Many institutions have attempted to ‘green’ their curricula. There are several complementary approaches:

1. Provide courses and programs of direct relevance to sustainable development. Examples range from undergraduate and graduate degrees in environmental sciences, engineering, policy and law, to skills-focused courses and programs on environmental management, renewable energy technologies etc. Algonquin has already established some courses of this kind, in Green Business Management, Green Architecture, and Environmental Studies.
2. Encourage the systemic adoption of sustainability throughout traditional subjects. This can include training for instructors and faculty; sustainability co-ordinator role, and other mechanisms.
3. Establish research and/or teaching centres that focus on sustainability, rather than on traditional subject categories. This approach recognises the cross-cutting and interdisciplinary nature of sustainability, and can provide opportunities for synergies between traditionally separate subjects. UBC is creating a “Centre for Integrative Research on Sustainability”, in a flag-ship green building.
4. Offer academic credits for participation in sustainability initiatives or programs on campus.
5. Sustainability-focused co-op programs.
6. A more subtle approach is to incorporate education objectives into all sustainability initiatives. This is not so much greening of what is traditionally considered to be a curriculum, but can help students learn about systemic sustainability issues.