Very exciting news has just arrived!!
I received an e-mail late this afternoon from Dr. Esther Enns, Dean of Arts, indicating that Dr. Dodds just received a fax from MPHEC stating:
“I am writing to inform you that the proposed Bachelor of Environmental Studies has successfully undergone a cursory review and is therefore approved…”
We'll take the cursory review and pop open our sustainable champagne! A huge thanks to the many individuals who helped to make this a reality!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sustainability Curriculum in Higher Education: A Call to Action
Well, it has been some time since I made a post: taking some time to enjoy a bit of summer break and take advantage of this beautiful weather before we are cursing the snow again!
But...back to sustainability!
I just received an e-mail that the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has released Sustainability Curriculum in Higher Education: A Call to Action. Recognizing the scale of the challenges faced by higher education and the urgency with which changes must be addressed, AASHE’s Call to Action was produced not only to stimulate discussion but to promote activity that will increase the scale and scope of education for sustainability.
“For nearly two decades, many of us have been working with our higher education colleagues to provide education for a sustainable society,” said Paul Rowland, AASHE Executive Director. “These efforts have been fruitful, but they have not reached the hundreds of thousands of faculty we need to reach. The Call to Action lays out specific ways we can address the need to increase the scale of sustainability education over the next decade. Now it’s time to move to action.”
The 13-page report, available free from the AASHE website, is a culmination of the ideas presented during AASHE’s Summit on Sustainability in the Curriculum, held February 25-27, 2010 in San Diego, CA. The meeting brought together faculty from public and private four-year colleges and universities, two-year community colleges, and representatives from higher education organizations to address how higher education institutions can further infuse sustainability topics into college and university curricula.
Highlights from A Call to Action include:
• The acknowledgment of on-going initiatives.
• Opportunities for building on, extending, and developing further strategies.
• Recommendations for broad national strategies for meeting these challenges including establishing a faculty fellows program, developing regional centers, leveraging assessment requirements, and creating a Collaborative for Sustainability Curriculum Change.
But...back to sustainability!
I just received an e-mail that the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has released Sustainability Curriculum in Higher Education: A Call to Action. Recognizing the scale of the challenges faced by higher education and the urgency with which changes must be addressed, AASHE’s Call to Action was produced not only to stimulate discussion but to promote activity that will increase the scale and scope of education for sustainability.
“For nearly two decades, many of us have been working with our higher education colleagues to provide education for a sustainable society,” said Paul Rowland, AASHE Executive Director. “These efforts have been fruitful, but they have not reached the hundreds of thousands of faculty we need to reach. The Call to Action lays out specific ways we can address the need to increase the scale of sustainability education over the next decade. Now it’s time to move to action.”
The 13-page report, available free from the AASHE website, is a culmination of the ideas presented during AASHE’s Summit on Sustainability in the Curriculum, held February 25-27, 2010 in San Diego, CA. The meeting brought together faculty from public and private four-year colleges and universities, two-year community colleges, and representatives from higher education organizations to address how higher education institutions can further infuse sustainability topics into college and university curricula.
Highlights from A Call to Action include:
• The acknowledgment of on-going initiatives.
• Opportunities for building on, extending, and developing further strategies.
• Recommendations for broad national strategies for meeting these challenges including establishing a faculty fellows program, developing regional centers, leveraging assessment requirements, and creating a Collaborative for Sustainability Curriculum Change.
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