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A Resource Center for MDC Administrators, Faculty, Staff and the
South Florida Community
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Past
Programs Spring 2006
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Tim Flannery
Climate Change 101
Wednesday, June 21
MDC Wolfson
Room 2106,
1-3 pm
Awarding 1.5 hours of
Professional Development for faculty
Scientist Tim Flannery,
director of
the
South Australian Museum,
will give a brief history
of climate from the last ice age and will clarify current and future
conditions of climate change. Flannery, an Australian biologist,
paleontologist and author, who says he had been skeptical of
theories of global warming in the past, will look at the history of
Earth's weather to compare it to the climate changes we are
observing today that are linked to carbon dioxide emissions as well
as those being modeled by computers for tomorrow. He will point out
the differences, link current climate change to green house gas
emissions, and help us reflect on the consequences. In addition he
will call on us to begin to reformulate how we operate in our
personal lives, our professions and in how we educate in our
specific disciplines.
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Interview with Tim Flannery on NPR
Fresh Air:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5293273
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John Seed
Reconnecting to Earth:
Overcoming Obstacles to
Action
In the Classroom
Monday, May 14 - Wolfson Campus
Tuesday, May 15 - Kendall Campus
Wednesday, May 16 - North Campus
A Workshop for
MDC Faculty, Staff
Tuesday, May 15, 2006
1:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Fairchild Tropical Garden
Awarding 6.5 hours of
Professional Development for faculty
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http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/johnseed.htm
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In this workshop,
we will share processes that teach us how to recognize the current
plight of the natural world as well as the personal despair created
by understanding that plight. In addition, we will explore the
social conditioning that keeps us from realizing that humans are
deeply embedded in the natural world systems and that these systems
are global and interconnected. We will learn that the result of
recognizing the place of the humans in the natural world allows us
to develop empowerment exercises to turn despair into action within
our disciplines, vocations and professions. As we experience these
processes as a group, we will develop a deepening sense of community
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Robin Hill
Child of the Sun
A Slide Show of
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Florida Southern College
"Nature is my
manifestation of God. I go to Nature every day for inspiration in
the day's work. I follow in building the principles which Nature has
used in its domain."
"Buildings, too, are
children of Earth and Sun."
-Frank
Lloyd Wright
Thursday, April 27, 2006
MDC Wolfson Campus 7 p.m.,
Room 7128
cosponsored by
The Architecture Club -AIA Miami
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Pfeiffer Chapel
Danforth Chapel
Photos by Robin Hill |
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Earth Ethics
Institute at MDC,
Arts and Philosophy Department and
Women's History Month Committee
Invite you to attend
Alison Nordström
Mother Nature:
Women Photographers
and Environmental Thought
Thursday, March 30, 2006
MDC Wolfson Campus
Center Gallery - 7 p.m.
Photo Challenge
Grant 2006
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Alison Nordstrom is
Curator of Photographs at George Eastman House, the oldest and
largest museum of photography in the United States. |
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Earth Ethics
Institute and
Women's History Month Committee
Invite you to attend
Katy Sorenson
Pursue Your
Professional Passion
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
MDC North Campus 11 a.m.
MJ Taylor Lounge
Making
Difficult Decisions Today
that Positively Impact Tomorrow
Wednesday, March 22
MDC Kendall Campus 11 a.m.
K-413 |
Katy Sorenson is Miami-Dade County Commissioner representing
District 8 since 1994 |
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In Celebration of Women's History
Month
Women's Bodies,
Women's Wisdom
Lunch
Your Diet, Your Health
Dr. Northrup’s 10–step program emphasizes that eating healthy, high
quality food — with dessert thrown in now and then — is one of the
easiest and most powerful ways to create health on a daily basis.
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Christiane Northrup, M.D,
obstetrician/gynecologist, is an empowering,
internationally known visionary in women’s health
and wellness. As a practicing physician for over
twenty years and former assistant clinical professor
of ob/gyn at Maine Medical Center, Dr. Northrup is a
leading proponent of medicine and healing that
acknowledge the unity of the mind and body, as well
as the powerful role of the human spirit in creating
health. |
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Wednesday, March 8,
MDC
Wolfson Campus, Room 2106-12 noon till 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 23, MDC InterAmerican Campus, Room 3103 12:30 p.m.-2
p.m.
rsvp: Janie
305-237-7119 or
jadams1@mdc.edu
Sponsored by Earth Ethics Institute
and Student Life |
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Environmental
Photojournalism
a
lecture and slide presentation by
Tim
Chapman
Miami Herald Photographer
- Friday, February 17, 2006
MDC Wolfson Campus -
11 am in Room 3305
Photo Challenge
Grant 2006
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Tropical Green: Green Building in Tropical Zones
A two-day conference exploring how to
build sustainably in Miami,
South Florida, and similar climates
Organized by
Earth Ethics Institute * Architecture Club
- AIA Miami
US Green Building Council South Florida Chapter * American
Society of Interior Designers
Florida Chapter of The American Planning Association * Metropolis
Magazine
Zyscovich Inc.
