The Institute for Building Sustainable Communities seeks to foster the concept of sustainable community development as an integral part of education at the University of Detroit Mercy, in partnership with community groups and civic advocates.
The University of Detroit Mercy seeks to provide students with a rigorous, person-centered education which takes seriously our situation in a metropolis rich in diversity, yet fragmented in many ways. In order to help heal this fragmentation, and to at least maintain, if not improve, the quality of life in the Detroit metropolitan region, the Institute for Building Sustainable Communities seeks to foster the concept of sustainable community development as an integral part of education at UDM. Read more...
Sustainability courses across the curriculum
Attention Faculty! We invite those faculty members who are already addressing sustainability topics in their courses to let us know about these courses, so that they can be put on a Register of Sustainability Courses.
This will aid students interested in the topic to plan a course of studies maximizing their exposure to sustainablity education. In the future, perhaps we can develop a certificate program in sustainability studies. Faculty offering such courses could send a copy of their course syllabus to Dr. Whitty along with a note describing the sustainability focus of the course, and it will be added to the register.