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The environmental impact of teaching and learning
The environmental impact of teaching and learning

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Acknowledgements

The SusTEACH team: Andy Lane, Sally Caird and Ed Swithenby.

The SusTEACH advisory group: Robin Roy, Stephen Potter and Carol Morris.

This course was developed by Dr Sally Caird and Professor Andy Lane with Ed Swithenby for OpenLearn.

The SusTEACH project was funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc) under the Jisc Greening ICT Programme, and was a finalist in the Green Gown Awards 2012.

We would like to thank all those who have supported the SusTEACH project at Cranfield University, Loughborough University, The Open University and the University of Oxford.

Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] ), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence.

The Susteach tools/toolkits and Susteach pdf papers are made available under Creative Commons non-commercial and non-derivative licence. http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-nd/ 3.0/ No alterations permitted.

Course image: jonathan lopez in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Licence.

The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence).  Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this course:

Video assets

Carbon reduction programmes at The Open University: Mike Sackett OU Energy Manager

The SusTEACH Carbon Calculator: Dr Sally Caird, Research Fellow, The Open University

Environmental impacts of different higher education systems: Professor Stephen Potter, The Open University

The SusTEACH project: Dr Sally Caird, The Open University

The SusTEACH Toolkit: Dr Sally Caird, The Open University

Applications for the SusTEACH toolkit: Professor Andy Lane, The Open University

Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

Further information

The SusTEACH project

The SusTEACH toolkit

Jisc Greening ICT Programme

Green Gown Awards

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