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How to increase students' motivation to engage in university initiatives towards environmental sustainability
- Universitat de València
- Universidad Tecnica del Norte
Nowadays, it is of vital importance to make students aware of the problems that can be generated by the deterioration of the environment. The purpose of this study is to …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Master of Environmental Science & Management
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
The Masters of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental Masters Degree program within URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) that is focused on building …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Lessons Learned from an Interdisciplinary Programming Model with a Sustainability Focus
- James Madison University (VA)
This case study features lessons learned from JMuse Café (http://sites.jmu.edu/jmuse/), an interdisciplinary programming series developed by the University Libraries, with the Office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability as a partner …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability BS
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
- 2WR + Partners (GA)
The Bachelor of Science in Sustainability at SOU prepares students for careers in environmental sustainability by integrating physical and natural sciences, social science, project management, and business. The curriculum emphasizes …
- Posted March 27, 2025
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Revisioning Development of Professional Skills in Graduate University Programs
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Within the pedagogical community, a problem exists about how to train specialists who are academically qualified and creative, and how to provide students with more opportunities to develop a broader …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Addressing environmental knowledge and environmental attitude in undergraduate students through scientific argumentation
- COMSATS University Islamabad (Islamabad)
This study was aimed at connecting undergraduate students to nature and later involving them in scientific argumentation as an effort to improve environmental education. The objective was to investigate the …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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Environmental Studies Bachelor
- Oberlin College (OH)
The Environmental Studies (ES) Program provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human interactions with the environment. The goal of the major is to equip students with the knowledge, …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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CSUF Engineering Team Selected for Competition to Build Sustainable Home, Address Issues Facing Orange County Housing
- California State University, Fullerton (CA)
To help solve California’s housing needs through sustainable development, a Cal State Fullerton student and faculty engineering team has been selected to participate in the first-ever Orange County Sustainability Decathlon. …
- Posted May 6, 2024
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Basic Sustainability Co-Curricular Course
- Universidad de Monterrey
In Latin-American countries, and specifically in Mexico I have noticed students lack sustainability literacy, and always think sustainability is about planting trees and recycling. One of the goals of the …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Smart Classroom as a Means to the Development of ESD Methodologies
- Rovira i Virgili University
Educational institutions are envisioned as principal agents for addressing the current sustainability challenge that society is facing. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is transformational and concerns learning content and outcomes, …
- Posted May 15, 2020
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Applied Climate Science (BS)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The applied climate science major provides an interdisciplinary approach with courses in biology, chemistry, soils, water, ecology, mathematics and statistics, and Geographic Information Science (GIScience). These courses provide students with …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Applied Psychology: Service Learning to Address Campus Sustainability
- Wells College (NY)
In an upper-level psychology class titled, "Environmental Problems and Human Behavior," service learning was incorporated to address sustainability issues on the Wells College campus. Working in groups, students chose three …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Higher Education: Good for the Planet?
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
It is clear that humans face an urgent challenge to learn how to live in a manner that does not endanger the Earth. Even as universities teach students that the …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Sustainable Investing for Endowments: Solving the Problem
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Inc. (MA)
Our presentation focuses on empowering and motivating universities to adapt to a new world of sustainable investing. The presentation will address the limited amount of sustainable investment strategies currently available, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Science & Ecology (MS/BS) Combined Degree
- State University of New York at Brockport (NY)
Through a curriculum with a core in the disciplines of biology, ecology, chemistry, and geology, the accelerated dual degree program develops the conceptual knowledge and technical skills necessary to address …
- Posted Aug. 2, 2019
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Using Short Fiction to Teach Business and Environmental Ethics
- Sanata Dharma University
This study firstly explores Ecohumanism as the educational paradigm in today’s world. Raising environmental awareness is essential in studying economics to care for the sustainability of earth resources. Using the …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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Sustainability on campus: knowledge creation through social and environmental reporting
- University of Edinburgh
- Heriot-Watt University
This study contributes to the debate on sustainability in higher education through a project conducted in a single Scottish university that incorporated sustainability into undergraduate accounting education through the application …
- Posted May 7, 2019
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BA in Environmental Studies & Sustainability
- Drew University (NJ)
The Environmental Studies and Sustainability (ESS) program provides students with the in-depth knowledge, multidisciplinary perspectives, and critical skills needed to address the complex environmental problems of today and of the …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Learning How to Apply Social Science Research by Solving Campus Sustainability Challenges
- University of Michigan (MI)
“Social Sciences and Environmental Problems,” a 75-student class at taught annually at the University of Michigan (U-M), introduces six social sciences and how each can help understand and address environmental …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Oriented Sustainability Projects on a Small Educational Campus
- State University of New York at Canton (NY)
In learning about sustainability practices, students acquire more knowledge through an active process of engagement, by constructing new ideas and working on projects, rather than traditional teaching practices such as …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): The turn away from ‘environment’ in environmental education?
