While sustainability shows up in all classes and in all departments at Darrow, it does not appear the same in each of these venues. For some departments, integration of sustainability is environmental, while other classes explore it in a political, economic, or social context. Some classes look at global issues, while others consider local issues. The combination of views offers students and teachers the opportunity to make sustainability real and sensible.

Some examples:

• A food waste study conducted by a math class, offered students opportunities to use real-world data for their schoolwork. They went on to create displays and communicate their analyses to the rest of the Darrow community.

• A general course in economics explores the impact of globalization, not just the way it relates to commerce, but also its effects on the environment.

• An interdisciplinary project following the devastation of the Tsunami in Indonesia and Southeast Asia provided the opportunity for students in Land Use Management, Ethics, and College Math to prepare and present a program to the entire school on the scientific, social, economic, and ethical aspects of the event, reflecting the multiple prongs of the sustainability paradigm.

• A Environmental Economics class looks at how the standard measures of economic wellbeing—for example, the GDP—fall short of capturing all known information about prices and costs. Students also investigate other well-known metrics and economic models and how they relate to--or neglect to account for—environmental "services" provided free by nature