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Climate Minor
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
News and opinions about earth’s climate and global climate change can be found everywhere in today’s media, but without a foundational knowledge of climate science, it can be ...
- Posted June 14, 2019
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Arctic Studies Minor
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
A interdisciplinary minor in Arctic Studies at the University of Washington is a joint offering by the Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, College of Arts ...
- Posted June 14, 2019
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Environmental Toxicology Minor
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
This program is for those who want to research and monitor how toxins such as chemical pesticides affect our environments. Student who participate in the program will study organic chemistry ...
- Posted June 14, 2019
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Environmental Chemistry (BS)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IL)
Environmental chemistry is the study of chemical principles and methodologies applicable to environmental phenomena and issues. The only program of its kind in the Chicago area, Illinois Tech’s B ...
- Posted June 3, 2019
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Earth & Environmental Sciences (PhD)
- Columbia University (NY)
The Ph.D. program aims to train broadly educated Earth scientists for careers in academia, research, government, and industry; along the way, students move swiftly from receiving knowledge to creating ...
- Posted May 30, 2019
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The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Yale University (CT)
The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale is an international multireligious project. With its conferences, publications, and website, it is engaged in exploring religious worldviews, texts, and ethics in ...
- Posted May 22, 2019
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MS Water Management & Hydrological Science
- Texas A&M University (TX)
The Water Management and Hydrologic Science Master’s program in the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University uses a unique interdisciplinary approach to teach critical aspects of water management ...
- Posted May 22, 2019
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A Six Mile-Long Living Laboratory: Publishable Student Research to Foster Sustainability and Resilience in Austin’s Waller Creek
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Over the past decade, a comprehensive approach to research in Waller Creek—the urban stream that bisects The University of Texas at Austin—was developed by faculty in the College ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Climate and Society (MA)
- Columbia University (NY)
The M.A. Program in Climate and Society is a twelve-month interdisciplinary Master of Arts program that trains professionals and academics to understand and cope with the impacts of climate ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Earth & Environmental Science (BS)
- Columbia University (NY)
The undergraduate major in earth and environmental sciences provides an understanding of the natural functioning of our planet and considers the consequences of human interactions with it. The program for ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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The Chemistry Behind Composting
- Harper College (IL)
Harper College Facilities Management partnered with Harper’s Chemistry Department to begin a compost collection and research program on campus. Compost bins were built in-house on Harper’s grounds for ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Earth Science (BS)
- California State University, Dominguez Hills (CA)
The Earth Science major is one of two programs housed in the Department of Earth Science and Geography. The Earth Science degree is a cross-disciplinary program that trains students for ...
- Posted May 13, 2019
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How to motivate students to use green chemistry approaches in everyday research work: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
Teaching green chemistry to chemistry students is necessary in order to raise up a new generation of responsible scientists, highly motivated to implement sustainable development of the human race. This ...
- Posted May 10, 2019
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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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MS in Sustainability Science
- Montclair State University (NJ)
Montclair State University Sustainability programs lead the way in New Jersey in integrating natural and physical science with social science, economics, policy and project management to prepare sustainability professionals and ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Combined BS/MS in Sustainability Science
- Montclair State University (NJ)
With one additional year of study you can earn both your BS and MS degrees. Students take 12 credits of graduate-level coursework in the senior “ swing year,” which are applied ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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BS in Sustainability Science
- Montclair State University (NJ)
The Sustainability Science program is housed in the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, but takes advantage of expertise across campus including the College of Science and Mathematics, College of ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment Certificate
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
This United Nations (UN) Environment affiliated postgraduate diploma will provide existing or future water professionals with the necessary knowledge to design and implement freshwater quality monitoring and assessment programmes. The ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Applied Environmental Geology (MSc)
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
The MSc in Applied Environmental Geology combines a core focus of hydrogeology/contaminated land and engineering geology (30 credits) with advanced modules in applied geophysics, geoinformatics, environmental monitoring and assessment ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Earth Science (BSc)
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
Earth Science investigates the functioning, development and use of Earth’s physical environment and involves the study of its atmosphere and oceans, its surface processes, and its crust and interior ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Tropical Forest Landscape Conservation, Restoration, & Sustainable Use Certificate
- Yale University (CT)
Tropical Forest Landscape Conservation, Restoration, & Sustainable Use offers an opportunity to address pressing environmental and social challenges. Effective conservation and restoration initiatives support multiple objectives, including ecosystem functioning, climate ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Water and the Environment Minor
- University of Michigan (MI)
Water is one of the simplest molecules on Earth, yet the simple structure of the water molecule yields unique and complex physical properties. Known as a “universal solvent,” water can ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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EMPOWER: Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research Program
- Syracuse University (NY)
EMPOWER is an interdisciplinary graduate education program that is focused on research at the interface of water and energy cycles. The program prepares students with the technical knowledge and professional ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Energy and its Impacts (BA)
- Syracuse University (NY)
Many of the issues facing humanity today center on energy: its supply, use, and impact on our environment. Energy and its Impacts is a 25-credit Integrated Learning Major that provides ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Energy and Earth Resources (MA/MS)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program provides the opportunity for students to pursue interdisciplinary studies in areas of geosciences, engineering, management, finance, economics, law and policy. Private sector and ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences (MS)
- San Francisco State University (CA)
The Masters of Science (MS) in Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences (IMES) program is an interdisciplinary program offered at San Francisco State University (SF State) by the College of Science ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Innovating Undergraduate General Chemistry by Integrating Sustainability-related Socio-Scientific Issues
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- Universität Bremen
Background: Many general chemistry courses in U.S. undergraduate education focus on decontextualized content learning, driven by a structure-of-the-discipline approach. Due to this approach, many students perceive general chemistry to ...
