Essays: Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability

Climate Science for Sustainability in the Future Greenhouse/Hothouse
David Feary, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Essay page by David Feary discussing a proposed 200-level course on climate science for sustainability, emphasizing deep-time climate dynamics, greenhouse/hothouse states, climate feedbacks, tipping points, and the pedagogical challenge of teaching diverse sustainability majors. 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.

Innovation and Integration in Student Centered Environmental Science
Erin Lane, University of British Columbia
An academic essay page detailing the University of British Columbia's student-centered Environmental Sciences program, emphasizing interdisciplinary curriculum design, skill integration, and pedagogical innovation in sustainability education within higher education. 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.

A Truly Interdisciplinary Approach: Environmental Studies at Guilford College
Angela Moore, Guilford College
A participant essay page from the InTeGrate workshop series details Guilford College's interdisciplinary Environmental Studies program, emphasizing systems thinking, dual-degree structure, faculty collaboration, curricular challenges, and experiential learning within a liberal arts and Quaker context. 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.

Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Darren Leaver, Glendale Community College
An essay page from the InTeGrate initiative detailing Glendale Community College's cross-disciplinary sustainability curriculum integration, faculty collaboration, and program challenges amid funding constraints. 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.

Sustainability Education at University of Missouri-Kansas City
Syed Hasan, University of Missouri-Kansas City
This informational page details the sustainability education program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, highlighting its interdisciplinary environmental science curriculum, green-collar career preparation, capstone and internship requirements, urban resource advantages, and challenges like faculty shortages, within the context of a national workshop on geoscience and sustainability. 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.

The Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Major at Emory University
Anne Hall, Emory University
An essay page from the InTeGrate project describing Emory University's interdisciplinary Environmental Studies major, highlighting its integration of geoscience, sustainability, and liberal arts, program structure, strengths in interdisciplinary learning, community engagement, and challenges in developing graduate offerings. 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.

Geology and Geography Program at Georgia Southern
Wei Tu, Georgia Southern University
This informational essay page, part of the InTeGrate project, details Georgia Southern University's Geology and Geography program's integration of sustainability into its curriculum, emphasizing geospatial technologies, fieldwork, and overcoming regional cultural challenges to prepare students for sustainability-focused careers. 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.

The Environmental Studies Program at CU Boulder
Jason Neff, University of Colorado at Boulder
This informational page profiles the Environmental Studies (ENVS) program at the University of Colorado Boulder, detailing its interdisciplinary curriculum integrating science, values, and policy in addressing environmental issues, its historical development since 1972, enrollment growth, structural challenges related to faculty and resource limitations, and student engagement, as part of the InTeGrate initiative focused on sustainability education and curricular reform. 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.

Environmental Sustainability at the University of Illinois
Jonathan Tomkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This essay page details the development and structure of the Earth, Society and Environmental Sustainability (ESE) program at the University of Illinois, emphasizing its interdisciplinary curriculum, student-driven specializations, online degree expansion, and challenges in program cohesion and faculty coordination within a liberal arts framework. 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.

A Tour of the Earth Sustainability Liberal Education Program: An experiment in integrative learning
Barbara Bekken, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
This essay page details the Earth Sustainability Liberal Education Program at Virginia Tech, an interdisciplinary, STEM-intensive curriculum designed to advance students' epistemological development and integrative learning through thematic, four-semester courses focused on sustainability, assessing its impact, challenges in institutional support, and implications for career preparation. 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.