Fall 2026 OLLI Digital Catalog

ECO TEAM (P228)

P – Life Sciences

The mission of the OLLI Eco Team is to support green behavior in our homes, communities and the world through our actions and education. We are a results-oriented group that discusses our agenda for the year and forms small program teams to plan goals, tasks and timelines to achieve deliverables. Guest speakers present topics relevant to our sphere of influence. We take guidance from UD’s sustainability plans including Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park, as well as zero waste principles.

This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Mark Mendelson, Judy Winters

MENDELSON, MARK — B.S. chemical engineering, Cornell University. Retired in 2021, after 42 years of marketing and business leadership roles in the polymer industry. Co-instructor of the OLLI Eco Team, furthering our OLLI Gathers Plastics & Socks, Native Plant Species and Campus Historical Preservation programs.

WINTERS, JUDY — B.S., elementary education, West Chester University; M.Ed., exceptional child, University of Delaware. Retired from teaching in Delaware and New Mexico. Member of Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT), with 11-plus years as a nonviolent direct-action environmental activist. Currently involved in campaigning for fossil fuel divestment by one of the world’s largest asset-management companies.

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