Speakers Include
William McDonough
Rick Fedrizzi
Greg Kiss
Katy Sorenson
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Guy Battle
Michael Singer
Bernadette Hutton
Ken Yeang
Kim Shinn
Sheila Rose
Robert Kobet
Thursday and Friday,
February 9, 10, 2006
Miami Dade College, Wolfson
Campus
300 NE 2nd Ave, Downtown Miami
This conference is free to MDC
employees. cahernhe@mdc.edu
Approved for 18 hours of
Professional Development Credit
for all MDC Faculty
- Conference Objectives, CTD Registration
#365545.
and Information about Metropolis Free Registration for MDC Employees
METROPOLIS MDC REGISTRATION
CTD
REGISTRATION Reference
#365545
For more information about the conference at
Metropolis website
Schedule
Speakers Biographies |
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The Home Planet
A
Slide Presentation
Accompanied by Quotes from Members of the Association of Space
Explorers, a Multi-national Group of Astronauts and Cosmonauts.
Reflection and
Discussion Facilitated by
Miriam MacGillis
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
MDC Kendall Campus
12:40 p.m. in Room K-413
View spectacular images of Earth from space and hear
the comments of space explorers on their experiences, their common
realization of the camaraderie of all of Earth's citizens and of the
fact that the Earth is fragile and too precious to be wasted. "The
first day or so we all pointed to our countries. The third or fourth
day we were pointing to our continents. By the fifth day we were
aware of only one Earth," says a Saudi Arabian |
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Dr. Padron signs the
Talloires Declaration,
a ten-point action plan committing
MDC to environmental literacy
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Miriam MacGillis
From Stardust
to
South Florida:
Remembering Who We Are
Tuesday, January 31st
MDC Kendall Campus, Room K413 beginning at 11:15 a.m.
Miriam
Therese MacGillis
is a Catholic Dominican Sister and
Co-founder of Genesis Farm,
an Earth Literacy Center in
northwestern New Jersey.
Genesis Farm offers programs exploring
the Universe as a new transforming context for our lives and culture.
Sister Miriam is a founding member
of the Earth Ethics Institute.
This
seminar is open to all who wish to attend
Please register with Janie Adams, 7-7119 or
jadams1@mdc.edu
by February 1 if you are attending or bringing students. |
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Living Mindfully:
Lighten
Your Ecological Footprint
Facilitated by
Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton
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Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton |
Monday,
January 30, 2006 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
MDC Medical Campus, Room 2116
For Faculty
Registration CTD Reference # 369497 |
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On Ice
photograph exhibition
and lecture by
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Lecture
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Center Gallery - 7 p.m.
Exhibit Opening - 5
p.m.
January 19 - March 17, 2006
Francis Wolfson Gallery,
MDC Wolfson, Building 1, 5th Floor |
© Diane Cook
© Len Jenshel |
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Plant
a Thousand Gardens Project -
In Conjunction with Slow Food
Miami and Three Sisters Farm
EEI
Organic Gardens
in the Community
Plant
an Organic Garden at Home
Planting can begin as early
as October and as late
as January and harvesting will start 70-100 days after you plant
and continue for 5-6 months
Purchase
an 8’Ring Garden Kit including
- Soil
- Pre-cut trellis
- Drip irrigation tube
- Healthy Plants
The list
of vegetables includes, but not limited to, broccoli, pole beans
and bush beans, purple, yellow and green, various lettuces, collard
and mustard greens, Genovese basil, Thia basil, tomatoes, red
cherry, sungold, cherokee purple, black from tula, matts wild
cherry, trophy, angora and others. we also have papaya, which
can be planted now and will produce in about 7 months.
- Fertilizer
- Delivery-
can be delivered on weekends
(All of these
materials are included in the kit with price for the kit ranging
from $125-$500 depending on your soil and installation requirements.)
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You
only need 10’ in diameter
for an 8’ Ring Garden
and harvest is usually
100 pounds
of tomatoes, as well as herbs,
and lettuce, marigolds
and nasturtiums. |
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