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Food Systems Education: New Approaches for a Global Scope
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The University of Minnesota-- Twin Cities is home to several innovative courses in food systems. Despite differences in mode and focus of instruction, a key commonality among these courses is …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Should We Be Concerned About Almost True Climate Solution Strategies and Policies?
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
Advocates often oversimplify policy ideas or proposed climate solutions, to make them digestible by those new to an issue or proposed remedy. However, problems develop when more understanding, evidence, and …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Critical Thinking and Normative Competencies for Sustainability Science Education
- Hokkaido University (Hokkaido)
In this paper, we extend the competencies framework of education for sustainability development (ESD) to argue that critical thinking should be taught as a core competency and that normative dialogue …
- Posted May 3, 2017
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The GW Eco-Equity Challenge: student innovators and community partners address environmental and climate justice
- George Washington University (DC)
Universities as anchor institutions have an important role to play in their communities. Students often bring their innovative ideas to solve social problems to university leaders for support. This case …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Challeges and Sustainable Solutions of Natural and Built Environments
- Princeton University (NJ)
Success of integrating sustainable practices into curricula requires communication, collaboration, and coordination of education, research, university staff, and community partnerships. Princeton University Environmental Studies Program is implementing a "Real World …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Studies Undergraduate Major
- New York University (NY)
The Department of Environmental Studies aims to provide students with the breadth of understanding and skills necessary for resolving environmental questions and creating a sustainable future on scales ranging from …
- Posted March 18, 2021
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Experiential, Community-based Learning and Sustainability Assessment: A Field Skills Course for Professional Degree Students
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
In 2014, the School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, launched a week-long field course for its professional Master of Sustainable Environmental Management program. Previously separate ecological and social …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Faculty Development for Sustainability Across the Curriculum
- Calvin University (MI)
The five panelists, faculty at a MidWest comprehensive liberal arts college, were participants in a cross-disciplinary workshop enacting the idea of sustainability across the curriculum. The workshop, which grew out …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Role of Organizational Structure in Sustainable Student Collaborations
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Student organizations from across Indiana University's Bloomington campus have banded together as the Student Sustainability Council to jointly represent IUB students on sustainability-related matters. Council member organizations vary widely in …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Sustainability In Housing
- University of Virginia (VA)
ecoMOD, born out of a desire for pragmatism in sustainable design, is a research and design / build / evaluate project conducted by the Engineering and Architecture schools at an …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Teaching (un)sustainability? University sustainability commitments and student experiences of introductory economics
The three largest public universities in British Columbia, Canada have signed the Talloires Declaration, committing themselves to promoting sustainability and creating expectations that they will integrate sustainability across the curriculum …
- Posted April 7, 2016
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Sustainable Development Goals and Institutions of Higher Education
- University of South Africa
This volume brings together both theoretical and case study based contributions to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Institutions of Higher Education (IHE), presenting an impactful combination …
- Posted Oct. 4, 2019
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Environment and Society Minor
- Syracuse University (NY)
The Environment and Society (E&S) minor examines the social dimensions of environmental issues and sustainability. Through a range of interdisciplinary course offerings, it seeks to foster environmental literacy and citizenship …
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Environmental Literacy and Sustainability as Core Requirements: Success Stories and Models
- Oakland Community College (MI)
At a number of colleges and universities, the core General Education requirements for all degrees include an in depth exposure to environmental literacy. Many colleges are also including a degree …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Ecotrail Design: Integrating Art, Nature and Sustainability
- Daemen University (NY)
In an interdisciplinary collaboration between a biologist and artist/designer at Daemen College, we have initiated a multi-year project to engage students in environmental science through the creation of a campus …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Immersed in the Environment: A Concentrated Weekend Course
