CLEI- 161: The 5- Unit Course Sections
The 5-unit sections for the CLEI-161 Sustainable Living Class work to form "Action Research Teams (ARTs)" . The ARTs are designed and facilitated by students, with the guidance of the winter training seminar (WTS). The WTS enables future facilitators to develop facilitation skills, curriculum development, and other leadership skills needed to lead an 5- unit section. The topic of each section is created by the facilitator(s) and explores a specific sustainability topic in depth.
Spring 2012 Section Topics
(Section Descriptions Coming Soon)
Zero Waste Move Out - Ben Middlemiss
Hustle and (Work) Flow: Project Management and Actualization
- Jeremy Kirshbaum & Alyssa Young
Sustainable Living and Environmental Art & Visual Culture
- Kirsten Pringle & Juan Carlos Hernandez
Social Movements Towards Sustainability - Chris Valenzuela & Jessie Garcia
Sustainable Living Spaces Audit Program- Carson Watts & Amy Chau
Garden, Roots, & Culture
- John Schwartz & Krysten Walls
Drop Your Own Drip: Exploring Mechanism for Reducing Water Consumption
- Nick Evans & Sarah Finder
Spring 2011 5-Unit Section Topics (Action Research Teams (ARTs))
*Pictured to the left is the Grassroots Activism and Sustainable Design ART from Spring 2010 standing in front of their project, a cob house built at WindTree in Santa Cruz.
This spring ESLP is offering a number of ARTs through College Eight under CLEI 161.
Affordable and Sustainable Family Student Housing-Jacob Nelson (jacobwolfnelson@gmail.com) & Aldinette Locket (alockett@ucsc.edu)
Mon/Wed 12:30PM-1:40PM in Porter 246
Over the past decade, UCSC’s Family Student Housing (FSH) has become less economically feasible for many lower income families who at one time had experienced rental rates that were lower than most other communities. FSH buildings’ health and environmental standards are out dated and in need of repair. In this course you will learn how to target and address the needs of a community. Students will learn about different types of sustainable, ecologically friendly housing and how they apply to specific environments. Students will address the issues at hand from an interdisciplinary approach and will draft a sustainable affordable housing proposal alternative for FSH. By the end of the quarter students will should gain skills, knowledge and experience that they can use to bring other ideas to fruition in both local communities and throughout the world.
"In Search of Food: Investigating Food Justice and Creating Social Documentation -
Aliesha Balade (abalde@ucsc.edu) & Max Frederick (mfrederi@ucsc.edu)
Mon/Wed 2:00PM-3:10PM in Porter 246
We will delve into the issue of food access and afforadibilty by looking at the political, economic, and social structures behind the production and growth of food. In doing so we will attempt to better understand how our food system works and the inequalities behind it. We will look at case studies that have been both successful and unsuccessful at alleviating food insecurity. Lastly, we will combine our knowledge of the issue to discuss potential solutions.
Minimizing Impact- Jaclyn Garcia (jlgarcia@ucsc.edu) & Ray Zuroski (rzuroski@ucsc.edu)
Tues 12:00PM-1:45PM in Porter 246
Precautionary conservation tactics and threatened aspects of environmental preservation in Santa Cruz. Students will discuss the effects of resource consumption, from production to disposal.
Environmental Policy & Reform- Ashley Nguyen (ashnguye@ucsc.edu) & Bailey Hall (bahall@ucsc.edu)
Mon/Wed 2:00PM-3:10PM in Cowell 216
This section will illuminate and inspire environmental cognizant pursuits though legislation and policy. Students will research and discuss political structures, current environmental issues, and movements related to environmental justice. These tools will provide an opportunity to uncover their passions in seeking transformative action through policy and develop an insatiable desire to make tangible change.
Aquaponics/Urban Agriculture- Alex Ireland(alexireland4@gmail.com) & Andrew Holstedt (aholsted@ucsc.edu)
Tues/Thurs 10:00AM-11:45AM in Oaks 101
This section will engage all of its participants in analysis of the food system, focusing on distribution issues, before asking all involved to assess both the benefits and shortfalls of unconventional means of production in urban settings. We will be getting our hands dirty at least once a week building an aquaponics system and learning viscerally about the things that we are discussing as well as just having fun building. Join this ART if you want to work hard, have fun, and create a tangible teaching tool at the Sustainable Living Center that will benefit any student interested in building or understanding aquaponics systems.
Natural History- Alexandra Villegas (alvilleg@ucsc.edu) & Stephanie Hopcraft (shopcraf@ucsc.edu)
Tues/Thurs 2:00AM-3:45PM in Cowell 216
Have you ever taken a walk through campus and wondered why certain plants grow near the Redwoods, or how plant species change the closer you move towards the coast? Have you ever wondered how indigenous peoples survived off of the wild through foraging for native edibles? In this course, we will analyze the biodiversity that has surrounded the coast for thousands of years and learn the basics of Native American food systems. We will learn to classify a variety of native species and also discuss California’s original sustainable food system.
PROPS for Slugs- Alisa Orris (aorris@ucsc.edu) & Ellen Bartow (ebartow@ucsc.edu)
Tues/Thurs 10:00AM-11:45AM in Crown 105
Would you like to implement tangible behavioral change for sustainability on campus? In PROPS for Slugs, students will interact with the Sustainability Office's Program Recognizing Office Practicing Sustainability (PROPS) in auditing and certifying two campus offices. Through informative lectures, walk-through assessments, and extensive reflection, students will learn energy and waste auditing skills, as well as methods to foster sustainable behavior both within their own lives and the lives of others.
Water: The Regenerative Lubricant of Life- Elan Goldbart (oaktree1er@gmail.com) & Austin Lewis (audlewis@ucsc.edu)
Tues/Thurs 10:00AM-11:45AM in Kresge Seminar 152
This course is about exploring and deepening our connections with water as individuals and in community. We will explore how water impacts our lives physiologically, behaviorally, culturally, and systematically. From this foundation, we will learn and take part in increasing the resilience and richness of our local ecology. Our project will be to implement a rain water harvesting system using permaculture principals in the new section of the Kresge Garden. By the end of this course we will: (1) be able to read water and its effect on the landscape using our senses and topographic maps; (2) learn water-harvesting permaculture principals and techniques ; (3) desin and implement a water harvesting system; (4) develop habits that strengthen our understanding and personal connection to water; and (5) Tap into the powerful resource network of group intelligence within the class.
Conscious Living - Juliet Ulibarri (juliet.ulibarri@gmail.com)
Tues/Thurs 2:00PM-3:45PM in Porter 241
Conscious Living: This ART explores human potential within our current state of life and how to empower oneself through everyday conscious living. The class flow will be based off the Ayurvedic 5 limb system that includes: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether (spirit). We will adventure into many forms of mediation, alternative healing, conscious gardening, channeling creativity, and holding a heart space. We will co-create a sacred space within Kresge Garden for all to enjoy.
