Methods for Infusing Sustainability into Courses

1.(Re)cast central questions of the course in terms of sustainability (e.g. Meagher, Pang-White, Voltzow)
2.Thread questions/issues throughout (e.g. Maria Squire, Alan Brumagim; Parsons, Friedrichs)
3.Specific reading, discussion and/or writing assignments on sustainability (e.g., Barbara Cozza, Gloria Wenze; Farrell, Kraus, Harris)
4. Add or re-focus service or experiential learning projects (e.g., Dan West, Rich Larsen)
5. Introduce sustainability as parts of lectures (e.g., Maria Squire; R. Smith)
6. Add some directed lectures (e.g., Rich Larsen, Len Tischler)
7. Add a course project focused on sustainability (e.g., Len Tischler, Barbara Cozza, Dan West)
8. Through “hidden curriculum”
In courses that focus on methods rather than specific content, one can introduce sustainability through choices of examples that one uses
create student research projects that focus on sustainability issues (e.g., Gloria Wenze; Sabastianelli)
analyze existing problems and data sets that concern sustainability (e.g. Declan Mulhall; Karpiak, Baril, Sabastianelli)Reading/writing assignments (e.g., Kraus)

All of us can be think about examples we use in lectures, assignments, etc.
Teaching by example—our classroom practices:
–Minimizing paper use, recycling paper
–Asking students to deposit cans in recycling bins
--Providing copies on back-side of printed paper or on paper scraps
--Biking or walking to work
--Other ideas?