Hi Elan,
My friend Ted Millich has been working on a documentary film about
Sociocracy, also called Dynamic Self Governance. He lives in
Charlottesville VA. The film is still not complete, but you can visit
his website to view a bit of it and learn more about this movement.
http://www.beyonddemocracythefilm.com/
Jim
[email protected]
On Jun 26, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Elan Shapiro wrote:
Hi Folks
I'm seeking resources, curriculum ideas, projects, presenters and
field trip options for a course in Social Justice and Sustainability
that I am facilitating at IC this fall. (Short description included
below) My goal is to educate by engaging students in helping to
build a more just and sustainable community in our area, as well as
to introduce the larger movement that is bringing the realms of
social justice and sustainability together.
I see building the course from community input as pivotal to
achieving the goals of the course. Please consider: How might this
course, with its 18 students, who are required to do 5-6 hours of
team project work a week, contribute to real community needs
(including, perhaps, your organization or block's)? And what are the
deeper issues that you'd like to see this course address - ideally
in a way that can be a contribution?
Community-based higher ed courses should support the community
resource people who contribute to the educational work. I have a
modest amount of funds available to support some of the ways that
you may come up with.
I'd love to talk with anyone interested or just to receive your
email suggestions. Thanks for your input.
Elan
TOPICS IN SUSTAINABILITY: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY
FALL 2009 TUE/THU 1:10 - 3:50 PM
OBJECTIVES: This highly participatory course will engage students in
understanding the profound connections and the all-too-common
disconnections between the social justice and sustainability agendas
and movements. It also provides tools and field experience for
being effective change agents in contributing to the coming together
that is beginning to occur, especially in our own community.
We begin with the historical and global context of this challenge
and opportunity, then put major emphasis on inspiring national and
local examples. We also focus as a learning circle on the attitudes
and behaviors around race and class, power and privilege, that must
be engaged in order to understand and support this work. You will
also engage in local justice and sustainability-related projects, in
field trips, and in conversations with local leaders in the justice
and sustainability movements. When we see the world equally through
the lenses of justice and sustainability, profound changes can
happen!
Topics will include: The Environmental Justice movement and the
"Just Sustainability" movement, Social Justice and Sustainable
Community Principles, Native American Sustainability Perspectives,
Undoing Racism, Eliminating Poverty, Building Partnerships across
Differences, Systems Strategies for Just and Sustainable
Communities, Food Equity, Health Equity, Energy and Climate Equity,
Housing Equity, Green Collar Economy, and Transportation Equity.
FORMAT AND STYLE: The course integrates academic study,
presentations by local practitioners, field trips, creating a
learning community together, reflective work on our race and class
patterning, and service-based projects. We meet one afternoon a week
as a whole group and a second time in project teams or for field
trips. The team projects, which span the whole semester (5-6 hours a
week of work expected), are an empowering opportunity to make a
positive difference in our local community.
--
Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Living Associates
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell
"Be the change we want to see in the world"
Mohandas Gandhi
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