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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=4 color="#008000"><b>The Harvard Green
Campus Initiative is now offering a new course through the Harvard
University Extension School:<br><br>
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E-117<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Sustainability:
The Challenge of Changing Our Institutions<br><br>
</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=4 color="#008000">Our website is
up and running and enrollment has begun! Registration period lasts from
August 18 -September 21, with late registration running from September 22
- 28. <br><br>
Class begins Monday, September 15th!<br><br>
Visit
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</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><b>Course information:<br><br>
</b></font><font face="Comic Sans MS"><i>Mondays, 7:35-9:35pm, September 15, 2003 - January 26, 2004<br>
Harvard Hall, Rm 104 (or online via the Distance Education Program)<br>
Non-credit, $300; Undergraduate credit, $575; Graduate credit, $1425<br>
<b>Registration for Fall Courses begins on August 18, 2003.<br><br>
</i></b>The principles and practice of environmental sustainability for institutions and individuals will be taught and demonstrated in this course. The course will focus on the university sector as a case study for examining how organizations with complex structures make a myriad of decisions with environmental consequences. The course will provide students with a thorough exploration of methods and approaches that can be drawn upon to catalyze organizations, such as universities, to pursue environmental sustainability. <br><br>
Illustrative examples of university sustainability programs, including campus planning, building design and operations, energy supply, purchasing practices, food services and waste management among others, will be presented. These examples will be further explored to reveal strategies for generating engagement, learning capacity and behavioral change at the level of both the individual and the organization. Financial, environmental, political, cognitive and organizational dimensions will be addressed.<br><br>
The course is designed to cover three key topic areas: <br><br>
1. Institutional Impact<br>
2. Institutional Operations<br>
3. Institutional Transformation<br><br>
Students will ideally leave this course with the knowledge, understanding and confidence to develop their own capacities as change agents, leaders or catalysts for generating institutional commitment to environmental sustainability within a myriad of organizational settings.<br><br>
To request a syllabus via email, please contact Maggie Husak, <a href="mailto:maggie_husak@harvard.edu">maggie_husak@harvard.edu</a> <a href="http://www.dce.harvard.edu/extension/2003-04/courses/envr.jsp#e-117">(Click here for the Harvard University Extension School course description and details.) <br><br>
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This course will be offered under the umbrella of the Environmental Studies program at the Harvard University Extension School, and will be available online as a part of the Distance Education Program. The Distance Education Program allows a student to take this course from any location as long as s/he can access the course website. For details on Distance Education through the Extension School, visit <a href="http://www.extension.harvard.edu/DistanceEd/">http://www.extension.harvard.edu/DistanceEd/</a>.<br><br>
REMEMBER! If you are a Harvard employee, you may be eligible for the Tuition Assistance Program which would enable you to receive course credit for a mere $40! What a steal! For more information, go to <a href="http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2003-04/register/payment.jsp#tap" eudora="autourl">http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2003-04/register/payment.jsp#tap</a>.<br><br>
For information on registration, please visit the Harvard University Extension School website at <a href="http://www.dce.harvard.edu/extension/" eudora="autourl">http://www.dce.harvard.edu/extension/</a> For further information on course content, please contact Maggie Husak, <a href="mailto:maggie_husak@harvard.edu">maggie_husak@harvard.edu</a>. <br><br>
To learn more about the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/" eudora="autourl">http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu</a>. <br><br>
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