Sustainability Curriculum Toolkit
Use this database to locate teaching resources and integrate sustainability concepts into your own coursework. The content here was developed by CSU faculty members as they designed and/or modified their own courses to better integrate social-economic-environmental sustainability concepts. The tools in this database are available to use in your own teaching or to provide inspiration for sustainability concept integration. You are also welcome to contact the faculty members listed for more information or to request guest lectures.
| Title | Toolkit Files | Content Type(s) | Curriculum Grant Name | Curriculum Project | Contributor(s) | Post_tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Acidification | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_OceanAcidification-slides.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_OceanAcidification-essay.pdf | Readings, Recorded Lecture, Slides | Sustainability Profiles in General Chemistry | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-profiles-in-general-chemistry/ | Terry Gray, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=CC13F9B4E32D8D3684DA71EFD21B4079&sq=t; Kerry MacFarland, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=AD4989D2EF8E44DA3EDB1B88D3C98E65&sq=t; Harmony Tucker, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=2278B8B12245555AB8DECB03060B3941&sq=t | pollution, water |
| C3 & C4 Plant Models Activity | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/C3.C4-Plant-Models-and-Climate-Change-Sustainability-Activity-–-Plant-Responses.pdf | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t; Ren Garcia-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t; Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t | Biology, carbon, climate change |
| Mycoremediation, Mycofiltration, and Water Pollution | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Mycoremediation-Mycofiltration-and-Water-Pollution-Sustainability-Lab-Activity-–-Fungi-and-Lichens.pdf | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t; Ren Garcia-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t | pollution, soil, water |
| Stomatal Index Climate Change Sustainability Activity | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Stomatal-Index-and-Climate-Change-Sustainability-Activity-–-Plant-Bodies-and-Growth.pdf | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t; Ren Garcia-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t | Biology, carbon, climate adaptation, climate change, emissions, greenhouse gas |
| Winogradsky Column Activity 1 and 2 | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Winogradsky-Columns-and-Metabolism-Sustainability-Activity.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Winogradsky-Columns-Ecosystem-Homeostasis-and-Microbial-Importance-Sustainability-Activity-–-Population-Ecology.pdf | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t; Ren Garcia-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t | agriculture, Biology, microbes, microbiome |
| Cellular Processes and Aquatic Systems 1 and 2 | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/WaterTestInstructions.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Cellular-Processes-and-Aquatic-Systems-1.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Cellular-Processes-and-Aquatic-Systems-2.pdf | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Ren Garcia-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t; Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t | agriculture, aquatic, Biology, carbon, climate change, lakes, rivers, water |
| Cells and Diffusion Lab | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Cells-and-Diffusion.pdf | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Ren Garcia-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t; Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t | aquatic, Biology, water |
| LIFE103 Canvas-based Lab Activities | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/LIFE103-Lab-Activities.zip | Assignments, Background Material, Group Exercises, Individual Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Peyton Haifley, | agriculture, anthropocene, biodiversity, Biology, climate change, conservation, ecosystem science, ecosystem services, microbes, population, Wildlife |
| Supply Chain Sustainability: Slide Decks | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/Slide-Decks.zip | Slides | Supply Chain Sustainability | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/integrating-supply-chain-management-and-sustainability/ | John Macdonald, https://biz.colostate.edu/about/directory/colostate-johnrmac; Maya Fischer, ; Santiago toral, | economics, supply chain |
| Supply Chain Sustainability: Sample Assignments and Readings | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/Sample Assignments and Readings.zip | Group Exercises, Individual Exercises, Readings | Supply Chain Sustainability | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/integrating-supply-chain-management-and-sustainability/ | John Macdonald, https://biz.colostate.edu/about/directory/colostate-johnrmac; Maya Fischer, ; Santiago Toral, | economics, supply chain |
| Bringing a Sustainability Focus into the Composition Course 301B: Writing in the Sciences | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_CO301B_ActivitiesAssignments.zip; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_CO301B_Readings.zip; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_CO301B_CourseCalendar.pdf | Assignments, Readings, Syllabus | Bringing a Sustainability Focus into the Composition Course 301B: Writing in the Sciences | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/bringing-sustainability-to-writing-in-the-sciences/ | Erika Szymanski, https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/szymans/; Kristie Yelinek, https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/kyelinek/; Ryan Campbell, https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/rycamp/ | economics, supply chain |
