AASHE’s Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop

At a time that feels more urgent than ever, we take seriously our responsibility to prepare students with the skills needed to address the crises of our time, be they environmental, political, or social. Additionally, universities and colleges have a unique role to play in both leading and pushing the envelope on climate solutions. The Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College is excited to support the New England regional colleges in educating for and about the climate crisis and sustainable solutions for a just future.

In collaboration with the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and Mount Holyoke’s Teaching and Learning Initiative, we are pleased to announce we will be hosting our second Sustainability Across the Curriculum workshop. As one of two New England regional Centers for Sustainability in the Curriculum, we will be hosting an all day, in-person workshop for faculty and instructors in the region. Join us on Thursday, May 21st, 2026, from 9am-6pm (including a reception hour) at the Fimbel Center on Mount Holyoke College’s campus in South Hadley. Registration is open here through May 11th.

Space is limited to 20 participants with preference given to those with teaching responsibilities.

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Goals and Objectives

Facilitated by the Miller Worley Center for the Environment’s Director, Curator of Education and Outreach, Sustainability Program Manager, and Climate Justice Lab Faculty Director, attendees can expect to review the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), learn from local experts on how these and climate justice objectives can be been implemented into courses, learn how SDGs connect to community needs, and finally, learn about results and outcomes from faculty who have attended a previous workshop. Attendees can also expect to workshop a specific syllabus or activity with the support of the Miller Worley Center team aimed at incorporating SDGS and climate justice into their curriculum.

Costs and Stipends

Due to the generosity of Leslie Miller and Richard Worley, this workshop is free for attendees that register by May 11th, 2026. Any associated travel and lodging costs will be the responsibility of attendees. To help us ensure that we do not waste food and that we can accommodate as many people as possible, we ask that you only register if you can commit to attending. If you register and for some reason can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can open the spot up for someone else.

For MHC faculty hoping to integrate sustainability into their syllabus or class for the 2026-2027 academic year, the MWCE will provide a $500 grant for this work upon completion of the May 21st workshop and demonstration of the integrated sustainability content.

Application deadline and fee Free for registrants prior to May 11th, 2026.

Schedule at a Glance

Intro: 8:30-9 am
Welcome and coffee

Session 1: 9-10 am
Active session: SDGs, climate justice and the curriculum

Morning keynote: 10:10-11 am
The Art(E) Fact Project with Malcolm Sen

Session 2: 11:10 am-12 pm
Learning with/in community

Lunch: 12-1:30 pm
Lunch, networking and a walk in Prospect Hill!

Afternoon keynote: 1:30-2:20 pm
Environmental Justice in the Curriculum with José Constantine

Session 3: 2:30-3:20 pm
Learning from past attendees

Session 4: 3:30-5 pm
Active session: Workshopping your syllabus/activity with experts

Reception and community building: 5-6 pm

Speakers and facilitators (will continue to be updated as speakers are confirmed)

Olivia Aguilar
Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College

Maria Cartagena
Director of Community Based Learning, Mount Holyoke College

José Constantine
Associate Dean for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Geosciences at Smith College

Angie Gregory
Sustainability Program Manager, Mount Holyoke College

Mary Allison Kane (MAK)
Assistant Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College

Angelica Patterson
Miller Worley Center for the Environment Curator of Education and Outreach at Mount Holyoke College

Vanessa Rosa
Associate Professor of Latinx Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy, Co-chair of Critical Race and Political Economy, Faculty Director of the Climate Justice Lab at Mount Holyoke College

Malcolm Sen
Associate Professor in the Department of English and Director of the Environmental Humanities Specialization at the University of Massachusetts Amherst