3. Recognition of Faculty
Honoring the expertise of faculty
Develop a faculty speaker’s bureau before looking to
outside speakers
Awards
Sustainability Champion Program at UCSB
Celebrating faculty accomplishments
C l b ti f lt li h t
Berkeley’s Institute of the Environment – highlights
courses, degree programs, and research focused on
sustainability
4. Inclusion of Faculty
Inclusion on Campus‐Wide Sustainability Committees (which do
not report to Academic Senate)
Most Campuses in the UC and CSU that have a CSC
Academic Senate (All of the following report directly to Senate)
CSU Long Beach (Campus‐wide committee with faculty and staff
representation)
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (committee)
CSU Fullerton (task force)
San Diego State University (committee)
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UC San Francisco (task force)
UC Santa Barbara (work group)
Sustainability Faculty Learning Community (CSU Chico)
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20 academic departments represented
5. Curriculum
Environmental Literacy
CSU Chico received approval to form a GE pathway to
sustainability (Fall 2011)
SFSU Announced General Education Requirement!
Environmental Awareness Requirement, UC Santa Cruz
UCLA developed a sustainability course designed for
incoming freshman through their Summer Start
Program. Counts as a GE requirement.
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Promoting existing courses
CSU Chico
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7. Curriculum
Modifying existing courses
Course Modules: Hydrogen
Energy in Engineering Education,
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Humboldt State University
Incentives and collaborations: Piedmont/Ponderosa
Project Model, Dr. Geoff Chase, SDSU
New Courses
Student‐led Curriculum: De‐Cal at Berkeley and
Education for Sustainable Living Program
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9. G W kf D l t
Green Workforce Development
and Extension Programs
and Extension Programs
Extension Curriculum
CSU Fullerton
Applied Sustainability: Gateway to Economic Growth;
Commercial Building Energy Auditing; Green Building; Green
Data Center Management, Cloud Computing and Emerging
Technologies and Green HVAC Design.
UC Berkeley
Sustainable Studies Initiatives
S i bl S di I i i i
Professional Programs in Solar Energy and Green Building
and Leadership in Sustainability and Environmental
Management
10. Co‐Curricular Activities
Lyle Center at Cal Poly Pomona
For‐credit projects with faculty guidance
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo sustainable start‐ups
Fair Trade Chocolate Sellers
Optional Senior Thesis
O i l S i Th i
Environmental Studies, UCSB
UCSC IDEAS ‐ Chancellor s
UCSC IDEAS Chancellor’s
Internship Program
Study abroad programs
11. Degree Programs
Undergraduate Programs
SDSU Sustainable Recreation and Tourism Management
Program and Sustainability and Environmental Studies Major
Minor in Global Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Studies, UCI
Minor in Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona
Emphases and Specializations
UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry is establishing an
UC B k l ’ C ll f Ch i i bli hi
undergraduate minor and a designated emphasis for graduate
students.
Literature and the Environment Specialization, UCSB
12. Degree Programs
Masters Programs
UC Berkeley welcomes the first class to their new cross‐
disciplinary Master s Program in Sustainable
disciplinary Master’s Program in Sustainable
Development Fall 2011 (College of Natural Resources)
PhD Programs
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Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture (UCSC)
Schools
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
(UCSB)
13. Research
Community Partnerships for Applied Research
Air Quality Research at The Palm Springs Institute for
Environmental Sustainability at CSU San Bernadino s
Environmental Sustainability at CSU San Bernadino’s Palm
Desert Campus
CSU Chico’s Community University Sustainability
Partnership based on U. Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Initiative
P hi b d U O ’ S i bl Ci i I i i i
Collaboration amongst institutions
San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology
Collaborations throughout a higher education system
Center for Global Environmental Change Research (UCI)
14. Research
University as a living laboratory
San Diego State University’s Solar Array Observatory at
Main Campus operated by the Field Stations Program
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Fellowships
Schatz Energy Fellowship for graduate studies at
Humboldt State University
Institute for Energy Efficiency graduate student
fellowships and Peter J. Frenkel fellowships (UCSB)
15. Campus‐Level Commitment
Talloires Declaration
Cal Poly SLO, CSUC, CSUCI, and UCSB
ACUPCC
Develop a climate plan with actions to make climate
D l li t l ith ti t k li t
neutrality and sustainability a part of the curriculum
and other educational experience for all students.
CSULB, Cal Poly Pomona, CSUB, CSUC, CSUMB & All
UCs
16. Campus‐Level Commitment
Strategic Plans
CSU Chico’s Strategic Plan for the future
Value #6: Believing that each generation owes
something to those which follow, we will create
environmentally literate citizens, who embrace
environmentally literate citizens who embrace
sustainability
UC Merced 2009 Strategic Academic Vision
Integrated into Mission and identified as a Research
Theme.
