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The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest
- Elon University (NC)
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Improving sustainability knowledge has long been central to international efforts to achieve sustainable development. In response to these efforts, which are formalized in Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development ...
- Posted April 8, 2021
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Student Engagement in Sustainability at Northern Illinois University
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
The Environmental Studies department and student community at Northern Illinois University have been engaged in a variety of sustainability initiatives. However, even with this focus on sustainability NIU does not ...
- Posted May 7, 2019
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Scholarly motivations to conduct interdisciplinary climate change research
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- Boston University (MA)
- Whitman College (WA)
- Idaho State University (ID)
Understanding and responding to today’s complex environmental problems requires collaboration that bridges disciplinary boundaries. As the barriers to interdisciplinary research are formidable, promoting interdisciplinary environmental research requires understanding what ...
- Posted May 5, 2017
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Like, Why do I Need to Know my Watershed?
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
Progressive educators have promoted the concept of place-based education for more than 100 years. For example, John Dewy advocated: "Experience [outside the school] has its geographical aspect, its artistic and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
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Environmental Studies (BA/BS)
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
The Institute for the Study of Environment, Sustainability, and Energy (ESE) exists to foster research, education, and community engagement about the environment and sustainability.
The ESE Institute offers two undergraduate ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
- Academic Programs
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