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Wind Energy Minor
- Iowa State University (IA)
The curriculum of the newly approved PhD degree program for WESEP, as part of our IGERT project: A new PhD Program on Wind Energy Science, Engineering and Policy (WESEP), includes …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Teaching Sustainable Business 101: Required Readings
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock (AR)
If you teach introductory sustainable business, you need to hear to this presentation. Based on a review of 96 introductory courses representing 63 universities, the most common reading assignments and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Wind Energy Science, Engineering & Policy (PhD)
- Iowa State University (IA)
The curriculum of the newly approved PhD degree program for WESEP, as part of our IGERT project: A new PhD Program on Wind Energy Science, Engineering and Policy (WESEP), includes …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Pedagogic elements for student interest in an introductory course
- University of Louisville (KY)
While there are many contested strategies for delivering an education for sustainable development, there are far fewer empirical studies demonstrating the relationships between classroom elements that generate the interest necessary …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Designing Introductory Courses in Sustainability for Undergraduate Learners
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Skagit Valley College (WA)
- University of Washington, Bothell (WA)
Sustainability programs have proliferated in colleges and universities recently, including lower division courses designed to introduce students to the issues of sustainability. But as a field of study, sustainability is …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Lecturers’ perspectives on how introductory economic courses address sustainability
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– The purpose of this article is to explore sustainability commitments’ potential implications for the curriculum of introductory economics courses. Universities have signed the Talloires Declaration, committing themselves to …
- Posted April 7, 2016
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Synergy of the (Campus) Commons: Integrating Campus-Based Team Projects in an Introductory Sustainability Course
- Duke University (NC)
Faculty and staff at Duke have collaborated to teach a one-semester, introductory, undergraduate course on sustainability ten times over 12 years, including both theoretical and applied project-based content. This article …
- Posted March 4, 2020
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Content trends in sustainable business education: an analysis of introductory courses in the USA
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Purpose - This study aims to identify the content in introductory business sustainability courses in the USA to determine the most frequently assigned reading material and its sustainability orientation.
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- Posted May 11, 2017
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies degree is designed to provide a flexible platform for students whose primary interest is in the area of environmental policy. In their first …
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental Science (BS)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
The goal of the bachelor of science (B. S. ) degree is to train students to become proficient in the natural and physical sciences, as well as to be aware …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Designing a Sustainable Marketing Class to Be Relevant: Fostering Engagement and Active Learning
- Morehead State University (KY)
This paper discusses the activities and assignments of a sustainable marketing course that have been designed to show the personal as well as societal relevance of the course content to …
- Posted May 12, 2020
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Preparing Graduate Students to Teach Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
This presentation outlines an innovative approach to training graduate students to be effective teachers of sustainability in academic, K-12, community, and professional environments. Because most of our graduate students will …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Undergraduate Minor in Natural Resources
- Ball State University (IN)
This undergraduate minor is designed to enhance career opportunities in areas of natural resource management such as soils, water, land, recreation and energy management for a variety of science and …
- Posted Aug. 8, 2016
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Environmental Science Concentration
- Columbia University (NY)
The concentration in environmental science and the concentration in earth science are designed to give students an understanding of how the Earth works and an introduction to the methods used …
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Pathways to Sustainability Minor
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Set in a student-centered learning community, the Pathways to Sustainability minor begins with an introductory two-course series focused on systems thinking across natural, social, and economic contexts. This is followed …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Using Greener Labs in High School and General Chemistry Courses
- Union University (TN)
- Beyond Benign (MA)
Green Chemistry Education Webinar Series: A webinar series for chemistry faculty and students highlighting relevant and important topics in green chemistry education.
Presented by: Dr. Sally Henrie Professor of Chemistry …
- Posted Jan. 31, 2017
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Developing a sustainability curriculum: What are the core concepts?
- University of South Dakota (SD)
Sustainability is increasingly becoming an academic area of study. As we begin to develop academic programs focused on sustainability, a key question is “what concepts constitute the foundation of a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How Does Adding an Emphasis on Socioscientific Issues Influence Student Attitudes about Science, Its Relevance, and Their Interpretations of Sustainability?
