The Community College Handbook for Sustainability Education and Operations is a practical reso
urce for sustainability education and operations at America’s two-year colleges. These reports are intended for community college faculty, administrators, staff, students, and community partners.
This iterative handbook provides examples of real sustainability strategies and initiatives across specific topics that have been implemented at community colleges across the United States. The intent is to provide straightforward information and ideas that can be directly replicated or customized by any college employee at their institution, and to invite campuses to submit their own case studies and participate in a dialogue about effective practices.
Chapters can be accessed below. If you would like a PDF of the full handbook, please contact GCSE@GCSEglobal.org.
Community College Handbook Chapters
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Title |
Authors |
| 2020 Edition Introduction: Community Colleges Responding to the Climate Crisis (2020) |
Krista Hiser, Editor; GCSE Senior Fellow for Community Colleges |
|
Campus as Living Learning Lab: Best Practices in Applied Sustainability Learning on Campus |
Lead Author: Maria Boccalandro, Ph.D., Cedar Valley College, TX Contributing Authors: Brandon Morton, North Lake College, TX; Jerry Owens and Sonia Ford, Richland College, TX |
| Workforce and Business Education for Sustainability at Community Colleges (2020) |
Lead Author: Chris G. Beehner, Seminole State College of Florida, FL |
|
Sustainability and Campus Operations: Being a Model for the Community |
Lead Author: Stephen Summers, Seminole State College of Florida, FL |
| Sustainability Curriculum: Three Models for Transformation (2019) |
Lead Author: Nancy Lee Wood, Bristol Community College, MA Contributing Authors: Jon Bjornson, James Corven, and Robert Rak, Bristol Community College, MA |
| Building an Ecosystem of Effective Institutional Partnerships (2019) |
Lead Author: J. Keith Baker, North Lake College, TX Contributing Author: Robert Rak, Bristol Community College, MA |
| Assessing Sustainability: Everything Matters (2019) |
Francisco Acoba and Robert Franco, Kapi‘olani Community College, HI |
| Professional Development of Faculty for Sustainability Across the Curriculum (2019) |
Lead Author: Stephenie Presseller, Moraine Valley Community College, IL Contributing Author: Steve Brown, Cedar Valley Community College, TX |
| What’s Unique about Community Colleges and Sustainability? (2019) |
Resham Shirsat, Valencia College, FL Krista Hiser, Kapi’olani Community College, HI |
For questions regarding the Community College Handbook for Sustainability Education and Operations, please reach out to Dr. Krista Hiser at krista@gcseglobal.org.