Birmingham Southern College

Environmental Studies Minor
The minor in environmental studies is an interdisciplinary program linked to a disciplinary major. The program is designed to broaden an understanding of both environmental science and policy. The student's major field of study develops the disciplinary skills of inquiry and analysis, and the minor complements the major by providing the integration of approaches to address environmental issues.
 

Southern Environmental Center SEC serves as a regional resource that puts environmental information at your fingertips. It sponsors conferences, manages a unique museum and outdoor classroom facility, and provides insight on how we, as individuals, can improve and protect our environment.

Centenary College

Environmental Science Major
Centenary offers an interdisciplinary degree in environmental sciences. the degree is designed to give interested students the background to assume an entry level position in the
environmental industry or to allow the student to continue with post-graduate study in either environmental sciences or the discipline in which the student elected a track.

Environmental Studies Minor 
An environmental studies minor is offered at Centenary College to students with majors in the sciences and non-sciences. The minor focuses the learning process around the knowledge and skills required to address the multidisciplinary nature of environmental issues. Course work varies somewhat depending on the student's major (science or non-science) to better compliment their educational program.

The Centenary Campus Environmental Audit   
Centenary College of Louisiana completed its first environmental audit in the Spring of 1998 through the Environmental Topics course taught by Dr. Mary Barrett, Department of Geology & Geography.  This assessment examined the following areas:   Recycling Service, Campus and Career Opportunities, The Cafeteria, Water Usage and Landscaping, Energy Use and Conservation.

ETC: Ecology, Technology and Culture
Online resource center for teachers, scholars, and students interested in Environmental Humanities.

Centre College

Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge
This 500 acre refuge is used by ecology classes and others for hands-on learning. It has also been the recipient of ACS Environmental alliance grants for Student Development and Engagement and for Campus-Community Partnerships.

The Environmental Education Station
This site provides materials, in the form of course syllabi, readings, exercises and books, for professors interested in developing environmental curriculum and/or lesson plans. In addition, this site links to further information on a variety of environmentally related subjects such as deforestation, recycling, economic and the environment, sustainable development, environmental audits, and organic gardening.

Davidson College

Davidson College Environmental Curriculum
A complete listing of Davidson College's environmentally related course offerings.

The Davidson Ecological Preserve

Reptiles and Amphibians of North Carolina

Furman University

Earth and Environmental Sciences Program 
Helping students understand how our planet functions, the limits of earth's resources, and the capacity of humans to alter global processes for the common good, are the goals of the Furman program in earth and environmental sciences. At Furman, earth and environmental sciences students may pursue several programs of study. The department offers a B.S. degree with an earth science concentration, a B.S. with an environmental science concentration, and a B.A. with an environmental science concentration.

The Environmental Action Group  The Environmental Action Group (EAG) is a Furman University student run organization whose main purpose is to educate and enlighten the student body, faculty, and staff about environmental issues. They seek to teach others about both the local and global impacts human beings have on the world around them, and that by implementing sustainable and economic techniques to conserve resources, we will enable future generations to enjoy what we have today.

Furman Recycling Program 
Furman University encourages all faculty, staff and students to be pro-active in their campus recycling program. The university provides bins and containers throughout the campus to capture materials. The recyclables are collected weekly and transported to a recycle center where they are sorted and distributed to manufacturers who turn them into useful products helping us conserve our valuable resources.

River Basins Research Initiative At Furman
The River Basins Research Initiative began in 1996 with two students studying a 3 km 2 watershed, and has grown to become a study of the entire Lower Broad River Basin that, since 1999, has involved more than 140 participants. The program has been funded by grants from NSF, EPA, NASA, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Associated Colleges of the South, the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, and Furman University . The vast majority of the funds have been used for undergraduate student stipends and housing costs.

The President’s Report on Sustainability
Furman University President David Shi’s 2006 report on Sustainability is an in depth look at the university’s commitment to sustainability. The report focuses on 7 features of the university’s efforts: Sustainable Living, Landscaping and Maintenance, Student Activism, Trail System, Building Practices, The Charles H. Townes Center for Science, and Faculty and Student Research.

The Environmental Community of Students (ECOS)
In conjunction with Furman’s Engaged Living program, ECOS is a program for incoming freshmen who are either looking to use their environmental knowledge in a tangible and meaningful way or those who are just curious or even skeptical about the national discussion. All 20 students who participate receive a $1,000 stipend and are involved every week at the forefront of some of Furman’s most exciting eco-initiatives.

