Our core mission: students, education, stewardship!

Community college mission: "To contribute to and inform our local community."

Support from the Morgan Family Foundation

The Morgan Family Foundation has generously donated $50,000 to the Environmental Stewardship Program for 2008/2009 to continue our stewardship studies in Santa Clara County!

The Morgan Family Foundation has also pledged another $50,000 match challenge! Won't you help us in our efforts to continue our stewardship efforts in one of the most beautiful outdoor labs in the state - Santa Clara County. Help us educate a new generation of environmental scientists and meet our match challenge! Contact Julie Phillips for more information.

A 20/20 Working College Model for Our Students

Our 20/20 working college model includes 20 hours of coursework and community service and 20 hours of stewardship work and civic engagement for our students. Help us encourage our students to stay in school, learn workplace and life skills, and make a difference in their community. Would you consider sponsoring a student for a quarter - so our students can be trained as mentors and community leaders while taking classes and working with our leadership team?

To learn how your generous contribution can assist us in educating our present and future leaders of this great planet, please contact Julie Phillips or Pat Cornely!

Education serves as a compass . . helping our students head in the right direction! Please join us in the race to save this great planet through the stewardship of this next generation!

Curriculum Overview

De Anza College's Environmental Studies Department integrates physical, biological, human, socioeconomic and political principles. Formal and non-formal methods of teaching help students acquire the basics of this field. These include a scientific foundation, an understanding of social and economic concepts, and an awareness of the behaviors that protect or damage the earth and its resources.

Students in this department are trained for exciting career opportunities in some of the fastest growing fields in the country. Participants range from entry-level students to already trained professionals. Highly qualified faculty and experienced students make this a rich learning opportunity.

An Environmental Studies Student Should Graduate With . . .

• An understanding of how our behavior, including our use of energy and natural resources, affects the environment

• A knowledge of ecological and sustainability principles as a foundation upon which to base decisions

• An understanding of the complexity of biodiversity (species, genetic, ecological and functional) and the role of the evolutionary process; as well as opportunities to help preserve this legacy

• An understanding of human history, our relationship to the environment and how that role has evolved over time

• A strong knowledge and understanding of environmental laws and regulations, their development, implementation and enforcement

• An understanding of leadership techniques used in political participation, including a consensus-based decision-making model, at the local, state, and federal levels, whether they be in the business, nonprofit or governmental sector

• The ability to participate in and influence the decision making process

• A familiarity with information gathering techniques

• Experience, participation and exposure to actual, career-related opportunities

• College Environmental Advisory Group (CEAG)
  www.deanza.edu/ceag

• Earth Awareness and Action Committee

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