USASBE Sustainability in the Classroom

This page is to share content with the participants in the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2013 conference session titled Sustainability in the classroom: Creative ways to embed environmental and social responsibility into classroom content.

Presenters

Six presenters from Humboldt State University presented at the USASBE 2013 Conference.

Michelle Lane
Nancy Vizenor
David Sleeth-Keppler
TC Comet
Kate Lancaster
Lonny Grafman

Presentations

The following sharable presentations were presented:

Teaching Resources

Dirksen J. (2012) Design for How People Learn, New Riders
Barkley E.,(2010) Student Engagement Techniques, Jossey-Bass
Belasco, J. and R. Stayer (1994) Flight of the Buffalo, Grand Central Publishing

Sustainability Resources

Websites

Selected Books

See http://sbccalpoly.pbworks.com/w/page/7306906/FrontPage for summaries of some of the following:

Adams, John (2000) Thinking Today as if Tomorrow Mattered, Eartheart
Albion, Mark (2000) True to Yourself, Business Plus
Albion, Mark (2008) More than Money, Barrett-Koehler
Anderson, Ray. (1999) Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model. Peregrinzilla Press.
Anderson, Sarah and John Cavanagh . (2005) Field Guide to the Global Economy. The New Press.
Bamburg, Jill. (2006) Getting to Scale: Growing Your Business Without Selling Out. Berrett-Koehler.
Bartlett, Peggy and Geoff Chase (2004) Sustainability on Campus, MIT Press
Beck, Don and Christopher Cown (2006) Spiral Dynamics, Blackwell Publishing
Bell, Simon and Stephen Morse (2003) Measuring Sustainability: Learning by Doing
Benyus, Janine. (2002) Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. M. Harper Perennial.
Berry, Leonard. (1999) Discovering the Soul of Service: The Nine Drivers of Sustainable Business Success. Free Press
Bingham, Sam (1997) The Last Ranch, Mariner Books
Bolman, Lee and Terrance Deal (2011) Leading with Soul, Jossey-Bass
Bornstein, David (2007) How to Change the World, Oxford University Press
Bowden, Adrian, et al. (2001) Triple Bottom Line Risk Management. John Wiley & Sons, John Wiley & Sons
Brown, Lester, et al. (1991) Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy. W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute.
Brown, Mark (2006) Keeping Score: Using the Right Metrics to Drive World Class Performance, Productivity Press
Capra, Fritjof (1999) The Tao of Physics. 25th Anniversary Edition. Shambhala Publications
Carson, Rachel. (1962) Silent Spring. Houghton-Mifflin, New York.
Daly, Herman (1994) For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment and a Sustainable Future Beacon Press
De Geus. Arie. (1997) The Living Company. Longview Pub., (HBS Press), Boston, MA.
De Graaf, John, et al. (2005) Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. 2nd Ed. Berrett-Koehler.
Delanty, Gerard (2000) Citizenship in a Global Age: Society, Culture, Politics, Open University Press
Des Jardines, Joseph (2006) Business Ethics and the Environment, Prentice Hall
Diamond, Jared. (2005) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies. New Edition. W. W. Norton.
Doppelt, Bob. (2003) Leading Change Toward Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business. Government and Civil Society. Greenleaf Publications.
Dyer, Gwynne (2010) Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as he World Overheats, One World Publications
Eccles, Robert and Michael Krzus (2010) One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy, Wiley
Edwards, Andres and David Orr (2005) The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift, New Society Publishers
Ehrenfeld, John (2009) Sustainability by Design, Yale University Press
Ehrlich, Paul and Anne Ehrlich. (1991) Healing the Planet. Addison-Wesley.
Epstein, Marc (1996) Measuring Corporate Environmental Performance, Irwin
Esty, Dnaiel and Andrew Winston (2009) Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Create Value and Build Competitive Advantage, Wiley
Flannery, Tim (2007) Weather Makers, Grove Press
Gallenbach, Ernest, al. (1993) EcoManagement: The Elmwood Guide to Ecological Auditing and Sustainable Business. Berrett-Koehler
Gladwell, Malcolm. (2002) The Tipping Point. Back Bay Books, New York.
Gore, Al. (2006) Earth in the Balance. Penguin Group, New York.
Hardin, Garrett. (1993) Living Within Limits. Garrett. Oxford University Press.
Hart, Stuart (2005) Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World's Most Difficult Problems. Wharton 0131439871
Hawken, Paul (1993) The Ecology of Commerce. HarperCollins, New York.
Hawken, Paul (2007) Blessed Unrest, Viking, New York
Hawken, Paul, et al. (1999) Natural Capitalism. Little Brown & Company
Henriques, Adrian and Julie Richardson, ed (2005) The Triple Bottom Line: Does it All Add Up? Earthscan
Herman, Paul (2010) The Hip Investor, Wiley
Hitchcock, Darcy and Marsha Willard (2006) The Business Guide for Sustainability: Practical Strategies and Tools for Organizations, Earthscan
Hoggan, James, and Richard Littlemore (2009) Climate Cover-up, Greystone
Hollender, Jeffrey and Stephen Fenichell (2006) What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers Is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business. Basic Books
Hopwood, Anthony, et. al. (2010) Accounting for Sustainability: Practical Insights, Earthscan
Johnson, Barry (1996) Polarity Management, HRD Press
Jones, Van (2009) The Green Collar Economy, Harper 1
Kahane, Adam (2007) Solving Tough Problems, Barrett-Koehler
Kegan, Robert and Lisa Laskow Lahey (2006) How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation. Jossey-Bass
Kegan, Robert and Lisa Laskow Lahey (2009) Immunity to Change, HBR
Kelly, Marjorie and William Grieder. (2001) The Divine Right of Capital. Berrett-Koehler
Kirschenmann, Frederick Cultivating an Ecological Conscience
