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Alternate National Wildlife Federation Habitat Steward Training

Dec 28, 2004

Due to funding constraints, previoius plans to hold the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Habitat Steward Volunteer training using the past community organization sponsored venue is not possible.

The alternative is to encourage people to enroll in GEOG 10, Human Impact on the Environment at Pasadena City College. This course will be taught in the Spring 2005 term, Thu evening 6:00 PM- 9:10 PM---and participants have the option to get certified as NWF Habitat Stewards.

Persons interested in getting certified as a National Wildlife Federation Habitat Steward Volunteer can get more by enrolling in GEOG 10, Human Impact on the Environment at Pasadena City College for Spring 2005. The class is taught by Prof. Gregory Lee, a full-time faculty member and certified NWF Habitat Host / Steward.

The combined GEOG class and Habitat Steward Volunteer training is ideally suited for any person working with youth and a local environmental organization. Concerned citizens and local area neighborhood residents can also benefit from the training. This is a very practical hands-on course that seamlessly moves classroom theory to real world application to your own backyard, neighborhood, and local area park.

In the past 14 years, Mr. Lee has engaged his students in a variety of community service activities using the Geography lessons at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook; Cesar Chavez Community Garden (with LA Conservation Corps, EcoAcademy) Death Valley National Park; Mercado La Paloma (with Esperanza Community Housing Corp.); Exposition Neighborhood; Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area; Manzanar National Historic Site; Santa Monica National Recreation Area; various TreePeople community / school and mountain tree planting activities; villages in the Tha Ko subdistrict of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Mr. Lee successfully conducted the first two NWF Habitat Steward Volunteer workshops ever held in the greater Los Angeles area.

GEOG 10: HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT (3 Units;

#4234 6:00 PM- 9:10 PM Th R109 Lee G K

Prerequisite(s): None. A world survey through time of the role of humans in the modification of the natural environment. Topics include human impact on plants, animals, soils, landforms, oceans, the atmosphere and global systems. Total of 54 hours lecture.

Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Grading: Letter Grade or Credit/No Credit

Notice: Prospective students should check for updated Geog. 10 class information on the class website at www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/pccgeog. You can contact the instructor by posting a message to the Discussion Area of the class website.

Students have an option to waive one unit exam by completing the National Wildlife Federation Habitat Steward Volunteer certification training. This involves 24 hours of hands-on training and performing volunteer community service environmental work (50 hours within one year of completing training). Only the certification training is required for the waiver of the unit test.

Deadline to apply online for Spring 2005 only: January 21, 2005
Apply on-line at http://www.cccapply.org/Applications/California_Community_College/apply/Pasadena_City_College.html

Deadline to apply in person for Spring 2005 only: February 11, 2005
Application Information at http://lancerlink.pasadena.edu/outside.html

The maximum class size is limited to 40. Registration / enrollment is on a first-come-first-served basis. So sign up NOW!