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Sustainability Education Curriculum Mapping and Assessment Planning
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
- AASHE (MA)
The interdisciplinary field of sustainability programs is trending at many institutions. Assessments of programs is part of that reality to be in compliance with the Higher Learning Commissions and the ...
- Posted Nov. 7, 2019
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STARS Incorporation into Capability-Based Gen Ed Curriculum
- Eureka College (IL)
- AASHE (MA)
This session will cover incorporating STARS data collection AND report segments into an introductory sustainability course that fulfills a capability-based general education requirement (Sustainable Practices and Environmental Conscience). We will ...
- Posted Aug. 8, 2019
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A Necessary Partnership: Study Abroad and Sustainability in Higher Education
- Augsburg University (MN)
Over the last two decades, two major trends that have emerged in higher education have been the internalization and increasing sustainability of institutions. Internalization has occurred via two main channels ...
- Posted May 22, 2019
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Sustainability in the higher education of interior designers
- Royal Roads University (BC)
This thesis addresses the question: how comprehensive are principles of sustainability in the curricula of interior design degree programs in Canada? Key trends in literature regarding sustainability in higher education ...
- Posted May 15, 2019
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Climate change belief, sustainability education, and political values: Assessing the need for higher-education curriculum reform
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
Educational attainment is generally a strong predictor of belief in climate change, but prior research indicates that for political conservatives a college education is not always associated with increased belief ...
- Posted May 13, 2019
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Diagnosis of Sustainability in the Food Engineering Creation Program of the Polytechnic University of the State of Carchi (UPEC) in the Substantive Function “Teaching”
- University of São Paulo
- Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi
As the world population grows, technologies are developed to improve food industrialization processes that are characterized by using large amounts of resources that modify social, economic, political and environmental systems ...
- Posted May 10, 2019
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A Grounded Theory of Education for Sustainability in the Postsecondary Classroom
- University of Louisville (KY)
The movement incorporating sustainability into the academic mission of higher education has grown quickly in the last few decades. At the same time, vast interpretations of sustainability exist as institutions ...
- Posted May 7, 2019
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How to Cultivate an Environmentally Responsible Maker? A CPS Approach to a Comprehensive Maker Education Model
- National Taiwan University
- National Taichung University of Science and Technology
Environmental education is intended to increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues and enhance individuals’ problem-solving and decision-making skills by tackling problems in the real world. “Maker education,” on ...
- Posted May 6, 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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Integrating Sustainability into Higher Education Curricula through the Project Method, a Global Learning Strategy
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Higher levels of material well-being lead almost inevitably to giving priority to individualism and personal advancement, often at the expense of civic conscience. A proposal for integrating sustainability into the ...
- Posted April 30, 2019
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Green Chemistry in Higher Education: State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Trends
- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
- Universitat de València
- Gdańsk University of Technology
- Polish Naval Academy
Nowadays, there is increasing interest in global sustainability, and thus, university students would like to know how human actions affect the health status of our planet. This is mainly due ...
- Posted April 30, 2019
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Building an Industry-Oriented Business Sustainability Curriculum in Higher Education
- National Taiwan Normal University
- Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science
- National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
In the past, research addressing the issues reflecting industrial needs for sustainability-related curriculum design in higher education has been limited. To narrow this gap and to provide students with better ...
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Integrating sustainable development into economics curriculum: A case study analysis and sector wide survey of barriers
- University of the West of England, Bristol
Economics is a critical subject for the integration of sustainable development into curriculum given the discipline's influence in shaping social metabolism of societies, inequality, environmental impacts and wellbeing. There ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Teaching and Research on Sustainable Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences Vienna–FH Campus Wien
- University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
The University of Applied Sciences in Vienna has offered university degree programs in the field of construction for more than twenty years and has thus gained great expertise in developing ...
- Posted Nov. 26, 2018
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Key Competencies in Sustainability: Overview and Next Steps
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Chatham University (PA)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (MD)
The Panel-discussion is part of a nationwide process to solicit feedback on an initiative with the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE). The goal of the initiative is ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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New designation accelerates development of UH sustainability curriculum
- University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)
- AASHE (MA)
The University of Hawaiʻi Office of Sustainability has been designated by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) as one of only 13 Centers for Sustainability ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2018
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How an entry-level, interdisciplinary sustainability course revealed the benefits and challenges of a university-wide initiative for sustainability education
- University of British Columbia (BC)
Delivery of sustainability-related curriculum to undergraduate students can be problematic due to the traditional “siloing” of curriculum by faculties along disciplinary lines. In addition, while there is often a ready ...
