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March 29, 2017
The Sustainable Learning Community: One University’s Journey to the Future
- Author
- Aber, John; Kelly, Tom; and Mallory, Bruce
- Publisher
- University of New Hampshire Press, Lebanon, NH
- ISBN
- 9781584657712
- Table of Contents
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Editor’s Preface (John Aber)

Acknowledgments

ch. 1 Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Higher Education (Tom Kelly)

ch. 2 Teaching and Learning Sustainability: Curriculum and Pedagogy (John Carroll, ed.)

Curriculum: Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Engaging Students in the Sciences (George Hurtt)

How Does a Local Master of Public Health Program Address Global Emerging Infectious Disease? (Rosemary Caron)

Sustainable Science and Engineering (Kevin Gardner and Nancy Kinner)

UNH-EcoQuest and Sustainability in New Zealand (Te Rarangahau Taiao, Ria Brejaart, Kim Babbitt and Donna Dowal)

Curriculum: Climate and Energy

ESCI 405: Global Environmental Change (Cameron Wake)

The Energy Waste Watch Challenge and Student Energy Captains (Michele Holt-Shannon and Sara Cleaves)

Organizing a Curriculum on the Environment—Inclusiveness or Security? (John Aber)

Science, Politics, and Policy from Global to Local in an Undergraduate Seminar (Stacy Van Deveer)

Curriculum: Food and Society

Dual Major in EcoGastronomy (Joanne Currancelentano)

Integrating Sustainability into the Professional Development of Dietetic Interns (Joanne Burke)

“The Real Dirt” (John E. Carroll)

UNH Cream (Drew Conroy and Peter Erickson)

Curriculum: Culture and Sustainability

The Promise of the Sun (Tom Kelly)

Artistic Engagement—Discovering and Developing a Theatrical Response to Sustainability (David Kaye)

The University Dialogue and a Sense of Place (Joanne Curran-Celentano)

How the Sustainable Living Minor Came to Be (Robert Eckert and Bert Cohen)

ch. 3 Practicing Sustainability: Campus Operations (Douglas Bencks, ed.)

Operations: Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Landscape Master Plan (Douglas Bencks)

Land Use Committee (Tom Lee)

The MUB Meadow (John L. Hart)

Operations: Climate and Energy

It’s Risky Business Doing the Right Thing—The Co-Gen Plant and EcoLine (Paul Chamberlin and Matt O’Keefe)

Transportation and Land Use (Steve Pesci)

The UNH Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Brett Pasinella)

The Energy Task Force—A Cross-Campus Collaboration to Address Climate Change (Sara Cleaves)

Operations: Food and Society

The UNH Compost Program—From Waste to Compost (Elisabeth Farrell and Rick MacDonald)

Acting Locally—The UNH Local Harvest Initiative (Elisabeth Farrell and Rick MacDonald)

Innovative Dining Hall Hours and Plate Waste (Rick MacDonald)

Operations: Culture and Sustainability

Developing Our Sense of Place—The Role of the Committee for Campus Aesthetics (Vicki C. Wright)

Sustainable Building Design (Douglas Bencks)

Moving the Kingsbury Mural (Douglas Bencks)

Sustainable Buildings—Do You Want Fries with Your Building? No Thank You! (Douglas Bencks)

ch. 4 Creating the Intellectual Basis for Sustainability Research and Scholarship (John Aber and Cameron Wake, ed.)

Research on Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (Rich Langan and Dolores Leonard)

The History of Marine Animal Populations (Andrew Rosenberg, Jeff Bolster, Karen Alexander, and Bill Leavenworth)

The Stormwater Research Center (Tom Ballestero)

Oyster Restoration—Planning, Research, and Implementation in New Hampshire (Ray Grizzle)

Research on Climate and Energy

The Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (David S. Bartlett)

The Environmental Research Group (Kevin Gardner and Taylor Eighmy)

Multidisciplinary Design Competition (Jenna Jambeck and Kevin Gardner)

Regional Climate Assessments—Supporting Informed Public Policy (Cameron Wake)

Research on Food and Society

The UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm (John E. Carroll and Tom Kelly)

The Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center (Rich Langan and Dolores Leonard)

The UNH Community Food, Nutrition, and Wellness Profile (Joanne Burke)

From Campus Farm to Dining Hall (John McLean)

Research on Culture and Sustainability

The Undergraduate Research Conference—A Key Ingredient in the Sustainable Learning Community (Eleanor Abrams)

The Carsey Institute—Building Knowledge to Support Opportunity for Families in Sustainable Communities (Mil Duncan)

The Growing a Green Generation Project (John Nimmo)

ch. 5 Sustaining the Larger Community: Engagement (Jeffrey A. Schloss, ed.)

Engagement in Biodiversity and Ecosystems

The New Hampshire Lakes Lay Monitoring Program—A Sustainable Model for Engaging Citizens (Jeffrey A. Schloss)

Forest Watch—Enhancing Pre-College Understanding of Biodiversity and Ecosystems (Barry Rock)

The UNH Marine Docent Program (Mark Wiley)

Students Without Borders (Jenna Jambeck and Kevin Gardner)

Engagement in Climate and Energy

Collaboration for a Low-Carbon Society—Carbon Solutions New England (Cameron Wake)

The New Hampshire Carbon Challenge (Chris Skoglund, Denise Blaha, and Julia Dundorf)

WildCAP Discount Program (Brett Pasinella)

Informing Public Policy—Engagement on Climate with the State of New Hampshire (Cameron Wake)

Engagement in Food and Society

The New Hampshire Farm to School Program (Elisabeth Farrell and Lynda Brushett)

Cooperative Fisheries Research—The Innovative Fisherman (Ken LaValley)

The Organic Garden Club (Rebecca Grube)

New Hampshire Center for a Food Secure Future (Elisabeth Farrell)

Engagement in Culture and Sustainability

Deliberation in the Civic Sector—The Role of Higher Education in Sustaining Democracy (Bruce L. Mallory)

Building a Sustainable Community of Engaged Scholars—The UNH Outreach Scholars Academy (Julie E. Williams, Eleanor Abrams, and Christine Shea)

Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail (Valerie Cunningham)

Four Hands, One Heart—Ed and Mary Scheier Documentary and Exhibit (Tom Kelly)

ch. 6 How the Sustainability Ethic Developed at UNH and the Next Phase of our “Journey to the Future” (Sara Cleaves, Tom Kelly, and John Aber)

Contributors
Index
University communities have the potential to serve as models in the development and application of sustainability principles and practices, not only by what they teach and study, but also by how they operate facilities and engage with off-campus partners. With the oldest endowed campus-wide sustainability program in the country, established in 1997, the University of New Hampshire has become a leader in advancing a campus culture of sustainability. The UNH experience provides a unique window into the development of a new and integrated approach to teaching, learning, research, and operations. It is also a valuable guide for other institutions that aim to enhance the quality of campus life while reducing their environmental footprint. The book’s organization along four functional domains (curriculum, operations, research, and engagement) allows faculty, staff, students, and managers to focus on sections of particular relevance to their university roles. Each chapter develops standards of best practices and presents interesting case studies to humanize the larger effort. (From the Publisher)