Educating for Sustainability Concentration

Master of Education, 32 credits

As educators, we are agents for change, and change is needed now. Our current way of life is not sustainable. What is required to achieve sustainability is a paradigm shift, and that can only be effected through education. Educating for Sustainability (EFS) is about helping people learn how to meet their needs without compromising future generations' abilities to meet their needs.

This MEd concentration focuses on the interdependence of environment, economy, and equity—the three Es of EFS—and how we may apply EFS at any grade level and in every subject area. It is the first and only graduate-level program in the U.S. linking education and sustainability.

Student Reflections on the EFS Program

The summer sequence master’s program in Educating for Sustainability is a low-residency program meeting in Keene, New Hampshire for two weeks in July followed by on-line course work in the Fall and Spring semesters. The EFS program:

Integrates vision, theory, and practice.
Helps you guide students and schools towards a sustainable future.
Builds your leadership, advocacy, and change skills.
Focuses on the interconnection of environmental, economic, and social systems.
Engages you in the analysis of educational policy and practice.

As educators, we have the opportunity to model sustainable practices, to open our students' minds to the possibilities of a sustainable future, and to help guide them to be responsible citizens for change in their communities.

Sample Summer Sequence Schedule (PDF 35K)