Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels (2020)
Chapter: Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms
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"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25821.
Appendix B
Abbreviations and Acronyms
| AASHE | Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |
| ACUPCC | American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment |
| AESS | Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
| AIHEC | American Indian Higher Education Consortium |
| ANGLES | A Network for Graduate Leadership in Sustainability |
| ASU | Arizona State University |
| BLS | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BPP | Blue Pioneers Program at the Middlebury Institute |
| CHANS | Coupled human and natural systems |
| CSP | Coastal Science and Policy, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| DDCSP | Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program |
| EfS | Education for Sustainability |
| EGA | Environmental Grantmakers Association |
| ESD | Education for Sustainable Development |
| ESG | Environmental, social, and governance |
| HESA | Higher Education Sustainability Act |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25821.
| IESE | Interdisciplinary Environmental, Sustainability, and Energy |
| IFSTAL | Interdisciplinary Food Systems Teaching and Learning |
| INCLUDES | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science |
| MIIS | Middlebury Institute of International Studies |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCSE | National Council for Science and the Environment |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SEAS | School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan |
| SEEDS | Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability |
| STARS | Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| UC | University of California |
| UCSC | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and Development |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25821.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25821.
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