Student-led rubric co-design: students set the criteria they are graded by
In groups of three to four, students design the rubric by which their own coursework will be graded - developed at Arizona State University and piloted at other universities.
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Teaching and Learning Sustainable Consumption
How can you effectively teach a tricky topic like sustainable consumption in your classroom? This volume explores this question in two steps: part 1 offers introductory chapters, part 2 practical examples from classrooms from across the globe.
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This book is a comprehensive guide on how to teach sustainable
New Book: Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling
In December 2022, the edited volume Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling was published by Routledge. The volume summarizes research findings and practical experience with the use of storytelling in sustainability communication. It was edited by the team of SusTelling project (Daniel Fischer, Sonja Fücker, Hanna Selm, and Anna Sundermann) and synthesizes
When is green nudging ethically permissible?
Nudging has been widely acclaimed as an effective strategy to alter unsustainable consumer behaviors. But it also raises ethical questions about who may intervene in people’s consumption behavior and with what justification. This new paper in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability addresses these questions and proposes a model to
The Food Waste Lab
Household food waste is a relevant area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. What role can educational interventions with secondary school students play in efforts to reduce food waste? This paper presents findings of the evaluation study on the Food Lab Home educational intervention.
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The elephant in the room is really a cow
Current consumption levels of animal-based products and meat are considered to be unsustainable. But how could “sustainable” meat consumption be defined and achieved? This paper in Sustainability Science uses the concept of “Consumption Corridors” to address these questions and propose a pathway for policy-making in the context of
Sustainability Competencies in Higher Education
What competencies do students in higher education need to develop in order to be able to effectively contribute to sustainable development? An author team led by Jessica Ostrow Michel including Daniel Fischer summarized current thinking about this question in a contribution. The short encyclopedia chapter is now published in the