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Pedagogies of Preparedness: Use of Reflective Journals in the Operationalisation and Development of Anticipatory Competence
- University of Vechta
In higher education there is a growing demand for graduates with the competence to transform our society toward a sustainable future. Part of this competence in sustainability is anticipatory competence ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Certificate in Sustainable Community Planning
- Temple University (PA)
The core courses in the graduate certificate in Sustainable Community Planning program introduce students to the broad range of issues and topics relevant to planning for sustainable development of our ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Is Higher Education Ready for Transformative Learning? A Question Explored in the Study of Sustainability
- University of British Columbia (BC)
As universities begin to consider sustainability as a core value in education, there is a need to contemplate the role of transformative learning in higher education. Are current models of ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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The Issues and Methodologies in Sustainability Assessment Tools for Higher Education Institutions
- University of Tokyo
Assessment tools influence incentives to higher education institutions by encouraging them to move towards sustainability. A review of 16 sustainability assessment tools was conducted to examine the recent trends in ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Sustainability leadership programs in higher education: alumni outcomes and impacts
- University of Michigan (MI)
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
- North Cascades Institute (WA)
The diverse set of college and university sustainability leadership programs, which represent a growing trend in higher education, share a common goal: building skills and knowledge for aspiring environmental and ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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“Sustainability” in higher education: From doublethink and newspeak to critical thinking and meaningful learning
- Yukon University (YT)
- Wageningen University
It is higher education’s responsibility to continuously challenge and critique value and knowledge claims that have prescriptive tendencies. Part of this responsibility lies in engaging students in socio‐scientific ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Environmental Science Minor
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Environmental Science program offers theoretical and technical knowledge of the generation, transport, and fate of pollutants. Students look at how pollutants affect natural resources and human health, learn about resource ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Environmental Studies Minor
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
The Environmental Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary minor designed to help students acquire an understanding of the complex issues and concerns associated with the environment. Building on courses in a ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Natural Resources MS
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment is a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students.
Graduate Degree Options:
- General (natural resources, biology, ecology, and social sciences)
- Environmental Conservation
- Environmental ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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University of Vermont Eco-Reps Greenride Bikeshare Campaign Case Study
- University of Vermont (VT)
In early April of 2018, Burlington, Vermont, and the University of Vermont campus welcomed Greenride, a pilot regional bikeshare. Though long in the works, there was little student awareness of ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Envisioning futures for environmental and sustainability education
- Wageningen University
This edited collection invites educational practitioners and theorists to speculate on - and craft visions for - the future of environmental and sustainability education. It explores what educational methods and practices might ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Narratives of Educating for Sustainability in Unsustainable Environments
- University of North Carolina, Pembroke (NC)
Through pedagogical narratives, literary analyses, reflective essays, and collaborative dialogues, this book explores the professional and intellectual tensions of curricula, pedagogies, and personal practices that honor the relationships of interspecies ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Beira Interior
- University of Passo Fundo
- Manchester Metropolitan University
Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level compares various colleges around the world, focusing on sustainable development. This book is intended for those who are either practitioners or researchers ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Teaching Sustainability / Teaching Sustainably
- Grand Valley State University (MI)
Over the coming decades, every academic discipline will have to respond to the paradigm of more sustainable life practices because students will be living in a world challenged by competition ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Intergenerational learning and transformative leadership for sustainable futures
- Wageningen University
In this book, 82 authors from 26 countries across 6 continents seek answers in 32 essays to the many questions related to the intergenerational collaboration that holds promise for creating ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Evaluating Changes in Sustainability Culture: A Model for Universities and Other Organizations
- University of Michigan (MI)
Approaches to evaluating built environments are adaptable to environmentally-related programs. This chapter presents an overview of a multi-year project designed to monitor programs aimed at moving toward a culture of ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Promoting Participation in a Culture of Sustainability Web Survey
- University of Michigan (MI)
The Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program (SCIP) at the University of Michigan is designed to measure and track the university’s progress (Callewaert and Marans 2017) in moving the campus community ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Inclusive Sustainability: Environmental Justice in Higher Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate why and how efforts at UC Santa Cruz have begun to shift from sustainability as a technical, expert-oriented activity focused on aspects ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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University Sustainability Reporting: A review of the literature and development of a model
- University of Windsor (ON)
Many universities have made a commitment to improving the sustainability of their campuses however only a small number report to stakeholders on their sustainability performance to allow accountability and the ...