- Posted June 29, 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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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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The Decolonization of Curriculum for a Sustainable Future
- Cal Poly Humboldt (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
When you think about it, does your coursework perpetuate stories of paternalistic dominance by a few? Do you teach how and what you learned? Given our other many responsibilities, do ...
- Posted June 7, 2018
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Introduction to Sustainable Living
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
My proposal for the 2018 Student Sustainability Leadership Award is for a course that I was able to develop at UCLA designed to help students learn knowledge and skills that ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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The Personal Context of Student Learning for Sustainability: Results of a multi-university research study
- Victoria University (Victoria)
The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005–2014) was an important framework and catalyst for increasing Sustainable Development (SD) efforts within academic institutions, worldwide. Tertiary institutions began ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Developing a Framework for Sustainability Meta-Competencies
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Stanford University (CA)
Sustainability is a critical issue in higher education curriculum development and organisational culture, yet its contested nature necessitates a shared understanding to support a distinct mission across institutional efforts. Therefore ...
- Posted April 25, 2018
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Evaluating Core Competencies Development in Sustainability and Environmental Master's Programs: An empirical analysis
- Boise State University (ID)
- Global Council Science and the Environment (DC)
- University of Tokyo
- Hokkaido University (Hokkaido)
- Tohoku University
Interest in and understanding of the various competencies that university sustainability and environmental graduate degree programs should aim for has increased in recent years. Yet empirical efforts that assess the ...
- Posted April 24, 2018
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Teaching Environmental Sustainability Across the Sport Management Curriculum
- University of South Carolina (SC)
The push to engage in the “green movement” has now shifted from a passing thought to a central focus of higher education. Environmental sustainability has the capacity to be an ...
- Posted April 17, 2018
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‘Education for sustainability’ in the business studies curriculum: a call for a critical agenda
- Massey University
The critical theorization of education for sustainability developed from the earlier political conception of ‘education for the environment’. This critical perspective underpins the theory of education for sustainability that the ...
- Posted April 16, 2018
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Sustainability: Designing Interdisciplinary Opportunities for Teaching
- Southern Methodist University (TX)
The Sustainability: Designing Interdisciplinary Opportunities for Teaching workbook is not just about sustainability, in and of itself. It is just a part of a larger sustainability process that: 1) illustrates ...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Teaching Engineering Students about Cognitive Barriers during Design for Sustainable Infrastructure
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Sustainability is a complex socio-technical challenge that requires new ways of thinking. To help meet this challenge, I have created three case-based modules that teach engineering students how to apply ...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Infusing Sustainability in Higher Education in Ireland: The Green Curriculum Model (GCM) and the Dispositions, Abilities and Behaviours (DAB) Competency Framework
- Dublin City University
There are numerous sustainability challenges facing the world today, including: climate change, pollution, consumerism and poverty. To make the world a more sustainable and better place to live in, humanity ...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Curriculum Design for Transformative Enterprise Education within the Context of Strategic Sustainable Development
- Blekinge Institute of Technology
There is a need for large-scale and coordinated leadership and innovation to transform society toward sustainability. Working from the Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD) approach, the authors investigated the potential of ...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Enhancing Sustainability and Climate Focused Curricula with AMS Climate Studies
- Coppin State University (MD)
- Second Nature (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
- American Meteorological Society (DC)
The intention of this webinar is to highlight the important of studying climate science and global change topics and working toward a climate literate society. Presenters will inform participants about ...
- Posted March 29, 2018
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Educating for Sustainability Webinar Series - Strategies for Redesigning your Course to Integrate Sustainability
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Creative Change Educational Solutions (MI)
This webinar will provide two different frameworks for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to revise existing courses or develop campus-wide curriculum change programs for their schools. Susan Santone ...
- Posted March 27, 2018
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Integrated Interdisciplinary Science of the Critical Zone as a Foundational Curriculum for Addressing Issues of Environmental Sustainability
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
- University of California, Merced (CA)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- University of Nebraska at Omaha (NE)
- University of Dubuque (IA)
Earth's critical zone (CZ) is the uppermost layer of Earth's continents, which supports ecosystems and humans alike. CZ science aims to understand how interactions among rock, soil, water ...
- Posted March 22, 2018
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Educating for Sustainability Webinar Series - Strategies for Institutionalizing Sustainability in the Curriculum
- Dickinson College (PA)
- University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College (HI)
- AASHE (MA)
This webinar provides a broad and diverse perspective on the topic from a panel which includes: Krista Hiser & Bob Franco - Kapiolani Community College and Lindsey Lyons - Dickinson College. They ...
