Suzanne Savanick Hansen

Environmental Studies

Macalester College

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (2)

Communicating Campus Resource Flows part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM/FaCE:Projects:Integrating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum:Activities
Students research one of the energy or resource flows across the campus and design an educational project the describes the magnitude and importance of this energy or resource flow to the campus community for display during Earth Week.

Phenology Plot Project part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM/FaCE:Projects:Integrating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum:Activities
Students pick one place in the Carleton Arboretum to spend at least 20 minutes observing the biodiversity in that one place at least six times during the term. Students must record observations visually and with the written word and share their final projects with the class.

Course (1)

Sustainability and the Campus part of Teach the Earth:Courses
A course description page detailing an interdisciplinary undergraduate seminar at Macalester College that uses the campus as a living laboratory to teach sustainability through hands-on projects, fieldwork, and systemic analysis of environmental, social, and economic issues.

Teaching Method Module (1)

Campus Living Laboratory part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Campus Living Laboratory
Campus-based learning uses the campus buildings and grounds as teaching tools. Campus-based projects can provide hands-on, real-world projects that link to service-learning and civic engagement programs.

Other Contributions (2)

Curricular Integration part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM/FaCE:Projects:Integrating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum:2010 Sustainability Workshop:Disciplinary Action Plans
A content page from the SERC Pedagogic Resources site detailing curricular integration of sustainability in undergraduate education, featuring action steps, disciplinary examples, and resources from a 2010 workshop, with contributions from Suzanne Savanick Hansen of Macalester College.

Institutional Action Plan - Macalester College part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM/FaCE:Projects:Integrating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum:2010 Sustainability Workshop:Institutional Action Plans
This informational webpage outlines Macalester College's Institutional Action Plan developed during the 2010 ACM/FaCE Sustainability Workshop, detailing strategies for advancing sustainability education through faculty engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration with peer institutions, and campus-wide workshops, while addressing challenges like faculty interest and resource development.