| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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| Overall Score | 45.20 |
| Liaison | Scott Carlin |
| Submission Date | July 15, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
LIU Post
EN-11: Continuing Education
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.13 / 5.00 |
Kay
Sato Assistant Provost for Continuing Education School of Continuing Education |
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Summer 2014
Triple Convergence: Poverty, Violence, and Climate Change.
Explores the tensions in global interdependence between affluent parts of the world and nations such as India, Pakistan, and Kenya that are struggling with drought, poverty, and violence. Sustainable solutions should tackle environmental and economic justice concerns.
Going Green on Long Island.
Discusses the greening of LIU Post and its significance for Long Island. Particular attention will focus on strategies for reducing waste streams through innovative recycling efforts.
Organic Gardening: A Green Adventure Through “Slow Food,” “Locavores,” “CSAs” and More
Why is it that we often buy our food in grocery stores, which may have shipped it over thousands of miles, even though much fresher, more nutritionally viable food might be right around the corner? Why can’t we learn to think like “locavores” (Oxford “word of the year”) and buy more of our food locally? These and other interesting considerations (e.g., “slow food” vs. fast food) will be discussed as we embark on an interesting adventure through history, science, and methods of organic gardening. This course will also include a segment, which allows you to cultivate using soil and seed materials provided by the professors.
From: Winter 2010
Living in A Sustainable Community: Cohousing As A Model For The Future
The typical pattern of living in isolated large homes, with oil/gas furnaces, is not sustainable from an environmental, cultural or financial point of view. Explore a more rewarding living arrangement that enhances the well-being of both the community members and the planet, through increased social connection, resource-sharing, and use of sustainability practices. The cohousing model, which balances privacy and community involvement, is a growing trend in the United States. Learn about different models of cohousing, and specifically, about one of the very few developments in New York State: Legacy Farm Cohousing.
From: Spring 2012
Renewable Energy: Is America Falling Behind?
Very few developed countries have wind and solar resources comparable to those found in the continental United States. Nonetheless, these vast renewable energy resources remain substantially unexploited. Why? Is it simply a lack of “political will” that is holding back development or is there something larger at play here? Answers will be provided in this class by comparing and contrasting the German and American experiences with respect to renewable energy.
From: Fall 2012 and Winter 2013
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