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
This article explores the implications of the shift of environmental education (EE) towards education for sustainable development (ESD) in the context of environmental ethics. While plural perspectives on ESD are …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2017
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Examining undergraduate students’ systems thinking competency through a problem scenario in the context of climate change education
- National Sun Yat-sen University
Higher education plays an important role in preparing future citizens and leaders with the capacity to address systemic issues behind complex problems such as climate change. There have however been …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Sustainable Engineering and Community Development
- Colorado School of Mines (CO)
Sustainability is clearly coming to the fore of undergraduate education in the United States and abroad. In higher education and in the broader discourse, however, engineers and engineering often seem …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability in Real and Imagined Spaces: Honors Courses in Sustainability and the Environment
- University of Kentucky (KY)
- AASHE (MA)
Honors classes emphasize interdisciplinarity, student agency, and real-world engagement—an optimal curriculum space to develop innovative courses in sustainability and the environment. This session will explore opportunities for sustainability education presented …
- Posted May 19, 2022
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Understanding students' intention and actual eco-friendly behavior: A qualitative research in University
- National Penghu University of Science and Technology
Universities can be considered a community because of their large population, large size and participation in many activities on campus. The behavior of these individuals has a direct or indirect …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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BS Ecological Engineering
- Oregon State University (OR)
The Ecological Engineering BS program graduates students capable of analyzing problems that occur at the interface between humankind and the environment and synthesizing solutions to the benefit of both. These …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Regenerative Studies
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CA)
The Master of Science in Regenerative Studies (MSRS) was established in 2004 as a unique interdisciplinary program that prepares students to find successful solutions to environmental problems in the 21st …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainability Scholars Grant
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
The Sustainability Scholars Grant program supports undergraduate students from any discipline who wish to complete a major research project focused on sustainability. These grants are designed to give students the …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice
- Dominican University of California (CA)
- New Mexico State University (NM)
- The University of New Mexico (NM)
Given the urgency of environmental problems, how we communicate about our ecological relations is crucial. Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice is concerned with ways to help learners effectively navigate and …
- Posted Sept. 19, 2018
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Environment and Sustainability Major
- Sewanee - The University of the South (TN)
Broadly stated, the goal of the Environment and Sustainability major is to prepare students to analyze and address complex environmental issues from a variety of perspectives. Because all environmental systems …
- Posted April 12, 2016
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Environmental Dashboard: Fostering K12-College Collaborations that Discover and Realize Education and Conservation Opportunities
- Oberlin College (OH)
Many schools have adopted resource-use visualization 'dashboards' that provide real-time feedback on energy and water use in campus buildings. While dashboard technology and programming (such as resource-use reduction competitions) have …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Engineering for One Planet: Launching a Collaborative Effort to Proliferate Principles of Environmentally Responsible Engineering in Higher Education Institutions
- The Lemelson Foundation (OR)
Engineers build our human-made physical and virtual worlds, and many engineers will become the inventors and entrepreneurs that envision and create the future material world we live in. Engineers hold …
- Posted Sept. 5, 2019
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Geography (BA)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Bachelor of Arts degree program in Geography focuses on our interdependent world and our fragile habitat. The major nourishes a sense of responsibility and provides tools for the solution …
- Posted May 5, 2019
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MA in International Development & Social Change
- Clark University (MA)
For over thirty years, the International Development and Social Change (IDSC) program has prepared students to tackle the challenges of global poverty, inequity, and injustice. The IDSC program addresses these …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Community Planning
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
The Urban Studies and Planning (URSP) Program at the University of Maryland brings together an active community of scholars and students to creatively confront the issues facing our cities and …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Humber College - Learning by Leading
- Humber Polytechnic (ON)
Learning by Leading™ Program is based on the idea that students learn best by taking leadership in helping to solve real-world problems. The Humber Arboretum was selected as the only …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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Institute of Urban and Regional Development
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
IURD conducts collaborative, interdisciplinary research and practical work that reveals the dynamics of communities, cities, and regions and informs public policy.
