Campus Learning Community

What You Should Know:

• The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon caused by an insulating layer of gases in the upper atmosphere.
• Current climate change is an anthropogenic (caused by humans) phenomenon resulting from increased greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.
• Human activities contribute most to climate change on a global, national, local and individual level.

What You Can Do:

• Plant Trees - During photosynthesis, trees and other plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. You can plant trees where you live or volunteer to plant trees in your community.
  • Florida Native Plants Resources: Go Native, Natives for Your Neighborhoods, Native Plants for Your Area, Floridata
• Reduce Use of Private Vehicles - Use public transportation, bike, or walk whenever possible to reduce Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions from personal vehicles.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse - Reducing consumption, reusing items, recycling non-reusable items, and refusing plastic products helps combat excessive use of energy and natural resources and prevents pollution. 
  • Visit the Miami-Dade County Solid Waste Management Recycling page for information on what you can and can't recycle in your area.
• Eat Less Meat
  • Eating less meat can dramatically reduce your ecological footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and soil degradation associated with animal agriculture.
• Invite Others to Join the Climate Movement - Raise awareness about environmental issues by talking about them with others and sharing ways to take action.
  • Stay informed! Subscribe to [INSIDE] THE MOVEMENT, an action toolkit for the climate movement that is updated weekly with resources to learn what is happening in the movement and ways to take action, all in one place. 
• Join GSELS at MDC!
  • The Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS) learning network provides inclusive educational opportunities for students to explore global citizenship, ecological sustainability, and civic engagement.

Resources:

How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
A Climate Chronology
IPCC Climate Change Report 2021
Project Drawdown Free Climate Solutions 101 Online Course
Climate Change Laws of the World
US Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change Page
NRDC Global Warming 101
Climate Change NASA Page
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
The Systems Thinking Playbook for Climate Change (PDF)
 

Organizations:

Climate Central
The Climate Initiative
Climate Institute
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network 
Climate Generation

Padrón Campus Presents:
A Climate Action (UN SDG 13) Symposium 

November 28 - December 7, 2022
 

Monday, November 28 

• 8am & 11:15am Prof. Sebastian Terneus & ENC 1101 – Extreme Heat Student Photography Competition  

Tuesday, November 29 

• 12:40pm-1:55pm Prof. Adrianne Aiko Thompson & IDH2003: Honors Leadership Seminar: Two student groups will present about chapters of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown 

  • Room 201 (Padrón Campus) 
     

• 1pm-2pm Prof. Isabel Duque presents Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants  

  • Room 6011 (Padrón Campus)

  • Access the eBook and/or Audiobook on Overdrive: https://libbyapp.com/search/mdc/search/query-braiding%20sweetgrass/page-1
     

• 2:05pm-3:20pm Prof. Adrianne Aiko Thompson & IDH2003: Honors Leadership Seminar: Two student groups will present about chapters of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown 

  • Room 201 (Padrón Campus) 

Wednesday, November 30 

• 10am-11:50am Prof. Adrianne Aiko Thompson & EAP1689: Advanced/Accelerated Oral Communication and Reading (Learning Community with CLP1006: Psychology of Personal Effectiveness): Three student groups will present a reflection about the documentary Before the Flood. They will discuss concepts from the documentary, the connection to their psychology class, the connection to their service-learning experience in the Zen Garden.

  • Room 201 (Padrón Campus) 

  • Watch Before the Flood online (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbEnOYtsXHA&ab_channel=elvladyman 

 

• 12pm-1pm Climate Action Outreach 

  • Student Life Breezeway (Padrón Campus)

Thursday, December 1 

• 8:25am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 1)
   

• 9:50am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 2)
  

• 2pm-4pm Prof. Jaeson Clayborn & BSC 2011L students: Entomophagy Cooking Competition

  • Room 3407
     

• 5:40pm Prof. Adrianne Aiko Thompson & EAP1689: Advanced/Accelerated Oral Communication and Reading (Learning Community with CLP1006: Psychology of Personal Effectiveness): Two student groups will present a reflection about the documentary Before the Flood 

  • Watch Before the Flood online (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbEnOYtsXHA&ab_channel=elvladyman 

Friday, December 2 

• 7am Prof. Albert Lenel & students will present about Global Sustainability 

 

• 8am Prof. Albert Lenel & students will present about Plastic Pollution.