| Ammonia | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_Ammonia-slides.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_Ammonia-essay.pdf | Background Material, Readings, Slides | Sustainability Profiles in General Chemistry | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-profiles-in-general-chemistry/ | Terry Gray, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=CC13F9B4E32D8D3684DA71EFD21B4079&sq=t; Kerry MacFarland, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=AD4989D2EF8E44DA3EDB1B88D3C98E65&sq=t; Harmony Tucker, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=2278B8B12245555AB8DECB03060B3941&sq=t | chemistry, emissions, nitrogen |
| NOx and SOx | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_NOx-SOx-essay.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_NOx-SOx-slides.pdf | Background Material, Readings, Slides | Sustainability Profiles in General Chemistry | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-profiles-in-general-chemistry/ | Terry Gray, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=CC13F9B4E32D8D3684DA71EFD21B4079&sq=t; Kerry MacFarland, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=AD4989D2EF8E44DA3EDB1B88D3C98E65&sq=t; Harmony TUcker, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=2278B8B12245555AB8DECB03060B3941&sq=t | emissions, nitrogen, pollution |
| ECON 240 Video Links and Podcasts | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/ECON-240-Binder4.pdf | Background Material | ECON240: Economics of Environmental Sustainability | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/economics-environmental-sustainability/ | Jo Burgess Barbier, https://economics.colostate.edu/people/jbarbier/ | economics, environmental justice, pollution, resource extraction, sustainable development goals |
| Simple Substances | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_SimpleSubstances-essay.pdf | Background Material, Readings | Sustainability Profiles in General Chemistry | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-profiles-in-general-chemistry/ | Terry Gray, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=CC13F9B4E32D8D3684DA71EFD21B4079&sq=t; Kerry MacFarland, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=AD4989D2EF8E44DA3EDB1B88D3C98E65&sq=t; Harmony Tucker, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=2278B8B12245555AB8DECB03060B3941&sq=t | air, carbon, chemistry, earth, energy, ozone, water |
| Fossil Fuel Combustion and CO2 Emissions | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_Combustion-essay.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/CIG2021_GenChem_Combustion-slides.pdf | Readings, Recorded Lecture, Slides | Sustainability Profiles in General Chemistry | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-profiles-in-general-chemistry/ | Terry Gray, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=CC13F9B4E32D8D3684DA71EFD21B4079&sq=t; Kerry MacFarland, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=AD4989D2EF8E44DA3EDB1B88D3C98E65&sq=t; Harmony Tucker, https://www.chem.colostate.edu/person/?id=2278B8B12245555AB8DECB03060B3941&sq=t | carbon, emissions, fossil fuels |
| Supply Chain Sustainability: Sample syllabus and exam questions | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Sample-Test-Bank.docx; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Sample-Syllabus-Topics-Schedule.xlsx | Exams, Syllabus | Global Product Flows | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/integrating-supply-chain-management-and-sustainability/ | John Macdonald, ; Maya Fischer, ; Santiago Toral, | economics, supply chain |
| Population Genetics and Conservation | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t; Lauren (Ren) García-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t; Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t | anthropocene, biodiversity, conservation, invasive species, modeling, Wildlife | |
| Genetically Modified Organisms Activity | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/GMO_LabPresentations_Rubric.pdf; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/GMOPresentationGoodExample1.pptx; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/GMOPresentationBadExample1.pptx; https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/Genetically-Modified-Organism-Lab-Activities.pdf | Group Exercises | Sustainability in Life | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/sustainability-in-introductory-biology-curriculum/ | Ren Garcia-Hellmuth, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=B6D54BC2AA94ADEB39459CB4AED42062&sq=t; Peyton Haifley, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=C863628066D74FA1A0C780B6F6CF5F7E&sq=t; Kim Hoke, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=DBCA8E83BF9A6CB739461AD572B75971&sq=t; Tanya Dewey, https://www.biology.colostate.edu/person/?id=E0534D08B6CDA8AE50938BCDCFF3C6B8&sq=t | agriculture, genetically modified organism, technology |
| ECON 240 Worksheets and Games | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/ECON-240-Binder2.pdf | Assignments, Background Material, Group Exercises, Individual Exercises | ECON240: Economics of Environmental Sustainability | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/economics-environmental-sustainability/ | Jo Burgess Barbier, https://economics.colostate.edu/people/jbarbier/ | economics, environmental justice, pollution, resource extraction, sustainable development goals |
| ECON 240 Examples | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/gravity_forms/36-558ce70ec6b9ceff3434ec139c48149d/2022/07/ECON-240-Binder3.pdf | Assignments, Exams, Quizzes | ECON240: Economics of Environmental Sustainability | https://sustainability.colostate.edu/curric_inno_grants/economics-environmental-sustainability/ | Jo Burgess Barbier, https://economics.colostate.edu/people/jbarbier/ | economics, environmental justice, pollution, resource extraction, sustainable development goals |