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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 ...

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.

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 ...

Bentley University Local Learning Community
The Bentley LLC aims to foster collaboration among faculty from 16 academic departments to create transdisciplinary curricula that integrate the humanities and sciences into the Bentley undergraduate business curriculum. Despite challenges like limited faculty time, the LLC successfully facilitated collaboration among faculty in every department, resulting in several ongoing transdisciplinary teaching projects and research publications. The impact includes increased faculty participation and the development of new transdisciplinary curricula, indicating both enthusiasm and institutional support for this decentralized, faculty-driven approach.

Use BASICS in Your Discipline
Content Page showcasing transdisciplinary BASICS teaching materials with discipline-specific implementation examples for Anthropology, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geoscience, and Health Science, enabling educators to integrate systems thinking into diverse academic courses. 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.

Publications, Presentations, and Awards
Content page listing academic publications, presentations, and awards related to transdisciplinary sustainability curriculum development in higher education, highlighting research outputs, conference engagements, and recognition such as the 2023 Innovation in Accounting Education Award. 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.

Paid Marketing Brief and Circular Economy
You are a consultant for your chosen brand. They've hired you to evaluate and create a better strategy for their paid digital marketing efforts and asked you to especially highlight that their product(s) ...

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 ...

Part 2: Mapping the Lifecycle of a Product
As individuals, we may vary in how much waste we produce and how we dispose of it, but it should be apparent that none of us produce zero waste. This activity explores the lifecycle of a specific product through ...

Nutrient Pollution in the Mississippi River
Students are introduced to the fundamentals of nutrient cycling (specifically, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling) along with the wicked problems of eutrophication, oxygen depletion, and the development of dead zones. ...