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Katie Maynard Advisor UCSB Academic Senate Sustainability Work Group Event Manager CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference

Statewide Efforts to Infuse Sustainability Into Academics

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Katie Maynard

AdvisorUCSB Academic Senate Sustainability Work Group

Event ManagerCA Higher Education Sustainability Conference g y

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ScopeRecognition and Inclusion of FacultyC i l  Curriculum C0‐Curricular ActivitiesD  PDegree ProgramsResearchC L l C it t Campus‐Level Commitment 

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Recognition of FacultyHonoring the expertise of faculty 

Develop a faculty speaker’s bureau before looking to outside speakers outside speakers 

Awards Sustainability Champion Program at UCSB 

C l b ti  f lt   li h t  Celebrating faculty accomplishments Berkeley’s Institute of the Environment – highlights courses, degree programs, and research focused on sustainability 

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Inclusion of Faculty Inclusion on Campus‐Wide Sustainability Committees (which do not report to Academic Senate)

Most Campuses  in the UC and CSU that have a CSCAcademic Senate  (All of the following report directly to Senate)

CSU Long Beach (Campus‐wide committee with faculty and staff representation)Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (committee)CSU Fullerton (task force)San Diego State University (committee)g yUC San Francisco (task force)UC Santa Barbara (work group)

Sustainability Faculty Learning Community (CSU Chico)y y g y ( )20 academic departments represented

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CurriculumEnvironmental Literacy

CSU Chico received approval to form a GE pathway to sustainability (Fall 2011)sustainability (Fall 2011)SFSU Announced General Education Requirement!Environmental Awareness Requirement, UC Santa Cruz UCLA developed a sustainability course designed for incoming freshman through their Summer Start Program.  Counts as a GE requirement. g q

Promoting existing courses CSU Chico CSU Chico 

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CurriculumModifying existing courses

Course Modules: Hydrogen  i   i i   d i  Energy in Engineering Education, 

Humboldt State University

Incentives and collaborations: Piedmont/Ponderosa Project Model, Dr. Geoff Chase, SDSU

New CoursesStudent‐led Curriculum: De‐Cal at Berkeley  and Student‐led Curriculum: De‐Cal at Berkeley  and Education for Sustainable Living Program

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G W kf D l tGreen Workforce Development and Extension Programsand Extension Programs

Extension CurriculumCSU Fullerton

Applied Sustainability: Gateway to Economic Growth; Commercial Building Energy Auditing; Green Building; Green Data Center Management, Cloud Computing and Emerging Data Center Management, Cloud Computing and Emerging Technologies and Green HVAC Design.

UC BerkeleyS i bl  S di  I i i i  Sustainable Studies Initiatives Professional Programs in Solar Energy and Green Building  and Leadership in Sustainability and Environmental Management

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Co‐Curricular ActivitiesLyle Center  at Cal Poly Pomona 

For‐credit projects with faculty guidance Cal Poly San Luis Obispo sustainable start‐ups

Fair Trade Chocolate SellersO i l S i  Th i  Optional Senior Thesis 

Environmental Studies, UCSBUCSC IDEAS  Chancellor’s UCSC IDEAS ‐ Chancellor s 

Internship ProgramStudy abroad programsStudy abroad programs

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Degree ProgramsUndergraduate Programs 

SDSU Sustainable Recreation and Tourism Management Program and Sustainability and Environmental Studies MajorProgram and Sustainability and Environmental Studies MajorMinor in Global  Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Studies, UCIMinor in Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona

Emphases and SpecializationsUC B k l ’  C ll   f Ch i  i   bli hi    UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry is establishing an undergraduate minor and a designated emphasis for graduate students.Literature and the Environment Specialization, UCSB

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Degree ProgramsMasters Programs

UC Berkeley welcomes the first class to their new cross‐disciplinary Master’s Program in Sustainable disciplinary Master s Program in Sustainable Development Fall 2011 (College of Natural Resources)

hPhD ProgramsAgroecology and Sustainable Agriculture (UCSC)

SchoolsBren School of Environmental Science & Management (UCSB)

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ResearchCommunity Partnerships for Applied Research

Air Quality Research at The Palm Springs Institute for Environmental Sustainability at CSU San Bernadino’s Palm Environmental Sustainability at CSU San Bernadinos Palm Desert CampusCSU Chico’s Community University Sustainability P hi  b d   U  O ’  S i bl  Ci i  I i i iPartnership based on U. Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Initiative

Collaboration amongst institutions San Diego Center  for Algae BiotechnologySan Diego Center  for Algae Biotechnology

Collaborations throughout a higher education systemCenter for Global Environmental Change Research (UCI)

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ResearchUniversity as a living laboratory

San Diego State University’s Solar Array Observatory at M i  C   t d b  th  Fi ld St ti  P  Main Campus operated by the Field Stations Program 

Fellowships Fellowships Schatz Energy Fellowship for graduate studies at Humboldt State University Institute for Energy Efficiency graduate student fellowships and Peter J. Frenkel fellowships (UCSB)

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Campus‐Level CommitmentTalloires Declaration

Cal Poly SLO, CSUC, CSUCI, and UCSB

ACUPCCD l     li t   l   ith  ti  t   k   li t  Develop a climate plan with actions to make climate neutrality and sustainability a part of the curriculum and other educational experience for all students.CSULB, Cal Poly Pomona, CSUB, CSUC, CSUMB & All UCs

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Campus‐Level CommitmentStrategic Plans

CSU Chico’s Strategic Plan for the futureValue #6: Believing that each generation owes something to those which follow, we will create environmentally literate citizens  who embrace environmentally literate citizens, who embrace sustainability

UC Merced 2009 Strategic Academic VisionIntegrated into Mission and identified as a Research Theme.