ERS 250 Greening the Campus and the Community

Environment and Resource Studies (2009-2010)

The campus and the community will be used as a laboratory for identifying, evaluating and assessing indicators of progress toward greater sustainability. Using qualitative and quantitative research methods, projects designed to test criteria for sustainability in a variety of settings, both on and off campus, will be developed. Using 'real life' problems and issues, physical and social data will be collected and analysed drawing on a variety of tools including: systems analysis, environmental audits, field surveys, questionnaires, interviews and statistical analysis. On the basis of these analyses, recommendations for improvements will be made.