Sustainability Education Intensive Showcase 2010 Alice Cassidy, Yona Sipos, Sarah Nyrose Centre for Teaching & Academic Growth January 11, 2010

SEI Timeline 2007: Training the Trainer workshop THE PONDEROSA PROJECT AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY 2008: Secured $25,000 from SO; started planning UBC Sustainability Education Intensive 2009: Successfully delivered the first SEI 2010: Showcase SEI ‘09; Plan for SEI ‘10

SEI Basics I 1 st ever SEI: May 31-June 2, 2009 Open to post-secondary educators (faculty; post-docs; staff; students), UBC & beyond Collaborative planning team: TAG & SO Advisory committee (all roles represented) Minimize handouts; Composting/recycling; Vegetarian food

SEI Basics II 23 participants: mix of faculty, staff, students Development of Sustainability Education Plans to effect change in courses, programs, initiatives Follow-up: Pedagogical: 2 support studios Financial: Professional development funds Celebratory: Jan. 11 th showcase

SEI Learning Objectives After the Intensive, through self-study, access to electronic resources, financial assistance (to UBC participants) and participation in Group Support Studios, you will have: * Applied or enhanced sustainability into your course, program or initiative * Joined a community of practitioners to continue the conversation about sustainability education

SEI Learning Objectives During the SEI, you will: * Create a Sustainability Education Plan to affect change in your course, program or initiative and start a timeline and framework to achieve your goals * Select pedagogies, sustainability concepts and sustainability initiatives/opportunities of relevance to your plan for further exploration * Participate actively in techniques and strategies that are modeled throughout the SEI

SEI Process & Content Participatory; Reflective; Activity-based Modelling Sustainability Education Human Bingo Icebreaker Welcome from Musqueam Nation Sustainability Artifact: share your story Sustainability Literacy Co-created concept map Triangle: Connecting LOs to Activities & Assessment CSL & Community Connections Visual tools for reflection Classroom ‘Carnivale’: array of teaching techniques Sustainability Speed-dating Field trips (UBC Farm; Campus) Guest speakers (resources)