This is 5-page syllabus for a course titled, 'Earth Charter: Pathway to a Sustainable Future?' taught at Michigan State University. It includes the course description, a detailed plan, a description of the assignments and the evaluation criteria. It provides and excellent model for any one interested in developing an Earth Charter course. Also in this database, you can find a course review for the above class.
Organization: Michigan State University
Contact: Terry Link
<link@msu.edu>
msu_syllabus.doc
This course review of the class, 'Earth Charter: Pathway to a Sustainable Future', (the syllabus of which is also in the data-base) is an excellent description of how this course was designed, evaluated and run. A very useful narrative for anyone thinking about designing a course based on the Earth Charter.
Organization: Michigan State University
Contact: Terry Link
<link@msu.edu>
MSU Earth Charter Course Review.doc
A 1pg. document describing how Ted Nunez is incorporating the Earth Charter in his undergraduate introductory ethics course at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
Organization: Villanova University
Contact: Ted Nunez
<theodore.nunez@villanova.edu>
Ted_Nunez.doc
This core course at the University for Peace, based in Costa Rica, introduces students to the field of peace studies as an integrated, interdisciplinary area of research. The larger goal of the course is to provide students with a rubric for integrating diverse topics, readings, and information from various disciplines and bringing them to bear on the crucial challenges and dilemmas facing those working for peace. The 6-pg. syllabus describes the course in detail. Session 12.15 is devoted to the Earth Charter.
Organization: University for Peace
Contact: Matt Norton
<mnorton@upeace.org>
http://www.upeace.org
This 15-pg. chapter introduced the Earth Charter and discusses its value as a tool for teaching about sustainable development in the university classroom. The chapter included examples of how some U.S. faculty members have been using the Earth Charter in their courses and provides a selected list of Earth Charter teaching resources.
Organization: University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF)
Contact: Rick Clugston
<rmclugston@aol.com>
http://www.ulsf.org/pdf/Teaching_sustainability_with_EC.pdf
Esta revision del curso 'Carta de la Tierra: Camino hacia un Futuro Sostenible', (cuyo programa esta tambien incluido en la base de datos) es una excelente descripcion de como este curso fue disenado, evaluado y llevado a cabo. Una narrativa muy util para cualquiera que este pensando en disenar un curso basado en la Carta de la Tierra.
Organization: MIchigan State University
Contact: Terry Link
<link@msu.edu>
MSU Earth Charter Course Review - Spanish.doc
An 18-slide powerpoint presentation that describes the Earth Charter's educational potential and illustrates 5 examples of how it is being implemented at different settings.
Organization: International Secretariat
Contact: Mohit Mukherjee
<mohit@earthcharter.org>
IPS education presentation.ppt
Nine innovative examples of the Earth Charter in the university classrooms are described in the 4-pg. document.
Organization: Earth Charter Secretariat
Contact: Mohit Mukherjee
<info@earthcharter.org>
Examples of the Earth Charter in Higher Education.doc
Fernando Reimers, Director of the International Education Policy Programme of Harvards Graduate School of Education, has included the Earth Charter in the 1st session of an introductory course titled, Education Policy Analysis and Research in Developing Countries. All four sections of his course discussed the Charter, which is now part of the syllabus for future years.
Organization: Harvard University
Contact: Fernando Reimers
<fernando_reimers@harvard.edu>
http://hugse9.harvard.edu/gsedata/catalog_pkg.display_course?vcourse_id=A801&vtermcode=2004-1S
This is the course syllabus for "Sustainability and Health" coordinated by Colin Soskolne, from the University of Alberta. As he explains, "there is a need for a sustainability and health course, geared toward students whose intended specialty is that of combining human health and environmental sustainability. Health in the context of this course not only includes human health, but also public health, community health, international health and global health."
Organization: University of Alberta
Contact: Colin Soskolne
<Colin.Soskolne@ualberta.ca>
Sustainability Health-Course Outline-Updated Nov12 2003.doc