Cornell University
EN-12: Continuing Education

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The Cornell School of Hotel Administration offers a Certification in Facilities Management and Planning. This certification includes a course, "Hospitality Facilities and Sustainable Hotel Management", which discusses a broad range of triple-bottom-line issues ranging from global certifications to tactical green activities every hotel can accomplish. More information about this course is available at https://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/industry/executive/pdp/course-desc.html?id=SUS Cornell Cooperative Extension programming: Cornell University utilizes the Cooperative Extension Education System to extend educational programs to citizens all across New York State. Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) programs are planned with an interest in long-term community and personal sustainability. CCE provides high-value educational programs and university-backed resources that help solve real-life problems, transforming and improving New York families, farms, businesses, and communities. Programs related to integrated pest management, invasive species, youth education enrichment, adapting agricultural practices in the face of climate change, family nutrition and budget balancing, and community planning are examples of non-formal educational initiatives connected to Cornell’s interest in motivating sustainable practices. http://cce.cornell.edu/ Specific Cooperative Extension certificate programs include: • Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition http://www.ecornell.com/certificates/plant-based-nutrition/certificate-in-plant-based-nutrition-cme-edition/ • Climate Smart Farming: http://climateinstitute.cals.cornell.edu/climate-smart-farming/ • Hudson Estuary Watershed Resilience Project: http://ccedutchess.org/environment/flood-resiliency/hudson-estuary-watershed-resilience-project • Master Composter: http://ccetompkins.org/garden/composting/become-master-composter • Master Gardener: http://gardening.cals.cornell.edu/cornell-cooperative-extension-master-gardener-volunteer-program/ • Master Watershed Steward Program: https://blogs.cornell.edu/humandimensions/ny-master-watershed-steward-program/ • Northeast Beginning Farmers Trainings – Small Farms Program http://nebeginningfarmers.org/online-courses/ • Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach, website https://www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu/features/index.cfm

The bulk of our continuing education sustainability courses are delivered through the Cornell Cooperative Extension System located in all counties across the state. The "courses" documented here are non-credit instructional activities that take various forms including local workshops, guided tours, field demonstrations, and public meetings. Topical areas include global food security and hunger, climate change, sustainable energy, food safety, childhood obesity and nutrition and youth, family and communities. The source of this data is our internal annual program activity reporting system.