Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone Project / There is a worldwide movement towards sustainability. A stepping-stone towards a sustainability conscience population starts in the education of the younger generation. Focusing
on improving education specifically in middle schools in arid regions regarding sustainability
will shift and shape youths’ interests and lifestyles into an educated community. This
sustainability conscience community will continue to make moral sustainable decisions in their
future endeavors.
The curriculum implemented will reduce the dropout rate because it is a hand-on
curriculum that is interesting and enjoyable for kids. The focus of the curriculum is to rely on
outdoor activities to create an outdoor learning environment. The curriculum is based on three
different sections: 1) campus-wide adaptable strategies implemented by the students, 2) long
term investments implemented by professionals, 3) and hands-on activities that will encourage
students to go outdoors and experience real-life problems.
To create this education system, the author will propose design guidelines and
applications that will be used to improve middle schools particularly in arid regions to become
“Green Schools”. This program will validate the sustainable strategies, projects, and efforts done
at schools and will also market their school as a model to follow. This will explain what it takes
to become a Green School in arid regions and how to achieve these standards.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/607231 |
| Date | 25 April 2015 |
| Creators | Gardner, Ambar |
| Contributors | College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, Youssef, Omar, Iuliano, Joey |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, and the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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