SOUTH FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS CONFERENCE
UM is the leader in sponsoring the SFEEC's annual South Florida Environmental Ethics Conference.
Environmental Programs
UM’s Ethics Programs feature and contribute to a number of initiatives to address issues in environmental ethics. These include:
SOUTH FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS CONSORTIUM
Co-founding and supporting the South Florida Environmental Ethics Consortium (SFEEC) a collaborative regional effort to link educational institutions, governmental agencies, nongovernmental agencies, advocacy groups and others. Collaborators include Florida Atlantic University and the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust.
AMBIENT PROJECT
Developing the ethics module for the AMBIENT Project, a systemic approach to environmental health science education. AMBIENT (for “Atmospheric and Marine-Based Interdisciplinary Environmental health Training”) is a National Institutes of Health-funded program in which a health-science problem-based learning approach is delivered by special trained Miami-Dade County Public School teachers. The teachers work together to enhance understanding of environmental and ethical issues through hands-on summer workshops with research scientists from the University of Miami, Florida International University, and County Department of Health.