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
The Environment Today' course at Carnegie Mellon is organized by students held over one intense weekend in the spring semester. Course content is expansive and challenging; such as 'Biodiversity and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (PhD)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Ph.D. program consists of four interrelated components: disciplinary emphasis, an area of specialization, research methods, and breadth requirement. The course work program is developed by the Guiding Committee in …
- Posted May 13, 2019
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UVM's Roadmap to Zero Waste
- University of Vermont (VT)
This senior thesis seeks to provide effective strategies for enhancing Zero Waste management goals at the University of Vermont by incorporating the needs of campus stakeholders. As the global garbage …
- Posted May 13, 2020
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UVM’s Roadmap to Zero Waste: Effective Strategies for Enhancing Zero Waste Management Goals at the University of Vermont
- University of Vermont (VT)
This senior thesis seeks to provide effective strategies for enhancing Zero Waste management goals at the University of Vermont by incorporating the needs of campus stakeholders. As the global garbage …
- Posted July 10, 2020
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BA in Sustainability Studies
- Stony Brook University (NY)
The Sustainability Studies major, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, provides the skills, knowledge, and preparation for students to understand and address the environmental, social, political, economic and ethical …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Graduate Certificate in Socially Responsible & Sustainable Apparel Business
- University of Delaware (DE)
The Department of Fashion & Apparel Studies offers a graduate certificate in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Apparel Business that addresses labor and environmental problems in the global supply chains for …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MPA in Development Practice
- Columbia University (NY)
The twenty-two month MPA in Development Practice (MPA-DP) trains practitioners to be specialists in the design and management of integrated, results-based approaches to sustainable development challenges. Students learn to address …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Urban Studies Minor
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
The Urban Studies minor offered by the Department of Urban Planning and Policy prepares students to:
o Clean the air o Build affordable housing o Reduce traffic congestion o Make …
- Posted Jan. 14, 2019
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Building Community and University Collaboration on Food Justice in Mississippi: Lessons from the MSU Learn and Grow Garden
- Mississippi State University (MS)
Mississippi is the most food insecure state in the nation. In 2014, 22% of families reported some level of hunger. However, Mississippi remains an agriculture-focused state with some of the …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Growing a Tree: Sustaining a Student Organization and Overcoming Barriers on Campus
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
We are all on this mission to create more sustainable campuses, but we often overlook the importance of making sure our organizations are sustainable in themselves. This session will open …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Gaining Hope and Resilience During Troubling Times
- Portland Community College (OR)
Learning about environmental, social, and economic sustainability issues can be daunting and overwhelming, especially when considering how to create solutions to pressing problems. In these times of accelerating change and …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Why Calculate When I Can Google? Quantitative Tools for Assessing the SDGs
- Randolph College (VA)
- University of Rochester (NY)
AASHE 2018 poses the question: How can higher education institutions align their teaching and research activities around the SDGs? Assessment of countries' progress toward the SDGs requires data analysis and, …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Energy and development: the role of academia in education, research, and technological cooperation for sustainability
Over the last decades, the interest of the international community for the multiple interconnections among energy, environment, and society has widely increased. Today, the close link between energy and development …
- Posted Feb. 17, 2017
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Add Business and Stir: Finding New Markets for Your Religion and Ecology Courses
- Alma College (MI)
This essay makes a case for teaching an interdisciplinary undergraduate course at the intersection of religion, ecology, and business. At a basic level, this approach gets students with diverse intellectual …
- Posted May 5, 2021
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Integrating Sustainability with Education and Community Engagement at USF
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The University of South Florida's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has created several community and international programs for students to engage in sustainability projects. Three projects explored in the …
- Posted May 15, 2017
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Societal effects of transdisciplinary sustainability research—How can they be strengthened during the research process?
