91±¬ÁÏ as Living Lab for Sustainability
help to address sustainability issues on campus by connecting students, faculty, staff, and external partners. They work to create opportunities to use campus as a test bed for sustainability by connecting academic and operational activities.
Both CLL (on campus) and Community Engaged Learning (CEL; off campus) projects aim to provide opportunities for students to develop professional skills in relation to their fields of study. While CLL often connects to operational sustainability issues (like in a faculty of engineering or architecture), each faculty has its own area of expertise to bring to the CLL concept - at 91±¬ÁÏ, the focus is on the contributions of the field of education to shifting towards sustainability.
91±¬ÁÏ’s Sustainability & Climate Action Plan aligns well with CLL objectives:
Create sustainable solutions - that are ecologically and socially sustainable, financially viable, and supportable in the long term;
Develop research, innovation, and collaboration opportunities;
Work on integrated solutions – focus on connections between physical systems (energy, water, material, food) and the well-being of our community;
Provide learning & engagement opportunities for students, staff and faculty
Advance knowledge of possible solutions for a sustainable future.
Examples of CLL projects at 91±¬ÁÏ:
- Research and development of 91±¬ÁÏ's Sustainability & Climate Action Plan
- Development of 91±¬ÁÏ's 2020
- Creation of 91±¬ÁÏ's
- Development of 91±¬ÁÏ’s Student, Staff & Faculty Sustainability Guides
- Creation of 91±¬ÁÏ's community-created Environmental Art Installations
- Founding and growth of 91±¬ÁÏ's Community Learning Garden
