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Kendall Campus Sustainability Committee: Campus News & Updates

Solar panel. Kendall Campus Sustainability

YES! Club

Yes for Environmental Sustainability (YES! Club) is a student organization whose mission is to empower, motivate, educate, and engage students in environmental sustainability issues facing our local and global communities. YES! Club inspires student leadership and active volunteerism within the Miami Dade College and surrounding Miami communities.  

Visit the club's website

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Contact the club’s co-advisors, Professor David Shaheen and Ms. Angela Neal.

Kendall Campus Environmental Center

The Kendall Campus Environmental Center is a nine-acre hidden gem on our campus. Although for years it remained closed following Hurricane Irma in 2017, it is now being brought back to life for the learning and enjoyment of the MDC Kendall Campus community! Starting in October 2024, on the first Wednesday of each month, students, faculty, and staff will have the opportunity to visit and learn about the center, and on the third Wednesday of each month, students will have the opportunity to participate in volunteer service at the center. Stay tuned for details!

GSELS-Designated Classes & GSELS Student Scholar Recognition

Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS)-designated classes at MDC -- which are offered across various modalities, campuses, departments, and disciplines -- acknowledge the interconnections and interdependencies that define our world. GSELS facilitates the emergence of awareness, knowledge, skills, and solutions necessary to create sustainable systems while fostering ethical values of Earth Literacy, social justice, cultural diversity, and civic engagement. Students can earn GSELS Scholar recognition at MDC by successfully completing GSELS-designated classes and a GSELS Civic Engagement Project with a reflection essay.

Students: Find Current GSELS-Designated Classes and become a GSELS Scholar     

Faculty: Please Register Your GSELS-Designated Classes

For more information about GSELS, Contact EEI staff.

Kendall Campus Food Pantry

By supporting students through the equitable distribution of needed food, as well as hygiene and baby care products, the food pantry reinforces sustainability at the campus level. The Kendall Campus Sustainability Committee also strives to assist our campus' food pantry through various initiatives.

Location:

Student Life, Room 100
Monday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
305-237-2321

For more information about the pantry, including how to access it or donate items, visit https://www.mdc.edu/pantry/

Earth Ethics Institute Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton Earth Literacy Award

Named for (EEI friend, longtime supporter,) past director and current advisory board member, the Earth Ethics Institute Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton Earth Literacy Award celebrates a student's superior achievement and action in support of Earth and Earth Literacy.

Congratulations to the two 2023-24 Kendall Campus award recipients, Andreina Zuluaga Perez and Sofia Martinez!

Service Opportunities Through EEI

Students: Participate in on-campus gardening service workdays, biweekly on Thursdays from 10 am until 1 pm through Kendall Earth Ethics Institute. For more information and to register, visit https://givepul.se/pbxddx.