Fw: Resources to support sustainability education

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>Dear Colleague,

>

>A new, free-access website (www.2nature.org) -- maintained by a nonprofit

>organization called Second Nature -- helps education professionals link the

>interdisciplinary principles of environmental sustainability to their

>teaching and campus operations, through online resources such as:

>

>Vision :: information about " Education for Sustainability " (EFS) and its

>relationship to higher education;

>Courses :: interdisciplinary syllabi and reading lists, with instructor

> comments;

>Bulletin Board :: online message board for you and your colleagues to

> discuss sustainability education;

>EFS Profiles :: case studies of EFS activities at various schools;

>Methods :: innovative teaching techniques and real-world applications;

>Biblio :: bibliographic references for books, articles, videos and other

> materials;

>EFS Essays :: topical essays authored by leaders in the field; and

>Calendar of EFS Events :: upcoming sustainability activities.

>

>The website's content can only grow through your efforts. Through

>(www.2nature.org), you can exchange innovative curriculum with your

>colleagues, dialogue with professionals from around the world about

>sustainability education, and highlight your own activities.

>

>Second Nature is a Boston-based, national nonprofit organization working to

>help higher education prepare future professionals for the increasingly

>complex environmental and social challenges we face. The organization

>offers colleges and universities a range of programs, training sessions,

>one-on-one consulting and resources to make the integration of

>environmental sustainability thinking " second nature " to higher education.

>

>Please visit (www.2nature.org) and become part of the online learning

>community!

>

>-----------------------

>Steve Layman Bolton

>Starfish Program Manager

>

>Second Nature, Inc.

>44 Bromfield Street, Fifth Floor

>Boston, MA 02108-4909 USA

>tel: 617-292-7771 ext. 124

>fax: 617-292-0150

>e-mail: sbolton@...

>http://www.2nature.org