{"id":3831,"date":"2012-11-28T17:05:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T01:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2012-11-28T17:05:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T01:05:10","slug":"sustainability-related-workshops-for-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/2012\/11\/28\/sustainability-related-workshops-for-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Workshops for Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interested in Sustainability but struggling with how it applies to your classroom and content?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The following trainings can help get you started:<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Workshops & Seminars<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Integrate Sustainability in Your Course<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

The Faculty Commons and The Office of Sustainability are offering a workshop to all faculty who are interested in transforming existing courses into sustainability-related courses.<\/p>\n

The goal of the workshop is to enrich your course through the design of teaching materials, assignments and outcomes that infuse sustainability related concepts and principles.<\/p>\n

Stipend: $1000 for all faculty members upon completion of sustainability related materials and assignments.\u00a0 All materials needed for the workshop will be provided through the SESF fund.<\/p>\n

Stipend is funded through the SESF fund.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Enrollment is limited to 15 participants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information:<\/strong>\u00a0 Angela Hildre Sustainability Curriculum Manager\u00a0 angela.hildre@bellevuecollege.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Timeline for application:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0November 16: Application process opens
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0December 17: Application process closes
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0January 4th: Notification of applicants<\/p>\n

Fridays: January 25th and April 26th, Workshop:\u00a0 9 am-4 pm Breakfast 8-9 am<\/p>\n

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Book Discussions<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

Deep Economy: BC Reads 2012-13<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

With Angela Hildre, Sustainability Curriculum Manager, schedule to be determined by participant schedules and is sponsored and funded by the SESF (Student Environmental Sustainability Fund) in association with Student Programs and the Office of Sustainability.<\/p>\n

What are viable options for development in the age of limited natural resources?\u00a0 Deep Economy <\/strong>outlines economics through the lens of sustainability by highlighting both local and global implications. \u00a0 The book couples damming statistics on the state of the earth and the economy with examples that to designed to bring transformation and its possibility to life.\u00a0 The subject is broadly relevant to the College\u2019s curriculum and to preparing students for the workforce of tomorrow, which McKibben describes as global, local and focused on something other than growth.<\/em><\/p>\n