Ithaca College

The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival invites faculty interested in exploring sustainability to teach a 1 credit hour block II mini course. Faculty will receive a $1300 overload stipend. This year the Festival’s programming stream will be based on the concept of ‘checkpoints.’

Faculty from all departments are encouraged to apply. Funds are available for 10 or more mini courses. Mini courses are designed to take advantage of FLEFF films and events and will engage students in sustainability topics broadly defined. FLEFF will run from April 11-17, 2011.

Titles of mini courses in previous years include: Environmental Issues in Film, Business Stakeholders and Sustainability, Understanding Documentaries: A Survey of FLEFF Films, Sustainable Development, Poverty, and Health, etc. Students in FLEFF mini courses are required to buy Festival Passes offered at a discounted price (50%) and to attend events both on campus and downtown. Faculty receive free passes and are invited to FLEFF receptions and post screening parties. Most FLEFF mini courses start after spring break but alternative schedules are possible.

Please contact Warren Schlesinger, FLEFF mini course coordinator, to discuss your interest and possible topics warren@ithaca.edu or 4-3951. While the schedule of films will not be known until March, courses with broad themes or topics should have no difficulty finding interesting films for students to view. Past Festival schedules may be viewed at https://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/allaboutfleff/past/.