 

• 9am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 3)

• 10 am & 10:25 am: Prof. Albert Lenel & students will present about Global Warming

• 11am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 4)

Monday, December 5 

• 9am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 5)

• 11am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 6)

 

Tuesday, December 6

• 8:25am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 7)
   

• 9:50am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 8)
   

Wednesday December 7 

• 9am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 9)

• 11am Prof. Rene Revuelta presents Voices of Students: 1 Degree Project (session 10)

• 3pm Prof. Adrianne Aiko Thompson presents Zen Buddhism and the Art of the Tea Ceremony

  • Padrón Campus Room 1218
     

     

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Zen Buddhism and the Art of the Tea Ceremony
Wednesday, December 7, 3pm-3:30pm

Hybrid (Padrón Campus Room 1218 and Zoom: https://mdc-edu.zoom.us/j/85653664465)

Could the Zen Tea Ceremony Offer Insight into the Connection Between Well-being and Sustainability?

Join Professor Aiko Thompson for a demonstration and explanation of this ancient tradition.

ONE DEGREE OF CHANGE

SPRING 2023 SYMPOSIUM
 

Monday, March 20 

10 am - 10:50 am (two separate concurrent sessions)

• Dream in Green presents: WE-Lab, hosted by Prof. Karen Alvarez Delfin (Hialeah Campus)
  • Online
     

• Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, featuring James Wildman; hosted by Prof. Albert Lenel
  • In-person (Padrón Campus, Room 6077)

 

• Student Sustainability Forum: Climate Justice: Global Perspectives and the Planetary as Critical Zone; hosted by Prof. Darrell Arnold (North Campus)
  • Online 
     

11 am - 11:50 am

• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  
  • Online
     

11:15 am - 12:30 pm

• Meditations on Botanicals: Dance & Ecology Workshop; hosted by Prof. Christina Leyva
  • In-person (Kendall Campus, Environmental Center)
  • Please see the flyer below; neither movement nor plant experience necessary -- water and comfortable shoes are recommended.

Tuesday, March 21 

8:25 am - 9:40 am

• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  
  • Online
     

11:15 am - 12:30 pm

• Climate Changemaking, featuring Mike Matthews (Director, Earth Ethics Institute); hosted by Prof. Helen Roland (Kendall Campus)
  • Online
     

Wednesday, March 22

9 am - 9:50 am (two separate concurrent sessions)

• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  
  • Online 
     
• Student Sustainability Forum hosted by Prof. Carmen Mise (North Campus)
  • Online 
  • 9 am - 9:15 am Algae Fuel To Combat Climate Change by Sophia Zamora
  • 9:20 am - 9:35 am Aquaponics                                      
  • 9:40 am - 9:50 am Yes! Club
      

10 am - 10:50 am

• The Planetary as Critical Zone: Re-attuning our Dreams, Hopes and Desires, featuring Dr. Whitney Bauman (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Florida International University); hosted by Profs. Darrell Arnold (North Campus) & Sarah Jacob (West Campus)
  • Online 
    

11 am - 11:50 am (two separate concurrent sessions)

• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  
  • Online 
     
• Student Sustainability Forum hosted by Prof. Carmen Mise (North Campus)
  • Online 
  • 11 am - 11:15 am Project Swap
  • 11:20 am - 11:35 am The Climate Calamity  
  • 11:35 am - 11:50 am Climate Cinema: "Circa" Film, provided by Live Arts Miami   

11 am - 1 pm

• Plant Powered Palooza; hosted by Wolfson Campus SGA
  • In-person (Wolfson Campus, Kyriakides Plaza / Building 2 breezeway) 

12 pm - 1pm

• Freecycling: Climate Action & Outreach 
  • In-person (Padrón Campus, Student Life / Bookstore Breezeway)
     

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

• Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, featuring James Wildman; hosted by Prof. Albert Lenel
  • In-person (Padrón Campus, Room 6023-20)

 

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm 

• Student Climate Action Presentation (video & discussion); hosted by Prof. Albert Lenel
  • In-person (Padrón Campus, Room 6023-20)

