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Strengthening Sustainability Programs in Higher Education w/ Chris Boone
November 10, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In October 2020, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a consensus study report with recommendations on how to strengthen sustainability programs and curricula in higher education. Committee member Chris Boone will share and discuss the report’s recommendations organized around three themes: i) strengthening sustainability educational programs at undergraduate and graduate levels; (ii) building the academic environment for sustainability in higher education institutions; and (iii) developing a sustainability workforce to understand and address current and future sustainability challenges.
About the Speaker:
Christopher Boone is Dean of the College of Global Futures and Professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. His research contributes to ongoing debates in sustainable urbanization, environmental justice, vulnerability, global environmental change, and innovation in higher education. At ASU, he has taught classes on sustainable urbanization, urban and environmental health, principles and methods of sustainability, environmental justice, interdisciplinary methods for socio-ecological research, urbanization, biodiversity, and innovation, and sustainable design (Innovation Space). Dr. Boone earned his Ph.D. in geography (1994) from the University of Toronto and was a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Environment at McGill University.
This event is co-sponsored with the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability