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Architecture & Design, Entertainment and Design Technology

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Holly Anderson

North

1-Everglades National Park - Feature Story

 

Rubén Abruña
Entertainment

North

1-Sustainability and Global Warming

 

2-Incorporating the Earth Charter

3-Applying the Montenay Power Plant Tour EEI Immersion Experience to My Teaching

Pilar Benitez
Architecture

Wolfson

Artist Studio Design

 

Lyle Culver
Architecture

Kendall

1-Site Analysis

 

2-Sustainability Presentations

3-Kindergarten Scenario

Marcia Lopes de Mello
Interior Design

 

 

Kendall

 

 

1-Sustainable Design

 

2-Nature Journaling and Observation

3-Me As A Chair for a Sustainable World

 

4-Integrative and Regenerative Design

 

Amar Sawhney
Architecture
 

Kendall

Car Park

 

Christopher Silburn
 

 

Building Construction- Advanced Estimating

 

Maria Zabala
Architecture

 

North

 

1-Emergency Shelter

 

2-BIke Station

 
 

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Marc Douyon

North

Music - Sound Pollution

 

Charles Fink

Kendall

Philosophy - Integration of Environmental Ethics

 

Amy Ibberson

Wolfson

Music - Nature and the Importance of Preservation

 

Alan Ngim

 

Wolfson

 

Music - Olivier Messiaen

 

Music -Environment and Sound

 

Janet Roney

Kendall

Nature and Theatre Appreciation- The Production Process, Recreating Nature

 
 
Business & Law

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Danixia Cuevas

Wolfson

Precautionary Principle Assignment

 
   

Reflection Paper - Environmental Project Spring 2009

 

Judy Lever Duffy

 

1-Earth Literacy and Internet Scavenger Hunt

 

2-Education Academy

Dr. Benjamin L. Sadler

Wolfson

Social Responsibility, Business Ethics and Stakeholders

 
 
Computer Information Systems

David Lebron

 

Wolfson

1-Creating a Computer Database of Everglades Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems

 

 

2-Learning How to Use the Computer While Learning about Sustainability-Water

 

Anne Nowland

Homestead

Incorporating Sustainability with Intro to Computers

 
 
College Prep

Karin Alderfer

North

Locating and Evaluating Information Regarding Environmental Sustainability

 

Yanley Cordero

Homestead

Bill Baggs Cape Forida State Park

 

Leighton Spence

North

Learning Patterns of Organization using Oleta River State Park

 

Stephanie Packer

North

Comparison/Contrast Essay - State Park and Surrounding Urban Development

 

Sue Pearl

 

Wolfson

1-H2O: Bottled or Tap? That is the Question.

 

 

2-Water Conservation through Reducing our Water Footprint

 

Ana Perez

 

Wolfson

 

1- Students' Awareness of Reputable Sources for Sustainability

 

2- Fosterning Behavior Change for Sustainability through Reading

 

Ernest Talavera

Wolfson

1 -Preparing Students for a Green World

 

2 -Cultrual History and Environmental Sustainability

 

Marisol Varela

InterAmerican

The Effects of Trash & Garbage on the Environment

 

Wendy Ward

Wolfson

Writing Prompts for a College Prep Class

 
 
Culinary Institute

Name

Campus

Topic  

Collen Engle

Wolfson

Establishing Behavior for Recycling in the Culinary Lab

 
 

Name

Campus

Topic  

Lauren Gach

Kendall

Everglades Sample Lesson Plan

 
 

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Barbara Bonallo

Wolfson

1 - ENC1102 Sustainable Research Essay

 

2 - ENC 1102 - Semester of Sustainability
        A)
Poems
        B)
Stories
        C) Research Paper Guidelines

 

Brooke Bovee

North

1 - Consumerism

 
 

2-Water Ethics-Compare and Contrast Summary Essay

 

Cheryl Clark

Wolfson

The Theme of Nature in World Literature: The Precautionary Principle in the Literature Classroom

 

