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Center for Sustainability staff and interns offer enrichment opportunities for faculty, students and the community. If you’re hoping to find a solution for your online or evening class, let us know. We’ll work with you to fit your needs. If you’re off campus, we can easily arrange bus or multiple car parking.
Individuals, Groups or Classes
Whether you're planning a visit from across town or just across campus, keep sustainability in mind!
Reach out to us about scheduling a visit from the JCCC Sustainability team to your classroom, community group, or about any of our sustainability-related campus projects. We welcome the opportunity to chat with all, or present to groups and classes about sustainability. We also work with teams or colleagues for a team-building campus excursion.
Guest Talk on Sustainability
To get your students chatting about sustainability, we offer a general introductory sustainability talk to give students a basic understanding of sustainable principles as framed by the Sustainable Development Goals and how they’re applied on campus.
We customize the talk to relate to any class or topics relevant to your students and will work with your class time and location. We can also present on our campus Zero Waste program or the JCCC Bird Collision Study. Requests for public presentations for groups or conferences are welcome!
Curriculum-specific Talk
We work directly with faculty to create curriculum-specific talks that explore and relate to your specific subject or topic. For example, we’ve discussed environmental justice in sociology courses, and corporate social responsibility and greenwashing with business students. We look forward to the opportunity to work together with you to customize talks to your specific needs.
Don’t forget—we also offer funding support for sustainability-related curriculum development!
JCCC Green Building Tour
Learn more about JCCC’s commitment to green building standards in this talk that we usually hold in the lobby of Galileo’s Pavilion. The conversation introduces green building practices using our own LEED Platinum-rated building as a case study. We can also add newer construction on campus, including the Wylie Hospitality and Culinary Academy, the Fine Arts & Design Studios, or the Hugh J. Libby Career and Technical Education Center.
Waste Audits 101
How does your waste measure up? Engage in a conversation with staff and student interns about the waste we produce and how you can boost your recycling game in this critical thinking exercise. Through an evaluation of your classroom waste or previous campus waste audits, we talk through the types of waste we see on campus, the recycling process and its commodification, how recycling proceeds support student learning at JCCC, and what steps students can take to reduce and properly dispose of their own waste.