Kiuchi, Tachi and William Shireman. (2002) What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons from Nature. Berrett-Koehler
Korten, David (2011) Agenda for a New Economy, Berrett-Koehler
Korten, David. (1996) When Corporations Rule the World. Kumarian Press.
Korten, David. (2006) The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. Berrett-Koehler
Kotter, John (1996) Leading Change, Harvard Business Press Review
Kouzes, James and Barry Posner (2003) Encouraging the Heart, Jossey Bass
Laszlo, Chris (2008) Sustainable Value: How the World’s Leading Companies are Doing Well By Doing Good, Stanford Business Books
Leopold, Aldo (1949) A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press
Lomborg, Bjorn. (2001) The Skeptical Environmentalist. Cambridge U. Press, New York.
Lovelock, James (2009) Gaia, Oxford
Lovelock, James (2009) The Vanishing Face of Gaia, Basic Books
Lovins, Hunter and Cohen, Boyd (2011) Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change, Hill and Wang
Macy, Joanna (2007) World as Lover, World as Self, Parallax Press
Makower, Joel and Cara Pike (2008) Strategies for a Green Economy: Opportunities and Challenges in the New World of Business, McGraw Hill
McCarty, Thomas, et. Al (2011) Six Sigma for Sustainability, McGraw Hill
McDonough, William and Michael Braungart (2002) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. North Point Press
McKibben, Bill (2011) Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, St Martin’s Griffin
McKibben, Bill (2008) Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, St Martin’s Griffin
McKibben, William. (2006) The End of Nature. Random House, New York
Meadows, Donella (1991) Global Citizen, Island Press
Meadows, Donella (2008) Thinking in Systems, Chelsea Green
Meadows, Donella, et al. (1992) Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse. Envisioning a Sustainable Future. Chelsea Green Publishing
Merkel, Jim (2003) Radical Simplicity, New Society Publishers
Montgomery, John (2011) Great from The Start, How Conscious Corporations Attract Success, Morgan James
Nattrass, Brian and Mary Altomare. (1999) The Natural Step for Business. New Society Publishers
Orr, David (2012) Down to the Wire, Oxford University Press
Orr, David, (2004)
ISBN: 1-55963-259-X Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment and the Human Prospect. Island Press
Ott, Riki and Walter Crinnion (2005) Sound Truth and Corporate Myths: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Dragonfly Sisters Press
Pauli, Gunter, et. al. (2000) Upsizing: The Road to Zero Emissions, Greenleaf Publishing
Polak, Paul (2009) Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pollen, Michael. (2007) The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Penguin Books
Quinn, Daniel (1995) Ishmael, Bantam
Ray, Paul and Sherry Anderson (2001) The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World Three Rivers Press
Richardson, Julie and Adrian Henriques. (2004) The Triple Bottom Line, Does it All Add Up?: Assessing the Sustainability of Business and CSR. Earthscan
Rivoli, Pietra (2009) Travels of a t-shirt in a Global Economy, Wiley
Robèrt, Karl-Henrik (2002) The Natural Step Story, New Society Publishers
Rubenstein, Daniel (1994) Environmental Accounting for Sustainable Corporation, Praeger
Sahtouris, Elisabet (2000) Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution. iUniverse
Sanders, Tim (2008) Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference, Crown Business
Sanford, Carol (2011) The Responsible Business, Josey Bass
Savitz, Andrew (2006) Triple Bottom Line How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success -- and How You Can Too, Jossey Bass
Savory, Allan and Jody Butterfield (1998) Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making¸ Island Press
Schaltegger, Stefan and Marcus Wagner, Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) (2006) Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance ISBN 978-1-874719-95-3
Schendler, Auden (2010) Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution, Public Affairs
Schlosser, Eric. (2001) Fast Food Nation. Houghton Mifflin
Schultz, William. (2001) In Our Own Best Interest. Beacon Press.
Schumacher, E.F. (1973) Small is Beautiful, Harper Perennial
Senge, Peter (2006) The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
Sisodia, Rajendra, et. al (2007) Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose, Pearson Prentice Hall
Suzaki, Kiyoshi and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama (2002) Results from the Heart: How Mini-Company Management Captures Everyone's Talents and Helps Them Find Meaning and Purpose at Work, Free Press
Suzuki, David and Amanda McConnell. (2006) The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature 2.00 edition. Greystone Books
Sweeney, Linda Booth and Dennis Meadows. (2001) The Systems Thinking Playbook. Inst for Policy & Social Science.
Tolle, Eckhart (2005) A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, A Plume Book
Vaill, Peter (1996) Learning as a Way of Being, Jossey-Bass
Shiva, Vandana (2005) Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace, South End Press
Waddock, Sandra (2008) Leading Corporate Citizens, McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Weisman, Alan. (2007) The World Without Us. Thomas Dunn Books
Wheatley, Margaret (2006) Leadership and the New Science, 3rd Ed. Berrett-Koehler
Whyte, David (1996) The Heart Aroused, Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, Crown Business
Wilhelm, Kevin (200) Return on Sustainability, Dog Ear Publishing
Willard, Bob (2002) The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line (Conscientious Commerce), New Society Publishers.
Wilson, E.O. (1999) Conscilience, Vintage
Wilson, E.O. (2003) The Future of Life, Vintage

