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California Polytechnic State University has taken steps
to become a green campus with the direction and guidance of Dr.
Steven Marx, English Professor. Examples of "green projects
and initiatives" at Cal Poly include:
Cal Poly Land Project
Cal Poly Land encompasses nearly ten thousand acres in four large
parcels and comprises one of the university's most valuable assets.
Its "outdoor teaching and learning facilities" provide
laboratories for education and research, house ecosystems and life
forms, grow food and fiber, inspire recreation and renewal, and
remain our legacy from past to future generations. This asset is
bound to increase in value as California's population and development
pressures mount and as environmental protection becomes a growing
national priority.
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Interdisciplinary Class -- Cal Poly Land: Nature, Technology
& Society
Course Description - A scientific investigation of the natural
features of the Cal Poly landscape and their transformations by
land management technology. Analysis of the environmental, economic,
social, and political effects of agricultural, resource extraction
and construction technology on that landscape. Emphasis on the educational,
land-use and long term planning issues of technology presented by
this case study
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Book -- Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide considers the university
campus as a place of natural and cultural richness, an endeavor
particularly suited to the 10,000-acre Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
campus. The book grew out of an interdisciplinary seminar that encouraged
faculty from fifteen departments to use the study of place to cross-disciplinary
boundaries. As a result, the book covers the ecological territory
of a field guide in unexpected ways, and moves in unexpected directions
as well. Poems by a professor of soil science punctuate the Geology
section, for example, and there are sections on agriculture, technology,
history, and the arts. Journal entries from students enrolled in
eco-literature classes complement the essays by faculty in the Arts
section. -- Book
Review, ISLE Winter 2004
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Convocations
"Sustainability and the Future of the Polytechnic University"
(2002)
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"Education for Sustainability: Engaging the Polytechnic University"
(2004)
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