Curriculum
Introduction
One of the primary functions of colleges and universities is to educate students. By training and educating future leaders, scholars, workers, and professionals; higher education institutions are uniquely positioned to understand and address sustainability challenges. Institutions that offer courses covering sustainability issues help equip their students to lead society to a sustainable future.
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Healthy Ageing: Enhancing Healthspan with Plant-Forward Nutrition
- Educated Choices Program
How can food influence the way we age? "Healthy Ageing: Enhancing Healthspan with Plant-Forward Nutrition" is being designed for older adults and those who care for older adults. Discover strategies ...
- Posted April 29, 2024
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Rethinking Food Waste: The Journey of Food
- Educated Choices Program
Rethinking Food Waste: The Journey of Food will take viewers on an exploration of how a slice of pepperoni pizza is made, from the fields to their plates, and even ...
- Posted April 4, 2024
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Our Carbon Footprint - Digital Education Package
- Educated Choices Program
This digital video presentation and accompanying materials, developed in partnership with the Environmental Working Group (EWG), explores the environmental impacts associated with the production of modern food products and food ...
- Posted Oct. 19, 2023
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The Future of Food - Digital Education Package
- Educated Choices Program
This digital video presentation and accompanying materials explore the latest in plant-based and cell-based food technologies and how these products are shaping the future of our food systems. Viewers examine ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2023
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The Planet and Our Plates - Digital Education Package
- Earthday.org (DC)
- Educated Choices Program
Created in partnership between the Educated Choices Program and EARTHDAY.ORG, this presentation takes an in-depth look at the environmental issues our planet is facing (including deforestation, ocean depletion, overuse ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2023
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What is Ecological Economics?
- United States Society for Ecological Economics (PA)
This document is a very brief description of the field of ecological economics, which purports to be more trans-disciplinary than environmental economics. The former also claims to have closer ties ...
- Posted June 8, 2023
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Curriculum Self-Assessment Rubrics
- University of Michigan (MI)
This brief document offers several rubrics to assess courses, syllabi and individual units based on principles of sustainability- and social justice pedagogy, including community connections, cultural relevance, and more.
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Integrating Sustainability and Social Justice Concepts Across the Curriculum
- University of Michigan (MI)
This brief document offers matrices that show how sustainability and social justice concepts such as community and equity can be integrated across disciplines. With this document, instructors can take steps ...
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
- Moving Still Productions Inc.
Teach climate change with the following free resources: Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops, a series of five short films narrated by Richard Gere, featuring twelve renown climate scientists, and endorsed by ...
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Sustainability Management Simulation: Net Zero
- Harvard University (MA)
In the Sustainability Management Simulation: Net Zero - Winner of the 2022 Gold Medal at the International Serious Play Awards - learners play the role of the General Manager of a 500-room ...
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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A Food-Themed Cross-Disciplinary Faculty-Staff Learning Community Enriches Place-Based Experiential Learning Curricula
- Butler University (IN)
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
- Indiana University
This document contains instructional resources to facilitate an 8-month Faculty-Staff Learning Community (FSLC) focused on learning and discussion to support the creation of campus farm-situated place-based experiential learning (PBEL) lessons ...
- Posted April 25, 2022
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Climate Solutions 101
- Project Drawdown (CA)
Climate Solutions 101 is a series of six short (10- to 30-minute) videos that not only explain the challenge of climate change but also introduce Project Drawdown's signature set ...
- Posted Aug. 17, 2021
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How to Create a Culturally Inclusive Course and Beyond
- Duke University (NC)
Overview The goal of this document is to provide resources and ideas for creating a culturally inclusive learning environment. This is also referred to as “culturally sustaining pedagogy,” “diversifying the ...
- Posted July 15, 2021
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A Changing Planet Environment Studies Course Resources, Videos & PPTs
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
The Director of the Sustainability and Innovation Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder & Environmental Studies Professor Jason Neff has developed a series of PowerPoint and YouTube videos for ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2020
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"A Changing Planet" Video and PPT Resources for Environmental Studies 1000 taught at the University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
The Sustainability Innovation Lab at CO (SILC) Director & Environmental Studies Professor Jason Neff has developed a series of PowerPoint and YouTube videos for Introductory Environmental Science courses for free ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Statistics
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for statistics.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Spanish
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for Spanish.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Sociology
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for sociology.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Psychology
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for psychology.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Politics/Government
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for politics/government.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Physics
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for physics.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Philosophy
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for philosophy.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Template - Music
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for music.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Media/Communications
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for media/communications.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Mathematics
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for mathematics.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Literature
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for literature.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Languages
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for languages.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - History
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for history.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Film
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for film.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Engineering
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for engineering.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Economics
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for economics.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Chemistry
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for chemistry.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Business
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for business.
