# ITAL 30 - Upper-Level Italian: Italiano in Verde: Sustainability Issues in the Italian Classroom Semester: Spring | Year offered: 2026 | Link: [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-128266/2025/spring/12197) This course revisits structures, refines speaking and writing skills, and advances critical linguistic exchanges through the discussion of environmental, cultural, economic, and social issues of sustainability. Through the interpretation of films, novels, short stories, newspaper articles, podcasts, maps, and comics, you will be empowered to discuss such topics, relevant both for the Italian discourse and on a global scale, while revisiting and expanding vocabulary and reviewing grammar in context. Class discussions will encourage the interpretation, analysis, and discussion of current media (advertisements, documentaries, social media, and articles) on climate change, the slow food movement, environmental justice, sustainable tourism, migration and activism. Assignments (oral presentations, weekly written essays, short video recordings) are designed to advance discussions of Italian culture, introduce you to contemporary spoken and written Italian language (i.e., colloquial language), and refine fluency and pronunciation. --- ## Course Head [### Chiara Trebaiocchi ](/people/chiara-trebaiocchi) Senior Preceptor and Coordinator of the Italian Language Program Academic Degrees: B.A., Scuola Normale Superiore; Università di Pisa; M.A. Scuola Normale Superiore; Università di Pisa; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University Roles: Senior Preceptor and Coordinator of the Italian Language Program Undergraduate Advisor (Italian)... ![Portrait of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a black top and light jacket, standing indoors near a sculpture.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-03/trebaiocchi.jpg?itok=gAIx2k5O) See also:- [ Language ](/class-categories/language) - [ Italian language ](/keywords/italian-language) - [ Italian ](/language/italian) - [ Chiara Trebaiocchi ](/language-instructor/chiara-trebaiocchi) - [ Spring 2026 ](/class/term/spring-2026)