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
A general consensus exists among the leaders of both developed and developing nations that their citizens should be scientifically literate. Therefore, it is important for educational systems to provide students …
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA & BS)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
The Environmental Studies Program offers two degrees, bachelor of arts (B.A.) and bachelor of science (B.S.) in environmental studies. While both environmental studies majors are similar in that they stress …
- Posted Dec. 13, 2018
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Learning for Sustainability (PgDip)
- University of Edinburgh
The Postgraduate Diploma builds on the Postgraduate Certificate’s three core courses: Introduction to Learning for Sustainability, Ecosystems for Educators and Outdoor Learning. A further four Postgraduate Diploma specific courses - …
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Chemistry of Sustainable Products: Filling the Business Void in Green-Chemistry Curricula
- Bentley University (MA)
There is a need for more courses that directly address the role business plays in the development of new products and technology. This is particularly true in the areas of …
- Posted May 6, 2019
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Sustainable Mobility for the Future: Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Transportation Planning Course
- Bucknell University (PA)
The field of transportation engineering has become more sustainable as challenges of the twenty-first century continue. Sustainable mobility topics such as pedestrian and cycling travel, smart growth development, and transit-oriented …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Agriculture and Natural Resources (BS)
- University of Connecticut (CT)
The Agriculture and Natural Resources major is an interdisciplinary major designed for students who want broad training in agricultural, environmental, and/or health sciences, with content that does not readily align …
- Posted Jan. 14, 2019
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Sustainability Certificate
- Florida International University (FL)
The Certificate requires eight courses, including an introductory course in sustainability, six courses in three different content areas (economics, ethics, & ecology), and a senior capstone. It is available to …
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Sustainability as a Lifestyle from Campus to the Community
- Grand Valley State University (MI)
Grand Valley State University piloted an introductory course called 'Sustainability as a Lifestyle.' This 1-credit course was designed to examine sustainability through an academic lens and use the campus as …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainable Design Seminar: Using Lessons Learned from Graphic Design Studios and Think Tank
- Daemen University (NY)
A four-year seminar series in a Global and Local Sustainability program has been designed to build a diverse skill set in its graduates. Students in the program have concentrations in …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Embedding sustainability learning pathways across the university
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
The University of British Columbia's (UBC) long-term vision is to embed sustainability in all of its undergraduate teaching programs. The University has described four student sustainability attributes — Holistic Systems …
- Posted June 7, 2016
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Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance (AS)
- Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
The Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance major deals with all aspects of plant use in the landscape. People working in the landscape field derive job satisfaction from enhancing the …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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A Course on Consumption and the Environment as an Entry Point to Practicing Sustainability
- University of Oklahoma (OK)
Two colleagues have taught an introductory freshman level course titled Consumption and the Environment for the last 7 years. This freshman level course is a requirement for the environmental studies …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Do You See Our STARS Now? Making an Institution's STARS Report More Visible and Relevant To Community Via Student Infographics
- Maryville College (TN)
One of the most transparent ways an institution can share their holistic sustainability story is through STARS. However, outside the sustainability community, STARS is one of the least commonly reviewed …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Growing Pains: Curriculum Design and Redesign in a First-Year Sustainability Cohort
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN)
The HERE (Home for Environmentally Responsible Engineering) program, a first-year living-learning community at our school, was designed around standard required courses. First-year students enroll together in an orientation course and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Double Dipping: Combining Research and Outreach in a Sustainability Service Learning Project
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
Students in an introductory environmental science course for non-majors participated in a service learning project for Earth Day 2008 that combined outreach to fellow students and data collection for research …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Synthesis and Study of Sustainable Polymers in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory: An inquiry-based experiment exploring the effects of size and composition on the properties of renewable block polymers
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
A discovery-based experiment highlighting the use of renewable starting materials to synthesize triblock polymers was developed and successfully implemented in our introductory organic chemistry laboratory course. Green chemistry principles applied …
- Posted March 20, 2018
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Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders with Improved Climate Literacy through AMS Climate Studies
- American Meteorological Society (DC)
