91亚色

91亚色 International

ED/EDST/EDUC 3700, EDUC 5444 3.00: Educating for a Sustainable Future

Posted on 14 September 2026

Instructor: Steve Alsop

Location: Costa Rica

Language of Instruction: English

Program Dates(s): June 16th - June 25th, 2027

Course Overview:

  • This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of education for environmental sustainability. It traces approaches from its origins in outdoor, experiential and environmental education to contemporary expressions as an interdisciplinary approach that explores relations between education and social, economic, cultural and environmental justice.
  • The course seeks to attract students with an interest in education and the possibilities and shortcomings that associated policies and practices might offer/foreclose. It draws from selected readings and experiences in Las Nubes to explore ESF (Education for a Sustainable Future) as an open-question for examination within selected social-ecological contexts within Costa Rica and Canada.

The program includes: 

  • Las Nubes EcoCampus
  • Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor
  • San Isidro
  • Buenos Aires
  • BriBri Indigenous Territory
  • Boruca Indigenous Territory
  • Dominical
  • Good academic standing
  • A minimum of 60 credits completed by either the end of the Fall term for the February Reading Week course or by the end of Winter for the Summer courses (only applies to undergraduate students). Students with fewer credits than the minimum requirement may be accepted into the program upon the course director鈥檚 approval.
  • A cumulative GPA of 4.00 for Bachelor鈥檚 degree students and a cumulative GPA of 5.00 for Honours degree students.

More information can be found here.

Admission to the Las Nubes courses are based on your eligibility. Based on an evaluation of your academic records, number of completed credits by the travel time, and questionnaire answers a recommendation for admission into the Study Abroad program will be determined by the Office of Student Academic Services.

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