| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.14 |
| Liaison | Kylee Singh |
| Submission Date | July 10, 2023 |
California Polytechnic State University
AC-5: Immersive Experience
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Kylee
Singh Sustainability Coordinator Energy Utilities and Sustainability |
Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
SIT Study Abroad Portugal: Sustainability and Environmental Justice
NOTE: SIT will make every effort to maintain its programs as described. To respond to emergent situations, like COVID-19, SIT may have to modify programs. Visit the SIT website for more details.
Learn how Portugal's approach to sustainability and social equity challenges the core principles of mainstream economic theory.
WHY STUDY SUSTAINABILITY IN PORTUGAL?
Live in the European Green Capital for 2020: Lisbon, a city addressing carbon emissions and the impact of mass tourism through renewable energy technologies and social projects. Here, you’ll discover how Portugal’s approach to sustainability and social equity challenges the core principles of economic orthodoxy. On excursions to the ancient university town Coimbra, the Azores Islands, the coastal city Porto, and Spain’s stunning Extremadura region, you’ll compare conservation projects, sustainable agriculture production, resource management, and environmental good practice.
HIGHLIGHTS
Live in Lisbon, Europe's Green Capital for 2020
Learn how policymakers are mapping alternative designs in green policies
Travel to Porto, Coimbra, and Azores and Spain’s Extremadura region
Learn about Portugal's national fire plan to reduce occurrence of forest fires
KEY TOPICS OF STUDY
Comparative approaches to sustainability and bioeconomy
“The right to nature” and neoliberalism
Environmental in/justice and health equity
Urban regeneration in South European cities
Environmental governance and sustainability
Blue ocean and Mediterranean bioeconomy
Website URL where information about the institution’s immersive education programs is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Multiple programs can be viewed by searching sustainability in program keywords here: https://abroad.calpoly.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ProgramDiscovery
When searched on June 6, 2023, 55 programs were listed around the world. Some focusing in on sustainability and ethics, sustainable development, biodiversity, ecology, sustainable business, etc.
Multiple programs can be viewed by searching sustainability in program keywords here: https://abroad.calpoly.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ProgramDiscovery
When searched on June 6, 2023, 55 programs were listed around the world. Some focusing in on sustainability and ethics, sustainable development, biodiversity, ecology, sustainable business, etc.
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