Institute for Sustainability at the Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee Campus
Lecture, Saturday October 6 at 1 p.m. in Truckee
Lecture at Sagehen Creek Field Station
The Institute for Sustainability at the Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee Campus hosts an event for environmental awareness on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1:00pm in Truckee.
"The Sierra Nevada Now and Then: Revisiting the Grinnell Survey" is an event sponsored by the Institute for Sustainability at the Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee Campus, and UC Berkeley's Sagehen Creek Field Station. The event will include an informative afternoon lecture and workshop that will focus on the Sierra Nevada habitat, human impact, and change through time.
The Grinnell survey is an environmental and mammal assessment that was completed nearly a century ago. The survey is now being revisited in an effort to assess the changes that have occurred to the natural environment in the past 100 years. An explanation of the survey, speculation concerning the cause of these environmental changes, and evaluation of the human impact will all be addressed.
Please mark your calendars. In addition to the lecture, Frank DeCourten will be giving a presentation on the Institute for Sustainability at the Tahoe-Truckee Campus. For information about the event contact Frank DeCourten: fdecourten@sierracollege.edu; 916-789- 2933.
Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
Saturday, October 6th at 1:00 p.m. at Sagehen Creek Field Station on Highway 89 North. Find a pdf file with map and directions at http://sagehen.ucnrs.org/ or meet at Sierra College's Pioneer Center by 12:30 to carpool.
The Institute for Sustainability 
The Institute for Sustainability at the Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee campus is associated with the Center for Sierra Nevada Studies. The "Center" is an official entity of Sierra College and has been established under the Vice President for Educational Services and Programs. The Center has a strong reputation for its dedication to conservation and environmental issues, including the Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum and "Saving the Sierra", an award-winning oral history project. The Center provides an organizational placeholder for the growth and development of our sustainability efforts, which may someday develop into a separate district-wide initiative.
Within the current activities of the Center is a new sustainability initiative called the "Institute for Sustainability at the Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee campus". This "Institute" will concern itself with the promotion and implementation of the five point plan known as the Seventh Generation Project. This addresses sustainability ethics and principles in five arenas of college activity: Policy, Educational Programs & Services, Educational Requirements, Operations, and Outreach.
The Seventh Generation Project is an on-going effort involving nearly 100 dedicated faculty members on the Rocklin, Grass Valley, and Truckee campuses. The "Institute for Sustainability at the Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee campus" is a pilot project spearheaded by Frank DeCourten, and was initiated to develop a model for community-based sustainability education and outreach that might become a template for other campuses and communities within the Sierra College District.
Seventh Generation Project
- Frank DeCourten (Earth Sciences Professor, Educational Programs)
- Joe Medeiros (Interdisciplinary Professor, Operations)
- Jane Haproff (Philosophy Professor, Educational Programs)
- Luis Sanchez (Assoc. Dean of Business & Technology, Policy)
- Becky Siemers (Math Professor & ASSC Liaison, NCC)
- Vern Martin (PT Philosophy, Rocklin Educational Programs)
- Colin Irwin (Facilities Manager, Rocklin)
- Sue Michaels (Marketing Coordinator, Rocklin)
- Tim Haenny (ASSC Advisor, Rocklin)
- Institute for Sustainability Sub-Group: Rick Rantz (Tahoe-Truckee Dean), Kristopher Hansen (PT Philosophy), Derek Larson (PT Earth Sciences), and Pam McAdoo (PT Visual Arts)
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January 18, 2008
