Welcome to the class that helps improve your life & the world !
Introduction to Conflict Resolution
Poli Sci/AJ/Psych/Comm 6 homepage for Leah Halper's students
Office hours: and by arrangement
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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
FAIR TRADE. Come see a local alternative to exploitative corporate capitalism with an hour-long field trip to Morgan Hill's People and Planet store on Sat. March 27 at 10:30 a.m. Sign up in class and I'll get directions, etc., to you.
GREEN FESTIVAL.The Green Festival Nov. 6-8 in SF at Coucourse Exhibition Center. See www.greenfestivals.org. If you go, attend at least two speaker sessions on topics of interest to you, and bring me the notes from the sessions for your extra credit. Make time to look around the hall, too!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.