University of California Sustainability
Policies and Best Practices
Curriculum
Courses that address different aspects
of environmental sustainability can
be found in nearly every department
on every UC campus. This website offers
a glimpse at some of the best practices
in innovative education for sustainability,
from student-organized courses to freshman
seminars to courses that use the campus
as a living laboratory for improving
sustainable practices to courses that
are organized around the new UC Green
Building and Clean Energy Policy.
Food for thought from Anthony Cortese,
President of Second Nature:
“Sustainability education and practice
emphasizes critical thinking, decision-making,
problem-solving, collaboration and interpersonal
communication, making it an ideal context
for building these crucial skills across
all academic areas. By integrating knowledge
across all disciplines, and emphasizing
a connection between the curriculum and
the operations of the university and
the broader community, this approach
to education helps students develop real-world
skills—something increasingly sought
by employers, and necessary for good
citizenship. This approach to education
has a wide range of very positive outcomes.
It promotes better learning overall,
increased civic engagement and improvement
in local communities, a greater connection
to place, and the skills and values needed
in the transition to a sustainable society.”
Examples of Sustainability
Curriculum:
Student-Initiated Courses:
Education
for Sustainable Living Program
Campus
Sustainability Assessment (UC Berkeley) (pdf)
Energy
101 (UC Berkeley) (pdf)
Core or Special Courses Taught
by Faculty and Staff:
Freshman and Sophomore
Seminars on Sustainability (UC Berkeley) (pdf)
Sustainability:
What You Can Do - Food (UC Berkeley) (pdf)
Sustainability
in the Built Environment (UC Davis) (pdf)
Design
for Sustainability Colloquium (UC
Berkeley) (pdf)
Mapping
Sustainable Building Activities
in the Bay Area (UC Berkeley) (pdf)
Institutes/Research Groups:
Center
for the Built Environment (UC Berkeley)
Green
Building Research Center (UC Berkeley)
Institute
of Environment (UCLA)
Renewable
and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
(UC Berkeley)
Outside Resources:
Harvard Extension’s Course: Sustainability:
The Challenge of Changing Our Institutions
Education for Sustainability Western
Network has a Curriculum Development
Working Group. To join the e-mail discussion
list, send a blank email to
National
Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program – Environmental
Literacy and Research
Station
University
Leaders for a Sustainable Future - Resources for Curriculum and
Research and Scholarship
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