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Sustainability Education at Duke University
Welcome to the Trillium Sustainability Fellows site at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA
Announcements
Duke Leading for Environmental Sustainability, June 14, 2017
Duke Course Design Institute, Aug. 14-17, 2017
Fellows
Faculty and staff who have attended any of our Workshops on Sustainability Across the Curriculum become Trillium Sustainability Fellows. Chantal Reid (2010 workshop), Assistant Professor of the Practice and Biology
Annual Workshops
May 2019
May 2018
May 2017
May 2017 Workshop Materials
January 2016
January 2015
May 2014
May 2013
May 2012
May 2011
We held our workshop at Carolina friends School and at the Duke Campus Farm, located on Friends School Road right across the street from Carolina Friends School. http://youtu.be/Ts_UeaQbrV0
May 2010
Food at Workshops
Every year at the Trillium Conference, amazing vegan and vegetarian recipes are served. Below are some of the recipes. Walnut Cheddar Balls, adapted Strawberries and Fresh Mozzarella with Mint Drizzle Gluten Free, Sunflower Seed Pate
Stipend Requirements
Blog
Resources
Systems Thinking Activity
Sustainability Definitions
Pedagogical Resources
Examples from Other Institutions
Below you will find some ideas of how to incorporate sustainability into your own classroom: Rikki Wagstrom- Research on Math and Sustainability in the Classroom
References & Links
“AASHE Mission, Vision and Goals.” n.d. AASHE Website. Retrieved from: http://www.aashe.org/about/aashe-mission-vision-goals. Barlett, Peggy, and Ann Rappaport. “Long-term impacts of faculty development programs: the experience of TELI and Piedmont.” College Teaching 57.2 (2009): 73. Academic OneFile. “Basic Information.” 2011. US Environmental Protection Agency Website. Retrieved from: http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/basicinfo.htm. Chase, Geoffrey. “Faculty Development for Environmental Sustainability in Higher Education.” Electronic Green Journal 1.9 (1998). Retrieved from: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sb0f730. Clark, Charlotte. “Duke University Center for Instructional Technology Sustainability Fellows Application.” 12 December 2010. Clark, Charlotte. Lecture. Duke University, Durham, NC. 11 February 2011. Climate Leadership for America: Education and Innovation for Prosperity – ACUPCC Annual Report 2009. Retrieved from: http://www2.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/reporting/documents/ACUPCC_AnnRep_2009.pdf. Creswell, John. 1998. Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Eisen, Arri, and Peggy Barlett. “The Piedmont Project: Fostering Faculty Development toward Sustainability.” The Journal of Environmental Education 38.1 (2006): 25 – 36. Growing Green: Becoming a Carbon Neutral Campus. Duke University Climate Action Plan. October 2009. Retrieved from: http://sustainability.duke.edu/climate_action/Duke%20Climate%20Action%20Plan.pdf. O’Leary, Zina. 2006. Researching real-world problems: a guide to methods of inquiry. London: Sage. “Text of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.” n.d. ACUPCC Website. Retrieved from: http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/about/commitment. Yin, Robert. 2009. Case study research: design and methods.…
Campuses with faculty sustainability workshops
Institution Workshop Title Auburn University Fall Line Project: Sustainability in the Curriculum British Columbia Institute of Technology Pacific Spirit Project Workshop Central College Prairie Project: Global Sustainability Education Carleton College Cows, Colleges and Curriculum: Sustainability Issues in the Classroom Dickinson College Valley & Ridge Faculty Development Workshop Elon University Sustainability Faculty Scholars project Emory University The Piedmont Project Ithaca College Finger Lakes Project Northern Arizona University The Ponderosa Project Ohio University Kanawha Project Santa Clara University Penstemon Project St. Olaf College Cows, Colleges and Curriculum: Sustainability Issues in the Classroom Tufts University Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute (TELI) 2008 University of Idaho Palouse Project University of Maryland The Chesapeake Project University of Massachusetts Boston Sustainability Curriculum Development University of Southern Maine The Maine Watersheds Project University of Wisconsin Oshkosh The Winnebago Project University of Vermont Sustainability Faculty Fellows Program
2011 Kociolek Research Project
I have chosen to describe the changes made to three courses in depth; the choice of the following courses was primarily a function of 1) the extent to which faculty included detailed descriptions of course changes in their reflections and 2) the course discipline. I draw on the examples of course changes described in Chase (1998) in the Literature Review. My hope is that descriptions of how courses were modified will be useful and inspiring to faculty as they grapple with how to integrate sustainability concepts in their own way into courses. The italicized text in these descriptions comes from a mix of the syllabi and corresponding reflections for the courses listed below. Engineering ENCE 215: Applied Engineering Science Applied Engineering Science is a team-taught course in the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department at the University of Maryland. Participation in the Chesapeake Project provided a forum for one of the faculty members, A. Torrents, to carry out an ongoing effort of the CEE department to modify course structure and content of ENCE 215. The course is intended to provide an introduction to topics within the broad field of “Sustainable Engineering” and to provide a bridge between freshman science courses…
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