Master Class

Education for Action: Explore, Learn, Advocate

The Master Class begins your journey to explore basic principles of sustainability and environmental protection. Join stimulating weekly conversations with scientists, local decision-makers, environmental advocates, and land use and transportation planners charged with fixing the problems humans have created.

The challenges are great, the ‘solutions’ are many. Where do you start to understand it all? How do the real needs of humans intersect with those of the Earth? There is a role you want to play in bringing health to the world – but what will it be?

The current Master Class started on August 30, 2011. Their learning journey began with weekly class trips exploring Marin's NATURAL WORLD.

The weeks that followed took them into the classroom where environmental sustainability became the lens through which they learned about problems posed by climate change and HUMANS' IMPACT on the Earth.

Stepping into a new world of knowing, the Master Class students cannot help but ask "What can I do?" And thus they have entered the final phase of the course, where they will learn how to take effective action by getting involved on a personal level.

THIS YEAR'S MASTER CLASS PROJECT WORK:
Listed below are the Master Class projects currently underway. Click on the project name for more information.

			* = project lead
	Rethinking Plastics Conference		*Stuart Moody, Sarah Kelley, Diane Nicolson, Cynthia Abbott
	Model Parking Lot Landscape Ordinance		*Bob Brown, Alicia Yballa
	G.I.V.E. (Growing Intergenerational Volunteers for the Environment		*Diane Griffeath, Gayle Marsh
	Growing our Future Farmers		*Iris Stevens, Bernie Stephan
	Electrifying Destinations in Marin		*Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Peter Clare
	Creating a Sustainable Corte Madera Recreation Center		Bob Bundy
	Healthy Parks YouTube Campaign		Nancy Otto
	Reduce-Reuse-Repurpose-Refuse Poster Campaign		Marilyn Norman
	Kids Cooking Movement		Kathy Taylor
	Focus on Sustainability - Slow Food Marin-Petaluma		Christine Sanchez
	Alternative to Plastic Addiction		Bonnie Herzog
	Richardson Bay Watershed Coalition		Barbara Wilson
	Resilient Neighborhoods		Sita Khufu
	Plant 100 Trees in the Canal District		Tamela Fish
	40th Anniversary Event Planning		Louise Gilbert, Susan Braet, Sue Mace
	Assistant Seminar Series Program Director		Vicki Nichols

On March 20th, the current Master Class students will graduate and become the newest members of the Environmental Forum.

For further information about the Master Class and how to discover your role in achieving a sustainable future, send a request to MasterClass@MarinEFM.org or contact the following members:

Heather Furmidge
Program Director, Director, Master Class 40 (2012)
(415) 971-5471

Nancy Bell
Program Director, Master Class 39 (2011)
(415) 377-0830

Learn about scholarships offered for next year's Master Class tuition.

Master Class graduates may qualify for academic credit at Dominican University’s Sustainable Practices Certificate Program

Graduation from the Master Class satisfies certain elective credit requirements of the Sustainable Practices Certificate Program at Dominican University of California.

Contact Elaine McCarty, Program Manager, at (415) 458-3712 or email Certificate@Dominican.edu for further information about the Certificate Program and its credit requirements.

Learn more about the Sustainable Practices Certificate Program.