Etown Sustainability Subcommittee Report on Existing

Academic Sustainability Efforts (Spring 2014) version 1.4

David Bowne PhD, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Sustainable Development

E. Fletcher McClellan PhD, Political Science, US Government, Dean of Faculty

Sanjay Paul Phd, Economics

Brenda Read-Daily PhD, Environmental and Civil Engineering

Joseph Wunderlich PhD, Architectural & Computer Engineering, Architecture & Environmental Planning

A. SUSTAINABILITY RELATED COURSES

A.1 Art

ART280 - World Architecture

See cross listed ART/EGR architectural courses under engineering below

A.2 Biology/Environmental Science (All environmental science courses are within the BIO prefix)

BIO103 - Living with the Environment

BIO/EN170 - Ecology in Short Fiction

BIO112 - Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Diversity of Life

BIO225 - Geographic Information Systems

BIO235 - General Microbiology

BIO313 - General Ecology

BIO317 - Aquatic Ecology

BIO318 - Marine Biology

BIO320 - Conservation Biology

BIO335 - Microbial Ecology

BIO362 - Ecotoxicology

A.3 Business

BA265 - Principles of Management (required for all business majors)

BA372 - Sustainable Marketing (elective)

A.4 Communications

COM485 - Senior Seminar (two Etown Sustainability videos produced to-date)

A.5 Economics

EC102 - Principles of Microeconomics (required for all business majors)

EC370 - Environmental Economics (elective)

A.6 Education

ED325 - Methods for teaching Science and Health in Early Childhood

ED326 - Methods for teaching Science and Health in Elementary/Middle Level

A.7 Engineering

EGR 275 - Environmental Site Engineering & Design

EGR 276 - Sustainable Resource Engineering & Design

EGR280 - Engineering Research in Sustainable Design

EGR280(281) - Engineering Research in Architecture

EGR 321 - Thermodynamics

EGR 365 - Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology

EGR 370 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering

EGR 343 - Green Architectural Engineering

EGR 434 - Green Robotics, Automation, and Machine Intelligence

EGR/ART 471 - Internship in Architecture

EGR 491/492 - Senior Design Project

EGR/ART499A&B - Architectural Design Studios

A.8 Earth Science

ES 113 - NPS Earth in Space: Evolution of a Planet

ES 114 - NPS Geosystems: Landscapes, Oceans and Atmosphere

ES 117 - NPS Climate Change and the Fate of Civilization

ES 216 - Physical Geography

ES 175 - New Course

A..8 History (Brian Newsome could add Urban Planning content)

HI 208 - Technology and Values in American Experience

A.9 Philosophy

PH 255D - Advanced Ethics: Environmental

A.10 Peace and Conflict Studies

A.11 Political Science

PS361 – Public Administration

A.12 Religion

REL151 - Life Meaning and Purposeful Work

REL291 - Indic Religions: Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism

REL292 - Buddhism

REL/SOC364 - Amish Society

A.13 Sociology and Anthropology

SSC204 - Population and Global Issues

B. SUSTAINABILITY RELATED PROGRAMS

B.1 Architectural Studies Minor

B.2 Biology BS (environmentally-oriented students often choose Biology BS over Environmental Science BS)

B.2 Engineering BS- Sustainable Design Concentration

B.3 Environmental Science BS - WE NEED A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MINOR OR MAJOR

B.4 Environmental Management Masters (with Duke) No student has yet participated

B.5 Forestry Management Masters (with Duke) No student has yet participated

B.7 General Science BS

B.8 Public Policy 5^th year program (get BS or BA in any Major, then add a year of Policy Making – where is this in catalog?)

