Applying Science to Sustainability

伊萨卡学院和伊萨卡的EcoVillage正在合作开发一门环境可持续性的科学密集型课程。借鉴宾夕法尼亚州立大学（Pennsylvania State University）等其他校园成功的学院/社区合作模式，该项目增加了四门新的实验课程（生态可持续社区、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。新课程的顺序是这样的：学生在第一门课程中介绍可持续发展科学的方法，在第二和第三门课程中掌握涉及能源效率（燃烧分析仪，瓦特和光度计，热分表系统，以及计算机化建筑模型）和土地利用（实地调查，GPS/GIS）的分析工具，并在最后的顶点课程中统一他们的知识并使用生态足迹方法应用它。此外，环境研究计划的所有核心课程都在进行修改，以纳入环境可持续性的课程主题，以便学生在可持续性的各个方面接受培训，并充分准备以面向解决方案的方式在科学政策领域从事职业。

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.