- Posted June 12, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Biology
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for biology.
- Posted June 12, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Art
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for art.
- Posted June 12, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Anthropology
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for anthropology.
- Posted June 12, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Civic Engagement
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for civic engagement.
- Posted June 12, 2020
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A Climate Change Module for Introduction to Sociology Classes
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Best selling Introduction to Sociology textbooks typically cover climate change only briefly and only very late in the semester. This module is designed to aid sociology faculty in adding a ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2019
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Autodesk Sustainability Workshop
- Dartmouth College (NH)
Series of short videos on green product design and engineering. All videos are roughly 5 minutes or less, to be easy to drop into existing coursework. Suitable for engineering, design ...
- Posted Sept. 5, 2019
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Design for Cradle to Cradle certification
- Dartmouth College (NH)
Series of short videos on how to design products for Cradle to Cradle certification. useful for classes in design, mechanical engineering, chemistry, and/or business.
- Posted Sept. 5, 2019
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Tools for Design and Sustainability
- Dartmouth College (NH)
This is an online course on sustainable engineering and design. It includes curriculum, exercises / homeworks, and examples of student work on: - Life cycle assessment - Systems thinking (including Whole System Mapping ...
- Posted Sept. 5, 2019
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Syllabus: ENVI 202: Sustainability and the Campus
- Macalester College (MN)
This interdisciplinary class will make direct connections between global environmental issues, such as climate change, and life on an urban campus. With Macalester College as our case study, we will ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Syllabus: Psychology 308: Advanced Methods in Community Based Social Marketing
- Oberlin College (OH)
This course will give you training in Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM), an empirically driven approach to changing human behavior. While the techniques of CBSM can be used to change ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Course Presentation: BSBA 590-033: Carolina Sustainability Consulting
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
This semester-long course, Carolina Sustainability Consulting, will provide undergraduate students the opportunity to put theory into practice by devising strategies and crafting implementation plans to advance UNC’s sustainability goals ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Syllabus: BUSI590-033: Carolina Sustainability Consulting
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
This semester-long course, Carolina Sustainability Consulting, will provide undergraduate students the opportunity to put theory into practice by devising strategies and crafting implementation plans to advance UNC’s sustainability goals ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Compilation of Sustainable Engineering Syllabi
- Syracuse University (NY)
The Center for Sustainable Engineering at Syracuse University compiled syllabi from 65 courses focused on sustainable engineering as part of an EPA-funded project to determine the status of sustainable engineering ...
- Posted March 6, 2018
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Sustainable Business Courseware
- Point B (WA)
AASHE has partnered with Sustainable Business Consulting to provide plug-and-play online sustainable business courseware to help members accelerate the integration of sustainability into their curriculum. The content is consistent with ...
- Posted Aug. 2, 2017
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The World Climate Simulation
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
The importance of sustainability will only grow during our students’ lifetimes, as will the need for sustainability-literate citizens and professionals of all types. We have developed an interactive and engaging ...
- Posted July 21, 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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Urban Design for Sustainability Syllabus
- Lesley University (MA)
What would a truly sustainable society look like? We will address that question, starting with a look at the rise and decline of societies and how the ideas of sustainability ...
- Posted June 9, 2017
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This tab provides access to data collected through AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS). STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. STARS enables meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements developed with broad participation from the campus sustainability community.
All responses reference content from reports under the latest version of STARS, version 2.2. AASHE membership and log-in is required.
AC 1: Academic Courses
- Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings
- Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings
- Inventory of sustainability course offerings (upload)
- Website URL - Sustainability course offerings
AC 2: Learning Outcomes
- Description of institution level sustainability learning outcomes
- List of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability
- Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of sustainability
- Website URL - Sustainability learning outcomes
AC 3: Undergraduate Program
- First sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program
- Second sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program
- Third sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program
- First sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration
- Second sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration
- Third sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration
AC 4: Graduate Program
- First sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- Second sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- Third sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- First sustainability-focused graduate-level minor or concentration
- Second sustainability-focused graduate-level minor or concentration
- Third sustainability-focused graduate-level minor or concentration
AC 5: Immersive Experience
- Description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s)
- Second sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- Third sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
AC 6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment
- Copy of the sustainability literacy assessment (upload)
- Copy of the sustainability literacy assessment (description)
- Website URL - Assessment of sustainability literacy
AC 7: Incentives for Developing Courses
- Description of the course development incentives
- Website URL - Incentives for developing sustainability courses
AC 8: Campus as a Living Laboratory
Additional analysis on scores and quantitative fields can be conducted using the STARS Benchmarking Tool.