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Please take a moment to consider the following question. . When you communicate about sustainability with colleagues and stakeholders, what are some of the challenges that you face? .

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  1. Please take a moment to consider the following question. When you communicate about sustainability with colleagues and stakeholders, what are some of the challenges that you face?

  2. Helping others understand sustainability: Tools for Curriculum Development and Instructional Design AASHE 2012Dr. SherieMcClam, Manhattanville CollegeLori Diefenbacher, Webster University

  3. Communicating the Principles of Sustainability: The Rainbow

  4. Sustainability

  5. Environment

  6. Environment Society Society

  7. Environment Environment Politics Economy Education Society Spirituality Other

  8. Principles of Sustainability • Interconnectedness • Systems Thinking • Global Citizenship • Cycles • Importance of Place • Respect for Limits • Social Justice

  9. Principles of Sustainability • Interconnectedness • Systems Thinking • Global Citizenship • Cycles • Importance of Place • Respect for Limits • Social Justice

  10. Sustainability is more than green….

  11. Borrowed from Facing the Futurefacingthefuture.org

  12. Interconnectedness • Who planted the apple tree? What resources did the tree need to grow? Who picked the apple?

  13. Systems Thinking • Where did the pesticides come from? Did contaminated runoff enter the water system? Did it reach the ocean? The fish we eat?

  14. Global Citizenship • Where did the apple come from? What is the soil like there? Is there anything I can do to improve the system?

  15. Cycles How does the water run through the orchard? Where do the nutrients in the soils come from? Which insects help pollinate the apples?

  16. Importance of Place • When are apples ready to be picked in my area? Does the farmer support local businesses for supplies and services? Who owns the orchard?

  17. Respect for Limits • How much natural forest or prairie land was used to develop the orchard? How much petroleum was used to transport the apple?

  18. Social Justice • How are workers protected from pesticides and other poisons? Do they earn a living wage? Is gender equity honored?

  19. The Rainbow of an Apple

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  21. Issues of Sustainability • Land use • Transportation • Energy • Water • Materials Consumption • Health and Comfort • Waste Management

  22. Issues of Sustainability • Land use • Transportation • Energy • Water • Materials Consumption • Health and Comfort • Waste Management

  23. College Algebra

  24. American Literature Grapes of Wrath

  25. Communicating a Framework for Curriculum Development: The Think Bubble

  26. Bring up Word doc

  27. How might these tools be useful in the work that you?

  28. SherieMcClam, sherie.mcclam@mville.edu Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY USA Lori Diefenbacher, diefenlo@webster.edu Webster University, St Louis, MO USA If you would like to participate in a research project to assess the value of these tools, contact the authors.

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