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Emory encourages continued learning about sustainability through formal coursework, research, and the comprehensive experiences of life on campus. At the center of academic efforts in sustainability is the nationally recognized Piedmont Project.
The Piedmont Project is a curriculum development effort that seeks to foster an invigorated intellectual community to address global issues and local environmental awareness. Faculty workshops, graduate student work, new course and module development as well as cross-disciplinary dialogue are key efforts for the project.
The Sustainability and Curriculum for Campus Leaders “Train the Trainer” Workshop was specifically designed and promoted to engage faculty leaders from a variety of institutions throughout the Southeast, especially those who may not have had access to this type of professional development opportunity in the past, due to highly competitive application processes and a lack of financial resources or campus support for sustainability initiatives. Dr. Peggy Barlett has been hosting “train the trainer” workshops for faculty leaders who wish to develop curriculum change programs, with a focus on infusing sustainability into the courses and curricula offered on their campus, for the last six years. She has worked with over 300 faculty leaders from more than 200 schools in nine different countries to teach them about creating their own version of the Piedmont Project at Emory, which annually brings Emory faculty members from many different disciplines together to share and develop strategies for infusing sustainability into their courses and curricula.
The Minor in Sustainability offers students a focused curriculum that incorporates the social, environmental and economic issues facing sustainability efforts. Students minoring in Sustainability will be required to demonstrate their developing body of knowledge and the integration of that knowledge across fields with an electronic portfolio that will be reviewed by a faculty steering committee.
The Master's in Development Practice is a graduate program that combines hands-on learning and field-experience with rigorous training in a broad range of academic disciplines, while exploring the challenges of achieving sustainable development in the face of global poverty, political and ethnic conflict, a degrading natural resource base, and irreversible climate change. rigorous training in a broad range of academic disciplines. In addition to the academic resources of a major research university, Emory's MDP program capitalizes on its partnership with established international development and research organizations like CARE, the Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide students with invaluable exposure to the way development practitioners operate in the real world and with a perspective on the different institutional contexts in which they will serve after completion of their degrees.
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & Sustainability: The Emory Project course is being developed to include such sustainability-related topics more central in the course offerings at the University's Goizueta Business School. In this class, students will learn that introducing sustainability into complex organizations requires understanding of (at least) operations, incentives and performance measurement, change management and reputation/identity management. Students will also be introduced to "Sustainability at Emory" and learn why sustainability is important to Emory and what specific challenges are faced by those trying to make progress in this important field.
Emory also offers an Environmental Studies Program which equips students with the skills, capabilities, and knowledge to confront a suite of environmental issues. The program is rooted in relevant disciplines in the natural and social sciences. A Master's of Public Health, a Bachelor of Science, or a Bachelor of Arts degree are available as well as a minor in Environmental Studies.
Faculty research, academic centers, institutes and programs across disciplines contribute to Emory’s contribution to sustainability.
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