The goal of our project was to assess how aspects of the current Responsible Futures program can improve, especially how to better measure student engagement and awareness about sustainability. We accomplished this by reviewing RF practices; comparing RF with other analytic tools to assess improving the ubiquity of the Impacts and Outcomes (IO) criteria; exploring the potential for RF in the Global South; and testing creative ways to collect data from students regarding their interactions with on-campus sustainability efforts. We recommend RF offer more guidance on criteria, use social media and tracking software to measure student engagement, a more user-friendly interface, various methods to improve student engagement, and further investigation into applying RF in the Global South.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Foss, Kaelyn R.
• Nakahara, Anish D.
• Ramsbottom, Bethany O.
• Charron, Jenna M.
• Vandemark, Vanessa

Subject

• Sustainability
• Environment
• Community
• Learning
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 24291
• E-project-051321-110322

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Education
• Accrediation
• Benchmarking

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic

Year

• 2021

Center

• Worcester, England Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• University of Worcester
• Responsible Futures/ Students Organizing for Sustainability UK

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2021-05-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright