Sustainability Essays


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Landuse Planning in Landslide Country: The Washington State Oso Slide part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Rebekah Green
This educational case study page examines land use planning and risk management in landslide-prone regions through the 2014 Oso, Washington landslide, detailing geological hazards, policy frameworks like the Washington State Growth Management Act, and interdisciplinary considerations for teaching risk and resilience in environmental science. 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 Topics: Risk & Resilience

The Story of Big Moose Lake: Resilience, Tipping Point, and Restoration part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Bill Stigliani, University of Northern Iowa
A case study detailing the environmental history of Big Moose Lake, examining ecosystem resilience, tipping points in lake acidification due to industrial sulfur emissions, delayed ecological responses, and recovery driven by the Clean Air Act and natural soil buffering, used to teach systems thinking in environmental science. 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 Topics: Natural Hazards, Risk & Resilience, Water & Watersheds

Land Locked Community Impacted From Sea Level Rise 6200 Miles Away: Teaching an Audience Centered Approach to Risk and Resilience in Environmental Displacement part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Carrie Nelms, University of Arkansas Main Campus
This educational case study page examines how sea-level rise threatens island nations like the Marshall Islands and drives environmental migration to inland U.S. communities such as Northwest Arkansas, emphasizing an audience-centered pedagogical approach to teaching risk, resilience, and socio-economic adaptation in environmental displacement contexts. 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 Topics: Natural Hazards, Risk & Resilience, Climate Change, Cultures, Ethics, & Values

Key Biscayne: An Island Paradise in Jeopardy? part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Julie Lambert, Florida Atlantic University
This educational case study page examines the vulnerability of Key Biscayne, Florida, to sea level rise and coastal hazards, detailing its geological history, socio-economic profile, sustainability initiatives like the Village Goes Green program, and classroom applications for teaching risk, resilience, and environmental planning in the context of climate change. 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 Topics: Natural Hazards, Risk & Resilience

Tsunami scenario affecting California coastal communities (USGS SAFRR project) part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Corrie Neighbors, University of California-Riverside
A case study page detailing the USGS SAFRR tsunami scenario for California, covering seismic sources, coastal impacts, socio-economic risks, and preparedness strategies, used in teaching natural hazards and resilience in geoscience 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.

Sustainability Topics: Natural Hazards, Risk & Resilience

30 homes lost, lessons learned from the 2005 Santa Clara Utah river flood part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Kelly Bringhurst, Dixie State College of Utah
Case study page analyzing the 2005 Santa Clara, Utah river flood that destroyed 30 homes, emphasizing floodplain dynamics, stream bank erosion, risk assessment, and post-disaster community response, with teaching resources on natural hazards and resilience. 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 Topics: Natural Hazards, Risk & Resilience

Acid Mine Drainage in Lower Salem, OH part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Tej Gautam, Marietta College
This educational webpage presents a real-world case study on acid mine drainage (AMD) in Lower Salem, Ohio, detailing its geochemical processes, environmental impacts on surface and groundwater through heavy metal contamination, and pedagogical implementation as an undergraduate hydrogeology class project involving field sampling, lab analysis, and EPA standard comparisons. 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 Topics: Natural Hazards, Risk & Resilience, Water & Watersheds

Ocean Acidification and the West Coast of North America part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Richard Rueb, Clackamas Community College
Richard Rueb, Science, Clackamas Community College Summary The world's oceans are becoming increasingly acidic as a result of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The coastal waters of the West ...

Sustainability Topics: Natural Resources:Ocean/Coastal Resources, Natural Hazards, Risk & Resilience, Climate Change

Voices of Practice: Teaching Yoga, Sustainability, and Justice part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Essays
Karen Gaul, The Evergreen State College
This webpage is an academic essay in a curriculum collection that explores a practice-based pedagogical model integrating yoga, sustainability, and social justice in higher education, detailing how contemplative practices like Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and Gandhian principles foster embodied learning, emotional resilience, and ethical decision-making in students. 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.

Feeding the World - Teaching Sustainability in a Plant Biology Course part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Essays
Susan Singer, Carleton College
This essay page from the InTeGrate project details how plant biology is taught through a sustainability lens at Carleton College, emphasizing interdisciplinary learning, food security, soil science integration, and long-term student projects analyzing agricultural sustainability and policy. 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.