[Sosfbay-discuss] DeAnza Short Eco Classes still open!!! Water & Politics, Eco Protection of Marin

[JamBoi]

Greens, here's some fantastic opportunities for evening/Saturday
classes.  Check it out and sign up RIGHT AWAY if this catches your
fancy.  You may register on-line at the De Anza College web site
http://deanza.edu. For more information or questions, call the center
at (408) 864-8712.

And BTW if you didn't know, for future planning @ De Anza we have the
beautiful new Kirsch Environmental Center with a number of Enviro Sci
classes, not to mention some fantastic applied politics and sociology
classes including classes on organizing for social justice.  Just ask
me if any of that is of interest... 

http://www.deanza.edu/schedule/classes/schsearch.html ,
CHECK THIS OUT!!!

http://www.calhistory.org/courses.html#marin
Preservation of the Marin County Communities 
Course: HIST-107X-96 (2 Units) BR>Instructor: Chatham Forbes

Marin has an outstanding history of locally initiated environmental
protection. Completion of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937 triggered
attempted by developers to build large communities on the unoccupied
lands. Groups of concerned private citizens rose to resist, with
notable success.

Lectures: Thursdays, April 19 & May 3, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 
Field Trips: Saturdays, April 28 & May 12, 2007

Water and the California Dream 
HIST-51X-95   (2 Units) 
Instructor: Betty Hirsch

In the last one hundred years, imported water has transformed the
Golden State with land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism,
dramatically altering both urban and rural communities. Th ekey to this
transformation has been expanded access to water from the Eastern
Sierra, the Colorado River, and Northern California Rivers. This class
will examine how the importation of water has shaped the state's
population growth and has, at the same time, damaged the environment.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District's History will also be covered.
Various water sites will be visited as part of the class.

Lectures: Thursdays, May 31 & June 14, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 
Field Trip: Saturdays, June 9 & June 16

The San Mateo Coast 
HIST-107X-95 (2 Units)
Instructor: Betty Hirsch

In the early 1850s James Johnston fell in love with the Coastside,
particularly the open country around Half Moon Bay, and was determined
to live there - even though to get into that seculded region one had to
either walk or ride a horse. Up to that time no wheeled vehicles had
ever been maneuvered over the steep hills. Explore life on the
Coastside, past and present, with its sea, hills, farmlands, and
beautiful vistas. The class will visit Half Moon Bay, Pigeon Point
Lighthouse, the restored home of James Johnston, Ano Nuevo, and other
coastal sites.

Lectures: Thursdays, April 26 & May 10, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Field Trips: Saturdays May 5 & May 19, 2007: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Gold Rush Towns of the Central Mother Lode 
HIST-107X-97   (2 Units) 
Instructor: Chatham Forbes

Goldseekers by the thousands poured into the Sierra foothills, into raw
new towns like Grass Valley, Nevada City, Rough and Ready, and
Placerville. The story of the California Gold Rush is a social,
economic, and political epic in American History. Students unable to
take the field study may write a term paper.

Lectures: Thursdays, May 25 & June 7, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 
Field Trip: Saturdays and Sunday, June 2 & 3, 2007

Impeach for Peace!

Drew

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