Rooted in the social sciences, IURD's work has steadily …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Green Destiny: Universities Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Even as universities teach their students that the vital signs of the Earth are in decline, graduates leave college to begin lives that generally contribute to, rather than mitigate, a …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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A proposal of personal competencies for sustainable consumption
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Despite advances in Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) scholarship and practice, ESE has not yet contributed to mitigate the sustainability-related problems it is meant to remedy. As part of an …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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BA Social Ecology
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
The major in Social Ecology embraces the unique and interdisciplinary spirit of the School of Social Ecology. The 21st century presents us with a wide array of opportunities for creating …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Leadership for Sustainable Communities (BA)
- Saint Joseph's College - ME (ME)
Students learn to solve real-world problems, and prepare for a lifetime of community leadership. The program goes far beyond traditional academic barriers to dig into real-world challenges — preparing students …
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Graduate Sustainability Certificate
- Michigan Technological University (MI)
This Certificate formally recognizes curricular breadth in the following areas:1) Policy, societal, and economic systems, 2) Environmental systems, 3) Industrial systems. The Sustainable Futures Model takes a systems approach: combining …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Central Community College, NE Katy Ayers Myconoe eBadge project for SCI 2020
- Central Community College (NE)
eBadges - Students at Central Community College can earn eBadges to demonstrate skills and knowledge in environmental stewardship. eBadge opportunities are available at no additional cost for all fields of …
- Posted Oct. 5, 2020
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In search of green campuses: An investigation of Canadian universities' environmental initiatives and implications for Dalhousie University
- Dalhousie University (NS)
In light of current environmental and sustainability problems, environmental responsibility makes eminent sense at universities--institutions responsible involved in research, developing new technologies, and educating future leaders and citizens. In Canada …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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From polyps to politics: using a coral reef living laboratory in a politics of sustainability course
- Rosemont College (PA)
Teaching Global Environmental Politics faces several challenges to meet student learning objectives. For one, the interdisciplinary nature of global environmental politics requires significant knowledge of environmental issues, as well as …
- Posted May 4, 2017
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BA in Economics, Sustainability & Society
- Xavier University (OH)
This degree will allow students to holistically investigate the complex sustainability challenges of our era, where the economy is seen as a component of the ecosystem, not vice versa. Students …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Green Design Institute
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
The Green Design Institute is a major interdisciplinary education and research effort to make an impact on environmental quality by partnering with companies, government agencies and foundations to develop pioneering …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Graduate specialization in Religion & Nature
- University of Florida (FL)
This graduate specialization is the first in the U.S. to focus on the ways that religion shapes environmental attitudes and practices in cultures throughout the world. We cannot address contemporary …
- Posted April 13, 2016
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The Challenge of Global Environmental Change: Attitudinal Trends in Teachers-In-Training
- University of Vigo
- University of A Coruña (a Coruña)
The aim of our research was to study attitudinal trends in Spanish trainee teachers regarding Global Environmental Change (GEC), in order to identify elements that should be enhanced in their …
- Posted April 8, 2021
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Six critical questions for teaching justice-based environmental sustainability (JBES) in higher education
- Beijing Normal University
- Universidade Federal de Sergipe
In this short article, we pose six key questions that we argue as essential to critically problem-pose in achieving teaching for justice-based environmental sustainability (JBES) in higher education (HE). We …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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