Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Education: Planning and the CAED Sustainable Environments Program

Paul Wack, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Abstract

For the past fifteen years, through an interdepartmental effort, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been offering an interdisciplinary minor on Sustainable Environments. CRP professor Paul Wack, a devoted co-founder and one of its most popular instructors, writes about this unique and popular initiative which recently received a national educational award from the American Institute of Architects.