The importance of Student-initiated programs

ESLP works to foster co-intentional learning between students, while creating a culture where students can take action. 

Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) is a student-run organization which offers  student- facilitated Action Research Teams for credit every spring quarter at the University of California Santa Cruz.  Our class has two components: a Monday Night Speaker Series and the Action Research Teams, all of which are based upon sustainable living topics found in the Blueprint for a Sustainable Campus.  The spring Action Research Teams focus on either research-based projects, or  hands-on,  experiential learning.  The 5-unit ESLP Spring Class, CRSN 161, or the 2-unit, CRSN 61, qualifies as a prerequisite for UCSC's Sustainability Minor, and may be substituted for Sociology major credit. Speak with your adviser to learn about your options.

 

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Earth Summit will have THREE separate sections! Here is a highlight for the first! 🗣💐🍪 . . . The third set will be dinner provided by Falafel of Santa Cruz and dessert by Kerry’s Kreations along with a speaker panel Q&A of experts, Thao Le (housing activism), Edgar Xochitl (decolonization of flowers and queer ecology), Lindsey Dillion (UCSC professor of sociology), and Jessian Choy (Student Environmental Center Co-Founder, environmental organizer). This will be followed with round table discussion to learn from each other, because we are all experts in our own experiences too!
Earth Summit will have THREE separate sections! Here is a highlight for the second! ✊🏾🌱🌻 . . . The UCSC People of Color Sustainability Collective will be hosting and offering FREE vegan food and fun dialogue about race and sustainability! This will be from 3-4 pm! . . . At the same time, we will also be hosting a workshop titled, “Unpacking Privilege in Sustainability”. Hope to see you there!
Earth Summit will have THREE separate sections! Here is a highlight for the first! 💚🌵🌿 . . . Join us from 2-3 for tabling, direct action, mug making, environmental art workshop, and more!
EnviroSlug is excited to invite you to this year’s Earth Summit! We have worked long hours and late nights to put this year’s Earth Summit together and to create the Blueprint for a Sustainable Campus! Shout out to us!! 🗣🗣 . . Join us this for this year’s annual Earth Summit where we will be releasing the next Blueprint along with a host of other activities such as showcasing social and environmental justice work on campus, direct action, environmental art workshops, the student of color causes workshop, unpacking privilege in sustainability workshop, speaker panel, round table discussions, free food, free swag, prizes, mug making, and more! 🌈⭐️🌸🌴🌿 _______________ This event will be ZERO waste :) . . . Hope to see you there to get your copy of a Blueprint, as well as stickers, shirts, and bags with this year’s ES logo!
This week's organizer shoutout goes to John!! John is a 4th year, ENVS and Anthropology double major. He originally came to UCSC from Michigan to study Marine Biology but realized after taking classes within the ENVS department that he wanted to focus his education around the social sciences aspects of sustainability. He plans on studying socio-ecological sustainability in Southern Chile next year as a part of a UC study abroad program and will also be taking classes at the London School of Economics and Political Science over the summer. ☀️🌏🍃
Don't miss tonight's MNL! J.P. Rose is a staff attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity’s Urban Wildlands program. J.P. uses litigation, advocacy, and policy to fight unsustainable development that destroys wildlife habitat and contributes to the climate crisis. His work is particularly focused on protecting Southern California’s landscapes and rivers and ensuring wildlife connectivity for species like the mountain lion. J.P. is a Bay Area native and obtained his B.A. and J.D. from Santa Clara University. ----------- Even if you're not enrolled in the course, stop by every week to hear these great speakers!
HEY GUYS next week is EARTH WEEK!🌏 Don't miss out on all the fun, starting tomorrow! Also EnviroSlug will be Tabling at Eco Fest on Monday so come check us out 🌞
EARTH SUMMIT is right around the corner! Join us next Friday, April 26th from 2-7pm at the c9/10 MPR for tabling, activities, direct action, games, music, prizes, food, workshops, dinner, speaker panels, round table discussions, and more!!🌿🌸🍑☁️ . . Not only that, but the 2019-2021 Blueprint for a Sustainable campus will be released at the event! Be sure to stop by and get a copy so we can start enacting change together! 🍃🍓 . . . Hope to see you there 💚❤️💙 and please feel free to share with friends and neighbors and strangers on the bus :)