ABSTRACT
Sustainability is quite literally the way of the future. In the present, though, it remains unclear what exactly the movement toward sustainability means for many of us. This is perhaps especially true in higher education: While colleges and universities are often at the forefront of major social changes, and while it is true that academics have contributed a great deal to our overall understanding of the need for sustainability, the commercial and public sectors have, in many respects, outrun education in making their day-to-day operations more sustainable. The contributors to Teaching Sustainability/Teaching Sustainably are all leaders in sustainable education. Their contributions to this volume report work and discoveries in all aspects of the sustainable education movement. The chapters in Part One provide guidance for rethinking institutional mission, vision, and values in higher education. Part Two shows how faculty members have integrated concepts of sustainability into their disciplines and into the content of their courses, in areas ranging from literary criticism to health-care management to eco-tourism. Part Three features reports on faculty experiments with sustainable teaching practices in the classroom and in campus life. Finally, Part Four presents a variety of ways to train change-making leaders for the future of the sustainability movement. Teaching Sustainability/Teaching Sustainably will help and inspire people working in all areas of higher education to move toward sustainability in an effective and responsible way.
