2013-2014 Class Schedule
| Class |
Description |
Length |
Day |
Cost |
| Choices for Sustainable Living |
This course explores the meaning of sustainable living and how our choices have an impact on ecological systems. |
4 weeks |
M |
$40.00 |
| Exploring Deep Ecology |
An eight-session course examining our core values and how they affect the way we view and treat the earth. |
4 weeks |
F |
$40.00 |
| Future Food |
Explores food systems and their impacts on culture, society and ecological systems. |
4 weeks |
Tu-Th |
$80.00 |
| Green Garderning |
This class explores a variety of ways to plant, weed and sustain a garden, emphasizing green techniques to reduce waste, chemical fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides. |
6 weeks |
Sa |
$60.00 |
| Green Home Construction |
This class will review the basic components of residential construction, focusing on energy efficiency and renewable energy technology integration. |
4 weeks |
Th |
$40.00 |
| Healthy Choices for a Healthy Planet |
This class examines the influence advertising and media can influence us and our view of the world. |
4 weeks |
W |
$40.00 |
| Home Composting Made Easy |
This class teaches you how to set up and maintain a home or backyard composting station |
4 weeks |
W |
$80.00 |
| Intro to Renewable Energy |
This class compares and contrasts wind, hydro and solar power. |
6 weeks |
Tu-Th |
$40.00 |
| Intro to Sustainable Communities |
This class explores how sustainability can be applied to our local communities. |
4 weeks |
Su |
$40.00 |
| Overview of State and National Standards |
This class will give you a detailed introduction to state and national residential building and energy efficiency standards. |
4 weeks |
Su |
$80.00 |
| Protecting Place |
This class focuses on knowing and protecting your local environment and ecology. |
6 weeks |
M-Tu |
$40.00 |
| Simplicity in Motion |
This course evaluates our modern lifestyles and reviews the choices we make on a daily basis that can renew our connections to family, friends and the natural environment around us in a sustainable way. |
4 weeks |
W |
$40.00 |
| The Impact of Globalization |
This class explores the affect of global trade on local environments and economies throughout the world. |
4 weeks |
Tu |
$60.00 |
| Window Box Gardening |
This class shows you how to supplement your diet with herbs, fruits and vegetables that you can grow even in a window box garden. |
6 weeks |
Sa-Su |
$80.00 |
