Center for the Skills & Experience Flags, the Sanger Learning Center, and the Office of Sustainability are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 – 2018 Sustainability Course Development Awards!
The Sustainability Course Development and PLUS Awards competition is designed to incentivize the development of new sustainability courses. To be eligible for either award, a course must address issues related to sustainability and fulfill the requirements for one or more flags. There were three award recipients for the $6000 new course development awards and four recipients of the $2500 PLUS conversion awards. Thank you to The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation for supporting curriculum development at UT Austin.
New Course Development Award Winners
| Dr. Jason Cons Environmental Anthropology This course will introduce students to core concepts in environmental anthropology. The course covers both on the history of environmental anthropology and different trajectories in the field today including: cultural ecology, political ecology, environmental racism, slow violence, multi-species ethnography, toxic ecologies, and climate change. Students will apply course ideas to a range of contemporary issues in environmental, culture, and society. Offered Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Jules Elkins The Healthy, Livable City Topics include environmental assessment methods and techniques, the conservation movement, and climate and people. May be counted toward the writing flag requirement. Offered Spring 2019 |
| Luisa Gil Fandino Sustainable Textiles and Flexible Materials
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Peer-Led Undergraduate Studying (PLUS) Conversion Award Winners
| Peggy Blum TXA 365 Sustainable Fashion and Textiles Offered Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Molly Polk SUS 379L Directed Internships in Sustainability Offered Spring 2019 |
| Dr. Jayme Walenta SUS 374 Capstone Experience: Measuring Sustainability Offered in Spring 2019 |