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"discussion course" is a type of class or educational activity where people come together to talk and share ideas about a specific topic.
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We welcome your help in creating a new
discussion course on simplicity and simple living — one page at a time!
We have successfully facilitated online
discussion courses for groups of 25 - 200 people, and customize the course experience to the size of the group.
Our new five -
session discussion course on climate action will help you take action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
The Corporate Responsibility team was looking for a passionate employee to develop a pilot sustainable
living discussion course for employees.
To advance that philosophy, we
offer discussion courses on pressing environmental issues that help people create their own community of change.
Drawing from our existing curriculum, we can work with you to create a
custom discussion course that meets you organization's specific objectives.
We are aiming to have our new
health discussion course available late this summer — and are working hard to create the course right now.
As a staff, we all try to keep this simple yet powerful goal in mind in our work, as we continually try to spread the message by starting
more discussion courses.
A few weeks ago, this six - week
discussion course ended with readings and questions about waste, better ways of managing our food system and working toward change.
If you haven't yet, visit our new website and check out the new video resources, new interactive map, and new
discussion course information pages.
Your membership will also include an inside peak into
discussion course content, special announcements, and more, through a quarterly member email.
This new four - session
discussion course highlights the business case for sustainability and includes resources that will support the delivery of your sustainability goals.
83 % of respondents think that
educational discussion courses can lead to the empowerment of low - income and communities of color to form local sustainability initiatives.
Our five - session
discussion course on climate action will help you take action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Using our existing curriculum, we will work with you to create a
custom discussion course that meets your specific objectives.
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This summer, Dr. Dan Brunner of George Fox Evangelical Seminary used NW Earth Institute's Seeing Systems: Peace, Justice and
Sustainability discussion course book in his Poverty and Restorative Earthkeeping class.
In 2011, 35 Intel volunteers took the NWEI
discussion course program into 20 local high schools, engaging over 400 high school students in the Greater Portland area.
Through discussion courses and the EcoChallenge program, we give people a framework to talk about our relationship with the planet and to share in discovering new ways to live, work, create and consume.
Using the Menu for the
Future discussion course books, the groups are exploring the confusing number of food choices and contradicting information around health, fair trade, industrial agriculture, organics, family farms, sustainable food systems, GMOs and more.
Annette Hinkle with the Sag Harbor Express newspaper in New York recently interviewed Northwest Earth Institute course organizer Maryann Calendrille, who will lead a Voluntary Simplicity
discussion course at Canio's Cultural Café in Sag Harbor beginning in late January.
We recently learned that students at Fukuoka Women's University in Japan recently participated in NWEI's Choices for Sustainable Living
discussion course as part of an «Exploring Sustainable Living» program (which included a study trip to Australia to learn about sustainable applications underway in other countries).
We offer several discussion activities which can be used to facilitate small group dialogue during workshops, retreats, classes or to introduce participants to the NW Earth Institute
discussion course process.
YOU are the face of NWEI: course organizers,
discussion course participants, EcoChallenge participants, partner organizations, board members and volunteers alike.
Those of you who have participated in the Menu for Future or Hungry for
Change discussion courses offered by Northwest Earth Institute have likely been following the Farm Bill, which sets policies for hundreds of programs, including farm subsidies and food stamps.
The Merrill Linn Conservancy, which works to preserve the land and waterways of Union County and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania, is offering Northwest Earth Institute's seven - week Discovering A Sense of
Place discussion course beginning this month.
Today's guest blog post is from a participant in a recent Change Is Our Choice: Creating Climate
Solutions discussion course in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Bryant has been a long - time friend of NWEI, co-hosting the 2006 NWEI North American Gathering in Madison, Wisconsin and helping to start hundreds of NWEI
discussion courses during his tenure with NWEI partner Sustain Dane.
And — all NW Earth Institute
discussion courses begin with a Course Organizer — someone just like you who has the desire to create change.