5:40 pm - 7:00 pm

• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  • Online
     

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

• Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, featuring James Wildman; hosted by Prof. Albert Lenel (Padrón Campus)
  • Online 

Thursday, March 23

8:25 am - 9:40 am

• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  
  • Online 
     
• Urban Paradise Guild, featuring Sam van Leer; hosted by Prof. Tiina Lombard
  • In-person (North Campus, Room 7111)
     

9:50 am - 11:05 am 

• Climate Crisis Through an Environmental Justice Lens, featuring Joanne Pérodin of The CLEO Institute; hosted by Prof. Catalina Aristizabal
  • Online 

 

11:15 am - 12:30 pm 

• Climate Crisis Through an Environmental Justice Lens, featuring Joanne Pérodin of The CLEO Institute; hosted by Prof. Catalina Aristizabal
  • Online 
     

12:40 pm - 1:55 pm 

• Student Presentations: Biotechnological Approaches to Address Climate Change; hosted by Prof. Kendra Merchant
  • Online 
     

2:05 pm - 3:20 pm

• GenCLEO: Climate Action, featuring Sahari Perez; hosted by Prof. Marta Lopez (Medical Campus)
  • Online 

3:30 pm - 5 pm 

• KEYNOTE: Dr. Betsy Weatherhead, Nobel Laureate Atmospheric Scientist; hosted by Wolfson Campus Honors College
  • Hybrid (Wolson Campus, Room 1261 & Online)

5:40 pm - 7 pm

• Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, featuring James Wildman; hosted by Prof. Albert Lenel (Padrón Campus)
  • Online 
     

6 pm - 6:45 pm

• GenCLEO: Climate Action, featuring Sahari Perez; hosted by Prof. Max Couper 
  • In-person (Padrón Campus, Room 1127)

7 pm - 8 pm

• A Changing Society: Student Presentation about the Contemporary Environmental Movement, the Global Environmental Movement, and their Reflections on Climate Change; hosted by Prof. Adrianne Aiko-Thompson (Padrón Campus)
  • Online 
     

Friday, March 24

9 am - 9:50 am (two separate concurrent sessions)

• Climate Changemaking, featuring Mike Matthews (Director, Earth Ethics Institute); hosted by Prof. Karen Alvarez Delfin (Hialeah Campus)
  • Online
     
• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  • Online

10 am - 10:50 am

• Coral Restoration and Ocean Stewardship, Featuring the Coral Restoration Foundation; hosted by Prof. Karen Alvarez Delfin (Hialeah Campus)
  • Online 

 

11 am - 11:50 am

• How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  • Online 

 

Saturday, March 25

8 am - 11 am

• Collegewide Day of Service with Urban Paradise Guild, iCED and Earth Ethics Institute at Amelia Earhart Park 

8 am - 3pm

• Biscayne National Park's Beach Cleanup 

Monday, March 27

9:15 am - 11 am

•  Propagation Station Kick-Off with Learning Resources (Hialeah Campus)
  • In-person 
  • 9:15 am -- Meet in the student lobby for a native plant walk
  • 10:15 am -- Return to Learning Resources to adopt a plant 

 

11 am - 12 pm

• Climate of Art activity with special guest – SolarPunk – to reuse plastics for art; hosted by Learning Resources
  • In-person (Hialeah Campus, Learning Resources) 
     

Wednesday, March 29

12 pm - 1 pm

• Wellness Luncheon with Profs. Larry Frohlich & Robert Henry
  • In-person (Wolfson Campus, Building 2 Breezeway)
     

6 pm - 6:45 pm

• GenCLEO: Climate Action, featuring Sahari Perez; hosted by Prof. Max Couper 
  • In-person (Padrón Campus, Room 1213)

 

 

PLANT-POWERED PALOOZA

SAVING THE PLANET NEVER TASTED THIS GOOD. 

Grow your own garden • Adopt a plant •Vegan cook-off • Vegan recipes • Climate resistance • Vegan samples

• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 -11AM-1PM
• BREEZEWAY-WOLFSON CAMPUS

A project of Earth Ethics Institute
35+ years of fostering Earth Literacy at Miami Dade College and beyond

Save the Dates:

Fall 2023 Campus Learning Community Online Symposium

 November 27 - December 1
Theme: "Earth Literacy & Changemaking"