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Exploring the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Symposia and other efforts. The 2022-23 theme is Goal 13

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The 2022-23 Campus Learning Community theme is:

One Degree of Change; UN Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action) Campus Learning Community at Miami Dade College.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

ONE DEGREE OF CHANGE SYMPOSIUM
 

Monday, March 20 

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

  • 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)

11 am - 11:50 am

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

11:15 am - 12:30 pm

 

Wednesday, March 22

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

 

  • Student Sustainability Forum hosted by Prof. Carmen Mise (North Campus)
    • Online (Zoom: https://mdc-edu.zoom.us/j/89485692509)
    • 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)


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

  • How Can We Safeguard Our Future (Student Reflections); hosted by Prof. Rene Revuelta (Padrón Campus)
  • Student Sustainability Forum hosted by Prof. Carmen Mise (North Campus)
    • Online (Zoom: https://mdc-edu.zoom.us/j/88518361176)
    • 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


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

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm


Thursday, March 23

8:25 am - 9:40 am

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

 

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

12:40 pm - 1:55 pm 

2:05 pm - 3:20 pm


3:30 pm - 5 pm 

  • KEYNOTE: Dr. Betsy Weatherhead, Nobel Laureate Atmospheric Scientist; hosted by Wolfson Campus Honors College


5:40 pm - 7 pm

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

Friday, March 24

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


10 am - 10:50 am

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

 

11 am - 11:50 am

 


 

Saturday, March 25

8 am - 11 am

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


8 am - 3pm



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

6 pm - 6:45 pm

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




By participating, MDC students may earn points toward the Civic Action Award through MDC’s Civic Action Scorecard (Civic Action ES-18). Faculty participating in Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS) learning network might want to join or host Climate Action events!

 

Campus Learning Community contacts:
 

Netiva Kolitz (Kendall Campus, Earth Ethics Institute) nkolitz@mdc.edu
Stephen Nesvacil (North Campus, Earth Ethics Institute) snesvaci@mdc.edu
Mark Tirpak (Padrón Campus, Earth Ethics Institute) mtirpak@mdc.edu 
Mike Matthews, Director (Wolfson Campus, Earth Ethics Institute) mmatthew@mdc.edu
 

Spring 2023 Featured Events

 

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

Land Acknowledgement

At Miami Dade College we acknowledge the indigenous peoples on whose land we stand.The Miccosukee and the Seminole tribes who remain unconquered, and the Tequesta Tribe, who first occupied the land that is now downtown Miami and so represent ties to both our prehistoric and historic past. Miami Dade College is grateful for the unique knowledge and ways of being—as well as the profound connection to our South Florida ecosystems—that these indigenous tribes represent. We look forward to strengthening our relationship with both Miami’s indigenous peoples as well as the natural world.
 

[Six logos left to right: Miami Dade College, Earth Ethics Institute Miami Dade College, Campus Learning Community, Institute for Civic Engagement & Democracy (iCED), Changemaking at Miami Dade College, Miami Dade College Learning Resources]