ENVIRON 245: The Theory and Practice of Sustainability

Spring 2024

Instructor: Charlotte Clark

This course explores theories and practices of sustainability with application to the Duke campus environment, including economic, social and environmental factors, and a local to global reach.

Duke’s campus will be used as a case study to illustrate institutional practices including building design and operations, utility supply and consumption, carbon offsets design and calculation, transportation, water, sustainability education and communication, behavior change, waste production and recycling, and procurement. In a service-learning project, students might perform sustainability inventories and cost/benefit analyses, or gather behavior change data.

Reserved for juniors and seniors.

Cross-listings
  • SUSTAIN 245
  • Service-Learning/Community-Engaged Course
Curriculum Codes

EI, NS, R, SS, STS