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Green, Carie; Medina-Jerez, William; Bryant, Carol – Teaching Education, 2016
Research on environmental action projects in teacher education is limited. Furthermore, projects that emphasize the role of citizens and governments in environmental problem-solving are scarce. The purpose of this study was to explore how participating in a political environmental action project influenced pre-service teachers' environmental…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Political Issues, Student Participation
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Wu, Bin; Abad, Jorge – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper reports a problem-based learning model for the training of university students in the area of industrial energy efficiency, and discusses its context, contents, and the results from its implementation. The impact has been significant, with hundreds of university graduates trained and many of them now working in industry, leading their…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Education, Labor Force Development, Problem Based Learning
Foley, Robert – Sustainable Endowments Institute (NJ1), 2011
The Green Loan Fund at Harvard University has been an active source of capital for energy efficiency and waste reduction projects for almost a decade. This case study examines the revolving fund's history from its inception as a pilot project in the 1990s to its regeneration in the early 2000s to its current operations today. The green revolving…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Program Effectiveness, Sanitation, Energy Conservation