Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.19
Liaison V.S. (Raghu) Raghavan
Submission Date Sept. 6, 2012
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Mount Holyoke College
ER-15: Sustainability Research Identification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 3.00 Nancy Apple
Director
Environmental Health & Safety
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Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability research?:
Yes

A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability research:

Sustainability in the curriculum and in research examines the multiple facets of the impact of human activity on the natural world and ways in which detrimental effects can be limited or eliminated. Specific course and research topics include:

•The scientific study of human impacts on the environment
•The study of particular technologies that play a significant role in the human interface with the natural world
•The philosophical, historical, or religious questions concerning the human/nature relationship
•Issues of social and economic justice that arise from the human use of natural resources.


Has the institution identified its sustainability research activities and initiatives?:
No

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:
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Does the institution make its sustainability research inventory publicly available online?:
No

The website URL where the sustainability research inventory is posted (required if claiming Part 3 of the credit):
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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