Date post: | 05-Dec-2014 |
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Sustainability at St. Edward’s UniversityPeter Beck, Assoc. Prof. and Coordinator of Environmental Science and PolicyCristina Bordin, Special Asst. to the President and Sustainability Coordinator
1. Classroom Teaching EffortsDegree Programs• Undergraduate:
Environmental Science and Policy (BS)
• Graduate: Environmental Management and Sustainability (PSM)
Academic Courses
• Integrating sustainability throughout different courses
• Sustainability focused courses
Eco-Lead
Experiential Learning
Campus Field Trips Lifestyle Project
Off-Campus Field Trips
Wild Basin Barton Springs
Applied Research Courses
Deer Management
2. Out-of-Classrooms Teaching Efforts
• Teaching Workshops
• Learning Community
Community Involvement
Zach Baumer
Service Learning and Internships
3. Increasing Student Participation• Students for Sustainability
– Student garden– Green Ambassadors– Earth Week
Earth Weeks
3. Increasing Student [and Community] Participation
• Office of Sustainability– Role of the sustainability coordinator– Sustainability Graduate Assistant– Website
• Sustainability Timeline• Video• Blog• Campus Sustainability Map
– Green tips• Earth Week• Cross-campus efforts
– Curricular and co-curricular– Service-learning opportunities
Information Sharing
3. Increasing Student [and Community] Participation
• Office of Sustainability– Role of the sustainability coordinator– Sustainability Graduate Assistant– Website
• Campus Sustainability Map• Sustainability Timeline• Video• Blog
– Green tips• Earth Week• Cross-campus efforts
– Curricular and co-curricular– Service-learning opportunities
4. Institutional Support for Sustainability Activities and Projects
• Not easy, but possible– Environmental Stewardship Committee– Marketing materials– AASHE– TRACS– Green IT, Purchase, Cleaning products policies
• Not so successful…yet:– Living-Learning Community (LLC) proposal– STARS or reliable/consistent inventory– Additional resources
Thank you.