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Greening Your Curriculum: Embracing Environmental Sustainability in Education

Join Adrian Fisher, MA, MAT Coordinator at Triton College's Sustainability Center, alongside the dedicated members of the Steering Committee, in exploring the vital integration of sustainability in education. Discover how community colleges can collaborate to foster green campuses, communities, careers, and curricula. Engage with useful resources, attend workshops, and become a Green Champion at Triton College. Together, we can inspire students and create positive environmental impacts. Let's cultivate a sustainable future through education and action!

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Greening Your Curriculum: Embracing Environmental Sustainability in Education

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  1. Greening Your Curriculum: The Environmental Challenge

  2. The Environmental Challenge Adrian Fisher, MA, MAT Coordinator, Sustainability Center

  3. Triton College Sustainability Center Steering Committee: Doug Olson, VP Academic and Student Affairs Mary-Rita Moore, AVP Strategic Planning Joe Beuchel, IGEN Faculty Liaison Adrian Fisher, Coordinator

  4. Illinois Green Economy Network A consortium of community colleges working together to achieve: • Green campus • Green community • Green careers • Green curriculum http://www.igencc.org

  5. Human Society Resources Waste

  6. Bathtub Model Stocks, Flows, Feedback

  7. What are the implications?

  8. How does this informationmake you feel?

  9. What about our students?

  10. Dr. King did not say, “I have a complaint.” He said, “I have a dream.” Van Jones

  11. Useful resources for your courses or your continued interest in sustainability:Triton: http://libguides.triton.edu/browse.php?o=sIGEN:http://www.igencc.org/home/gyc AASHE: http://www.aashe.org/resources/programs.phpSEED: http://www.TheSEEDCenter.orgASLE: http://www.asle.org/

  12. Spring 2012 GYC Workshops GYC: Defining Sustainability • Monday, February 27, 1-2:30 pm in the CTE GYC: The Environmental Challenge • Monday, March 26, 1-2:30 pm in the CTE GYC: Nifty and Useful Green Videos • Monday, April 23, 1-2:30 PM in the CTE

  13. Future GYC Workshops • The Green Economy • Social Equity and Environmental Justice • Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

  14. Call for Green Champions • The Sustainability Center and the Center for Teaching Excellence are looking for instructors to help develop the GYC program at Triton • The Greening the Campus Committee is looking for members to help develop sustainability on campus

  15. Contact: Adrian Fisher Sustainability Center B-113A Email: afisher@triton.edu Phone: 708-343-0300 Ext. 3848

  16. The Wombat http://globalcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml

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