This book takes as its point of departure that integrating a component of sustainability into a discipline-specific course arises from an educator asking a simple question: in the coming decades, as humanity faces unprecedented challenges, what can my discipline or area of research contribute toward a better understanding of these issues?

I. Sustainability as a Core Value in Education 1. Sustainability for Everyone. Trespassing Disciplinary Boundaries-Douglas Klahr 2. Sustainability as a Core Issue in Diversity and Critical Thinking Education-Danielle Lake 3. Sustainable Happiness and Education. Educating Teachers and Students in the 21st Century-Catherine O'Brien 4. A Christian Contribution to Sustainability-Chris Doran II. Teaching Sustainability in the Academic Disciplines 5. The Hungry Text. Toward a Sustainable Literary Food Pedagogy-Tom Hertweck and Kyle Bladow 6. The Rhetoric of Sustainability. Ecocomposition and Environmental Pragmatism-Kimberly R. Moekle 7. Writing Banana Republics and Guano Bonanzas. Consumerism and Globalization in the Composition Classroom-George E. Brooks 8. Sustainably Growing Farmers of the Future. Undergraduate Curriculum in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Kentucky-Keiko Tanaka, Mark Williams, Krista Jacobson, and Mike Mullen 9. Using a Multilevel Approach to Teach Sustainability to Undergraduate Students in Engineering and Environmental Science- Stacey A. Hawkey, Valdeen Nelsen, Bruce I. Dvorak, 10. Growing Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education-Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, and Seema Wadhwa 11. Teaching Ecotourism in the Backyard of Waikiki, Hawai'I-John Cusick 12. Who Will Teach the Teachers? Reorienting Teacher Education for the Values of Sustainability-Patrick Howard III. Education as a Sustainable Practice 13. E-portfolios in a Liberal Studies Program. An Experiment in Sustainability-P. Sven Arvidson 14. The Paperless Classroom-Justin Pettibone and Kirsten Bartels 15. Communicating Sustainability. Teaching Sustainable Media Practice-Alex Lockwood, Caroline Mitchell, and Evi Karathanasopoulou 16. Roadblocks to Applied Sustainability-Bart A. Bartels IV. Leadership and Reform Strategies for Long-term Institutional Change 17. Teaching Sustainability Leadership-Courtney Quinn and Gina Matkin 18. Teaching Sustainability to Future Museum Professionals-Sarah S. Brophy 19. Escaping the Structural Trap of Sustainability in Academia Through Global Learning Environments-Tamara Savelyeva 20. Making Sustainability a Core Value-Christine Drewel ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX