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Celebrating their watershed: A stormwater education project on Oahu, Hawai‘i
The goal of this project was to introduce students, their families, and teachers at public schools to stormwater-related environmental problems. The project culminated in the development of reusable...
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Teaching Sustainability As If Your Life Depended on It: A Photo Essay of Fort...
The purpose of education, according to some Native Americans, is to ensure the survival of people, -Gary Holthaus, Learning Native Wisdom In his many years living in rural Alaska, Gary Holthaus learned...
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Education for Sustainability in Washington State: A Whole Systems Approach
It can be difficult to imagine that which we have never seen. However, as the great philosopher Pogo said “if it exists, it’s possible.” The children who begin school this coming fall will encounter...
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Sustainability and Schools: Educating for Interconnection, Adaptability, and...
In my home state of Oregon it’s impossible to pick up the daily paper and not encounter some article that deals with concerns about environmental or social sustainability. With climate change,...
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Higher Education for Sustainable Consumption: Concept and Results of a...
Overview We introduce the notion of sustainable consumption as a transdisciplinary challenge to higher education through the presentation of a concept seminar designed as a response to this challenge....
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Catlin Gabel School—a Focus on Food
The interdisciplinary study of food has emerged as a theme in sustainability education at Catlin Gabel School, an independent, co-educational school with 725 students in preschool through 12th grade in...
View ArticleReflections on Teaching the Course “Curriculum Reform in an Era of Global...
In the summer of 2009 I taught a course for students who were in the last stage of their masters program. I titled it “Curriculum Reform in an Era of Global Warming”, which should have left no doubts...
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Sustainability and Economics 101: A Primer for Elementary Educators
The terms “sustainability” and “economics” are often paired these days, in presidential speeches as well as Wall Street reports. But what does “sustainable economics” really mean? What–or whom–is to...
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Trash Talk: A case study of waste analysis at Pomona College
Purpose: This paper presents the pedagogical initiatives associated with and the practical outcomes of a multi-student independent study that analyzed the campus waste stream and developed real-world...
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching the Marketing of Sustainable Products
Abstract For myriad reasons, currently in the United States greater attention is being placed on “green” products. Although definitions vary, broadly speaking, the underlying idea is to produce...
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Sustainability Education in the Interior Design Curriculum
Abstract Interior design education is by nature as transdisciplinary as sustainability education. Design students learn about environment-human behavior relationships through holistic, systems-based...
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Integrating Culture as a Cornerstone of Success in Sustainability Education:...
CASE STUDY Environmental sustainability cannot be separated from social justice. Christina Selby presents a compelling case study of sustainability work grounded in cultural democracy, or processes...
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BIM as a Framework for Sustainable Design
CASE STUDY In a world of changing climate and environmental degradation, architects play a key role in the pursuit of sustainability. In this article, Karen Kensek offers digital tools that will...
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Incorporating Sustainability into the Curriculum: The Case of Green Course...
CASE STUDY Graduate students enrolled in an education research course in Guam that the author taught during the spring 2010 semester participated in this “green” course project. Those students who were...
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Values and Participation: the role of culture in nature preservation and...
CASE STUDY Decent life depends on nature’s provision of stable resources. In this report I explore cultural efforts embedded within nature preservation and environmental education among the indigenous...
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Working Towards Sustainability One Room at a Time
CASE STUDY There is much discussion in sustainability education about the urgent need for a wholesale paradigm shift and much debate about the role of incremental, grassroots change in societal...
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Bioethanol Production in Thailand: A Teaching Case Study Comparing Cassava...
CASE STUDY Thailand is facing a serious problem with their reliance on foreign oil imports. With nearly 90% of their crude oil, gasoline, and diesel being imported, the country is searching for ways...
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Participatory Glacier Lake Monitoring in Apolobamba Protected Area. A...
CASE STUDY This case study presents the threat that newly formed glacial lakes pose for mountain dwellers as well as infrastructure down valley. The article discusses efforts under way in Apolobamba...
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Enhancement of the Construction Engineering and Management Curriculum through...
CASE STUDY As we continue into the future, if we hope to move in the direction of sustainability, the question of energy efficiency in buildings old and new becomes increasingly relevant and key to...
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Planting the Seed of Sustainability: Languages and Cultures Fertilize an...
CASE STUDY In this fascinating case study from Miami Dade College, Anouchka provides us with a detailed and subtle look at the effects of a simple school garden on her students. The garden’s potential...
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