[ACTS] Harvard Distance Learning Course on University Sustainability

[Leith Sharp]

Dear ACTS,

I''m an Australian working in Boston running the Harvard Green Campus 
Initiative (I used to run the UNSW Environment Management Program). Every 
now and then there's an opportunity to reach over the mighty Pacific Ocean 
back home to share the journey of institutional transformation for 
sustainability. This is one of them. We are about to offer a new course as 
a distance learning course, through the Harvard Extension School, on 
greening universities (and other large organizations). If you're 
interested  - read on. There is a Non-credit option which is cheaper and a 
much reduced work-load - which may be of particular interest to anyone 
wanting to fit something like this into a busy schedule. Please pass this 
information along as you see fit.

Kind regards

Leith Sharp

>The Harvard Green Campus Initiative is now offering a new course through 
>the Harvard University Extension School:
>
>         ENVR E-117
>         Sustainability: The Challenge of Changing Our Institutions
>
>Our website is up and running and enrollment has begun! Registration 
>period lasts from August 18 -September 21, with late registration running 
>from September 22 - 28.

This course will be offered under the umbrella of the Environmental Studies 
program at the Harvard University Extension School, and will be available 
online as a part of the Distance Education Program.  The Distance Education 
Program allows a student to take this course from any location as long as 
s/he can access the course website.  For details on Distance Education 
through the Extension School, visit 
<http://www.extension.harvard.edu/DistanceEd/>http://www.extension.harvard.edu/DistanceEd/.

>Class begins Monday, September 15th!
>
>Visit http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre117/ to preview:
>    *         course description
>    *         syllabus with lecture outline and course readings
>    *         links to information on registration and distance 
> learning      options
>    *         additional course-related information
>****************************************************************************************************************
>
>Course information:
>Non-credit, $300; Undergraduate credit, $575; Graduate credit, $1425 (US 
>dollars)
>
>The principles and practice of environmental sustainability for 
>institutions and individuals will be taught and demonstrated in this 
>course. The course will focus on the university sector as a case study for 
>examining how organizations with complex structures make a myriad of 
>decisions with environmental consequences. The course will provide 
>students with a thorough exploration of methods and approaches that can be 
>drawn upon to catalyze organizations, such as universities, to pursue 
>environmental sustainability.
>
>Illustrative examples of university sustainability programs, including 
>campus planning, building design and operations, energy supply, purchasing 
>practices, food services and waste management among others, will be 
>presented. These examples will be further explored to reveal strategies 
>for generating engagement, learning capacity and behavioral change at the 
>level of both the individual and the organization. Financial, 
>environmental, political, cognitive and organizational dimensions will be 
>addressed.
>
>The course is designed to cover three key topic areas:
>
>1.      Institutional Impact
>2.      Institutional Operations
>3.      Institutional Transformation
>
>Students will ideally leave this course with the knowledge, understanding 
>and confidence to develop their own capacities as change agents, leaders 
>or catalysts for generating institutional commitment to environmental 
>sustainability within a myriad of organizational settings.
>
>To request a syllabus via email, please contact Maggie Husak, 
><mailto:maggie_husak at harvard.edu>maggie_husak at harvard.edu 
><http://www.dce.harvard.edu/extension/2003-04/courses/envr.jsp#e-117>(Click 
>  here for the Harvard University Extension School course description and 
>details.)
>
>****************************************************************************************************************



>For information on registration, please visit the Harvard University 
>Extension School website at http://www.dce.harvard.edu/extension/ For 
>further information on course content, please contact Maggie Husak, 
><mailto:maggie_husak at harvard.edu>maggie_husak at harvard.edu.
>
>To learn more about the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, please visit our 
>website at http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu.


Leith Sharp
Director, Harvard Green Campus Initiative
Harvard University

Ph)             617 496 0922
Email)          Leith_Sharp at harvard.edu
Address)        46 Blackstone St
                 Cambrigde MA 02138






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