Higher education plays a unique and critical role, one often overlooked, in making a healthy, just and sustainable society and a stable climate a reality. (ACUPCC Education for Climate Neutrality and Sustainability)
Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability (DANS) includes lists of resources to incorporate sustainability into classes for anthropology, biology, business, chemistry, communication, design, drama, engineering, English and creative writing, environmental science, the humanities, law, math, physics, psychology, religion, sociology as well as cross discipline classes.
The Sustainability Education and Economic Development (SEED) Center has a wiki of curricula on solar, wind, alternative fuels, geothermal, green building, energy efficiency, sustainable ag, food, transportation/ fuels, general clean tech, sustainability education and others.
The Science Education Resource Center (SERC) has a library of teaching materials to incorporate sustainability within your classrooms as well as a large body of information for two year college instructors.
Facing the Future has a database of curricula as well as discounts on student texts on global sustainability issues.
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is the leader in the higher ed susty movement. Although many areas are only allowed for members, membership is very easily obtained with a “.edu” email address. Nonmember content includes a listing of courses, degree programs and study abroad programs, a guide to quality education for sustainability in higher ed., webinars and presentations. Member only content dives deeper and includes cast studies, syllabi, course inventories and student research.
Created by Stark State College, this guide provides ideas for integrating sustainability into the curriculum.
The guide will be a living document. Please feel free to submit your comments, suggestions and experiences to the Sustainability Task Force for inclusion into the document. Please email your thoughts to ssmith2@starkstate.edu.
September, 2010: Draft of the guide is available for review. Please do NOT print the entire guide!
Created by Stark State College, these PowerPoints provide basic introductions to several important aspects of sustainability.
Due to their large file size, the presentations are uploaded in a pdf format. Additional presentations, notes and resources have been included for each slide in the original PowerPoint files which are available on Angel. In order to recieve access, please contact Stefanie Smith at ssmith2@starkstate.edu.
From the University of Michigan, these one-sheet documents give a brief, but complete picture of the environmental impacts of a particular system, as well as sustainable solutions and alternatives.
Sustainability Indicators: US Environmental Footprint, Biodiversity, Social Development, Carbon Footprint
Energy: US Energy System, US Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Photovoltaic Energy, Biofuels
Material Resources: US Material Use, US Municipal Solid Waste
Food: US Food System
Water: US Water Supply, US Wastewater Treatment
Built Environment: Green IT, US Cities, Residential Buildings, Commercial Buildings
Mobility: Personal Transportation
Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas, Climate Change - Science and Impacts, Climate Change - Policy and Mitigation
Guest speakers from our community are available to present how sustainability impacts their mission and business. If you would like to host a speaker, please contact Stefanie Smith for a full list of contacts.
The Handbook of Sustainable Literacy
Curriculum Downloads from Facing the Future
Consumer Consequences – What would the world look like if everyone lived like me?
How Green Are You?
See how your behavior stacks up against consumers in other countries on this interactive map.
Do-It-Yourself home energy audit.