Sustainability Education as a Catalyst for University and Community Partnerships

Shane Lishawa; Adam Schubel; Alison Varty; Nancy Tuchman

Sustainability Education as a Catalyst for University and Community Partnerships

Shane Lishawa
, Adam Schubel
, Alison Varty
, Nancy Tuchman

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Abstract

Universities are uniquely positioned to lead society toward sustainability and their collaborations with community organizations are essential to this transition. The Biodiesel Program at Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy provides a case study of course-based service-learning projects facilitating synergies between the university and the community while concomitantly fostering urban sustainability. This article discusses the program’s design andstructure, and describes specific examples of community partnerships that havebenefited the university, the community, and the environment

Original language	American English
Journal	School of Environmental Sustainability: Faculty Publications and Other Works
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

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sustainability
education

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Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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