Bioneers and This
Way to Sustainability III.
October '07: Thank
you to Karen Groppi and her Engineering 25 class for inviting
me to speak about Biomimicry.
Here's a recent article about constructal theory and how biology can
improve models for flow in engineering practice: "Going
with the Flow" R. Bliwise, Duke Magazine Sept-Oct 2007 and
some useful links and text
references.
Thank you
also to LauraLee Alben, who invited me to give a talk called "From
Sumatra to Santa Cruz: Fathoming the Heart of Sustainability," and to
the many wonderful people who supported me there. What an excellent
opportunity to find ways to connect with, learn from and teach people
so together we can co-create a sustainable, resilient culture!
Summer
'07: Cabrillo College is currently considering installing
solar photovoltaic panels to generate 1 Megawatt of power on campus. We
are in negotiations with a thrid-party vendor for a Power Purchase
Agreement to fund construction. See the links on the Password
Protected page (for Cabrillo College students, faculty, or
staff) to learn more.
"When we try to pick out anything
by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."
--John Muir
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ANTHR 19G
Surviving the Future: The (Re)emergence of Sustainable Cultures
Sustainable
Cultures Class Blog
Sustainable
Cabrillo Site
Cabrillo
College Sustainability Alliance
Earth2Cabrillo
is a student-run blog about sustainability issues at
Cabrillo College.
My Top 6 Outside Sustainability Links:
- WorldChanging
- Grist
- WiserEarth
- Apollo
Alliance
- Biomimicry
- Bioneers
See what I've found lately at:
Dr.
Pongo's Sustainability bookmarks on del.icio.us
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