It is of utmost importance that tomorrow's leaders are climate literate. That responsibility falls on institutions training today's students. But many colleges and universities still do not offer a basic …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Furman University's Sustainability Living Learning Communities
- Furman University (SC)
Furman University has had a long standing commitment to promoting engaged learning through the development of academic learning experiences beyond the traditional classroom setting. As part of Furman’s ongoing commitment …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Furman University's Environmental Community of Students (ECOS)
- Furman University (SC)
In 2006 Furman University began its Environmental Community of Students (ECOS) Engaged Living program in which incoming, environmentally minded, first year students choose to live together and take two introductory …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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An experience-based learning framework: Activities for the initial development of sustainability competencies
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Purpose - This paper aims to present an experience-based learning framework that provides a bottom-up, student-centered entrance point for the development of systems thinking, normative and collaborative competencies in sustainability. …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2017
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Fostering STEM literacy through a tabletop wind turbine environmental science laboratory activity
- University of Southern Maine (ME)
Increasingly, national education policy is focusing on improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literacy by using energy as a subject matter. In particular, The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS …
- Posted May 5, 2017
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Cultivating Sustainability Scholars
- George Mason University (VA)
George Mason University committed to greatly expanding opportunities for undergraduate scholarship through a Quality Enhancement Program associated with the university’s re-accreditation in 2009. Core faculty from Mason’s Environmental and Sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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UC Berkeley's Building Sustainability at Cal Class: The Integration of Social Justice Into Sustainability Education
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Building Sustainability at Cal (BS@C) class is a unique course on the campus of UC Berkeley—gathering students from diverse disciplines to learn about and form the future of sustainability. …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Futility and Fatality of Incremental Action: Motivations and Barriers among Undergraduates for Environmental Action that Matters
- Ithaca College (NY)
Monty Hempel was deeply engaged with the impact of sustainability education on student values and behavior. An important question that he posed was How can sustainability education provide a sound …
- Posted May 10, 2021
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If You Build it Right, They Will Come: Creating an Academic Program for Sustainability
- Auburn University (AL)
This session is appropriate for faculty as well as non-faculty directors who are interested in building an academic program. Participants will learn strategies for setting the stage, how to run …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Out of The Box Sustainability: Green Education Support for Title I Schools
- Maryville College (TN)
How can underrepresented students, in under-resourced schools in economically distressed communities be supported with their sustainability education efforts? The answer might be found in a box. Classrooms in a Box …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Sustainability into Action: Undergraduate Certificate Catalyzes Sustainability Progress
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
A generation of students faced with a sustainability crisis have the appetite to learn how to "do sustainability" and put their learning into action. We developed an innovative interdisciplinary program …
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Enhancing Students’ Environmental Skills Through A Solid Waste Sustainability Hub
- University of South Alabama (AL)
The objective of this project is to establish a solid waste sustainability hub that promotes environmental stewardship and education by focusing on waste reduction, recycling, reuse, and rethinking. A team …
- Posted May 2, 2023
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A Learning Landscape: Living, Maintaining and Teaching Sustainability
- California State University, Fullerton (CA)
It’s the 1980s and the Southland is a thriving, bustling region criss-crossed by freeways and almost notorious for the slight gray haze that can be seen against the backdrop of …
- Posted Dec. 11, 2024
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Watershed UGA: A living laboratory transforming campus and community through teaching, research and service
- University of Georgia (GA)
Watershed UGA created a vision and framework for using the campus as a living laboratory to advance sustainability through teaching, research, public service and outreach, and university operations. We are …
- Posted May 18, 2017
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The Shawneetown Gardens: a Sustainable Campus Community Garden Cultivated through Creation of Place
- University of Kentucky (KY)
Rooted in the revitalization of a community garden on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Kentucky, this project impacts a culturally diverse, multigenerational community through a multi-disciplinary effort led …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Enable by House by Northwestern - a 2017 U.S. DOE Solar Decathlon Team
- Northwestern University (IL)
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon showcases innovative solar powered houses that are designed, built, and operated by collegiate teams. It is a collegiate competition of 10 contests that …
- Posted May 10, 2018
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The 4th Annual Student Sustainability Survey and Town Hall Meeting
- Western Michigan University (MI)
We designed the 4th Annual Student Sustainability Survey for Western Michigan University this semester. We implemented the online survey and got a total of 1356 respondents over a 3 week …
- Posted April 11, 2014
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