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A generic model for integrating ESD in a university course – complementing a textbook with contemporary material
- Umeå University
A large number of stakeholders are demanding more education for sustainable development (ESD) at Swedish universities, among them students who are expecting to find ESD in their courses. The aim ...
- Posted April 8, 2021
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Sustainability in American Topics: US History, Conservation, and Sustainable Development Goals
- Dallas College (TX)
Feasted Landscapes: Sustainability in American Topics' is the title of a two-volume reader that contains a collection of primary sources and original short essays that focus on sustainability issues throughout ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability and engagement: strange bedfellows in the undergraduate textbook
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Pacific University (OR)
This paper aims to examine the textual coverage of the topic of public engagement in leading English language sustainability textbooks.
In this paper, the authors’ findings are based on a ...
- Posted Oct. 23, 2018
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Connecticut College Lending Library
- Connecticut College (CT)
The Lending Library at Connecticut College allows students to rent a textbook at no cost for the duration of a course, and is an attempt to address the issue of ...
- Posted July 30, 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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The Lending Library: Addressing Textbook Affordability and Reducing Waste
- Connecticut College (CT)
As college textbook prices continue to rise, access to the resources needed to succeed in a course has become a social justice issue. The Lending Library, which was started in ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Study Guide Questions for Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce Revised Edition
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
This interactive workbook is a study tool to accompany Paul Hawken's book “The Ecology of Commerce: Revised Edition: A Declaration of Sustainability” (published in 2010). It transforms reading about ...
- Posted July 13, 2017
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UTA CARES: Open Education and Open Pedagogy for Sustainable Future and Resource Conservation
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
Reducing the cost of a college education is a frequent topic in higher education circles. Some colleges and universities such as UT Arlington have been trying to find other ways ...
- Posted May 16, 2017
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Strategy Textbooks and the Environment Construct: Are the Texts Enabling Strategists to Realize Sustainable Outcomes?
- Griffith University (Queensland)
A central claim within the sustainable development literature is that realizing sustainable outcomes requires a move away from a conceptualization of the environment as a separate, bounded, independently given entity ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Language Fouls in Teaching Ecology: Why Traditional Metaphors Undermine Conservation Literacy
- University of Utah (UT)
- Utah State University (UT)
We believe that the language commonly used in teaching actually hinders the creation of conservation literacy. We examined four frequently used ecology and environmental studies textbooks and considered the ways ...
- Posted Jan. 30, 2017
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The Sustainable Bookstore: Giving New Life to Discarded University Library Books
- Appalachian State University (NC)
When the Appalachian State University library culled its stacks, close to 80,000 books were slated to be recycled. Many of these books, some dating back to the late 1800s ...
- Posted June 1, 2016
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Making Textbooks Affordable: Student Government Toolkit
The Making Textbooks Affordable toolkit explains how to expand the use of open textbooks on your campus. These free, high-quality, open-source books can save students on your campus millions of ...
- Posted April 16, 2016
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Covering the Cost: Why We can no Longer Afford to Ignore High Textbook Prices
- The Student PIRGs (OR)
This report investigates the degree to which high textbook prices affect student financial standing and behavior.
Key Findings from the Report:
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Almost one-third (30%) of students replied that they had ...
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Introductory economics textbooks: what do they teach about sustainability?
In response to accelerating ecological deterioration, many universities have made commitments to integrate sustainability across the curriculum and to ensure they graduate ecologically responsible citizens. This study involves a content ...
- Posted April 7, 2016
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