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The Sustainability Institute as a Resource
UNH is proud to be a national leader in sustainability in higher education, and sustainability is one of UNH’s key academic performance metrics. The Sustainability Institute is here as a resource to support faculty across UNH in creating opportunities to integrate sustainability concepts into their curriculum.
As you prepare for your courses, know that the UNH Sustainability Institute team stands ready to help support you with programming, events, tools and other opportunities that can be woven into your course in a variety of ways.
How can we work together to prepare students for changemaking careers?
Learn more below!
- Support and assistanceÌýfor all faculty interested in integrating concepts of sustainability and changemaking into their pedagogy
- Training and opportunitiesÌýfor students to apply the knowledge gained from coursework to channel awareness, abilities and passions in real-world settings with organizations committed to positive impactÌý
- Hands-on learning experiences and programs for all UNH students, no matter their disciplineÌý
- Student, faculty, staff, and community engagement in social innovation, an exciting emerging field that harnesses the tools of business and public policyÌý
Integrate Sustainability into Your Teaching
Bring your students to the Changemaker Speaker Series
A program of the Changemaker Collaborative (the Sustainability Institute's partnership with the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and the Carsey School of Public Policy) the Changemaker Speaker Series brings innovative and inspiring leaders to campus each semester. Ìý
Spring 2025:
Behind the Curtain: How Corporate Supply Chains Can Change the WorldÌý
Tuesday, February 11, 12:40 – 2 p.m.
MUB, Granite State Room
For most consumer product companies, the majority of their environmental and social impact occurs within their supply chain. When you think about your favorite products, where the raw ingredients come from and how they are processed matters most. Learn how consumer product companies can engage with the people and places in their supply chains to restore and regenerate, rather than degrade. And discuss how you as consumers can vote with your dollar to influence more companies on this journey.Ìý
Want help identifying relevant readings, creating post-event discussions and/or assignments for your classes?ÌýÌýÌýEmail Fiona Wilson.
Sustainability at UNH Online Module Digital Badge
UNH is ranked one of the most sustainable schools in the country! Bring the Sustainability at UNH online moduleÌýÌýinto your course. Faculty, staff and students who complete the module will earn a micro-credential digital badge from Credly to add to a digital professional profile, such as LinkedIn.Have your students test their knowledge in this online module as a course assignment or pre-test to a an in-person tour. TheÌý"Sustainability at UNH" online module isÌýa series of short videos followed by multiple choice questions, and is a great way to find out why UNH is one of the most sustainable universities in the country and how to get involved right here on campus!
Custom Class Presentations & Visits
Professional and student staff are here to support all students, in any major and available to make guest presentations in your classes. Sessions can be tailored to your course content and help students discover opportunities available to gain experiences to apply classroom learning and build problem-solving skills, courage and confidence to solve today’s pressing sustainability challenges.
If you have specific sustainability topics you'd like covered in a custom class presentation, please reach out and discuss your needs. Our staffÌýhave a wide range of expertise in sustainability topics - economic, social and environmental.Ìý Please complete to share more about your needs. We aim to respond within five (5) business days. Thank you!Ìý
Introduction to SustainabilityÌý
Business for People, Planet, ProfitÌý
Human-Centered DesignÌý
RecyclingÌý
Social InnovationÌý
Zero WasteÌý
Sustainable Food SystemsÌý
Custom presentations
Embed the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge into your courses
An excellent opportunity to allow students to consider issues of racial equity in the context of your course. The Challenge occurs annually in April and is an outstanding set of resources and prompts focused on deepening understanding of, and willingness to confront, racism for twenty-one consecutive days. The Challenge goes beyond individual or interpersonal racism by helping to demystify structural and institutional racism.
EmailÌýKaren Spiller, Thomas W. Haas Professor at the UNH Sustainability Institute, for more information.Ìý
More resources for your teaching
Talk About Teaching Workshop
UNH’s Centre for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CEITL) partnered with the UNH Sustainability Institute to host a workshop,ÌýCEITL’s Talk About Teaching Workshop on Integrating Sustainability Into Course Curriculum, designed to help faculty consider what sustainability means to their disciplines, share best practices and resources and help one another design new opportunities to integrate sustainability - whether it is into one class session, a new module, or across an entire course.
Submit Your Course to Count as an Approved Elective in the (SDM)
Additional Professional Development Offerings
We have many offerings throughout the year to develop your skills, knowledge, and practice ofÌýsustainability with our professional development trainings and programs.
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