Abstract of an oral presentation about my freshmen seminar course
Campus Ecology: Environmental Stewardship for the 21st Century made at the 1998 annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America at Baltimore, MD

Dr. Bruce W. Grant
Department of Biology, Widener University
Chester, PA, 19013, office Kirk.200, 610-499-4017 grant@pop1.science.widener.edu

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ABSTRACT 1998 ANNUAL MEETING, ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Oral Session 4, "Ecological Education"
Author: Bruce W. Grant.
Institution: Widener University
Address: Department of Biology, Widener University, One University Place, Chester PA 19013
Tel number: 610-499-4017, FAX: 610-499-4496.
 
BRUCE W. GRANT. Widener University, Chester, PA, 19013, USA.  Campus Ecology and Environmental Stewardship: FRS 101 - A Course for Freshmen Undergraduates.

     I describe a course in ecology and environmental stewardship that I have designed and offer to freshmen at Widener University. Due to ongoing degradation of Earth's ecosystems, unprecedented rates of biological extinction, and global climatic perturbation, the next 50 years will be of telling significance to humanity. The present generation of students must redesign key aspects of our basic socio/economic/cultural framework to reduce our impact upon our environment and transform our society into one that is sustainable. There is no better place to begin this process than on our college and university campuses. My course explores the environmental design of institutions of higher learning. Topics include energy and water use, landscaping, purchasing, dining services, solid and liquid wastes, etc. We study "green campus" initiatives at Tufts University, Brown University, and others described in the texts Ecodemia (by Julian Keniry) and Campus Ecology (April Smith). A major portion of the course involves a research inquiry project in which students research a specific topic in campus operations at Widener University and explore solutions that both reduce environmental costs while also reducing campus operations costs. Results of their projects are presented to their peers during an in-class symposium and are posted on the course web site at http://www.science.widener.edu/~grant/courses/campus.html

 

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Grant, B. W. 1998. Campus Ecology and Environmental Stewardship: FRS 101 - A Course for Freshmen Undergraduates. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts. Baltimore, August 2-6, 1998, p. 62.

The abstract is Copyright Bruce W. Grant 1998, and is reproduced by permission of the Ecological Society of America.

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