B.9 Religious Studies BA

C. FACULTY EXPERTISE (Atwood, Blouch, Bowne, Ciocirlan, Degoede, Estrada, Kozimor-King, Kraybill, Long, McClellan, Murray,

Newsome, Paul, Read, Ricci, Scanlin, Wheelersburg, Winnipenny, Wohl, Wunderlich, and others)

D. SUSTAINABILITY RELATED TEACHING & RESEARCH SPACES

D.1 Art Studios - P. Ricci, M. Friedly

D.2 Architectural Computer Servers (virtual green architectures and towns) - J. Wunderlich

D.3 Biology Environmental Science Labs - D. Bowne, T. Murray, D. Wohl - replace greenhouse being demolished soon

D.4 Campus (Lake, wetlands, much farmland across from quads, organic garden – 300 pounds per year harvested, etc)

D.5 Education Department classrooms and labs

D.6 Engineering Environmental Engineering Research Lab - B. Read-Daily

D.7 Engineering Geosciences Lab/Studio - M. Scanlin

D.8 Engineering Robotics & Machine Intelligence Lab (and Architectural Design Studio) - J. Wunderlich

D.9 Engineering Solar Cabin and Sustainability-electronics Lab - T. Estrada

D.9. Math Computer lab (E368). Has ArcGis geographic information system (GIS) software. Popular in sustainability work.

D.10 Political Science spaces

D.11 Religious Studies – Young Center

D.12 Sociology and Anthropology spaces

OFF-CAMPUS: We have use of Lancaster County Conservancy preserves for research & student projects. Closest one 3 miles away

E. SUSTAINABILITY RELATED SCHOLARSHIP

E.1 Faculty research and publications (List to be compiled)

E.2 Grants (Rick Basom has given us this list) “Sustainability-Related Grant Applications and Awards” :

NOT SHOWN ON THIS PUBLIC POSTING

E.3 Scholarship & Creative Arts Day, Sustainability Symposiums: http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt/Etown%20Sustainability%20Symposium%202013.pdf

E.4 “GreenCon” Regional conferences e.g., at Dickinson 2013 a LEED charette conducted on promoting regional sustainability (Etown, Dickinson, Penn State, Drexel, Temple, and Philadelphia U.) – perhaps committee could get involved with Greencon2014 at Millersville on March 18: http://usgbc-centralpa.org/meetinginfo.php?id=77&ts=1390310145

F. SUSTAINABILITY RELATED CLUBS

F.1 “Biking Club”

F.2 “Environmental Group” – M. Kozimor-King, Sociology -- Susan Webster, English

F.3 “FEAST” (Future energies and sustainable technologies) – T. Estrada, Engineering

F.4 “Habitat for Humanity”

F.5 “National Science Teachers Association” – K. Blouch, Education

F.6 “Outing Club”

G. ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS and OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PUBLISH (Peer-reviewed Conferences, Journals, etc.)

G.1 Engineering Solar Decathlon (partially planned for in Spring 2013 Charette)

G.2 Engineering Solar Boats (it’s been several years since competing)

G.3 Engineering Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (includes environmental mapping ) (several years since competing)

G.4 Mobile Wellness Center Design Competition (Spring 2014)

H. ACADEMIC OUTREACH

H.1 Professional affiliations (Sierra Club, USGBC, EPA, NSPE, AIA, ASCE, ASEE, IEEE, ASME, etc)

H.2 Farms (e.g., Methane Digester – saves $15,000/yr, Mennonites families) - B.Read, D.Kraybill, J.Wunderlich

H.3 Masonic Homes (Largest Masonic retirement facility in the Nation? – next door to us) – D. Bowne

H.4 Collaborations with other U.S. Schools (Universities, Colleges, High-schools, Grade-schools) See E.4 above

H.5 Collaborations with Schools Abroad (University of Trento in Italy, Pantheon Institute in Rome, U. Gambia in Africa)

H.6 Corporate affiliations (Phoenix Contact USA and Germany, IBM, SustainX, Bechtel, etc) – J. Wunderlich, M.Scanlin,etc

H.7 Government (DEP, Planning commissions, Building inspectors, Mayors, State Legislature, U.S. Congress) - F. Mclellan

H.8 Foreign governments (Italy, Gambia, Japan, Costa Rico, Middle East) - Wunderlich, Estrada, Degoede, John Craig

H.9 Venture Capitol start-ups (e.g. via Ambassador Craig’s International venture capital company, etc)

H.10 NGO’s (Peace Core, Habitats for Humanity, World Vision, Lancaster County Conservancy, etc)

H.11 Young Center and churches; Don Kraybill for Amish and Mennonites, Jeff Long for Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.

H.12 Native Americans – Bob Wheelersburg (Anthropology) has organized several activities in the past

I. INTERNSHIPS (we need to make a list somehow – from career services? – from departmental Administrative Assistants?)