Ithaca College

Friday, September 30, 2016, 12:00-1:00 pm (Bring your lunch; snacks and beverages provided.)
Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Facilitated by Kathryn Caldwell, Assistant Professor, Psychology

This semester we are holding a series of discussion hours on integrating sustainability content in courses across the curriculum. We would like to invite anyone who is interested in learning about sustainability education and/or who has pedagogical experiences in this area to join us and help shape the conversations and sharing of ideas and best practices. To start us off, Kathryn Caldwell (Assistant Professor in Psychology) will be facilitating a discussion of the essay, What is Education for? by David Orr. Originally delivered as a commencement speech, Orr's essay offers a provocative perspective on rethinking education for "human survival," making the case for sustainability as a front-and center core value for what we are doing in higher education.
(David Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College.) Orr's essay is available as open source, and can be read here.
(Register here.)
 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Laurie Wasik at wasik@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3734. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.