- Posted March 20, 2018
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Educating for Sustainability Webinar Series - Introduction to Sustainability in the Curriculum and STARS (It's more than science)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Creative Change Educational Solutions (MI)
This webinar offers participants resources and tools on how to develop a framing of sustainability that moves beyond science to address its economic and social equity dimensions. Participants will identify ...
- Posted March 20, 2018
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AASHE Award Winner Webinar Series: The Form and Function of the Sustainability Agenda in Higher Education Institutions - Hawaii Approach to Sustainable Living On and Off-campus
- University at Albany (NY)
- University of Hawaii Kauai Community College (HI)
- AASHE (MA)
Colleges adapt to new circumstances based on differing motivations: some are seeking new growth strategies while others are trying to avoid decline. Sustainability initiatives provide an opportunity to analyze how ...
- Posted March 12, 2018
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Designing a sustainability-driven entrepreneurship curriculum as a social learning process: A case study from an international knowledge alliance project
- University of Vechta
- University of Gothenburg
- Masaryk University
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
Integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in higher education curricula requires innovative ideas and approaches how to combine educational, sustainability and disciplinary knowledge, skills, experiences, and motivations. Curriculum developers are ...
- Posted Feb. 20, 2018
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(Re-)designing higher education curricula in times of systemic dysfunction: a responsible research and innovation perspective
- Wageningen University
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
- Queen's University Belfast
There is an urgent need to address the grand sustainability challenges of our time, and to explore new and more responsible ways of operating, researching, and innovating that enable society ...
- Posted Feb. 5, 2018
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Education for Sustainability in Universities: Challenges and Opportunities for Change
- RMIT University
Education for sustainability (EfS) is widely supported and researched; however, the broad and deep implementation of EfS in universities that is needed lags behind the goals of change agents. This ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education
Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education advocates incorporating sustainability concepts that go beyond the financial ‘bottom line’ into management education and business practice. Highlighting the UN Global Compact (UNGC ...
- Posted Dec. 7, 2017
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Operations Research Applications in Sustainability Coursework Design
- Wichita State University (KS)
Four major topics are listed for coursework design across academic departments (1) prairie restoration (2) plant-based industry (3) clean energy (4)population growth rate. Climate change adaptation may include: increased ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Building Sustainable Food Systems Programming and Community-University Partnerships: A Case Study of the UNC Student Farm
- University of Northern Colorado (CO)
Institutions of higher education with programs focused on sustainability are increasingly integrating curriculum and experiential learning opportunities related to agriculture and food systems. The Environmental and Sustainability Studies (ENST) program ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Community Engagement and Sustainable Buildings: A New Course from Pima Community College, Tucson 2030 District, and ENERGY STAR
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
This session will explore a recent successful collaboration between three entities to create a new community-focused sustainability course in Tucson, AZ: 'Sustainability and Building Performance - Foundations, Best Practices, and Implementation ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Integrating Sustainability Across Disciplines: A Step-wise Process for (Re)designing a Syllabus
- Creative Change Educational Solutions (MI)
Integrating sustainability' into a course means adapting both content and pedagogy to create a learning experience that is more interdisciplinary, experiential, and focused on authentic problem-solving. How can instructors juggle ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Classroom of 'Cultural Creatives'?: A Values-Based Approach to Teaching About Sustainable Societies
- University of Connecticut (CT)
In their book The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World authors Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson present their research on the on-going values shift ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Western Kentucky University Student-Designed Campus Sustainability Survey 2017
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
For our 2017 AASHE conference presentation, we would like to share the story of our student-designed sustainability survey created in Fall 2016/ Spring 2017. It all began as a project ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Tweeting @Sustainability: The #447challenge as an Active Teaching Tool
- University at Buffalo (NY)
Growing up, we are 'challenged' to be sustainable: turn off lights, stop cold water when brushing teeth, and unplug idle chargers. Reality proves that, while well-conceived, the environmental benefit of ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Academicians: How to Teach with Paul Hawken's 'DrawDown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming'
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Educators curious about how to adapt Paul Hawken's new book 'Drawdown' for use in the classroom (or for campus facilities and operations) should gather to share lessons learned and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Developing Curriculum Around the Triple Bottom Line
- Colorado State University (CO)
This presentation is to assist faculty in developing, or revising curriculum to fit within the framework of the Triple Bottom Line in regards to addressing topics of sustainability in their ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Co Curricular Course about Sustainability, Leadership, Civic Engagement, Integrity and Interculturality
- Universidad de Monterrey
As part of UDEM´s Formative Model, every student has to take 4 co-curricular courses. From these 4 courses, one is mandatory and they can choose the other 3. META ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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