DANS Resources

• Alliance for Climate Education is a network dedicated to educating young people on the science of climate change and to empower them to take action. 
• Beyond Doom and Gloom: Climate Solutions focuses on expert curricular materials to engage students in current and future solutions that can be used in any course and in any discipline. Resources for students, educators and campuses.
• Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) provides a collection of 700+ free, peer-reviewed learning resources suitable for use in higher and secondary education.
• Projects That Matter, a free nonprofit website, connects practitioners, students, faculty, and volunteers with projects to transform our world into a better place for all.
• The Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (SCC) provides professional development and resources to support the development of education for sustainability in higher education.
• Sustainability Improves Student Learning (SISL)  provides materials to better prepare students for real-world sustainability challenges. The site includes key components of sustainability assignments, a self-assessment of change agent skills to empower students, resources supporting real-world assignments as a high impact learning practice, learning activities, and a beginner’s toolkit for faculty.
• University Global Coalition Students Action Toolkit: Students as invaluable participants to achieve the SDG’s

• Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) promotes and supports the development, application, research, and exchange of best teaching and learning practices in sustainable agriculture education. It offers lists of academic programs in sustainable agriculture and student farms, a teaching resources library, and an email discussion list.

Additional Agricultural Resources

• The American Anthropological Association’s Anthropology and Environment Society organizes sessions at AAA conferences, bestows awards, and administers email lists for discussion related to ecological and environmental anthropology.
• The Society for Applied Anthropology has a Human Rights and Social Justice Committee that advocates for human rights and social justice issues to be included as a part of all anthropological inquiry. 

Additional Anthropological Resources

• The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) encourages the application of biological sciences to help solve sustainability challenges and regularly covers sustainability issues in its monthly peer-reviewed journal, BioScience. It maintains Actionbioscience.org, a non-commercial, educational web site created to promote bioscience literacy.
• The Ecological Society of America is involved in a number of efforts to support sustainability and earth stewardship. It offers a variety of resources for educators. 
• The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) has adopted a position statement promoting sustainability education and maintains a list of resources related to Ecology and the Environment.
• The Society for Conservation Biology works to advance the science and practice of conserving Earth’s biological diversity. Its publications regularly cover sustainability issues and it maintains a list of resources on conservation education. It has also taken steps to improve the sustainability of its own operations. 

Additional Biological and Ecological Resources

• The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability is a partnership among academic institutions created to provide data and networking opportunities to facilitate research on corporate sustainability. It hosts an annual conference and maintains a data repository that hosts datasets on corporate sustainability.  
• The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) maintains accreditation standards for business schools that require schools to demonstrate “a commitment to address, engage, and respond to current and emerging corporate social responsibility issues.”
• Net Impact is an organization of business students and practitioners using their business skills to tackle the world’s toughest problems. It publishes a Guide to Business Schools for Social and Environmental Impact. 
• The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a United Nations-supported initiative through which business schools commit to preparing their students with the skills needed to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It also organizes events and provides an array of resources to help signatories implement the Principles.
• The Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program connects and supports business faculty members who are working to prepare the next generation of business leaders to more fully align business activities with the long-term health of society.

Additional Business, Management & Finance Resouces

• The American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute works to catalyze and enable the implementation of green and sustainable chemistry and engineering throughout the global chemical enterprise and across the ACS. ACS also publishes multiple journals related to sustainability and environmental science and technology including: Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, ACS ES&T Air, ACS ES&T Engineering, ACS ES&T Water, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and ACS Sustainable Resource Management. Additionally, ACS has adopted Sustainability and the Environment as a policy priority and issued a variety of statements on issues related to sustainability.
• Beyond Benign provides educators with the tools, training and support to make green chemistry an integral part of chemistry education. It administers the Green Chemistry Commitment, through which chemistry departments commit to implementing its Green Chemistry Student Learning Objectives. 
• My Green Lab offers a variety of resources to improve the sustainability of scientific research, including a green lab certification program and sustainability labeling for laboratory equipment.

Additional Chemistry-related Resources

• The International Environmental Communication Association (IECA) works to foster effective and inspiring communication that alleviates environmental issues and conflicts, and solves the problems that cause them.
• The National Communication Association’s Environmental Communication Division is a multidisciplinary effort to support a broad audience of academics, professionals, and practitioners in the sharing and building of theoretical, critical, and applied scholarship addressing environmental communication in a variety of contexts.
• The Society of Environmental Journalists offers a variety of resources to support the teaching of environmental journalism.
• The Solutions Journalism Network provides a J-School Curriculum Builder intended to help professors introduce solutions journalism to their students. 

Additional Communication, Media Studies & Journalism-related Resources

• Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Practices (ESRAP) works to advance sustainability in the fashion curriculum and to empower students to become change agents.
• Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) is an association of university educators and practitioners in architecture and related disciplines who support excellence in the teaching of environmental science and building technologies. It offers resources on teaching sustainability and a variety of related topics in building science courses. 
• Architecture 2030 advocates for carbon-neutral planning and design in the built environment. Its 2030 Curriculum Project provides curricula on energy use, emissions, and resiliency for use in architecture and planning schools.  

Additional Design-related Resources

• United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE) is a network of academics and practitioners engaged in research, policy, community projects and various other activities and collaborations to advance the interdisciplinary field of ecological economics. The USSEE also supports curriculum development at the undergraduate, graduate and continuing education level in a range of academic fields such as environmental science, environmental studies, ecological economics, policy, management, law, and ethics. 
• The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) publishes books, journals and other materials; holds scientific meetings; develops educational materials; facilitates a voice for environmental economists in public forums. 
• The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) provides journals, conferences, networking events, and newsletters to enable members to exchange ideas on the management of natural and environmental resources.
• Rethinking Economics is an international network of students, academics and professionals that advocates for reforming the economics curriculum.

Additional Economics-related Resources

• North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) promotes excellence in environmental education throughout North America. It offers accreditation for academic programs in environmental education. 

Additional Education-related Resources

• American Society for Engineering Education’s Statement on Sustainable Development Education states that engineering graduates must be prepared by their education to use sustainable engineering techniques in the practice of their profession and to take leadership roles in facilitating sustainable development in their communities.
• The American Society of Civil Engineers offers a variety of tools and resources related to sustainability in civil engineering. Its Statement on the Role of the Civil Engineer in Sustainable Development sets an expectation that civil engineers will demonstrate a commitment to sustainability principles.
• The Center for Sustainable Engineering (CSE) offers workshops, a curriculum assessment, and educational materials to enhance sustainable engineering in higher education.
• Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) works to build a more sustainable world through technical hands-on projects. Its supports a network of collegiate chapters and connects students with professionals through a mentorship program. 

Additional Engineering-related Resoures

• Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) promotes collaboration between scholars, scientists, and other members of the sustainability community by developing professional guidelines and curricula, promoting interdisciplinary conferences and programs, and supporting the career development of faculty and students.  
• The mission of the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is to improve the scientific basis for environmental policy. It organizes an annual conference and coordinates the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD). 
• Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) is a Canadian network of environmental researchers and educators. Their Alternatives Journal is Canada’s largest individual environmental journal.  
• Canadian College and University Environmental Network (CCUEN) promotes, enhances, and advocates for quality environmental post-secondary education and programs in Canada.  

Additional Environmental Studies & Science-related Resources

• Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments’ Education Work Group is a group of nurse educators in academia and clinical practice who support environmental nursing education. It offers curricular recommendations, teaching tips, and an e-textbook.
• Centre for Sustainable Healthcare hosts and manages the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network, which facilitates discussion and sharing of resources for teaching and curriculum development on sustainable healthcare.

Additional Health Sciences & Medicinal Resources

• American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) advances understanding of human interactions with the natural world by promoting historical research and teaching, and fostering dialogue about human use of the earth among humanists, social and environmental scientists, and the public through conferences, journals, fellowships, scholarships, and online discussion. It has a sustainability committee that works to advance sustainability within the society’s operations.
• Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) works to inspire and promote intellectual work in the environmental humanities and arts. It publishes ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, which seeks to explore the relationship between human beings and the natural world.
• International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE) offers a collection of articles, book reviews, reference works, presentations, information and links to environmental ethics-related resources. 
• The International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP) provides a forum for philosophical discussion of nature and the human relation to the natural environment. It publishes a journal entitled Environmental Philosophy.

Additional Humanity-related Resources

• American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) provides members with opportunities to enhance professional skills, stay on top of current events and dialogue in natural energy, environmental, and natural resources law. It hosts teleconferences, annual conferences, and webinars.
• The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) is a community progressive law teachers, law school administrators, librarians, academic support experts, and students. SALT engages in work within and beyond the law school to advance social justice.

Additional Law & Legal Studies Resources

• Sustainability Math provides resources and information to help mathematics educators include sustainability in their courses.
• Mathematical Association of America’s Special Interest Group for Environmental Mathematics provides a forum for those interested in using math to help solve environmental problems. 

Additional Mathematic & Statistic-related Resources

• The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has adopted a Statement on Education for a Sustainable Future that “supports the inclusion of educational themes in our STEM classrooms that will lead to a greater understanding of natural systems, sustainable resource utilization and development, and improved human health and well-being.”

Additional Physics-related Resources

• American Psychological Association hosts the Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology, which conducts research to improve interactions between humans and their natural and built environments. The APA also offers resources to encourage environmentally-friendly behavior through its Environment topic page.
• Teaching Psychology for Sustainability offers a compilation of syllabi, bibliographies, instructor resources, and general resources to help instructors to tie psychology and sustainability together..
• International Association of Applied Psychology’s Environmental Psychology Division examines the interactions between people and their physical settings.  
• The mission of Social Psychology Network is to promote peace, social justice, and sustainable living through public education, research, and the advancement of psychology.

Additional Psychological Resources

• American Sociological Association’s Section on Environmental Sociology promotes research and professional activities that explore the relationships between social systems and the ecosphere.

Additional Sociological Resources