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Programs for MDC Faculty

  


Sustainability and
Earth Literacy Studies
Workshops
EEI offers a series of professional development workshops for MDC faculty and staff interested in infusing ecological concepts and a cosmological context into the course objectives of their disciplines or departments. Dozens of MDC faculty and staff have participated in EEI workshops, featuring topics such as
Greening the Curriculum, Biophilia, Culture and Cosmology, Technology and Sustainability, and Ethics.

Outdoor
Immersions
In addition to the Green Studies workshops offered at most  MDC campuses, MDC Administrators, Faculty and Staff are also invited to participate in “immersion” field trips to explore the unique ecology and hydrology of South Florida.


Graduate
Courses

Earth Ethics Institute has partnered with
Florida International University

to create graduate certificate programs with an emphasis on Earth Literacy.

 

Sustainability Education,
 Civic Engagement, 
Intercultural and Earth Literacy
Graduate Courses at FIU

Earth Literacy and Sustainability in the Curriculum
 Lesson plans by Miami Dade College Faculty

Faculty who take EEI Workshops have created lesson plans incorporating components of
Earth Literacy and Sustainability.
 

Courses offered On-Line
 http://www.EarthLiteracyAtHome.org
 
 

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Earth Ethics Institute • An Earth Literacy Resource Center Serving MDC Administrators, Faculty, Staff,  and Students, as well as the South Florida Community
Miami Dade College • 300 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Room 3506-11, Miami, FL 33132-2204 • t: 305-237-3796 • f: 305-237-7724