Abstract
Sustainability education is more crucial than ever. High-impact practices, such as hands-on undergraduate research projects and service learning, can help to make the teaching and learning of sustainability relevant through the possibilities they open for convergence education. This case study describes how Chandler-Gilbert Community College revised and revitalized its sustainability program, as well as the evolution, since 2015, of its annual service-learning event, Sustainability Day. Curriculum is developed by using the overarching issues of climate change with subthemes of water, biodiversity, renewable energy, carbon footprint, and ethnobotany, among others. The case study demonstrates how such a program and event inspired collaboration between the campus and the community involving everyone in finding solutions to sustainability challenges in the face of climate change and points to the potential for deep learning for college students.
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