Broaden Sustainability Education (Proposed)

Project History

Engagement001: General Education Board Sustainability Sub-Group - Transmitted

12/3/2021

Following the completion of iWG assessment for Engagement001 General Education Board Sustainability Sub-group, the recommendation was transmitted to the Sustainability Sub-Council (4-5-21) and Sustainability Council (4-28-21).
Education SWATeam Meeting Minutes 2/8/2021

2/19/2021

Meeting minutes from the February 8th Education SWATeam meeting.

Project Family

Educate Future Leaders
- Curriculum
- Co-curricular Sustainability Programs
- Broaden Sustainability Education
- Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)
- Sustainability Internship Program
- iSEE Collaboratory

Key Objective

6.1 Broaden Sustainability Education
(iCAP 2020)

Description

The iCAP objective #6.1 is: Broaden the availability of sustainability education across the entire curriculum, beginning with first-year student orientation and continuing through commencement, with at least one of four proposed methods implemented by FY24.

Background

In the iCAP 2020, four methods for broadening sustainability education were identified:

First-year student sustainability seminar - This is being pursued through New Student Orientation.
Sustainability general education (GenEd) credit - This was proposed through the Illinois Student Government.
100-level courses - iSEE is talking with the leadership for the Engineering 100 course.
Sustainability workshop - This is being pursued as a Sustainability Best Practices Video.

Themes

Primary Theme:

Education

iCAP Portal

Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

iCAP Themes

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