The Sustainable Learning Community: One University’s Journey to the Future

Contents

Contents Editor’s Preface john aber xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1. Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Higher Education tom kelly 1 Chapter 2. Teaching and Learning Sustainability: Curriculum and Pedagogy john carroll, editor 54 Curriculum: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 58 Engaging Students in the Sciences, george hurtt / 59; How Does a Local Master of Public Health Program Address Global Emerging Infectious Disease? rosemary caron / 61; Sustainable Science and Engineering , kevin gardner and nancy kinner / 64; UNH-EcoQuest and Sustainability in New Zealand —Te Rarangahau Taiao, ria brejaart, kim babbitt, and donna dowal / 66 Curriculum: Climate and Energy 68 ESCI 405: Global Environmental Change, cameron wake/69;TheEnergyWasteWatchChallengeandStudent Energy Captains, michele holt-shannon and sara cleaves / 72; Organizing a Curriculum on the Environment—InclusivenessorSecurity?john aber/ 75; Science, Politics, and Policy from Global to Local in an Undergraduate Seminar, stacy vandeveer / 77 Curriculum: Food and Society 79 Dual Major in EcoGastronomy, joanne currancelentano / 79; Integrating Sustainability into the viii Contents Professional Development of Dietetic Interns, joanne burke / 83; “The Real Dirt,” john e. carroll / 86; UNH CREAM, drew conroy and peter erickson / 87 Curriculum: Culture and Sustainability 90 The Promise of the Sun, tom kelly / 90; Artistic Engagement —Discovering and Developing a Theatrical Response to Sustainability, david kaye / 94; The University Dialogue and a Sense of Place, joanne curran-celentano / 97; How the Sustainable Living Minor Came to Be, robert eckert and bert cohen / 99 Chapter 3. Practicing Sustainability: Campus Operations 101 douglas bencks, editor Operations: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 104 Landscape Master Plan, douglas bencks / 105; Land Use Committee, tom lee / 108; The MUB Meadow, john l. hart / 112 Operations: Climate and Energy 117 It’s Risky Business Doing the Right Thing—The CoGen Plant and EcoLine, paul chamberlin and matt o’keefe / 118; Transportation and Land Use, steve pesci / 123; The UNH Greenhouse Gas Inventory , brett pasinella / 128; The Energy Task Force—A Cross-Campus Collaboration to Address Climate Change, sara cleaves / 129 Operations: Food and Society 132 The UNH Compost Program—From Waste to Compost , elisabeth farrell and rick macdonald / 133; Acting Locally—The UNH Local Harvest Initiative , elisabeth farrell and rick macdonald / 136; Innovative Dining Hall Hours and Plate Waste, rick macdonald / 139 Operations: Culture and Sustainability 141 Developing Our Sense of Place—The Role of the Committee for Campus Aesthetics, vicki c. wright / 142; Contents ix Sustainable Building Design, douglas bencks / 145; Moving the Kingsbury Mural, douglas bencks / 149; Sustainable Buildings—Do You Want Fries with Your Building? No Thank You! douglas bencks / 151 Chapter 4. Creating the Intellectual Basis for Sustainability: 153 Research and Scholarship john aber and cameron wake, editors Research on Biodiversity and Ecosystems 157 Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology, rich langan and dolores leonard / 158; The History of Marine Animal Populations , andrew rosenberg, jeff bolster, karen alexander, and bill leavenworth / 161; The Stormwater Research Center, tom ballestero / 163; Oyster Restoration—Planning, Research, and Implementation in New Hampshire, ray grizzle / 164 Research on Climate and Energy 166 The Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, david s. bartlett / 166; The Environmental Research Group, kevin gardner and taylor eighmy / 169; Multidisciplinary Design Competition, jenna jambeck and kevin gardner / 171; Regional Climate Assessments—Supporting Informed Public Policy , cameron wake / 173 Research on Food and Society 175 The UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm, john e. carroll and tom kelly /175;TheAtlanticMarineAquaculture Center, rich langan and dolores leonard / 179; The UNH Community Food, Nutrition, and Wellness Profile, joanne burke / 182; From Campus Farm to Dining Hall, john mclean / 183 Research on Culture and Sustainability 185 The Undergraduate Research Conference—A Key Ingredient in the Sustainable Learning Community, eleanor abrams / 185; The Carsey Institute—Building Knowledge to Support Opportunity for Families in x Contents Sustainable Communities, mil duncan / 188; The Growing a Green Generation Project, john nimmo / 192 Chapter 5. Sustaining the Larger Community: Engagement 195 jeffrey a. schloss, editor Engagement in Biodiversity and Ecosystems 198 The New Hampshire Lakes Lay Monitoring Program —A Sustainable Model for Engaging Citizens, jeffrey a. schloss / 199; Forest Watch—Enhancing Pre-College Understanding of Biodiversity and Ecosystems , barry rock / 202; The UNH Marine Docent Program, mark wiley / 204; Students Without Borders , jenna jambeck and kevin gardner / 206 Engagement in Climate and Energy 208 Collaboration for a Low-Carbon Society—Carbon Solutions New England, cameron wake / 209; The New Hampshire Carbon Challenge, chris skoglund, denise blaha, and julia dundorf / 212; WildCAP Discount Program, brett pasinella / 215; Informing...