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Summer 2009. Being About Action: Exploring Food, Community, and Urban Sustainability
A Summer Institute in Dialogue
May 4 - June 18. 10 credits (DIAL 390W, 391W).
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This Summer Institute in Dialogue will explore the concepts of leadership, action and sustainable development within an urban context. Students will engage in a collaborative project with a local partner organization to create a more sustainable region, with the theme of 鈥渇ood鈥� as a starting point. What is food? What is hunger? What is nourishment? How do we create more sustainable food systems? What is the role of urban agriculture? How is food connected to unsustainable consumption patterns?
The class will survey a range of local projects, working towards creating sustainable food systems as well as attending local events connected to sustainability and food. Projects will focus on crafting proposals for action with community groups, reflective writing, and collaborative group work. This is an intensive and experiential course running five days per week, 9:30-4:00.
FACULTY
Janet Moore is a faculty member at the Centre for Dialogue at 天美mv天美, collaborator with the 天美mv天美 Centre for Sustainable Community Development and leader of a social network of sustainability educators (walkingthetalk.bc.ca).
Siobhan Ashe is visiting faculty in the Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue at 天美mv天美.
is one of the leading food activists in North America and was the founder and executive director of FarmFolk/CityFolk.