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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
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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Helping others understand sustainability: Tools for Curriculum
Development and Instructional Design AASHE 2012 Dr. Sherie McClam,
Manhattanville College Lori Diefenbacher, Webster University
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Communicating the Principles of Sustainability: The
Rainbow
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Environment
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Society
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Environment Economy Politics Spirituality Environment Society
Education Other
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Principles of Sustainability
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Borrowed from Facing the Future facingthefuture.org
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Interconnectness Systems Thinking Global Citizenship Cycles
Importance of Place Respect for Limits Social Justice
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Interconnectedness Who planted the apple tree? What resources
did the tree need to grow? Who picked the apple?
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Systems Thinking Where did the pesticides come from? Did
contaminated runoff enter the water system? Did it reach the ocean?
The fish we eat?
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Global Citizenship Where did the apple come from? What is the
soil like there? Is there anything I can do to improve the
system?
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Cycles How does the water run through the orchard? Where do the
nutrients in the soils come from? Which insects help pollinate the
apples?
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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?
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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?
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Social Justice How are workers protected from pesticides and
other poisons? Do they earn a living wage? Is gender equity
honored?
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The Rainbow of an Apple
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Interconnectness Systems Thinking Global Citizenship Cycles
Importance of Place Respect for Limits Social Justice ?
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Issues of Sustainability Land use Transportation Energy Water
Materials Consumption Health and Comfort Waste Management
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Issues of Sustainability Land use Transportation Energy Water
Materials Consumption Health and Comfort Waste Management
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Issue of Sustainability: Water Grade Level Expectation in
Missouri 3 rd grade Geography: Identify rivers and bordering
states
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Interconnectedness The rivers as a shared resource Systems
Thinking Watersheds Global Citizenship Personal responsibility for
water use Cycles Water cycle Importance of Place Geography of
rivers Respect for Limits How much fresh water exists? Social
Justice Water rights and power 3 rd grade Geography: Identify
rivers and bordering states
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Issue of Sustainability: Water Grade Level Expectation in
Missouri 8 th grade Math: Use symbolic algebra to represent and
solve problems that involve linear and quadratic relationships
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Interconnectedness Compare graphs to show connections Systems
Thinking --Change over time --Long term effects Global Citizenship
Changes to our town or city we can suggest Importance of Place Use
data from town or city College Algebra
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Issue of Sustainability: Water Grade Level Expectation in
Missouri 11 th grade English: use a variety of classic and
contemporary literature to study writing, literary analysis, and to
improve reading skills.
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Interconnectedness Human dependence on water Systems Thinking
Cause and effects of agricultural practices Global Citizenship
Current problems and responsibilities of citizens Cycles Impact of
water shortages on environments Importance of Place Loss of place--
Migration Respect for Limits Soil degradation Social Equity Class
inequities Ethnic discrimination American Literature Grapes of
Wrath
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Issue of Sustainability: Water Grade Level Expectation in
Missouri Art: High School Create artwork that communicates ideas of
the human condition, power, nature, etc.
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Interconnectness Systems Thinking Global Citizenship Cycles
Importance of Place Respect for Limits Social Justice Art: High
School Create artwork that communicates ideas of the human
condition, power, nature, etc.
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A sustainable society is one that thrives over generations, one
that is far-seeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to
undermine its physical or social systems of support.
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Communicating a Framework for Curriculum Development: The Think
Bubble
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Desired Results Shelburne Farms Sustainable School Project
adaptation Established Goal(s): Transfer Lens of Sustainability:
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
Meaning Big Ideas of Sustainability: Enduring Understandings
Students will understand that Essential Questions Students will
keep considering Acquisition Students will know thatStudents will
be skilled at
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Desired Results Shelburne Farms Sustainable School Project
adaptation Established Goal(s): Transfer Lens of Sustainability:
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
Vermont EfS Standards Australian Sustainability Curriculum
Framework Meaning Big Ideas of Sustainability: Enduring
Understandings Students will understand that New South Wales Earth
Citizenship Framework Essential Questions Students will keep
considering New South Wales Earth Citizenship Framework USP
Standards Acquisition Students will know that New South Wales Earth
Citizenship Framework Vermont EfS Standards Students will be
skilled at New South Wales Earth Citizenship Framework
Manhattanville Standards
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Transfer Students will be able to independently use their
learning to a)Make decisions that demonstrate an understanding of
natural and human communities, the ecological, economic and social
systems within them and awareness of how their personal and
collective actions affect the sustainability of these interrelated
systems. (Vermont EfS Standards) b)Design and implement actions for
the present, in the knowledge that the impact of these actions will
be experienced in the future. (Australian Sustainability Curriculum
Framework)
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Meaning: Enduring Understandings Students will understand that
a)Personal, family and community wellbeing is a foundation and
aspiration of sustainable future. b)They belong to and have
responsibility within local, national and global communities.
c)They are custodians and stewards of the biosphere. d)They have
the capacity and motivation / rationale for being agents of change
for a sustainable future. (From NSW Earth Citizen Framework)
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Meaning: Essential Questions Students will keep considering
a)What should a citizen in our society know and be able and
motivated to do if we are to create an ecologically sustainable
society? (NSW Earth Citizenship Conceptual Framework) b)What is my
place in this place? c)What is my vision for a future we can live
with? d)What changes need to be made by individuals, local
communities and countries if my vision is to become a reality? ( c
& d from USP EfS Standards)
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Acquisition: Knowledge a)Life is a function of ecosystems.
(Earth Citizenship Conceptual Framework) b)Human society is a part
of the biosphere and there are limits to the demands we can place
upon it. (Earth Citizenship Conceptual Framework) c)Communities,
practices and products can be assessed for and changed toward
sustainable future (HN/HKVermont Standards)
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Acquisition: Skills Students will be skilled at a)World viewing
and valuing: becoming aware of, developing and discussing their
beliefs, perceptions, values and ethical principles, and those of
others. b)Systems seeking and testing: understanding and working
with complexity, uncertainty and risk. c)Futures thinking and
designing: influencing the future and designing and creating
sustainable communities. ( a c from NSW Earth Citizenship
Conceptual Framework) d)Critical analysis: recognize and
articulating clear, well- organized thought in which the language
is used and claims made are appropriate to the subject and context
of the thinking (Manhattanville Core Curriculum Standards)
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How might these tools be useful in the work that you?
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Sherie McClam, [email protected] Manhattanville College,
Purchase, NY USA Lori Diefenbacher, [email protected] 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.