- Posted June 26, 2018
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Researching Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Plan A, Plan B and Moving Beyond Thought-Limiting Clichés
- University of Otago (Otago)
This paper explores Higher Education for Sustainable Development from a research perspective, and attempts to distinguish progress based on research outcomes, from that based on concerns, commitments, intended outcomes and ...
- Posted June 26, 2018
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A University Wide Approach to Embedding the Sustainable Development Goals in the Curriculum—A Case Study from the Nottingham Trent University’s Green Academy
- Nottingham Trent University
Since 2015, governments, businesses and civil society, together with the United Nations have been encouraged to work towards seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the 2030 Agenda for ...
- Posted June 26, 2018
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Monitoring Progress Towards Implementing Sustainability and Representing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Curriculum at UWE Bristol
- University of the West of England, Bristol
This paper will discuss the methods used to identify the baseline status of sustainability in the curriculum of UWE Bristol programmes and to begin to assess the contribution which the ...
- Posted June 26, 2018
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Achieving Both Breadth and Depth: How Sustainability Education Is Being Integrated Across All Undergraduate Courses at La Trobe University, Australia
- La Trobe University (Victoria)
In 2012 La Trobe University decided that every undergraduate student, across every discipline, would have significant and assessed experience of Sustainability Education (SE). The plan for achieving full coverage of ...
- Posted June 25, 2018
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The Need for the Graduate Attribute Assessment Tool (GAAT)
- RMIT University
Universities have developed sets of Graduate Attributes (GAs) to be achieved by their graduates across all programs. GAs are often associated with development of ‘sustainability’ capabilities. However, there is little ...
- Posted June 25, 2018
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Ecological Footprinting as a Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approach to Complete Campus Engagement and Transformation Towards the One Planet Goal
- Macquarie University (NSW)
Enabling students to apply well-informed and skill-based understandings to their own decision-making about the dynamic relationships between individuals, societies, environments and economies in a resource constrained world is a central ...
- Posted June 25, 2018
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Making Sustainability Part of Every Student’s Curriculum
- Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has made a corporate commitment to ensure that “sustainability will be a feature of all our students’ experience”. In order to address this goal ARU has ...
- Posted June 25, 2018
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A Living Laboratory: How the University of Dayton Went from Green to Gold
- University of Dayton (OH)
This spring, the University of Dayton earned a gold rating in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education sustainability tracking, assessment and rating system (STARS). This is ...
- Posted June 25, 2018
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Inside and Out: Universities and Education for Sustainable Development
- Routledge
Two overarching questions permeate the literature on universities and civic engagement: How does a university restructure its myriad activities, maintain its academic integrity, and have a transformative impact off campus ...
- Posted June 24, 2018
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Making Your Campus A Bee Campus USA Affiliate
- University of North Carolina, Asheville (NC)
- University of Connecticut (CT)
- AASHE (MA)
- Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus (OR)
- The Xerces Society (OR)
While pollinators are imperative for the reproduction of 90% of the world’s wild plant species and three-quarters of crops, announcements of their national and global staggering declines seem relentless ...