Lee Culver

Wolfson

Lesson Plan for Speech Class

 

Catherine Esposito

InterAmerican

Incorporate an Aspect of Environmentalism in Essay Writing

 

JoAnne Falco-Leshin

Wolfson

The Precautionary Principle-A Hunrik-Isben's an Enemy of the People - Diachronic & Synchronic Approach to the "Precautionary Principle

 

Albert Lenel

InterAmerican

A Water Ethic for South Florida

 

Yvette Lujan

 

InterAmerican

 

1- Speech - Fostering Behavior for Sustainability

 

2- Speech for Integrative Design

 

Michael Hettich

 

Wolfson

 

1-Teaching Earth Literacy Through Poetry

 

2-Biscayne Nature Center Student Immersion

3-Essay Assignment - Exploring Five Topics Based on the Movie Food, Inc.

 

4- Journaling for Behavior Change for Sustainability

 

Joselle Laguerre

 

Homestead

 

Composition and Earth Literacy

 

Environmental Issues and Solutions

 

Philip Lane

 

Wolfson

Persuasive Presentation - The Earth Charter

 

 

Pecha Kucha - Oral-Visual Presentation

 

Eric Lichtman

 

Kendall

 

1-Focus on Environmental Sustainability in a Speech Class

 

2-Focus on the Earth Charter in a Speech Class

3-Focus-The Precautionary Principle in a Speech Class

4-Focus-Food, Culture, Environment in Speech

5-Environmental Sustainability, Social Justice, Spiritual Fulfillment

 

6- Sustainability at Kendall Campus

 

7- What Sustains Us?- A Look at the Four Elements

 

Tiina Lombard

 

North

 

1-Food on the Environment

 

2-Sustainability and Water

 

Yvette Lujan

InterAmerican

1) Speech - Integrative Design

 
   

2) Speech- Fostering Behavior for Sustainability

 

René A. Martin

Kendall

Greening Objectives

 

David Merves

North

1-Final Story Project - Environmental Sustainability  

2-Final Story Idea for Basic Reporting Students

3-Final Story Idea for Basic Reporting Class

4-Environmental Issues and Journalism

Barbara Midence

 

Kendall

 

1-Small Group Communication Symposium, (Fundamentals of Speech -Spc 1017)

 

2-Environmentally Endangered Lands (Fundamentals of Speech - Spc 1017)

 

Alejandro Salinas

InterAmerican

Roots in the City

 

Juan Santelises

 

North

 

1-The Informative or Persuasive Presentation

 

2- State Parks and Service-Learning

 

3- Speech - Fostering Sustainability Behavior

 

Diane Sloan

North

1-Student Driven Survey on Environmental Awareness

 

 

 

2-Speech: Green Goals Challenge and Ecological Footprint

 

Robert Stambaugh

Wolfson

The Precautionary Principle

 

Katrika Sterling

 

North

 

1-Incorporating the Earth Charter into Speech Class

 

2-Incorporating the "Green Studies Immersion Workshop" into a Speech Class

 

3-SMART-Green Goal

 

4-Towards Sustainability at MDC

 

Fred Wolven

Homstead

Education Academy

 
 
ESL/EAP

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Dorothy Avondstondt

Wolfson

Sustainability Research in ESL Level 5

 

Graciela Anrrich

InterAmerican

1- Pronunciation - Everglades as the Topic

 

 

 

2- Pronunciation - Sustainability as Topic

 

Ellyn Cote

InterAmerican

CTD Precautionary Principle

 

Maria Coto

InterAmerican

1- Discovering the Everglades

 

 

 

2- Saying Goodbye to Polystyrene

 

 

 

3- Toward Sustainability: One Step at a Time- Water

 

 

 

4-Water Facts-An Expository Essay

 

Racquel Fundora

InterAmerican

1- How Green Are You?

