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ESG Reporting Research Paper
Students will select a topic of their choice related to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governmental) reporting to explore further, culminating in a 5-page research paper. The research paper will have milestones ...

Externalities, Public Goods, and Common Resources – Navigating the market equilibrium
Consider our new understanding of what makes water quality a "wicked problem" using the example of the Mississippi River Watershed. In particular, focus on the SDGs related to clean water & sanitation ...

The Wicked Problem of Water Quality in the Mississippi River Watershed
Water connects all elements of Earth's ecosystems, and human activities – biological, economic, and even recreational – change the chemical and biological nature of water. As such, maintaining the quality ...

The Wicked Problem of an Equitable​ Zero-Waste Circular Economy​
The U.S. is a consumption-based society whose economic health is dependent on spending and consumption of goods, or products, and services. The impact of our consumption, though, is felt globally. This is most ...

Campus Waste Audit
The course specific excercise we did was to take Bentley University waste data across multiple years (and different buildings). Student evaluated waste diversion rates, compost rates, and landfill rates to assess ...

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Introduction to Environmental Economics
This course offers an overview of economic analyses of environmental issues like pollution and resource management for non-majors. Students will receive an introduction to marginal thinking, market-based solutions, valuation techniques, and government intervention, with a focus on current issues and applying economics in an interdisciplinary manner to other environmental fields.

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in CHEM 305: Molecular Toxicology
This course will focus upon common environmental toxins and the biochemical processes by which they are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted from mammalian systems. Particular attention will be paid to understanding these processes at the molecular level.

Wick3d Designs New Product Negotiation
This is a multi-party negotiation role play in which students are given negotiating roles and then are asked to negotiate and agree on a new product for their company. The company's values include ...

Student Guides
Educational page providing downloadable student guides in PDF format that explore water quality as a "wicked problem" in the Mississippi River Watershed through interdisciplinary modules on nitrogen, antibiotics, and mercury, integrating the water cycle, human impacts, and sustainability concepts for classroom use. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Sustainable Business Model Development
This course will explore this emerging, highly interdisciplinary field of social entrepreneurship through a social venture business plan and teams can choose topics provided at the beginning of this semester ...