"How green is your classroom" reusable bag lunch tomorrow

There are several faculty signed up for tomorrow's reusable bag lunch to discuss the topic of "greening" the classroom.

The theme of our discussion is “How Green is your Course?” We will explore questions such as:

Are there specific initiatives that you take to cut down on your use of paper, energy, resources, etc. for your course?

Do you make a conscious effort to be "environmentally-friendly" in the classroom?

Is it possible to teach a paper-less course?

Join faculty from across the disciplines to informally learn from one another, and to share innovative ideas about the things that we can be doing in our classrooms. Even if you have rarely thought about being "environmentally-friendly" in your teaching, this is a great opportunity to hear what others are doing.

Date: Friday, November 5, 2010

Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm

Place: CAID Studio Classroom, AT212

I am just back from the International Greening Education Event, which was held in Karlsruhe, Germany. There, 80 participants from 30 nations talked about how faculty can more meaningfully integrate sustainability into the curriculum at institutions of higher education. I will be sharing my notes and resources from that event in the weeks ahead. But for now, we will look at our delivery of our courses regardless of content. I came across this article which explores how one group of students felt about having a paperless course. At the end of the article, there are links to a number of other studies (pdfs) that also explore whether we can really deliver paperless courses.