Concentration in Environmental Studies
The Concentration in Environmental Studies promotes the many courses in Furman's curriculum that address environmental issues from interdisciplinary perspectives. These courses are organized into a program which will teach participating students how the Earth functions as a system and supports life; how the growing human population is transforming this Earth system; the complex relationships that exist between culture (social, political, religious, and economic systems) and the environment, and that solutions are constructed in this social context. 

Hendrix College
 

Center for Spirituality and Sustainability Center for Spirituality and Sustainability offers experiential, interdisciplinary programs designed to promote consciousness of the interconnectedness of all creation and a sustainable future based on spiritual awareness. It offers an exploration of diverse ideas and theories, as well as practical hands-on ways to make a difference in our own lives, our communities and the world.

Student Activities that Value the Earth
SAVE is Hendrix College's student environmental activist group. Currently SAVE is working on the following campaigns to end chip mills and clearcutting, factory farming in Arkansas and to support the Zapatista Solidarity Campaign.

Rhodes College

Environmental Science Minor

Environmental Planning Cooperative

The Mission of the Environmental Planning Cooperative (EPC) is to create and maintain a cross-campus collaborative of students, faculty, staff, and administrators for the purpose of developing a practicing perspective of environmental stewardship at Rhodes College. The EPC aims to be an advisory committee to the college to aid in institutionalizing sustainable practices and ideals throughout every aspect of college functioning, i.e. energy usage, the academic curriculum, purchasing, waste reduction and disposal, building construction, and technology.

Rollins College
 

Rollins College Recycles  The student-run Recycling Program at Rollins College used a white bag system throughout the campus to sort recyclables from trash.  The two types of recycle bins located throughout the campus are co-mingled and paper products.  The 'co-mingled' includes aluminum, plastic, tin, and glass products, while 'paper products' refers only to paper and cardbaord products.  Individual bins have been placed throughout the academic and administrative buildings along with every dorm room throughout all the residential halls.  New bottle and cup recycle bins have been placed at all dining service areas on campus this year.

Rollins Environmental Studies Department
The Environmental Studies major offers an interdisciplinary approach to the global environmental crisis by drawing faculty from anthropology, biology, chemistry,economics, philosophy, political science, and English. Faculty from the local community also provide a valuable applied perspective. Students may major in one of two tracks: Environmental Policy or Natural Systems Analysis.

Sustainable Development Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in sustainable development and the environment examines whether transnational corporations can be both competitive and responsible by pursuing a strategy of sustainable development. The minor includes a set of courses that examine carefully the concept of sustainable development in an increasingly global economy. These courses are based on the premise that sustainable development means reconciling the need for economic growth, particularly in developing nations, with the need to protect both natural resources and the quality of life. This minor includes a prescribed sequence of academic courses in conjunction with opportunities for practical applications of course theory through field study practica.

Rollins Outdoor Club
The Rollins Outdoor Club is an active organization whose purpose is to broaden ecological and community awareness among Rollins students, faculty and staff.  Outdoor activities provide challenging situations which allow greater interaction, interpersonal communication and receptiveness to others. Some of those outdoor activities include beach, river and park cleanups, camping trips, canoe races, rock climbing and scuba diving.

EcoRollins
EcoRollins mission is to promote awareness, educate the campus/community, and implement positive change regarding our relationship to the environment.  Activities include celebrating America Recycles Day along with the Recycling Program, Earth Day, Alternative Energy Day, and assorted petition signings, lake cleanups with ROC and environmental education events aimed at their fellow students.

Southwestern University

Southwestern University's Environmental Studies Program
Environmental Studies at Southwestern University is an interdisciplinary program which introduces students ­ both those majoring in environmental studies and those wishing to add knowledge in this significant area of study and life ­ to a wide variety of perspectives that examine the many connections between humans and nature. Major: Students may choose between two tracks in the Environmental Studies Major (both of which lead to the B.A. degree). Minor: A minor in Environmental Studies consists of 18 hours selected from the two tracks with 12 hours above the 100 level.
 

Southwestern's Campus Ecological Audit  In the Spring of 1999, students from three different courses in each of three different campus academic divisions came together to conduct an ecological audit of the Southwestern campus. Students from Dr. Hobgood-Oster's Religion and Ecology course, Dr. Johnson's Society, Culture and Ecology course, and Dr. Niemeyer's Environmental Chemistry course worked together on interdisciplinary teams to investigate the campus's sustainability along eleven parameters.

