Sustainability
@
Cornell
A guide to courses,
programs,
& organizations
What is sustainability? It is often an ambiguous term with multiple
definitions. But its lack of a clear definition exemplifies the fact that
sustainability crosses various perspectives.
A strong grasp of sustainability is truly multidisciplinary.
Course Map Across the Curriculum
Build a unique education in sustainability by exploring
various perspectives in different colleges. Each course has a different focus,
so check out their course descriptions for more information online at: www.cornell.edu/academics/courses.cfm.
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Cross-listed Across
Colleges
AEM 555, NBA 572 Environmental
Management & Policy (F)
ALS/BIOEE 661, BSOC 461 Environmental
Policy (F/S)
BEE 673, NBA 573 Sustainable
Development Seminar (S)
BIOEE 261 Ecology
& the Environment (F/SS)
BIOEE/BSOC/STS 469 Food,
Agriculture, & Society (S)
BIONB 420/720, ENTOM 494 The
Naturalist’s Way (F)
BIOPL 240 Green
World/Blue Planet (SS)
BIOPL 348 The
Healing Forest (S)
AEM/ECON 450 Resource
Economics (F)
AEM 451, ECON 409 Environmental
Economics & Policy (S)
DSOC/SOC 205 International
Development (S)
DSOC/SOC/STS 324 Environment
& Society (F/SS)
NS 306 Nutritional
Problems of Developing Nations (S)
NTRES 331/631, Environmental
Governance (S)
BSOC/STS 314
ANTHR 211 Nature
& Culture (S)
ANTHR 422 Anthropology
& Environment (F)
BSOC/STS 206, PHIL 246 Ethics
& the Environment (S)
GOVT 294 Global
Thinking (S)
GOVT 339 Political
Economy of Development (S)
HIST 315 Environmental History: The United
States & the World (S)
NES/RELST 390 Catholicism
& Social Justice (S)
SOC/FGSS 410 Health
& Survival Inequalities (F)
(F) Fall
Semester (S) Spring Semester (SS)
Summer Session
College of Agriculture
& Life Sciences
AEM 250 Environmental
& Resource Economics (S)
AEM 651 Environmental
& Resource Economics (S)
AEM 660 Agroecosystems,
Economic Development & the Environment (S)
AIS 435, DSOC 635 Indigenous
Peoples & Globalization (F)
ALS 477 Environmental Stewardship in the
Cornell Community (S)
AN SC 110 The
Animals that Sustain Us (S)
CSS 190 Sustainable
Agriculture (F)
CSS/IARD 314 Tropical Cropping Systems: Biodiversity,
Social, & Environmental Impacts (F)
CSS 410 Environmental
Impact of Agricultural Biotechnology (S)
CSS/IARD/NTRES 696 Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable Development
(F/S)
DSOC 261 Sociology
of Sustainable Development
DSOC 661 Sustainable
Agriculture & Development (S)
EDUC/IARD 685 Training
& Development: Theory & Practice (S)
EAS 268 Climate
& Global Warming (S)
EAS 457 Atmospheric
Air Pollution (F)
FDSC/IARD/NTRES 480 Building Sustainable Environments &
Secure Food Systems for a Modern World (S)
HORT 220 Practicing Sustainable Landcare (F)
IARD 300 Perspectives in International
Agriculture & Rural Development (F)
IARD/FDSC 402 Agriculture
in the Developing Nations I (F)
NTRES 201 Environmental
Conservation (S)
NTRES 322 Global
Ecology & Management (S)
NTRES 410 Conservation
Biology (F)
NTRES 430 Environmental
& Natural Resources Policy Processes (S)
NTRES 431 Environmental
Strategies (F)
NTRES 432 Human
Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (S)
NTRES 434 International
Conservation (S)
NTRES 618 Critical
Issues in Conservation & Sustainable Development
(See College of Engineering for BEE Courses)
College of
Architecture, Art, & Planning
ARCH 306/606 Praxis:
Community Design Workshop (F/S)
ARCH 362/662 Environmental Control II: Mechanical &
Passive Solar
Systems
(S)
CRP 309/509 Community
Development Seminar (S)
CRP 318/518 Politics
of Community Development (S)
CRP 343/643 Affordable
Housing Policy & Programs (F)
CRP 354/554 Introduction
to Environmental Planning (S)
CRP 378/578 Recycling
& Resource Management (S)
CRP 380 Environmental
Politics (F)
CRP 384/584, LA 495 Green
Cities (F)
CRP 395.03/679.03 Wilderness
& Wildlands (F)
CRP 443/543 Emerging
Global Environmental Trends
CRP 453/683 Intl.
Dimensions of Environmental Planning (F)
CRP 638 Planning
& the Global Knowledge Economy: Sustainability
Issues
(S)
CRP 675 Workshop on Project Planning in
Developing Countries (F)
(F) Fall
Semester (S) Spring Semester (SS)
Summer Session
BEE/ENGRD 251 Engineering
for a Sustainable Society (F)
BEE 299 Sustainable
Development (S)
BEE 401 Renewable
Energy Systems (S)
BEE 325/625 Environmental
Management (F)
BEE 478 Ecological
Engineering (S)
BEE 487 Sustainable
Energy Systems (S)
BEE 687 The Science & Engineering
Challenges to the Development of Sustainable Bio-based Industries (F)
BEE 787 Industrial
Ecology of Agriculturally Based Bioindustries (S)
CEE 492 Engineers
for a Sustainable World (F)
CEE 454 Sustainable
Small-Scale Water Supplies (F)
ECE 587, NSE/MAE 545 Energy
Seminar I (F)
ECE 588, MAE 546 Energy
Seminar II (S)
MAE 501 Future
Energy Systems (S)
School of Hotel
Administration
HADM 452 Sustainable
Development & the Global Hospitality Industry (F)
College of Human
Ecology
DEA 422 Ecological
Literacy & Design (S)
DEA 661 Environments
& Health (S)
Johnson Graduate
School of Management
NBA 519 Responsible Entrepreneurship: Triple
Bottom Line
Management (S)
NBA 525 Social
Entrepreneurship (S)
NBA 534 Project
in Sustainable Global Enterprise (S)
NBA 603 Sustainable
Global Enterprise (S)
NBA 642 Global
Citizenship (SS)
NBA 690 Venture
Development at the Base of the Pyramid
(Senegal
Trip) (S)
LAW
662 Law & Social Change: International
Experience
· Engineers for
a Sustainable World (ESW) mobilizes
Cornell engineers and other interested students to address the challenges of
global poverty and sustainability.
