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Welcome to the class that helps improve your life & the world !

Chamberlains Students: I got a PDF of your fingerprint form, and cannot post it to the website. I will put several copies on my office door in the morning tomorrow so if you are on campus you can come get one; otherwise, wait till Monday! But you can call now for an appointment and get the form whenever: call the SB County Office of Education, 831 637-5393 and ask for fingerprinting. If you can go in the morning, there is usually not a wait.

I will next collect your journals on Weds. March 3!

Introduction to Conflict Resolution

Poli Sci/AJ/Psych/Comm 6 homepage for Leah Halper's students

Office hours: and by arrangement

 

Syllabus

Assignments

Service

Reflection Forum

Study sheets

Gandhi

Living lightly & locally

Nonviolence Since Gandhi

Toolkit

The Mediation Process

Santa Clara County Office of Dispute Resolution

Resources

Note: Your book is now on reserve at the Gavilan library front desk!You may want to get your text locally at BookSmart in Morgan Hill, www.mybooksmart.com , 80 E 2nd St., Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 778-6467. Or see how to save $ on books.

Extra Credit


URBAN FARMSTEADING.Silicon Valley Reads: Author Novella Carpenter at Morgan Hill Library, Saturday, February 27, 2:00 PM. Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, discusses her experiences in feeding herself with homegrown vegetables, eggs, honey and meat. Book signing follows.

FOOTPRINT. In the spirit of Gandhi, figure out how heavy an ecological footprint you leave, and report the results to me with information on whether this inspires you to change:http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp

VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY. Consider the link by Duane Elgin, founder of the Voluntary Simplicity movement, very much in Gandhi's footsteps. Write: which of the ten simplicities would you be willing to and able to try? Which would be hard for you, and why? http://www.simpleliving.net/webofsimplicity/the_garden_of_simplicity.asp

LOVE & CHOCOLATE. Do something to stop slave child labor in the cocoa harvest of Africa, upon which most of the chocolate industry in the world is based. Go tohttp://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/ and take some of the suggested actions; document what you do to turn it in for extra credit

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Need help with college costs?Scholarship applications may be found online at www.gavilan.edu/finaid. 1. UC Santa Cruz Leadership Application: One Gavilan student will be selected for a 2-year $20,000 scholarship to attend UC Santa Cruz. Deadline to apply: Feb.
2. Gavilan College Scholarship Application: For Gavilan students & high school seniors who will be attending Gavilan in the Fall 2010. Deadline to apply: Feb.