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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
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  • 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…

  • Trillium Sustainability Workshop

    sustainability across the curriculum

    Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at NC Central University

    Bring big ideas in sustainability into your courses

    Join a cross-campus and interinstitutional network

    Deepen your knowledge of sustainability and place-based education

May 2017 Workshop Materials

  • 2017 Workshop Agenda & Participant List
  • Systems Thinking Activity
  • Course Examples Across the Curriculum Panel
    • Integrating Sustainability Practicum into the Business Curriculum, Scott Showalter
    • Karen Leonas
  • Learning Objectives, Hugh Crumley
  • Thinking About your Course I & II, Charlotte Clark

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