Trinity University

Environmental Studies Minor
The Environmental Studies minor is an interdisciplinary study of the Earth's environment and human interaction with that environment. Environmental Studies is a program of breadth, not concentration, in which students address environmental issues from natural science, economic, and sociocultural perspectives. The minor includes required courses in anthropology, biology, economics, and geoscience and electives in areas ranging from history to organic chemistry. Given the breadth of this minor, a significant overlap with a student's choice of Common Curriculum courses is both expected and encouraged.

Presidential Task Force on Sustainability
Trinity University has named a Presidential Task Force on Sustainability to explore the policy and practice of sustainability in all aspects of campus life. The work involves not only the assessment of the ecological footprint of university operations, but the importance of sustainability in research, teaching and co-curricular activities.

Trinity University Northeast Corner Project
Trinity University has an undeveloped 12 acre parcel of land on the northeast corner of campus. Recently, campus interest in environmental issues has raised awareness of the educational potential of this attractive open space. A group of faculty, students, and staff at Trinity University have discussed a plan to manage this parcel, so that it would satisfy the university community's need for an outdoor area for environmental teaching and learning. With the support of ACS, Trinity University physical plant staff, faculty, and students hosted a planning charette. One outcome of this planning process was a set of realistic options for the development and management of the northeast corner.

University of Richmond

The Environmental Awareness Group (EAG)
The purpose of this site is to increase Environmental Awareness in the Richmond Community. The site provides descriptions of Richmond's various environmental activities, environmental studies offerings and accomplishments, and links to other interesting facts and figures.

The Outdoors Club brings together students to actively share their love of outdoors activities.

Environmental Studies
UR is developing a Major in Environmental Studies. The goal of the major is to enable students to understand, evaluate, and change the way humans relate to their natural world. The major will draw together students and faculty from across campus to integrate disciplines in the study of the environment. It is expected to begin in the fall of 2001. Further information about the major and other environmental issues at UR can be accessed on this page.

University of the South

Sewanee Outing Program
The purpose of the Sewanee Outing Program is to provide students with the opportunity to explore and enjoy the outdoors through activities such as hiking, backpacking, climbing, boating, caving, skiing, and mountain biking. Within these activities, the SOP provides a dynamic opportunity for student leadership, personal growth, relaxation, and fun. The program seeks to expand the extracurricular activities at the University by offering excursions that enhance individual enjoyment and appreciation of the natural world.

Heritage Resources Management, a workshop on the identification and stewardship of archaeological and historical resources, provided a usable level of archaeological knowledge to a large segment of the ACS academic and public sector. Administrators, faculty, and students were provided with an experience in planning and preserving while they explored how each group plays a key role and how students can be energized to become deeply involved in research addressing important environmental issues. An essential product of the workshop was a draft heritage resources management policy suitable for adoption by all of the ACS schools and for modification and elaboration tailored to the resources of each individual institution. This site also includes ACS Heritage Links.

Environmental Resident Program
Ongoing efforts to increase environmental awareness and responsiveness among students, faculty, and staff on the campus.

Washington and Lee University

Environmental Studies Program
Washington and Lee takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the environment. Faculty and students from the sciences, the humanities, the social sciences, and law are involved through research, the curriculum, and a variety of co-curricular activities, including lecture series, service learning projects, monthly luncheon seminars, and outdoor activities. The interdisciplinary course sequence was approved by the faculty in 1998. The geology department also offers a B.A. degree with a focus on environmental issues.

Campus Recycling Program 
Now its easier than ever to recycle paper and aluminum cans at Washington & Lee.  There is no need to sort these items - they can simply be tossed into the new blue containers located in all buildings on campus. Glass and cardboard is collected separately at specified locations.

The Washington and Lee Outing Club  The W&L Outing Club offers students, faculty, and staff a variety of outdoor activities and classes.  W&L students lead most of the activities, which include backpacking, fly fishing, canoeing, kayaking, rafting, rock climbing, mountain biking, caving, skiing, and outdoor cooking.  Trips vary in length from day hikes to ten day trips held during February and Spring break.  Equipment and trip planning resources are available to all Outing Club members who want to do their own trips.