Sustainability Studies
Bruce T. Milne, Biology
Director, Sustainability Studies Program
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair for Sustainable Environmental Food Systems
MSC03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-3325
Web site: http://sust.unm.edu
Professors
Subhankar Banerjee, Art
Robert Berrens, Chairperson, Economics; Director, Water Resources Program
Gregory Cajete, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
Janie Chermak, Economics
Les Field, Chairperson, Anthropology
Geraldine Forbes, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning
Miguel Gandert, Distinguished Professor, Communication and Journalism
Tiffany Lee, Chair, Native American Studies
James Richardson, School of Architecture and Planning
Associate Professors
Melinda Harm Benson, Geography and Environmental Studies
Chris Duvall, Geography and Environmental Studies
Susan Bogus Halter, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Michelle Kells, English
Mark Stone, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering; Associate Director, Water Resources Program
Irene Vasquez, American Studies; Director, Chicana and Chicano Studies
Assistant Professors
Kathleen Kambic, Landscape Architecture
Levi Romero, Chicana and Chicano Studies
Lecturers
Lisa Gerber, Religious Studies
Jessica Rowland, Sustainability Studies
Eileen Shaughnessy, Sustainability Studies
Introduction
Sustainability is a nationally and internationally recognized interdisciplinary field that seeks creative solutions that promote environmental health and restoration, social equity, and economic vitality. The goal is to meet the needs of the present (such as health, energy, food, shelter, and transportation) while ensuring the satisfaction of those same needs for future generations. In light of unprecedented environmental degradation, social instability, and economic uncertainties in today’s world, the sustainability minor cultivates the complex knowledge and skills needed to secure a healthy future for all.
Mission
Sustainability Studies Program (SSP) utilizes experiential learning, research, and service activities to implement practical solutions for a sustainable future on the UNM campus, in the state of New Mexico and for the Earth as a whole. Sustainability Studies integrates knowledge and methodologies from the Sciences, Humanities, and Arts to provide a roadmap for students that can be applied to the design, selection, and implementation of sustainable policies, practices, technologies, and strategies. Sustainability Studies provides a dynamic feedback loop of information and practice.
Goals
- Surround the student with colleagues, mentors, and peers who understand and practice sustainability.
- Provide access to thriving examples of sustainable communities on and off campus.
- Integrate theory and practice through service learning, research, and outreach projects.
Courses
SUST 1134 [134]. Introduction to Sustainability Studies [Creating a Sustainable Future: Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Economic Health]. (3)
SUST 334. Sustainability Practicum to Benefit the Campus or Community. (3)
SUST 364. Local Food Systems Practicum [Growers' Market Practicum]. (3)
SUST *384. Heritage Farming Practicum. (3)
SUST *402. Topics in Sustainability Studies. (1-6 to a maximum of 18 Δ)
SUST *418. Nuclear New Mexico: Environmental and Social Impacts. (3)
SUST 434. Synthesis of Sustainability Perspectives and Innovations. (3)
SUST 499. Sustainability Independent Capstone Project as Research or Creative Expression. (1-3 to a maximum of 3 Δ)
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