A Sustainable Psychology
Deborah S. Podwika, M.A., C.S.M.
Kankakee Community College
MISTOP Conference - February 25, 2012
A Sustainable Psychology
• KCC’s Sustainability Efforts
– Campus Changes
– Sustainability Committee
• Campus Events
• Greening Your Curriculum
– Other Disciplines
– My 3 Courses
– Your Ideas?
Campus Changes
Solar-Photovoltaic Panels
Renewable Energy Program
Campus Changes
Horticulture Program
Campus Changes
Sustainability Committee
• Expo
Sustainability Committee
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Green Drinks
Green Happenings
Green Minute
Green Scene
Greening Your Curriculum
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Fall 2010 (16 Faculty thus far)
Online Course
2 wks; 15 hrs/1 CEU/15 CPDU
Free KCC & $29 for all others
Next Classes: Mar 4th & Apr 23rd
Grace: 815. 802.8207
Greening Your Curriculum
• Other Courses
– English 2 Whole Course
• Inconvenient Truth
• Into The Wild
• Various on Katrina
Greening My Curriculum
All Courses - APA
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Div 34
– Conservation
– Ecopsychology
– Behavior & the Built Environment
– Psychology on the Population Level
This is Psychology: Ep 4: Climate Change
Society’s Grand Challenges: Global Climate Change
Changing Minds To Prevent Climate Change
Closer Look: Call of the Wild
American Psychologist: Psychology & Global Climate Change
Also : Dr. Wallace J. Nichols – Blue Marbles & Outside Article
Greening My Curriculum
• Introductory
– Video from List
• 10 Sustainability Information
• 10 Concepts from Course Apply
– Example 1
– Example 2
• Social
• Semester Project – Active Change
• Persuasion/Attitudes: Ads/Commercials
• Abnormal
– Article: “Toxins in Seafood – ALS, Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s?”
A Sustainable Psychology
Copy of Powerpoint
Email: dpodwika@kcc.edu
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Contest:
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