Faculty spotlight
Teaching for a livable future
Embed climate action into your syllabus with ready-to-teach modules, community partners, and lab activities aligned to LACCD outcomes.
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Teaching for a Livable Future
The Sustainable Environment Institute unites faculty, students, and staff across nine LACCD colleges to embed climate action, environmental equity, and place-based learning into every discipline.
From studio art to engineering labs, SEI supports educators with ready-to-teach modules, community partnerships, and a shared library of practices that turn coursework into climate solutions.
SEI coordinates district-wide initiatives, curates resources, and runs workshops that make sustainability actionable. Our network helps instructors collaborate, align outcomes, and connect students with hands-on projects—on campus and across Los Angeles.
Resources
Browse SEI’s open library: assignment prompts, slide decks, lab activities, and assessment rubrics ready to adapt for any course. Filter by discipline, topic, or class length to find a fit fast.
Events
Join our monthly workshops and speaker series featuring researchers, local organizers, and faculty innovators. Sessions are recorded and archived with slides and teachable takeaways.
News
We track campus initiatives and underreported environmental stories across Los Angeles and California—highlighting student work, funding opportunities, and policy updates that affect teaching and careers.
Services
Need a quick-start module, a guest speaker, or help aligning your course with sustainability outcomes? SEI offers one-on-one consults, curriculum reviews, and classroom-ready materials.
About
Founded in 2010, the Sustainable Environment Institute is a faculty-run institute within the Los Angeles Community College District. We coordinate across nine colleges with the Academic Senate to advance climate action education district-wide.
Education is climate action when learning meets place, community, and practice. SEI Workshop Series
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SEI emphasizes place-based learning. Fieldwork, community partnerships, and local case studies help students see how sustainability directly impacts their neighborhoods and futures.
Our Gold Creek Field Station is a living classroom where students engage in biodiversity monitoring, water quality studies, and restoration projects—connecting theory to practice.
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Student projects
Hands-on fieldwork
Students map biodiversity, monitor water quality, and publish findings with mentors across our nine colleges.
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Faculty across LACCD are translating climate research into hands-on learning, from water quality labs to urban tree mapping. These quotes highlight how SEI support changes the classroom.
Education is climate action when learning meets place, community, and practice. SEI Workshop Series
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| Date | Topic | Campus | Format | Register |
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| Oct 15 | Embedding Climate Across the Curriculum | City | In-person | Sign up |
| Oct 29 | Environmental Justice 101: LA Case Studies | Harbor | Hybrid | Sign up |
| Nov 12 | Place-Based Projects at Gold Creek | Field Station | In-person | Sign up |
| Dec 3 | Designing Assessments for Climate Literacy | Mission | Online | Sign up |
| Notes | Sessions are recorded and archived for faculty. CE credit available where noted. | |||
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Tell us what you’re teaching and what you need—SEI will follow up with curated modules, activities, and guest speaker options.