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An
Earth Literacy Resource Center Serving MDC Administrators, Faculty,
Staff, and Students as well as the South Florida Community
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Past Programs Fall
2004
Past Programs
Spring 2005
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Author
Hodding Carter
Visits MDC North Campus
Everglades Restoration: A Talk
Thursday,
November 11, 2004
MJ Taylor Lounge
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
W.
Hodding Carter, an epicure of adventure, has spent his life seeking
new physical and mental challenges. A native of Greenville, Mississippi,
Carter attended Kenyon College and spent two years in Kenya with the
Peace Corps. His highly acclaimed pieces for Esquire, M Magazine,
Outside, and other national publications have taken him to Burma,
to Wales, and into the thick of the Louisiana Oyster Eating Contest
(in which he placed second). He is also the author of the book Westward
Whoa: In the Wake of Lewis and Clark and A Viking Voyage :
In Which an Unlikely Crew of Adventurers Attempts an Epic Journey
tothe New World. He currently lives in Maine with his wife and
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Diane
Thiel Visits
3 MDC Campuses
Thursday,
November 11, 2004
MDC IntraAmerican 9:45 am - 10:45 am
Room 401
Wolfson Campus 11:30 am - 12: 30 pm
Room 3415
Kendall Campus 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Room 2144
Author of The White Horse,
Diane Thiel discuses her experiences in the
Chocó rainforest . |
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Visit
Bee Heaven
Organic Farm
19000
S.W. 264th Street- Redlands
Saturday,
November 13, 2004 at 9 am
Farm tour and organic
growing practices discussed by Margie Pikarski, founder of Redland
Organics, a Community Supported Agriculture Group.
Facilitated by Annette Zimmerman
Wells,
Core Faculty, Earth Ethics Institute
Those interested must contact
Annette Zimmerman Wells at awells@mdc.edu
Pictures from the 11/13/2004 Bee
Heaven farm trip
http://faculty.mdc.edu/cgonzal3/CelebratingaSemesterofGrowthHonorsLeadershipSeminarFall2004/photos/photo61.html
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Green
Architect
Bruno Stagno Visits
MDC Wolfson
Thursday,
November 18, 2004 at 7 pm
MDC Wolfson Campus, Room 2106
Bruno Stagno
is a Chilean born architect practicing in Costa Rica. As the founding
director of the Institute for Tropical Architecture, author of An
Architect in the Tropics and co- author of Tropical Architecture:
Critical Regionalism in the Age of Globalization, Bruno focuses
his practice on the communion of building with nature, juxtaposing
tradition and innovation. His work embodies the principles of critical
regionalism n a time where globalization is the dominant force.
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Farm
Day
Students from MDC visited Bee Heaven Farm
In November and had a Great Day
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After learning
about
Community Supported Agriculture at Bee Heaven Organic Farm, Students
planted onions, weeded arugala and ate a great lunch including a
salad of freshly picked greens and a delicious bowl of homemade
black bean soup. |
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Women's
Bodies
Women's Wisdom
Lunch and
Video Discussion
Get-Together for Women
Thursday,
December 2, 2004
MDC Wolfson Campus
12:30 pm - 2 pm
Enjoy
a Delicious Lunch
Talk
about Issues
Concerning Working Women Today
The first video we will look is
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Choices
In “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Choices,”
Dr. Northrup outlines how women can make empowered choices
as they work with their health care professional to achieve optimum
psychological health and physical well being.
Limited to
15 participants
RSVP for Room Location
305-237-7119 or jadams1@mdc.edu
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