- Freie Universität Berlin
- ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research (Darmstadt)
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F) (Darmstadt)
- Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin)
Transdisciplinary sustainability research aims to mitigate or to solve complex societal problems and advance the production of scientific knowledge. Reflexive approaches to transdisciplinary research processes are outlined to systematically strengthen …
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Planet Texas 2050
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Planet Texas 2050 researchers are committed to developing programs and policy recommendations that will improve Texas’ adaptability and build its resilience. To do that, their work will focus on understanding …
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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You say you want a revolution? Transforming education and capacity building in response to global change
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Edinburgh
- Stellenbosch University (Western Cape)
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (CO)
- University of Oslo
- University of Dundee
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
This paper considers the changes in education and capacity building that are needed in response to environmental and social challenges of the 21st Century. We argue that such changes will …
- Posted May 2, 2016
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PhD in Environment and Resources
- Stanford University (CA)
E-IPER's Ph.D. requirements are updated annually and lay out a scaffold of advising meetings, core courses, program activities, and milestones to guide students' progress. Each student works with a faculty …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Plant & Soil Sciences MS
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The UMass Plant and Soil Sciences program prepares students to tackle real-world problems from a sustainability perspective by integrating and applying the knowledge they learn from different disciplines. This program …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Plant & Soil Sciences PhD
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The UMass Plant and Soil Sciences program prepares students to tackle real-world problems from a sustainability perspective by integrating and applying the knowledge they learn from different disciplines. This program …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Providing immediate feedback improves recycling and composting accuracy
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
The volume of solid waste has increased significantly in the past century, directly contributing to global environmental problems. Public engagement with waste sorting is crucial to the diversion of solid …
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Global Sustainability Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
The Graduate Certificate in Global Sustainability is intended to prepare students to address complex regional, national, and global challenges related to sustainability and the ability to innovate in diverse cultural, …
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Integrating Sustainability into All Study Abroad Programming
- Concordia College (NY)
Two current priorities in higher education are global learning/study abroad and sustainability. These fit together uneasily; in fact they seem often to be in tension with one another. Students are …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Teaching Ecological Citizenship within the Sustainability Curriculum
- Ohio University (OH)
Implicit in the discourse on sustainability is the need for ecological citizenship. Universities engaged in broad sustainability initiatives are well positioned to foster ecological citizenship norms through example and experiential …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Educating for Sustainability: Liberal Arts, Social Justice, and Environment
- Northland College (WI)
Within sustainability education it is important to create the conditions for a transformative experience for students. In order to offer a holistic education for sustainability in the truest sense, we …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Educating for Sustainability through Campus and Community Service
- Daemen University (NY)
In an interdisciplinary collaboration between a biologist and artist/designer at Daemen College, our service learning course engages students in environmental science through the creation of a campus outdoor education area …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Go Big or Go Home: Branding Canada's Green University
- University of Northern British Columbia (BC)
In 2007, the University of Northern British Columbia trademarked the phrase, "Canada's Green University." In many ways, it's a perfect brand for UNBC: the proportion of environmental teaching and research …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Institutional Behavior Change and Sustainability
- University of Louisville (KY)
It is well established that human behavior underlies almost all environmental problems, e.g. air and water pollution, climate change, loss of biodiversity, resource overuse, waste generation and recycling, etc. Most …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Teaching Sustainability Education through the Lens of Leadership Education
- Colorado State University (CO)
Sustainability education is a broad topic that crosses many disciplines. While some institutions offer sustainability-specific degree programs others have placed focus on implementing sustainability education within their current programs. Since …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Applying AASHE STARS to Examine Geography’s “Sense of Place” in Sustainability Education
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
Geography supports place-based inquiry for the learner, applying the old environmental adage of “think globally, act locally” to environmental problem solving. Many within and outside of the discipline of geography …
- Posted May 2, 2016
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From Ecocity To Ecocampus: Sustainability Policies In University Campuses
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
Cities generate environmental impacts that have focused the global interest of scientists and authorities on the search for environment-friendly alternatives. The ‘Ecocity’ concept provides an innovative and sustainable vision of …
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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‘Doing the Sustainable Development Dance’: Tracing a Critical Route from the Education for Sustainable Development Movement to Environmental Justice in Legal Education
- University College London (London)
The UN’s Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (2005–14) is nearly over. This has triggered a range of initiatives in schools and, increasingly, in higher and further education. In …
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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Institute on the Environment Shorts: Answers to "Big Questions"
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
Four short, animated videos illustrate critical research done by researchers at the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of Minnesota. These videos address "Big Questions"" related to global …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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UC Merced Through a Socio-Environmental Imagination Lens
- University of California, Merced (CA)
The socio-environmental imagination will be applied to the University of California, Merced, in hopes to understand the connection between society and UC Merced. UC Merced is located in Merced, California. …
- Posted May 20, 2022
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