- Posted April 30, 2019
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Wetland Science Certificate Program
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
The Certificate in Wetland Science is recognition of completion of a course of study in physical, biological and natural resources sciences that concentrates on the identification, evaluation and management of ...
- Posted Feb. 13, 2019
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Environmental Geology Concentration (BS in Geology)
- University of West Georgia (GA)
The Environmental Geology concentration prepares students to work in conservation, management and remediation of natural resources. This concentration includes a wider variety of courses than Professional Geology and requires more ...
- Posted Feb. 1, 2019
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Sustainability in the Chemistry Curriculum: A Call for Action
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Sustainable development and sustainability are two widely used umbrella concepts, both “brilliantly ambiguous.” Many fields of study, including engineering, business, the humanities, and the sciences offer opportunities for instructors to ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Earth System Science (PhD)
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
The new and dynamic graduate curriculum is aimed to better prepare and train new research scientists in the field of Earth system science. The goal of the program is to ...
- Posted Jan. 14, 2019
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Earth and Atmospheric Science Minor
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
The science of the Earth as a system has implications for many fields of study. Students interested in understanding how the Earth’s systems work can earn a bachelor’s ...
- Posted Jan. 14, 2019
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Earth System Science (BS)
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
The Earth System Science (B.S.) program provides students with a fundamental understanding of the oceanographic, atmospheric, and terrestrial sciences. This program of study prepares students for careers in science ...
- Posted Jan. 14, 2019
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Environmental Geochemical Science (BS)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
The Environmental Geochemical Science major at New Paltz equips students with the scientific background necessary to address a wide variety of environmental issues. With a location near the Hudson River ...
- Posted Jan. 12, 2019
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Watershed Minor
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
Growing awareness of the complexity of water quantity and quality issues related to human activities leads to dealing with those issues on a watershed scale. This minor is for undergraduate ...
- Posted Jan. 12, 2019
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Earth Systems (BS)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Global environmental changes require a comprehensive understanding of the earth’s major systems, and of the important ways in which these systems are linked. The major systems are the geosphere ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Geography, Climate and Environmental Change Specialization (MS)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Requirements are the same as for the M.S. in Geography, with the additional requirements of a minimum of 9 graduate credits in the field of climate and environmental change ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2018
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Teaching students the complexity of green chemistry and assessing growth in attitudes and understanding
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Green chemistry emerged over the past several decades as an important component of chemical education. Many different types of educational materials have been created to teach students the 12 Principles ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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The influence of instruction, prior knowledge, and values on climate change risk perception among undergraduates
- Auburn University (AL)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of British Columbia (BC)
We evaluated influences on the climate change risk perceptions of undergraduate students in an introductory Earth Science course. For this sample, domain‐specific content knowledge about climate change was a ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Reclamation, Environment and Conservation (BS)
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville (WI)
Reclamation, Environment and Conservation(REC) is an interdisciplinary program of applied scientific practices for restoring, reclaiming, and managing degraded habitats, landscapes, and ecosystems. Historically, REC emphasized mining-related impacts to land ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
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Geological Sciences (MS)
- Binghamton University (NY)
Geological Sciences comprises thirteen faculty with research interests in Environmental Geosciences; Sedimentology and Surficial Processes; Geochemistry and Petrology; Structural Geology and Basin Analysis. There are a number of different perspectives ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
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Watershed Studies and Management Certificate
- Binghamton University (NY)
The Graduate Certificate in Watershed Studies and Management offers graduate students working in a relevant disciplinary area an opportunity to receive special recognition for interdisciplinary work related to watersheds. At ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
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Earth Sciences (BS)
- Dickinson College (PA)
The earth sciences span and integrate the five major Earth systems: the atmosphere, the oceans, the soils, the organisms and the solid earth both past and present. The earth sciences ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
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Sustainable development concept in the chemistry curriculum: An exploration of foundation students’ perspective
- National University of Malaysia
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of foundation chemistry learners concerning the sustainable development concept.
Design/methodology/approach Qualitative and quantitative studies were conducted. Atlas ...
- Posted Nov. 13, 2018
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Chemistry BS
- Siena Heights University (MI)
Siena Heights University and the Department of Chemistry are adopting green chemistry in their chemistry major and non-major courses, and are looking to bring green chemistry into their unique co-op ...
- Posted Nov. 13, 2018
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Greening the Chemistry Research and Teaching Labs: Resources to Increase Safety and Reduce Waste
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Beyond Benign (MA)
University and college campuses across the United States are pushing the envelope on greening their campus facilities, operations, and processes. However, despite their disproportionate consumption of resources, laboratories are often ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Advancing Sustainability: Student-led Projects, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Inter-Silo Teamwork
- Carleton College (MN)
Carleton College's study abroad program titled 'Sustainable Energy Principles and Practices in India' exemplifies how higher education institutions can foster experiences and skills that students can use to promote ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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A New Resource To Engage Your Chemistry Department In Sustainability
- Beyond Benign (MA)
Despite the underlying fundamental reliance on chemistry innovations for a more sustainable future, undergraduate chemistry teaching laboratories still use traditional experiments that are resource-intensive and employ hazardous reagents. It is ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Green Chemistry: Meeting the Challenge of Equity and Environmental Justice for a Sustainable Future
- Bridgewater State University (MA)
- American Chemical Society (DC)
Chemistry is an inherently creative yet reductionist approach to understanding how the world works at the most fundamental levels. Chemists are trained to create molecules to fill a given need ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Wind Science and Engineering (PhD)
- Texas Tech University (TX)
The educational objectives of the Wind Science and Engineering (WiSE) Ph.D. program are to provide graduates with the broad education necessary to pursue studies and solve problems related to ...
- Posted Oct. 23, 2018
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