Sustainability at St. Edward’s UniversityPeter Beck, Assoc. Prof. and Coordinator of Environmental Science and PolicyCristina Bordin, Special Asst. to the President and Sustainability Coordinator

1. Classroom Teaching EffortsDegree Programs• Undergraduate:

Environmental Science and Policy (BS)

• Graduate: Environmental Management and Sustainability (PSM)

Academic Courses

• Integrating sustainability throughout different courses

• Sustainability focused courses

Eco-Lead

Experiential Learning

Campus Field Trips Lifestyle Project

Off-Campus Field Trips

Wild Basin Barton Springs

Applied Research Courses

Deer Management

2. Out-of-Classrooms Teaching Efforts

• Teaching Workshops

• Learning Community

Community Involvement

Zach Baumer

Service Learning and Internships

3. Increasing Student Participation• Students for Sustainability

– Student garden– Green Ambassadors– Earth Week

Earth Weeks

3. Increasing Student [and Community] Participation

• Office of Sustainability– Role of the sustainability coordinator– Sustainability Graduate Assistant– Website

• Sustainability Timeline• Video• Blog• Campus Sustainability Map

– Green tips• Earth Week• Cross-campus efforts

– Curricular and co-curricular– Service-learning opportunities

Information Sharing

3. Increasing Student [and Community] Participation

• Office of Sustainability– Role of the sustainability coordinator– Sustainability Graduate Assistant– Website

• Campus Sustainability Map• Sustainability Timeline• Video• Blog

– Green tips• Earth Week• Cross-campus efforts

– Curricular and co-curricular– Service-learning opportunities

4. Institutional Support for Sustainability Activities and Projects

• Not easy, but possible– Environmental Stewardship Committee– Marketing materials– AASHE– TRACS– Green IT, Purchase, Cleaning products policies

• Not so successful…yet:– Living-Learning Community (LLC) proposal– STARS or reliable/consistent inventory– Additional resources

Thank you.