A new fact sheet from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center’s Sustainable Electronics Initiative, “Teaching Sustainability with Electronics” (https://hdl.handle.net/2142/73121), presents the idea that electronic devices provide a means for making sustainability and systems thinking concepts less abstract and more relatable for students. Electronics have a variety of economic, environmental, and social impacts throughout their product life […]

In partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), WPI will host and run a new Institute on Project-Based Learning —a 2.5-day program where teams from colleges and universities will gain knowledge about project-based learning and make tangible progress to integrate those learnings into their own curricula. •   Interactive workshop •   Consultations […]

AASHE’s last webinar for 2014 is this Wednesday, November 19, 3-4:30PM EST. Make sure you don’t miss it by registering at: https://www.aashe.org/events/webinars/2014/Enhancing-Sustainability-and-Climate-Focused-Curricula-with-AMS-Climate-Studies The distinguished panelists, Dr. James Brey, Director, American Meteorological Society (AMS), Dr. Tim Carter, President and CEO, Second Nature and Dr. Mintesinot Jiru, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Natural Sciences, Coppin State University will highlight the importance […]

Sustainable Schools Project has some great professional development opportunities. Check them out here. Courtesy of the Sustainable Schools Project and Shelburne farms

We have a wonderful opportunity for up to two Champlain faculty to participate in  the UVM Sustainability Faculty Fellows Program this year. The Academic Connections committee of Sustain Champlain is hoping to implement something similar in the future, so stay tuned. In the meantime, please consider applying to the UVM program: UVM Sustainability Faculty Fellows Program […]