 

2- Bottled Water

 

 

 

3- Water Conservation

 

Catherine Hanus-Zank

Kendall

Students’ Awareness of Environmental Issues

 

Kelly Isern

North

EAP - Theme Based Reading and Writing Exploring Green Issues

 

Carol Krech

Wolfson

Incorporating Green Studies Immersion into my EAP Curriculum

 

Janis Perez

Kendall

American Values - History of Proliferation of Cars in America

 

Ileana Porges-West

Hialeah

1-Visit to Fairchild Tropical Garden

 

2-Food, Its Consumption and Production

 

3-EAP1620 Key Biscayne Immersion

 

4-Nuclear Power

 

Anouchka Rachelson

 

 

Kendall

 

 

1-The Cycle of Consumer Goods - "The Story of Stuff"

 

2-Reflecting on the Earth Charter - The Impacts of Global Climate Change

3-Water Issues in Florida

 

4-Fostering Sustainable Behavior

 

5- Water and the Florida Everglades

 

Myra Redman

Medical

Green Line Lesson Plan

 

Penelope Roache

 

 

 

 

InterAmerican

 

 

 

 

1- Plastic Pollution

 

2- Increasing Awareness of the Everglades

 

3- Invasive Exotics

 

4- Plastic Bags

 

5- How Much Water Do You Use, ESL Level 3

 

Paula Sanchez

 

Kendall

 

1-Curbside Recycling in Miami Dade County

 

2-State of Our Oceans

 

Roy Schwab and
Brad Stocker

Kendall

1-New Environments for ESL Students

 

2-Intensive ESOL Class Visits Amistad

3-Shark Valley - Florida Everglades

4-Pineland Restoration Field Trip

Brad Stocker

Kendall

The Earth Charter Lesson Principle 2

 

Renee Zelden

Hialeah

Water and Plastic Bottle Polution

 
 
Health and Medicine

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Nancy Cook-Tidwell

Medical

Lesson Plan on Global Perspectives

 

Heather Holder

Medical

Nursing-Plant Medicine

 

Yvonne Garner

Medical

Nursing- Impact of the Environment on Health

 

Marta Lopez

 

Medical

 

1-Disease and the relationship to Everglades Ecosystem Health

 

2-Water and the Human Body

 

Carol Petrozella

 

 

Medical

 

 

Lesson Plan for Ethics in Health Care and the Environment

 

Nursing- Ecological Footprint and Health

 

Earth Charter

 

A Water Ethic for South Florida

 

Barbara Popola

Medical

Nursing-Adequate Food Sources for All Children

 
 

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Maria Casado

 

Hialeah 

1) Researching Global Warming

 

2) Introduction to Internet Research -Visible and Invisible Materials

 

3) Information Literacy

 

Beth Cloues

InterAmerican

Internet Research with a Sustainability Topic

 

Erin Fennell

North

Library Resources and Mini Sustainability Display

 

Barbara Joy

 

Kendall

Ecological Footprint Bibliography

 

 

Water Ethic Resources

 

Steve Kronen

West

1) Library Resources for Teaching Environmental Sustainability  
2) Impact of Food on the Environment - Classroom Implementation  
3) Environmental Speeches - Links  

Arlene Merves

North

Environmental Issues - Lesson Plan for the Library  
Environmentalism  

Glenda Phipps and
Lucy Ruiz

Hialeah

Increasing a Campus Conversation about Environmental Sustainability  

Mervyn Solomon

Homestead

Advanced Reading Comprehension Skills and Earth Literacy  
 

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Linda Burton

Homestead

Education Academy

 

Laurence Chernoff

Kendall

1-Impact of Food on the Environment
2- Math Computation of Waste

 

Lourdes Gonzalez
Juan Prieto-Valdes

Kendall

Environmental Mathematics in the Classroom

 

Robert Griffiths

Kendall

Water Usage Awareness

 

Linda Love

Wolfson

Statistics, Recycling, Waste Management

 

Diane Pacin-de Gongora

Kendall

Using, Ratios, Porportions, and Decimal Numbers - Water Conservation

 

Mohammad Shakil

Hialeah

Sustainability Exploration in Mathematics

 

