Sustainability

David Salisbury, Chair
Professors Finley-Brook, Lookingbill
Associate Professors Salisbury, Spera
Director of Spatial Analysis Laboratory Redican

The minor in Sustainability empowers students to shape a just and sustainable world through (1) systems thinking, (2) justice, (3) sustainability knowledge, (4) integration, and (5) acting for positive change. The sustainability curriculum follows a Triple Bottom Line Approach (Society/Equity, Economy, Environment/Nature) with consideration of the impacts of our actions, personally and collectively, on others, as well as a sense of self-efficacy to foster well-being of people and the environment now and into the future. Inherent in the sustainability worldview is an understanding of the complexity of both sustainability definitions and challenges across cultures.