EcoAmerica start with people American Association of Community Colleges’ SEED Center: Sustainability Education and Economic Development.

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ecoAmerica start with people American Association of Community Colleges’ SEED Center: Sustainability Education and Economic Development

Updates and Resources for You: SEED’s Action Community to Grow Green Jobs Debra Rowe, Ph.D. Coordinator Action Community to Grow Green Jobs Through Policy and Civic Engagement Chair Technical Advisory Groups American Association of Community Colleges SEED Initiative President U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development

Part IPartner organizations Part IIWhat is Happening Part III Resources and Opportunities for You! Part IV Q and A

Partner organizations and Collaborations: Partial List HEASC, DANS, SISL, ACUPCC, Democracy Commitment, U.S. Green Ribbon Schools, U.S. Dept of Ed and NASDCTEC NWF and JFF.

Committed to the advancement of sustainability throughout higher education

Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium 1.Presidents 2.Academic Officers 3.Student Affairs 4.Campus Activities 5.Facilities 6.Business Officers 7.Purchasers 8.Others… Using the community as a living lab for sustainability!

The Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability - click on Resources ACTE AACC American Psychological Association Sociology Religion Philosophy Math Broadcasting Architecture Engineering (civil, mechanical, eng. ed.) Business Communications Ecological Economics Chemistry Biology American Association for the Advancement of Science Computer Research Humanities STEM disciplines Political Science Anthropology More… over 36 associations

U.S. Department of Education’s SISL initiative Sustainability Improves Student Learning – STEM and other disciplines – Policy project

Initial Society Partners American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) American Chemical Society (ACS) American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) American Psychological Association (APA) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Mathematical Association of America (MAA) National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) National Numeracy Network (NNN) Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) American Chemical Society (ACS) American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) American Psychological Association (APA) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Mathematical Association of America (MAA) National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) National Numeracy Network (NNN) Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Project Partners

The American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Climate Leadership in Higher Education Over 650 presidents in all 50 states Pledging that all students are literate about our sustainability challenges and able to engage in solutions

Key Government Initiatives we are working with 1) Green Ribbon Schools – over 30 states participating - curricular and civic engagement component 2) U.S. Department of Ed funded: Standards in green and sustainability for career and technical education, distributed by the National Association of State Directors of Career and Tech Ed Overarching standards for all academic areas -

GREEN/SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL STATEMENTS Manufacturing Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Architecture & Construction Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Information Technology All Career Clusters™

ecoAmerica start with people SEED is… 13 Leadership Initiative Resource Center Sharing Community 466 colleges and growing…

Strong Economy Social Well-being Flourishing Environment Sustainable Society Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability

Applied Knowledge/ Technological Skills Private Choices and Behaviors-Habits Public Choices and Behaviors-Laws Sustainable Communities Sustainable Economies Ecosystem

Why green and sustainability policy issues are so important Our decisions will create: more scarcity and human suffering, or a future of greater abundance and higher quality of life

Updates on actions to grow green jobs Pedagogies starter kit on SERC re: civic engagement Upcoming Green Jobs Policy oriented conference with NWF and JFF to help recapture the media frame on the green economy Identification of key issues we can impact from NRDC, NACUBO and USGBC – listed on the Action Community page of SEED Pilot with IGEN and the IL Higher Ed group working with the governor on policy – creating letters and talking points for presidents/governmental relations, learning activities for faculty

Resources for You: Background Reading Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute Explains how to get to sustainable clean energy solutions, sustainable practices and policies, poverty reduction, and economic health, and what each of us can/needs to do Downloadable at Great sections to include in any course – actions near the end

Resources and opportunities for you! 1.Toolkit - SEED-Green-Action-Plan-Series/AACC-SEED-Policy-Action-Plan.pdf SEED-Green-Action-Plan-Series/AACC-SEED-Policy-Action-Plan.pdf 2.Democracy Commitment- and /25 Webinar to increase enrollment and grow green businesses USGBC Campaigns – Action Community page on SEED, including high impact opportunities (e.g. PACE, labeling buildings) - Engagement-for Engagement-for 6.SERC collections Upcoming webinar January with IGEN on civic engagement learning activities – watch for the announcement!!

Challenges and Answers Challenges Already busy Don’t know this “stuff” Answers Don’t have to know the answers. Just facilitate the process. Civic engagement for a strong democracy is everyone’s job! You have an important role to play.

The Power of What You Do We can choose a sustainable future

Congratulations for all you have done. Congratulations for all you will do in the future. For more information, contact Debra Rowe at Discussion – Q and A