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A Sustainable PsychologyDeborah S. Podwika, M.A., C.S.M.
Kankakee Community CollegeMISTOP Conference - February 25, 2012
A Sustainable Psychology
• KCC’s Sustainability Efforts– Campus Changes – Sustainability Committee• Campus Events• Greening Your Curriculum
– Other Disciplines– My 3 Courses
– Your Ideas?
Campus Changes
Solar-Photovoltaic Panels
Renewable Energy Program
Campus Changes
Horticulture Program
Campus Changes
Sustainability Committee
• Expo
Sustainability Committee
• Green Drinks• Green Happenings• Green Minute• Green Scene
Greening Your Curriculum• Fall 2010 (16 Faculty thus far)• Online Course • 2 wks; 15 hrs/1 CEU/15 CPDU• Free KCC & $29 for all others• Next Classes: Mar 4th & Apr 23rd
• Grace: 815. 802.8207
Greening Your Curriculum• Other Courses– English 2 Whole Course
• Inconvenient Truth• Into The Wild• Various on Katrina
Greening My Curriculum
• This is Psychology: Ep 4: Climate Change• Society’s Grand Challenges: Global Climate Change• Changing Minds To Prevent Climate Change• Closer Look: Call of the Wild• American Psychologist: Psychology & Global Climate Change
Also : Dr. Wallace J. Nichols – Blue Marbles & Outside Article
All Courses - APA• Div 34 – Conservation– Ecopsychology – Behavior & the Built Environment– Psychology on the Population Level
Greening My Curriculum• Introductory – Video from List• 10 Sustainability Information• 10 Concepts from Course Apply– Example 1– Example 2
• Abnormal– Article: “Toxins in Seafood – ALS, Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s?”
• Social• Semester Project – Active Change• Persuasion/Attitudes: Ads/Commercials
A Sustainable Psychology
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