Campus Explorations - Fall 2008

An interdisciplinary project.
A campus-wide Learning Community focusing on

The Environment and Sustainable Living: Global Crises and Solutions

The entire campus voted for this year's theme, and we invite everyone to participate in the conversations and projects that will follow from our various interests in this important topic.

Consider the following ways to participate:

Register for our seminar (Class #76135) and earn one unit of college credit!
Seminar sessions are held once a week, Wednesdays from 2 - 3 p.m. in
Room P-32, (unless otherwise noted).

Want to know more? Contact the Coordinator of the Campus Exploration Project,
Judy Wilson, at (760)744-1150 Ext. 3645   email: jwilson@palomar.edu

Visit http://www.palomar.edu/campusexplorations

Fall Semester, 2008

• "Living as if Nature Mattered – An Overview of Philosophical Perspectives"
  William Leslie, Palomar Behavioral Sciences Faculty
  September 10th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Using Psychological Science to Achieve Ecological Sustainability"
  Wesley Schultz, CSUSM Psychology Faculty
  September 17th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Human Trafficking"
  Sonia Gutierrez, Palomar English Faculty
  September 24th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "The Earth Charter"
  Michael Mufson, Palomar Performing Arts Faculty
  October 1st | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "The Land of Oaxaca: Politics of Migration"
  Carlos Von Son, Palomar Foreign Languages Faculty
  October 8th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "The Way We Eat"
  Janice Schultz, Palomar Family & Consumer Sciences Faculty
  October 15th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "“An Inconvenient Truth”"
  Political Economy Day speaker from Al Gore’s Climate Change Project discussing "An Inconvenient Truth"
  October 22nd | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Conservation science education with an impact: African Bushmeat Expedition and Urban Ecology"
  Jay Vavra, Ph.D., Biotechnology Program, High Tech High School, San Diego October 29th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Solving Modern Crises Using Our Understanding of Evolution"
  Phil DeBarros, Darwin Days Celebration, Palomar Behavioral Sciences Faculty
  November 5th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Want to Save the Planet? Stay Home."
  Blaine Morrow, Palomar CCC Confer Faculty
  November 12th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Art, Symbolism and the Environment"
  Gwendolyn Scherer, Palomar Art Faculty
  November 19th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Green Design"
  Katherine Gannett, Palomar Library Media Center Faculty
  December 3rd | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "The Extinction of the Species and National Security"
  Tom English, Palomar Physics and Engineering Faculty
  December 10th | 2:00-3:00pm
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*Not all programs will be available via webcast and/or archive.