Ram Raichoudhart

Kendall

Earth Literacy Concepts in Math Courses

 

Cleveland Taylor

InterAmerican

Statistics - Waste Impacts on the Environment

 
 

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Catalina Aristizabal

Kendall

1-Biology and the Environment - Ecological Footprint - Tragedy of the Commons

 

 

 

2- Biology and the Environment- Current Topics

 

Miriam del Campo

Kendall

Biology- Drinking Water that is Safe for Us and the Environment

 

Sheila Gaby

Kendall

The Precautionary Principle, Governmental Rule-Making & the Preservation of Biological Diversity

 

Sandra Hersh

Kendall

Biology-Colonization Plan for Incredibilia - Part A
Incredibilia  - Part B

 

Emilio Kenny

North

Biology-Everglades Restoration

 

Don Maser

Wolfson

Biology- Threats to Biodiversity

 

Curtis McKinney

North

Earth Sciences - Everglades Water Testing

 

Christopher Migliaccio

 

Wolfson

 

1-Green Studies Immersion

 

2-Energy Project

 
   

3) Earth Literacy Concept Map

 

Jorge Obeso

North

Biology - Using Library Resources

 

Alonso Pino

Kendall

Biology - Drinking Water that is Safe for Us and the Environment

 

Steve Ritter

North

Native Plant Nursery

 

Sandra Schultz

North

1-Wellness and the Organic Food Movement

 

2-Organic Food Position Paper

Winston Strachan

North

Major Causes of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

 

Anthony Vinciguerra

North

Energy in the Natural Environment

 

Victoria Zusman

North

Biodiversity in the Everglades

 
 

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Juan Abascal (Psychology)
Dominic Brucato

Kendall

Positive Psychology and Sustainability

 

Robert Anwyl

North

Solid Waste/Recycling

 

Nazira Barry (Psychology)

Wolfson

Intro to Psychology & the Precautionary Principle

 

Jose Guntin (Psychology)

 

Kendall

 

1-Paradigm: Resistance to Paradigm Shift  
2-Role of Nature in Human Development  
3-When is Conformity with Social Norms Unacceptable Behavior?  

4- Library Resources- Win-Win Frame: Environmental Sustainability

 

5- Understanding Stress and Developing Wellness Skills

 

6- Experiencing Positive Emotions

 

David Johnson

Kendall

Integration of Environmental Ethics

 

Sharon Johnson

Kendall

Faculty Reflections on Teaching Earth Literacy

 

Janice Mast

North

Human Growth and Development in Middle Adulthood

 

Carola Pedreschi
(Psychology)

 

North

 

1-The Earth Charter - Lesson Plan

 

2-Immersion Course - Everglades National Park

 

3- Environmental Sustainability, Social Justice, and Spirituality

 

 

 

4-Psychology, Behavior Modification- Operant Conditioning

 

Ginny Peterson-Tennant

 

North

 

1- Introduction to Psychology and the Earth Charter

 

2- Behavior Change and Sustainability

 

Michele Scott

Hialeah

SLS-Consumption and Sustainability - Water

 

Richard Townsend

 

Kendall

 

1-Incorporating the Earth Charter into Psychology Curricula

 

2-We Are All Part of the Solution

 
3-Health Psychology Module - Dying to Eat  
4- Life Span Psychology - Plastic Bottles  

5-Adapting to a  Changing World - Evolutional Psychology

 
 

Name

Campus

Topic

 

Miriam Abety

InterAmerican

Interdisciplinary - Water - Service Learning Project

 

Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton

Wolfson

Letter Writing Exercise

 

Joyce Harrigan
Specialist

North

Green Companies in South Florida

 

Carola Pedreschi
Interdisciplinary

North Water Matter-South Florida  

Glenda Phipps
Kim Tupy

Hialeah

Lesson Plan for Campus Green Team Meeting

 

Stewart Pulley
Aviation

Homestead

Incorporating the "Green Studies Immersion Workshop" into Aviation Class

 
 

 Chandra links pulsar to historic supernova 

 

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