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Mission

To transform Hillsborough Community College into a participating sustainable member of society. Through a partnership among students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community members, we seek to establish and nurture an institutional culture of sustainability and promote excellence and leadership in education, innovation, and stewardship to achieve economic, social, and environmental sustainability that will ensure the health and well-being of present and future generations of people, both locally and globally.

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affiliations and memberships

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HCC is The Inaugural Winner of the National 2012 AACC

Green Genome Award for sustainability!

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Dr. Sudeep Vyapari and Dr. Ginger Clark accepting the
Green Genome award in Racine, Wisconsin in fall 2012 

  

HCC Launches A unique Course!

Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems by Ryan Iacovacci  

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In partnership with local food systems expert Ryan Iacovacci, HCC Sustainability will launch a first of its kind Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems. This 12 hour non-credit course will be taught by Ryan and other local experts to introduce participants to the current system’s challenges, seed selection, soil biology, start-ups, marketing, emerging distribution systems, legalities and policy, greenwashing, and more! It will also include unique field trips to such places as Morningstar Fishermen Aquaponics in Dade City and Sweetwater Organic Farm in Tampa.

Classes will be held on the Ybor City campus (YBOR 213) beginning June 17th.

Cost for this course is $150

Download the registration form here

To register, please complete the form and submit with check (made out to Hillsborough Community College) to:

Institute of Florida Studies
Hillsborough Community College
1206 North Park Road
Plant City, FL 33563

For more information, please contact Sean Nordquist at the Institute of Florida Studies:
snordquist@hccfl.edu
813-757-2186 

What is Sustainability?

Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations (Environmental Protection Agency).     

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Questions, comments? Interested in joining the council? Contact rshirsat@hccfl.edu.