FCS FLASH ISSUE 108: September 15, 2009
September-November: Multiple Locations and Dates: Essential CSEFEL Seminars
September 17: San Ramon: PG&E Seminar, Designing the Green Restaurant
September 18: Sacramento:  FCS Statewide Advisory Board
September 25-26: Sacramento: CSA Western Region, 2009 Symposium, Costume in the American West
September 26: Redwood City: Artistry in Fashion Canada College
October 2: St. Helena: Pattern Design 2009 Conference
October 2: Stockton: Meet the Fashion Insiders, San Joaquin Delta College, 3-5 pm
October 7-9: San Francisco: Strengthening Student Success Conference presented by the CCC Research and Planning Group
October 9-10: Los Angeles: CAEYC Training the Early Childhood Trainer Conference
October 10: Downey: So Cal Gas Co Seminar LEED for Foodservice
October 11-14: Tucson, AZ: Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals (SOCAP) International Conference “Doing More with Less”
October 28-31: Long Beach: CCCOAE Fall Conference
October 28-31: Bellevue, WA: International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference
November 6: Pasadena: Consumer Studies Professional Development Workshop: Save the Date!
November 7: Fairfield: Interior Design Professional Development Workshop: Save the Date!
November 11-13: Phoenix, AZ: Greenbuild International Conference and Expo
December 2-3: Sacramento: California Joint Special Populations Advisory Committee (JSPAC) Conference
February 6-8, 2010: Albuquerque, NM: American Culinary Federation, ACF Western Regional Conference
March 11-14, 2010: Sacramento: CA-AAFCS State Conference
March 15-19, 2010: Chicago, IL: NCOA- ASA Annual Aging in America Conference
March 17-19: San Francisco: CCCAOE Spring Conference
April 8-9, 2010: Sacramento: CCGG Annual Meeting  Save the Date!  

What’s New?
In our last issue, we introduced some new FLASH contributors. This time, we’d like to feature several interesting articles from our returning contributors. Melanie Horn Mallers, Cal State Fullerton tackles a difficult subject, Child Abuse.  By creating a dialogue, recognizing the elements of attribution theory and training parents, she offers hope in halting the vicious cycle. Roger Gerard, Shasta College, takes a look at the recession and specifically at cutbacks in hospitality.  The golden rule for hotels and restaurants...never cut back on service. Dana Wu Wassmer, Cosumnes River College, starts off the new semester with a look at Macrobiotic Diets...if it's good enough for Gwynth Paltrow and Madonna, what are we missing out on? Perhaps some essential vitamins?. 

FCS Goes Green
The federal government is pinning their hopes on the green economy by sending millions of dollars in that direction. A lot of the federal job money is going toward clean energy sources and training programs to make things “green”. Green jobs are popping up everywhere in a variety of fields, including those in the FCS career cluster. Since we learn by doing, one of the first things our students can do to learn more about green, is to begin practicing more energy efficient living as they consider how green will affect their job and career opportunities. The movie “No Impact Man”, released on September 11, is a great place to begin our series because it gets us thinking about what we can DO…a great active learning assignment.
Try this:
Ask some questions.
        What does "green" mean to you?
        How do you live "green"?
View this 3-minute video, No Impact Man, to see green in the extreme.
        What are some of the problems Colin faced?
        What were a couple of the benefits he experienced?
Distribute Going Green and divide students into groups of 3-5 to complete the activity.
Share ideas and discuss responses.
Discuss how students can take advantage of green opportunities and prosper in the green economy. 

This newsletter was brought to you by a grant from the California Community College Chancellor's Office Family and Consumer Science Collaborative Grant (#09-0160). Please contact Joann Driggers (jdriggers@mtsac.edu) or 909/594-5611 x5203 with any questions.