Applying Science to Sustainability

将科学应用于可持续发展

• 批准号: 0126792
• 负责人: Susan Allen-Gil
• 金额: $ 14.96万
• 依托单位: Ithaca College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-07-01 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126792&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Applying; Science; Sustainability

Biological Sciences (61) Ithaca College and EcoVillage at Ithaca, in partnership, are developing a science-intensive curriculum in environmental sustainability. Drawing on models of college/community affiliation successful on other campuses, such as Pennsylvania State University, the project adds four new laboratory courses (Ecologically Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Land Use, Energy Systems and Sustainable Energy, and Ecological Footprinting) and faculty sponsored summer research. The new courses are sequenced such that students are introduced to the approach of sustainability science in the first course, master the analytical tools involved in energy efficiency (combustion analyzers, watt and light meters, thermal submetering systems, as well as computerized building models) and land use (field surveys, and GPS/GIS) in the second and third courses, and unify their knowledge and apply it using the ecological footprinting approach in a final capstone course. Furthermore, all the core courses in the Environmental Studies Program are being modified to incorporate the curricular theme of environmental sustainability such that students are trained in all aspects of sustainability and are fully equipped to pursue careers at the science-policy interface with a solutions-oriented approach.

生物科学（61）伊萨卡学院和伊萨卡生态村合作，正在编制一个关于环境可持续性的科学密集课程。借鉴在其他校园（如宾夕法尼亚州立大学）成功的学院/社区联系模式，该项目增加了四个新的实验室课程（可持续发展社区，可持续土地利用，能源系统和可持续能源，生态足迹）和教师赞助的夏季研究。新课程的顺序，使学生介绍了可持续发展科学的方法在第一门课程，掌握涉及能源效率的分析工具，（燃烧分析仪、功率表和测光表、热量分表系统以及计算机化建筑模型）和土地使用（实地调查和全球定位系统/地理信息系统），并统一他们的知识，并在最后的顶点课程中使用生态足迹方法加以应用。此外，环境研究项目中的所有核心课程都在进行修改，以纳入环境可持续发展的课程主题，以便学生接受可持续发展各个方面的培训，并完全有能力以解决方案为导向的方法在科学与政策界面上追求职业生涯。