Sustainability class to commence next spring
Victoria Puente
Issue date: 11/28/07 Section: News
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"I think his learning environment is really upbeat and positive, so anything you are learning, he's going to make interesting," Warner said. "He's really passionate about sustainability and you can see that in his teaching and his everyday life."
Whitworth said his 9-year-old son was the reason he became interested in sustainability. He said he wanted to expose students and the community to the concept and teach them how to use current resources so they are not compromised for future generations.
"If we don't begin thinking about it seriously and making policies about climate change and other things like that then it may not bode well for my child's and your child's future," Whitworth said.
Patrick Kinkade, chairman of the sociology department, said he supported the promotion of sustainability on campus and in the community, along with several other professors who he called the "greenies."
"Obviously we are confronting a variety of crises in the environment and we, as a group of educators, need to think about what best serves our students in relation to getting them attuned to this issue," Kinkade said.
Kinkade said eventually he would like a sustainability class to become a required course for all majors and would like to see a cultural change toward the way both the university and the larger community perceive environmental issues.
The course is listed under the sociology, anthropology and criminal justice majors.
Whitworth said another university came up with the phrase "sustainability is sexy" as an eye-catcher to raise awareness about the concept of sustainability. Although the phrase is not included in the registrar's title for the course, he will use the buzzword when he refers to the three-hour course.
Whitworth said his 9-year-old son was the reason he became interested in sustainability. He said he wanted to expose students and the community to the concept and teach them how to use current resources so they are not compromised for future generations.
"If we don't begin thinking about it seriously and making policies about climate change and other things like that then it may not bode well for my child's and your child's future," Whitworth said.
Patrick Kinkade, chairman of the sociology department, said he supported the promotion of sustainability on campus and in the community, along with several other professors who he called the "greenies."
"Obviously we are confronting a variety of crises in the environment and we, as a group of educators, need to think about what best serves our students in relation to getting them attuned to this issue," Kinkade said.
Kinkade said eventually he would like a sustainability class to become a required course for all majors and would like to see a cultural change toward the way both the university and the larger community perceive environmental issues.
The course is listed under the sociology, anthropology and criminal justice majors.
Whitworth said another university came up with the phrase "sustainability is sexy" as an eye-catcher to raise awareness about the concept of sustainability. Although the phrase is not included in the registrar's title for the course, he will use the buzzword when he refers to the three-hour course.
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