Talloires Declaration (University Leaders for Sustainable Future)

Central College signed in December, 2006:  find detailed information about our sustainability education commitment at: www.talloires.org

AASHE (Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education)

Central College joined in 2006: one of the best web resources going at: www.aashe.org

Presidents Climate Commitment (American Colleges and Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment); President David Roe of Central College signed the Commitment on September 15, 2007; Central submitted its draft Climate Action Plan (CAP) on September 15, 2009);             find our draft CAP and also see what other schools are doing at: www.acupcc.org

Prairie Project (Central’s Sustainability-Across-the-Curriculum Training Initiative):

At: http://departments.central.edu/globalsustain

SUSTAIN (Campus Sustainability Working Group): www.central.edu/sustain

Facilities Management: www.central.edu/facilities/environment2.html

Community-Based Service Learning: www.central.edu/serviceLearning

Neil Smith National Wildlife Refuge/Prairie Learning Center (Prairie City, IA) (http://www.fws.gov/Midwest/NealSmith

Center for Prairie Studies at Grinnell College  http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/cps

UMACS (Upper Midwest Association of Colleges for Sustainability): Central College is a  founding member institution: www.umacs.org

MRCSE (Midwest Regional Collaborative for Sustainability Education): www.mrcse.org

U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, “National Sustainability Education Standards,” at: www.uspartnership.org

Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative at: www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/bioregion

Center for Ecoliteracy, at: www.cel.org

National Wildlife Foundation, Campus Ecology Program, at: www.nwf.org/campusEcology/climateedu/articleView.cfm?iArticleID=22

Second Nature, “Sustainability Curriculum Framework,” at: www.secondnature.org

Cows, Colleges and Curriculum Sustainability Across the Curriculum Training (Carleton/St. Olaf): http://serc.carleton.edu/sustainability/index.html