Presentation at the 5th Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and 4th Sustainable Campuses Conference

1. Growing
Sustainability
Across
the
Curriculum

2. Historical
Context
ü
2007
NSCC
is
the
100th
ACUPCC
Climate
Commitment
Signature
ü 2009
Facili<es
ini<ates
several
green
projects
ü Green
team
formed
to
help
be
outreach
on
strategic
plan
related
to
sustainability
ü 2012
Zero
Net
Energy
Building
ü LEED
Cer<fica<on-­‐
Gold

3. Green
Curriculum
Project
ü Green
Team
plays
a
pivotal
role
ü 38
faculty
par<cipate
ü 20
courses
have
been
developed
ü 2
Green
Associate
Degrees
(credit-­‐bearing)
Environmental
Hor<culture
Environmental
Studies
ü Green
Building
Cer<ficate
(non-­‐credit)

4. Sustainability
Across
the
Curriculum
• ANT102
Cultural
Anthropology
• BIO
101
Biology
1:
The
Basics
of
Life
(3
secIons)
• BIO
102
Biology
2:
Diversity
of
Life
• BIO130
Neotropical
Ecology
• BIO
140
Marine
Biology
• BIO144
Biology
2:
Wetlands
Ecology
• CHE
103
General
Chemistry
1
• CMP
101
ComposiIon
1
(2
sec<ons)
• CMP104
ComposiIon
2:
IntroducIon
to
Literature
• CMP
122:
ComposiIon
2
Children's
Literature
• CMP
148
ComposiIon
2:
Literature
and
the
Environment
• COM
011
College
WriIng
1
• CPS122
OperaIng
Systems
• ECE101
Child
Growth
and
Development
• ECE110
FoundaIons
of
Early
Childhood
EducaIon
• ECO
103
Principles
of
Macroeconomics
• ECO
104
Principles
of
Microeconomics
• EGS
101
IntroducIon
to
Engineering
• EGS
206
Materials
Science
• FSN
104
Technology
of
Food
Processing
• GEO
108
Environmental
Science
• GRA
102
Graphic
ProducIon
• HIS
103
United
States
History
I
• HIS
131
History
of
World
CivilizaIons
1
• HIS
132
History
of
World
CivilizaIons
2
• HIS
140
American
Environmental
History
• HRT
110
Plant
and
Soil
Science
• HRT
206
Landscape
Design
• IDS
102D
Popular
Culture
in
the
U.S.

5. Greening
the
Curriculum
cont.
• IDS
106
Understanding
NutriIon
• IDS
112
ArIsIc
Vision
(OL)
• IDS
122
Music
and
Healing
• IDS
128
Environmental
Law
and
Policy
• IDS166
IntroducIon
to
Sustainable
Living
• IDS
168
Exploring
the
Landscape
of
Sustainability
• IDS
182
Organic
and
Sustainable
Food
ProducIon
• IDS
939
Amusement
Parks
and
the
Mechanics
of
Leisure
• LIT
214
Literature
of
the
American
Peoples
1:
American
Indian
Literature
• LIT
216
Literature
of
the
American
People
2:
LaIn
American
Literature
• MAT
143
IntroducIon
to
StaIsIcs
• PHI106
IntroducIon
to
Philosophy
• PHI
126
Environmental
Ethics
• REL
102
Great
Religions
of
the
World
• RSP126
Respiratory
Care
Pharmacology
• SCI
101
Integrated
Science
1
• SCI
102
Integrated
Science
2
• SOC106
IntroducIon
to
Sociology
(2
sec<ons)
• SOC
126
Race,
Gender,
and
Class
• SPE
102
Speech

6. Lessons
Learned
• College
wide
buy-­‐in
requires
many
champions
• Leadership
commitment
• Ins<tu<onal
values
• Resources
and
incen<ves
• Dedicated
staff
devoted
to
sustainability
efforts