The Declaration, Volume 2, Number 2 : June 1998 [Feature] While there are many hopeful signs that academic disciplines and institutions are responding to the environmental challenge, a commitment to sustainability- in academic programs, operations and outreach- is not present in most academic settings. ULSF has established a set of strategic goals to help accelerate…… Continue Reading
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ULSF Joins Forces with Center for Respect of Life and Environment
The Declaration, Volume 2, Number 1 : Winter 1998 [Feature] In a move that enhances ULSF’s benefits and services and provides greater organizational strength, ULSF merged with the Center for Respect of Life and Environment (CRLE) on July 1, 1997. Common vision CRLE, located in Washington, DC, is an affiliate of The Humane Society of…… Continue Reading
Integrated Education for Holistic Thinking
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 3 : September – December 1996 [Feature] The call for interdisciplinary curriculum and research on environment and development issues is familiar to the point of being a cliché, nevertheless it remains largely an unfulfilled ambition, and a fringe activity within the mainstream of universities worldwide. There are many important reasons…… Continue Reading
Learning from the “Shadow Curriculum” – Message from the Director
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 2 : May – August 1996 [Feature] Environmental literacy is an ambitious educational objective requiring that students integrate and internalize a broad range of values, principles, theories, facts, and skills. One of the richest educational resources we have in higher education to support this is our immediate surroundings–the campus. While…… Continue Reading
A Declaration of Action: Message from the Director
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 1 : January – April 1996 [Feature] By Thomas H. Kelly, Ph.D. With this first issue of The Declaration, the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF-formerly the Secretariat of University Presidents for a Sustainable Future) begins a dialogue among a growing membership that includes more than 230…… Continue Reading