Two introductory documents, "Overview of Environmental Problems" and
"Pollution Prevention Concepts and Principles" will be bundled with each
complete compendium. Each compendium also includes a discipline-specific
introduction, which describes relevant pollution prevention applications.
Each compendium includes an extensive list of relevant resources. It
lists all components and annotations in the compendium as well as
additional sources of information on the topic: bibliographies, books,
reports, government documents, journal articles, course syllabi and
curricula, associations, and university faculty active in pollution
prevention education. Wherever possible, the list explains how to obtain
documents not usually found in the library.
Each compendium's bibliography describes key materials included in its
These documents provide background information for faculty; many are
appropriate for distribution to students.
Professors nationwide have provided their course syllabi for colleagues
who wish to see examples of how to teach about pollution prevention.
Strategies include discussing pollution prevention during a single class
session, integrating it throughout a cou rse, and devoting an entire
course to the topic.
Most of the compendia contain at least one case study; some also include
homework, exam, and open-ended problems, which vary in scope from a
half-hour exam question (in Accounting) to an extensive design project (in
The NPPC currently has available two
videos for professors to show to
students. One is intended to enhance the McDonald's/EDF case study; the
other, about a joint Amoco/EPA project, may be used alone.
Center for Sustainable Systems*
University of Michigan
440 Church Street, Dana Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041 USA
Tel: 734.764.1412 Fax: 734.647.5841
*formerly the National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education
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