Movies

Tapped
Avatar
Food, Inc.
The Lorax
Wall-e
Inconvenient Truth
11th Hour
The Corporation
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices
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Articles

Business Case for Sustainability

Davis, Ian (2005). “The biggest contract.” Economist, May 28, 2005. http://www.bettermail.ca/clients/102/Economist.pdf
Friedman, Milton (1970). “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits.” The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 13, 1970. http://www.umich.edu/~thecore/doc/Friedman.pdf
The Conference Board (2006). “Does It Pay to Be Good?” http://www.conference-board.org/articles/articlepdf.cfm?ID=73
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) (2006). “From Challenge to Opportunity.” http://www.sustainablefinance.net/DocRoot/k6L2qc7b0RhseEbck01R/tomorrows-leaders.pdf
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2005). “A Legal Framework for the Integration of Environmental, Social and Governance Issues into Institutional Investment,” produced for the Asset Management Working Group of the UNEP Finance Initiative.” Sections: “Executive Summary” (pp 6-17), “Institutional Investment: An Overview” (pp 20-29), and “United States” (pp 102-116). http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/freshfields_legal_resp_20051123.pdf
Starbucks Corporation. “Corporate Social Responsibility Report Fiscal 2006 Annual Report” http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/csrannualreport.asp http://media.starbucks.com.edgesuite.net/dotcom/csr_reports/CSR_en.pdf
Orlitzky, Marc; Schmidt, Frank L. and Rynes, Sara L. (2003). “Corporate Social and Financial Performance: A Meta-analysis.” Organization Studies, 24(3), 2003. http://www.global100.org/Corporate%20Social%20&%20Environmental%20Performance.pdf
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). (2007). A Statement of Intent for Doing Business with the World. http://www.wbcsd.ch/DocRoot/A5VWpGTcM2mSkbMNM3CH/Statement%20of%20Intent%20FINAL%20-%20with%20signatures.pdf
Bank of America 2007. Bank of America Announces $20 Billion Environmental Initiative. http://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=7697

Conceptual Frameworks

The Natural Step (2000). “The Natural Step Framework Guidebook.” http://www.naturalstep.ca/articles/TNSFrameworkGuidebook.pdf
McDonough, William and Braungart, Michael. (1998) “The NEXT Industrial Revolution,” Atlantic Monthly, Oct. www.theatlantic.com/issues/98oct/industry.htm
Kurk, Fran and McNamara, Curt (2006). “Better by Design: An Innovation Guide.” Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/oea/publications/betterbydesign.pdf
US EPA (2006). “Life Cycle Assessment: Principles and Practice.” National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency. Chapters 1 and 2. http://www.epa.gov/ord/NRMRL/lcaccess/pdfs/600r06060.pdf

Standards and Reporting Systems

AccountAbility (2004). “Strategic Challenges for Business in the Use of Corporate Responsibility Codes, Standards and Frameworks.” Prepared by AccountAbility for the WBCSD Accountability and Reporting Working Group. http://www.wbcsd.org/web/publications/accountability-codes.pdf
Diageo (2006). “Corporate Citizenship Report 2006.” http://www.diageo.com/en-row/CorporateCitizenship/CorporateCitizenshipReports/2006/
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (2006). “Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.” http://www.globalreporting.org/NR/rdonlyres/A1FB5501-B0DE-4B69-A900-27DD8A4C2839/0/G3_GuidelinesENG.pdf
Ligteringen, Ernst and Zadek, Simon. “The Future of Corporate Responsibility Codes, Standards and Frameworks.” Global Reporting Initiative and AccountAbility. http://www.accountability21.net/uploadstore/cms/docs/Landscape%20Paper.pdf
Secretariat for the Equator Principles (2006), “The Equator Principles.” http://www.equator-principles.com/documents/Equator_Principles.pdf
United Nations (2000). “The Global Compact.” http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/about_the_gc/2.0.1.pdf
See www.corporateregister.com for on-line directory of corporate non-financial reports.

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