· Greens is focused on promoting a stronger environmental ethic on
campus and educating the student body about environmental and social issues. www.rso.cornell.edu/greens/
· JGSM Community Impact promotes socially responsible business and
builds relationships among the for-profit, non-profit, and public sectors.
· JGSM Net Impact is a mission-driven network of
over 5,000 emerging business leaders committed to using the power of business
to create a better world.
forum.johnson.cornell.edu/students/orgs/netimpact/
· Kyoto Now! advocates on-campus energy conservation and
encourages the use of renewable energy resources to prevent future global
climate change.
· Microfinance Club was formed
to promote the understanding of microfinance, a powerful tool to empower the
world’s poorest people.
· Renewable Energy Society (CURES) is a forum for students, faculty,
and staff who share an interest in renewable energy. www.rso.cornell.edu/cures
· Society for
Natural Resources Conservation (SNRC) is dedicated to protecting natural resources
on campus and nationally. www.rso.cornell.edu/snrc/
· Solar Decathlon is part
of an international competition to research, design, and construct a completely
solar-powered home. cusd.cornell.edu/
· Sustainable Enterprise Association (SEA) enables and
supports students to develop the knowledge and skill set for sustainable
enterprise. www.rso.cornell.edu/sea-cornell/
Non Academic and
Community Programs
· Center for Religion, Ethics and
Social Policy (CRESP) functions as an incubator for startups
organizations that foster study, dialogue, and action for a just and
sustainable society. A few major projects include Ecovillage,
EcoPartners, and Positive News.
· Cornell Plantations’ purpose is to hold, manage, protect, and
enhance the living botanical collections and the natural areas and gorges of
Cornell. www.plantations.cornell.edu
· Ecology House
is a great
student community that hosts many events relating to sustainability. housing.cornell.edu/housing_residential/ecology.asp
· New York State Water Resources Institute was established to promote solutions
for water resource problems by engaging research, educational and outreach
resources of the academic community. wri.eas.cornell.edu/
· New York Alliance of Sustainable Campuses is a network of campuses to promote
sustainability. nyasc.jot.com
· Sustainable Tompkins is a broad-based coalition of organizations and individuals whose
mission is to ensure the long-term well-being of our communities and region.
www.ithaca.edu/staff/mbrown/index.htm
· Sustainable Campus is another great source of information on campus activity. www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/index.html.
Academic Organizations & Programs
· Center for Advanced Human Resource
Studies (CAHRS) is the
world's leading partnership between industry and academia, devoted to global
human resource management.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/about.html
· Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise (CSGE) focuses on linking the
business and entrepreneurship expertise of the Johnson School with Cornell
University's cutting-edge research and academic resources in science,
technology, and the study of humanity.
· Center for the Environment (CFE) brings together research on
environmental issues from Cornell’s scientists and collaborating institutions
to find new ways to understand and address environmental problems now and in
the future. environment.cornell.edu/
· Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) fosters basic and applied research on social
and economic inequalities, as well as the processes by which such inequalities
change and persist. www.inequality.com/
· Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) is a competitive grants program funded by The McKnight
Foundation for the purpose of increasing food security for
resource-poor people in developing countries. mcknight.ccrp.cornell.edu/about/index.html
· Community and Rural Development Institute (CARDI) works on strengthening
Cornell's role as a leader in responding to current and emerging needs in
community and rural development. www.cardi.cornell.edu/
· Cornell Cooperative Extension enables people to improve their lives and communities
through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work.
· Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program (CFNPP) conducts applied research and
engages in technical cooperation and training on issues of poverty, human
resource development, and food and nutrition policy in, developing countries
and in transition economies of Eastern Europe. www.cfnpp.cornell.edu/
· Cornell International Institute for
Food, Agriculture, & Development (CIIFAD) initiates and supports innovative
programs that contribute to improved prospects for global food security,
sustainable rural development and environmental conservation around the world.
· International Programs of CALS provides a "platform" that facilitates
and promotes involvement of CALS faculty and students in international
activities in support of teaching, research, and extension. ip.cals.cornell.edu/
· Mario Einaudi
Center for International Studies features various programs
including the Institute for African Development, Population and Development
Program, International Political Economy, Comparative Societal Analysis, and other academic and
research areas. More information and links to these programs can be found at: www.einaudi.cornell.edu/ipep/
· Polson Institute for Global Development promotes theoretical and applied
research related to global development. polson.cals.cornell.edu/index.cfm
This guide was produced by
Samantha Steinberg and Joe Sambataro as a project of
the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise in Spring 2005 with special thanks
to members of the Sustainability Café and SEA.
Questions or Comments? Email csge@johnson.cornell.edu.
To download the guide, visit www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge/events.html.
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