How Edutainment is getting kids passionate about Sustainability
Combining fun and useful tasks Previously we wrote about how Gamification can make the world a more sustainability place, but beyond gamification, there are many more ways to make sustainability more fun and exciting. Another key example is the term Edutainment. Humans have an innate desire to learn I believe that learning should be a [...]
Read more »Interview with Carolyn Finney Ph.D. Professor at UC Berkeley
Investment, Innovation, and Inspiration With the next CSSC Convergence, at UC Berkeley, only a few short weeks away, we have another exclusive and thought provoking CSSC interview. Dr. Carolyn Finney is a professor at UC Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Her research focuses on identity representation difference and place, race and natural [...]
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Divestment is the Tactic, Climate Justice is the Goal
Divestment is the Tactic, Climate Justice is the Goal April 9th through 11th, students at UC Berkeley will be asked to vote on a referendum in support of fossil fuel divestment at Cal and across the UC System. Student support for the referendum will send a clear message to UC administrators that students at one [...]
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What Happened on February 17th?
I’ll tell you! It was a great rally on Sunday Feb 17th! Attending the San Francisco solidarity march was a powerful event, which brought folks from many different movements together to demonstrate in the streets of America. While the block we marched around was packed with protesters, some 40,000 people showed up to protest in [...]
Read more »Confessions of a 21st century environmentalist studying abroad in Chile
I was born and raised into a generation of friction, a generation of young people with the world at their fingertips but also on their shoulders.
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Interview with Mike Roselle Co-Founder of Earth First!
Sustainability from a Radical Perspective Portrait of a Life-Long Activist Long before the California Student Sustainability Coalition was even a thought in the eyes of young university students, there was an organization which decided to bring non-violent direct action into the forests and wild places of the United States....
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How Gamification can make the world a more sustainable place
Gamification for a better world We are living in a world where what we “should” do is often times different from things we “want to” do. This holds true for Sustainability – often times the things you need to do to be sustainable is not necessarily what is the...
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The Three E’s of Sustainability
The CSSC is committed to recognizing and working toward the “Three E’s” of sustainability: economy, ecology, and equity.
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Sustainability, Here at Home with the Winnemem Wintu
I recently returned from a four day Coming of Age Ceremony with the Winnemem Wintu on the banksof the McCloud River in Shasta County. This experience has had me thinking a lot about the connections between culture, environment and sustainability.
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