Sustainability in Curriculum Resources
In 2008, Lane was awarded an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Education Grant to provide training and resources for instructors for the purpose of providing the instructors with the ability to infuse sustainability concepts into their courses. This page provides the materials and resources that were developed during the implementation of this grant. These resources can be used by instructors interested in learning more about infusing sustainability into their curriculum.
Teaching Materials
Sustainability Infusion Project Powerpoint
A transdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning sustainability: A pedagogy for life
Dora Marinova and Natalie McGrath
Sustainability Terms - Created by the Winter 2008 Introduction to Sustainability Class
Helpful sustainability websites
Global Health and Sustainability Links
Infusion ideas brainstormed by 2/18/09 training participants
Sustainability Readings & Resources
McClaughry 1989 on Democracy
Hill, 2006 Against Sustainability
Orr 2004 Introduction to Ecological Literacy
Edwards 2005 excerpts
UN 2008 on Sustainable Development
Lappe 1985 on the Politics of Food
Cortese 1999 on Perspective
Parris, Kates, Leisorwitz on Sustainable Development
Talberth 2008 on Sustainable Economics
Talberth, Cobb, and Slattery 2007 on Genuine Progress Indicator
Brown 2008 on Saving Civilization
World Council of Churches 2005 on Alternatives to Globalization
Shiva 2005 on Turning Scarcity into Abundance
Poole-Kavana 2006 on Myths about Hunger
Epstein on Climate, Ecology, and Human Health
Lee and Heilig on Environment and Health
Myers 2002 on Scientific Revolution
Hawken on Natural Capitalism
Shiva 2003 an interview
Shiva on Bringing People Back Into the Economy
The Story of Stuff - a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled film looking at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. Free on the internet.
Forms
Pre-training survey - This survey is to be taken by instructors prior to attending the Sustainability Infusion Project training.
Post-training survey - This survey is to be taken by instructors at the end of the Sustainability Infusion Project training.
Planning Form - This form may be used as a guide for thinnking through the modifications an instructor would want to make to a course.
Tracking Form - Once an instructor modifies a course to include sustainability content, this form should be completed and sent to the Institute for Sustainable Practices for tracking purposes.
Student Feedback Survey - This survey is for students who have taken a course modified with sustainability content.