Enhancing Sustainability Campuswide E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Serie: J-B SS Single Issue Student Services
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 195

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

"Do what you can, with what you have, where youare." Many student affairs divisions are doing just that,leading the way in sustainability education by providing studentswith the knowledge they need to make a positive impact in theirpersonal, civic, and professional lives. This sourcebook provides a primer on how to best organizespecific programs and services as well as overall campus operationsto address the critical challenge of sustainability. Presentingresearch, operational approaches, and personal insights, theauthors enable readers to develop successful programs and services.Practical in nature, the content can be adapted into existing ordeveloping programs for a seamless integration of sustainabilityinto everyday campus life. This is the 137th volume of this Jossey-Bass highereducation quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vicepresidents of student affairs, deans of students, studentcounselors, and other student services professionals, NewDirections for Student Services offers guidelines andprograms for aiding students in their total development: emotional,social, physical, and intellectual.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Editors’ Notes

Introducing Sustainability

Introducing This Volume

Chapter 1: Sustainability, Student Affairs, and Students

Sustainability and Student Affairs

Involvement of Professional Associations in Sustainability

Student Learning and Sustainability

Creating Sustainable Campus Communities

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Moving Beyond Green: Sustainable Development Toward Healthy Environments, Social Justice, and Strong Economies

Defining Sustainability

Moving Beyond “Green”

Healthy Environments, Social Justice, and Strong Economies

Potential of the Triple Bottom Line

Synergy of the Triple Bottom Line: Campus Examples

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Student Services and Auxiliary Enterprises

Foundational Connections Between Sustainability and Campus Auxiliaries

Sustainability’s Critical Value to Student Development

Supporting Sustainability: Regent University

Sustainability’s Enhancement of Campus Life and Society

Chapter 4: Sustainability in Housing and Dining Operations

Creating a Living Laboratory: Observation and Transparency

Students Expressing Environmental Dedication

Working With Your Limitations

Operating From a Position of Strength: Establishing a Departmental Approach

Gauging Impact

The Role of Residential Life

The Challenge of Getting Beyond Green

Future Considerations

Chapter 5: Sustainability in the Union

Introduction to College Union History

The Union as a Building

The Union as a Business

The Heart and Soul of the New Union

Concluding Thoughts

Chapter 6: Sustainability and First-Year Programs

A Brief History of First-Year Programs

The “Greening the Campus” Model

The Development of “Green” Initiatives in First-Year Programs

Greening the Campus at Ball State University

The Green Continuum

Advanced Sustainability Efforts in the First Year

Other Examples in the First-Year Experience and Some Lessons Learned

Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Efforts

Chapter 7: Organizing for Sustainability

The Sustainability Challenge

Addressing the Challenge

Organizing for Success: Implementing a Campus Office of Sustainability

Linking Academic and Operational Components of the Campus

Long-Range Planning and Short-Term Crises

Funding Issues and Challenges

Communications

Engagement of a Diverse Community

Measuring Success

Concluding Remarks: Sustaining the Sustainability Movement

Index

ENHANCING SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUSWIDE

Bruce A. Jacobs and Jillian Kinzie (eds.)

New Directions for Student Services, no. 137

Elizabeth J. Whitt, Editor-in-Chief

John H. Schuh, Associate Editor

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Editors’ Notes

Bruce A. Jacobs, Jillian Kinzie

When Earth Day dawned on April 22, 1970, environmental issues came of age in American life. Millions of people across the country and at colleges and universities participated in Earth Day celebrations. The event publicized growing concern about the deterioration of our environment, mindless overconsumption of natural resources, and greater awareness of the need for conservation (Cortese, 2003). Although the strength of the environmental movement has ebbed and flowed over the last several decades, it has remained a constant concern on most college campuses. Environmentalism sparked campus recycling efforts, environmental clubs and conservation organizations, specialized academic programs and majors designed around environmental issues, and campus energy reduction initiatives (Bardaglio and Putman, 2009; Barlett and Chase, 2004). It prompted the creation of a campus recycling program that is a partnership between students and Facilities Management at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1976, spurred a zero-waste stadium at the University of California, Davis, and created spirited competitions among students in residence halls across the country to boost recycling and slash energy use (Carlson, 2006; Egan, 2006; Eilperin, 2005).