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The Sustainability Institute as a Resource
UNH is proud to be a national leader in sustainability in higher education, and sustainability is one of UNH’s key academic performance metrics. The Sustainability Institute is here as a resource to support faculty across UNH in creating opportunities to integrate sustainability concepts into their curriculum.
As you prepare for your courses, know that the UNH Sustainability Institute team stands ready to help support you with programming, events, tools and other opportunities that can be woven into your course in a variety of ways.
How can we work together to prepare students for changemaking careers?
Learn more below!
- Support and assistance for all faculty interested in integrating concepts of sustainability and changemaking into their pedagogy
- Training and opportunities for students to apply the knowledge gained from coursework to channel awareness, abilities and passions in real-world settings with organizations committed to positive impact
- Hands-on learning experiences and programs for all UNH students, no matter their discipline
- Student, faculty, staff, and community engagement in social innovation, an exciting emerging field that harnesses the tools of business and public policy
Integrate Sustainability into Your Teaching
Bring your students to the Changemaker Speaker Series
A program of the Changemaker Collaborative (the Sustainability Institute's partnership with the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and the Carsey School of Public Policy) the Changemaker Speaker Series brings innovative and inspiring leaders to campus each semester.
Fall 2025:
Ending the Climate Crisis with Market-driven Solutions
Thursday, October 30, 2025
12:40 – 2 p.m.
MUB, Granite State Room
Library Guide coming soon! Contact us to be notified when it is ready.
This exciting event will feature a dynamic conversation between Anne Finucane ’74 and Dr. Jennifer C. Jenkins '98 Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, Rubicon Carbon about how we can help end the climate crisis through market-driven solutions.
A 1974 graduate of UNH, Finucane has regularly been named to Forbes’ and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in the World lists, along with American Banker’s 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking. She is currently Chair of the Board of Rubicon Carbon. Until her retirement as Vice Chair of Bank of America, she was responsible for leading Bank of America’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, which promote socially conscious investments. As a member of Bank of America’s 14-member executive management team, Finucane was responsible for global strategic positioning, and oversees its public policy and capital deployment. Finucane also lead the company’s $1.6 billion Community Development Financial Institution portfolio and chaired the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
Dr. Jennifer Jenkins is the Chief Science Officer at Rubicon Carbon, leading the development and approval of carbon offset methodologies and new approaches to ensure quality and reliability. In 2007, she was part of the IPCC team of scientists that won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on climate, along with former Vice President Al Gore. Dr. Jenkins led the work that culminated in the “Jenkins Equations,” the widely accepted method for estimating tree biomass from diameter in the US. She has a technical background in carbon cycling and ecosystem science and over 25 years of experience across government, academia, and the private sector. She holds degrees from the University of New Hampshire, the University of Maryland, Yale University, and Dartmouth College.
Sustainability at UNH Online Module Digital Badge
UNH is ranked one of the most sustainable schools in the country! Bring the Sustainability at UNH online module into your course. Faculty, staff and students who complete the module will earn a micro-credential digital badge from Credly to add to a digital professional profile, such as LinkedIn.Have your students test their knowledge in this online module as a course assignment or pre-test to a an in-person tour. The "Sustainability at UNH" online module is a series of short videos followed by multiple choice questions, and is a great way to find out why UNH is one of the most sustainable universities in the country and how to get involved right here on campus!
View the online module
Custom Class Presentations & Visits
Professional and student staff are here to support all students, in any major and available to make guest presentations in your classes. Sessions can be tailored to your course content and help students discover opportunities available to gain experiences to apply classroom learning and build problem-solving skills, courage and confidence to solve today’s pressing sustainability challenges.
If you have specific sustainability topics you'd like covered in a custom class presentation, please reach out and discuss your needs. Our staff have a wide range of expertise in sustainability topics - economic, social and environmental. Please complete this form to share more about your needs. We aim to respond within five (5) business days. Thank you!
Introduction to Sustainability
Business for People, Planet, Profit
Human-Centered Design
Recycling
Social Innovation
Zero Waste
Sustainable Food Systems
Custom presentations
Embed the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge into your courses
An excellent opportunity to allow students to consider issues of racial equity in the context of your course. The Challenge occurs annually in April and is an outstanding set of resources and prompts focused on deepening understanding of, and willingness to confront, racism for twenty-one consecutive days. The Challenge goes beyond individual or interpersonal racism by helping to demystify structural and institutional racism.
Email Karen Spiller, Thomas W. Haas Professor at the UNH Sustainability Institute, for more information.
More resources for your teaching
Talk About Teaching Workshop
UNH’s Centre for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CEITL) partnered with the UNH Sustainability Institute to host a workshop, CEITL’s Talk About Teaching Workshop on Integrating Sustainability Into Course Curriculum, designed to help faculty consider what sustainability means to their disciplines, share best practices and resources and help one another design new opportunities to integrate sustainability - whether it is into one class session, a new module, or across an entire course.
View the video workshop Archive
Submit Your Course to Count as an Approved Elective in the Sustainability Dual Major (SDM)
Fill out the SDM Elective Petition form
Additional Professional Development Offerings
We have many offerings throughout the year to develop your skills, knowledge, and practice of sustainability with our professional development trainings and programs.
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