A New Systems Approach to Sustainability: University Responsibility for Teaching Sustainability in Contexts
SCHOLARLY FEATURE
A systems theory approach to sustainability in five contexts—social/cultural, economic, environmental, technical, and individual—is a realistic and useful approach to researching and teaching sustainability in the university. As a springboard for social change, the university needs to develop values-based sustainability content for classes across disciplines, and especially address the careful assessment and evaluation of both human and technical factors for solving sustainability problems.
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Dr. Eric Pappas is currently an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Science and Technology and the School of Engineering at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Prior to this, he taught literature as well as engineering communications and design at Virginia Tech for 17 years. 
