The awards were given by the IU Office of Sustainability with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Integrated Program in the Environment, according to the release.
The five recipients are David Stringer, Lisa Sideris, Heather Reynolds, Marleen Newman and Mary Embry.
“These applications stood out in terms of timeliness and creativity,” Andrew Predmore, associate director of the IU Office of Sustainability, said in the release. “Together, the new courses will provide numerous experimental and interdisciplinary learning opportunities, both of which are needed to prepare students for the complex social, economic and ecological challenges the world faces.”
Stringer’s proposed course will examine the links between linguistic diversity and biodiversity focusing on the extinction of species and languages, ?according to the release.
Sideris’ proposed course will educate students on the arguments of religious philosophers and scientists. The concept surrounds the topic of “Anthropocene,” which is the geological era defined by the rapid changes to global systems initiated by humans. It will also look into frameworks of the human-nature relationship, according to the release.
Reynolds’s course aims to provide students with a place-based approach to understanding biodiversity and its relationship to societies, according to ?the release.
Newman’s proposed course will look into sustainability and preservation in the modern environment, according to the release. Students will learn contextual understanding of political, economic, sustainable and ethical facets of the preservation ?movement.
Embry’s proposed course, R416: Sustainability in Product, aims to teach students to be able to evaluate intricate sustainability language from the industry, in hopes of showing how sustainability flows through ethical constraints, according to the release. Embry will also try to instill a service-learning facet of the course.
“I am very pleased to see the strong response from across campus,” Jeff White, the director of the Integrated Program in the Environment, said in the release. “And the winning proposals represent a major step forward for our efforts to expand course offerings in environmental and sustainability studies on the Bloomington campus.”
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