Sustainability on campus: stories and strategies for change/ edited by Peggy F. Barlett and Geoffrey W. Chase. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004. - viii, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Urban and industrial environments; .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Peggy F. Bartlett and Geoffrey W. Chase --

Part I: Laying the cornerstones -- Process and practice: creating the sustainable university / Christopher Uhl -- The green task force: facing the challenges to environmental stewardship at a small liberal arts college / Abigail R. Jahiel and R. Given Harper -- No longer waiting for someone else to do it: a take of reluctant leadership / Peggy F. Barlett --

Part II: Redesigning the curriculum / Geoffrey W. Chase and Paul Rowland -- Transdisciplinary shared learning / Richard B. Norgaard -- Place as the nexus of a sustainable future: a course for all of us / Laura B. DeLind and Terry Link -- Building political acceptance for sustainability: degree requirements for all graduates / Debra Rowe --

Part III: Building buildings, building learning communities -- Can educational institutions learn? The creation of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College / David W. Orr -- The development of Stanford University's guidelines for sustainable buildings: a student perspective / Audrey B. Chang --


Part IV: Engaging communities, engaging students -- Maintaining a college-community ecotourism project: faculty initiative, institutional vision, student participation, and community partnerships / Richard D. Bowden and Eric Pallant -- Teaching for change: the leadership in environmental education partnership / Paul Faulstich -- Restoring natural landscapes: from ideals to action / Allen Franz --

Part V: Building system-wide commitment -- South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative / Patricia L. Jerman [and others] -- Challenges of greening a decentralized campus: making the connection to health / Polly Walker and Robert S. Lawrence -- Sustaining sustainability: lessons from Ramapo College / Michael R. Edelstein -- Cultivating a shared environmental vision at Middlebury College / Nans Jenks-Jay.

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Campus planning--Environmental aspects--United States.
Universities and colleges--Environmental aspects--United States.
Environmental management--United States.

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