- Posted June 21, 2018
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An Analysis of the Sustainability of Different Methods of Delivering Higher Education
- Manchester Metropolitan University
Transforming society and the economy to a more sustainable basis remains one of the most significant challenges of the 21st Century. Higher education institutions are considered key in helping to ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Interdisciplinary Environmental and Sustainability Education and Research: Institutes and Centers at U.S. Research Universities
- Tufts University (MA)
- Global Council Science and the Environment (DC)
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability focused institutes and centers (IESICs) serve a crucial role in bridging the knowledge needs of society and the knowledge production capabilities of universities. They facilitate research ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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The Sustainable Campus Observatory: A Comprehensive Framework for Benchmarking University Performance Toward Sustainability
- University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
This paper aims to address the lack of global assessment approaches for benchmarking the sustainable performance of higher education institutions. Such approaches are critical for universities wishing to analyse and ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Aiming for Full Coverage—Integrating Sustainability Education into All Undergraduate Courses at La Trobe University, Australia: Achievements, Lessons Learnt and Barriers Addressed
- La Trobe University (Victoria)
In 2012, La Trobe University committed to ensuring that every undergraduate student, across all disciplines, will have significant and assessed experience of three ‘Essentials’ of learning: Sustainability Thinking; Global Citizenship ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Certificate in Regenerative Organic Agriculture
- Maharishi University of Management (IA)
Through Maharishi University of Management 9-month non-credit, non-degree program, participants can earn a certificate in Regenerative Organic Agriculture. Courses include Soil Science, How to Prepare Your Organic Field, Science and ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Regenerative Organic Agriculture BA
- Maharishi University of Management (IA)
In this BA program at Maharishi University of Management, participants learn through different courses and techniques about how to grow healthy and sustainable food that does not have a negative ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Environmental Analysis & Policy Major
- Boston University (MA)
Boston University offers the Environmental Analysis & Policy (EAP) undergraduate major for students who are interested in learning about social sciences, specifically in the environmental field. This major allows students ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Sustainability Minor
- Principia College (IL)
Principia College offers a Sustainability minor focused on creating solutions to the world's critical problems. This includes extinction, climate change and energy security. Skills developed in this minor include ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Environmental Studies BA
- Principia College (IL)
Principia University's BA in Environmental Studies allows students to learn about their broad interests in the the environment. The major is designed for students with career aspirations in environmental ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Sustainable Development MBA
- Brandeis University (MA)
The Heller School For Social Policy and Management's MBA in Sustainable Development provides students with an understanding of the present state of global development and the skills to tackle ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Sustainable Development MS
- University of Sussex (Sussex)
University of Sussex Sustainable Development MSc program is designed to show students how to cultivate social and technological innovation theories into successful policies and practices. Skills learned in this program ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Management MBA
- Brandeis University (MA)
The Heller School For Social Policy and Management's Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Management MBA is designed for students interested in leading social impact initiatives for a wide range of ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Sustainable Ranch Management BS
- Sul Ross State University (TX)
SUL Ross State University's Sustainable Range Management program offers a four-year B.S. degree and a two-year certificate. The hands on program teaches students how many factors, including wildlife ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Environmental Education MS
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Southern Oregon University's Master of Science in Environmental Education program prepares student who are interested in holding positions in leadership and teaching for different organizations, such as schools, government ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Academic Research in the 21st Century: Maintaining Scientific Integrity in a Climate of Perverse Incentives and Hypercompetition
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Over the last 50 years, we argue that incentives for academic scientists have become increasingly perverse in terms of competition for research funding, development of quantitative metrics to measure performance ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Comparing Greenhouse Gas Emissions across Texas Universities
- St. Edward's University (TX)
This project serves as a study comparing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between universities in Texas. Over 90 percent of climate scientists believe that increased climate change is due to anthropogenic ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Environmental Studies Major
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (WI)
This program gives students a broad interdisciplinary liberal arts education in environmental issues that students combine with specialized study that fits their interests and goals. The program stresses engagement, with ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Academic staff development as a catalyst for curriculum change towards education for sustainable development: an output perspective
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- RMIT University
Implementing education for sustainable development (ESD) in university curricula poses a new challenge to the academic system. In recent years many universities have undertaken activities towards its implementation and numerous ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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Assessing curricula contribution to sustainability more holistically: Experiences from the integration of curricula assessment and students' perceptions at the Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- The Citadel (SC)
- Utrecht University
There has been a rapid increase in the number of engineering schools in higher educational institutions that have incorporated sustainability into their teaching. Nonetheless, curricula reforms are still needed to ...
- Posted June 20, 2018
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ANSI/LEO-4000, The American National Standard for Sustainable Agriculture
- Leonardo Academy (WI)
The ANSI/LEO-4000 American National Standard for Sustainable Agriculture empowers the entire agricultural supply chain, from producers to consumers, to decisively advance sustainability in agriculture. It is a benchmarking standard ...
- Posted June 18, 2018
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PhD in Natural Resources and Earth System Sciences (NRESS)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
The NRESS Program draws on the University's strengths in environmental and earth sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and ethical and policy studies, and has the following objectives:
To increase ...
- Posted June 13, 2018
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