Sustainability Initiative

Green Classes for Green Careers

Edmonds Community College offers classes and degrees that teach environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable practices. We’re preparing students for the emerging sector of green-collar jobs.

Our Programs

Get Your Hands Dirty and Your Feet Wet
LEAF School (Human Ecology classes)
www.edcc.edu/leaf
Join the Learn and Serve Environmental Anthropology Field (LEAF) school and earn college credit for hands-on work restoring native habitat. Register for Human Ecology classes, Anthropology 101, 102, or 103. Scholarships available. Call 425.640.1076.
See photos of the LEAF school in action at: http://edmondscc.ning.com

How Power Our World Sustainably

Energy Management degree and certificates
www.edcc.edu/energy
Combining energy efficiency with business and project management skills, this program prepares you to make a difference in the greeen economy. Call 425.640.1604.

Work for a Greener World
Restoration Horticulture degree
http://www.edcc.edu/hort
This unique two-year degree will train students to help restore damaged land, habitat, and ecosystems in a range of rural, suburban, and urban environments. Learn to replant natural areas with native plants and how to create green spaces in urban settings using green roofs and bioswales. Horticulture classes include: Pacific Northwest Land and Water Issues, Urban Forestry, and Native Plants in the Landscape. Sustainable Development, Geography 150, and Human Ecology, Anthropology 101, classes also count toward this degree. Call 425.640.1739 or email horticulture@edcc.edu.

Our Courses 

We are integrating sustainable concepts and practices into many existing courses, but the courses below have sustainability as a core focus.

Introduction to Sustainability — Energy 105
Explore and define sustainability. Understand carbon footprints and ghg inventories. Review major energy systems impacting sustainability, including buildings and transportation. Emphasis on tools to measure sustainability.

Sustainable Development — Geography 150
Learn about sustainability issues around the world within a geographic framework. Examine policies that affect sustainability of resources, the environment, and society.
 
Sociology of the Environment — Sociology 130
Learn about the origins of, and solutions to, environmental problems. Topics include the relationship between humanity and nature from different cultural perspectives (e.g. Native American), animal rights, consumer behavior, and population trends.

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