The Sustainability Movement

Elder, J. L., & MacGregor, J. (2008, December). The Sustainability Movement in Higher
Education: An Overview. Retrieved November 16, 2016, from http://mobilizingstem.wceruw.org/documents/The sustainability Movement and Appendices.pdf
James L. Elder is the director for the Campaign for Environmental Literacy. He is the author of A Field Guide to Environmental Literacy: Making Strategic Investments in Environmental Education. Jean MacGregor is the Senior Scholar at the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education at The Evergreen State College where she also teaches in the Masters of Environmental Studies Program. Both Elder and MacGregor are informed and knowledgeable on the topic of environmental change and sustainability.
She is an author and has written many articles from environmental issues to politics. Peter W. Wood is an anthropologist. He has previously served as the executive director of the NAS and in January 2009 was appointed its president. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology in 1987 from the University of Rochester. His undergraduate degree is from Haverford College (1975) and he has a master’s degree in Library Science from Rutgers University (1977). He is the author of several books and several hundred articles and online journals. The article “Sustainability – Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism” examines the increase of sustainability movements on college campuses. This 262 page online document presents evidence, statistics, and conclusions as well as citing many other primary sources. The study suggests reasons why these huge movements on college campuses are often negatively affecting students’ education. I will use this source to demonstrate how sustainability on college campuses can often be their
He leads the site's editorial operations, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one in 2009 for a series of Inside Higher Ed articles he co-wrote on college rankings. In his article “CFO Survey Reveals Doubts About Financial Sustainability,” he refers to a study that examines the CFOs' views on the viability and sustainability of colleges' financial models. This article shows that chief financial officers are often completely unaware of how terrible a financial state sustainability on campuses really is. I will use this resource to conclude that sustainability on college campuses may seem like a positive effort, but in reality, it can be a debilitating financial