[ESSP] teaching for social change

[Vanessa Paulman]

Register now for this graduate-level education course! (or how level 
undergrads)

Teaching for Environmental and Social Change
Course #615U    3 Credits - UMass

Five Consecutive Mondays
July 19th,26th, and August 2nd,9th, 16th.
9am - 4.30pm
The course meetings will be divided between UMASS, plus a field trip (three
of the days) and Seeds of Solidarity Education Center in Orange (two of the
days). Monday the 21st will be held at UMASS.

This course explores the intersection of social justice and environmental
issues with a focus on agriculture and energy topics. Now more than ever it
is critical that people of all ages are knowledgeable about renewable energy
and sustainable agriculture in order to reduce reliance on exploited
resources and labor, military intervention and corporate globalization. The
course is geared towards school and community educators, though past groups
have included participants from architecture, plant and soil science, and
labor studies, enriching the dialogue for all. The course dialogue will be
enhanced through presentations by youth in the SOL (Seeds of Leadership)
Garden project, and field trips to Nuestras Raices in Holyoke and Seeds of
Solidarity Education Center in Orange, where food production and renewable
energy education abound.  Each participant will develop a curriculum or
program plan that inspires social and environmental change while addressing
curriculum frameworks or organizational missions.

Instructor: Deborah Leta Habib, Ed.D
Director, Seeds of Solidarity Education Center  www.seedsofsolidarity.org

Contact UMASS Continuing Education at (413) 545-3653 or
www.umass.edu/contined for fees and registration.  Contact the instructor at
deb at seedsofsolidarity.org for questions regarding course content.

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Vanessa Paulman
Science Outreach Coordinator
Center for Science Exploration
Hampshire College

phone: (413) 559-5792
fax: (413) 559-5438
Adele Simmons Hall #132

http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu