TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to discuss the practical realities of using a college seminar to fulfill the carbon audit requirement for signatories to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and presents evidence of this approach's advantages as an educational and practical tool.Design/methodology/approach– The paper reviews the course structure and presents research findings, based on student questionnaires on student learning outcomes.Findings– Structuring a course around a campus carbon audit has unique educational advantages for students and practical advantages for ACUPCC signatory campuses.Originality/value– This paper enumerates the concrete advantages to using a college class to conduct a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and provides evidence of valuable learning outcomes for students in such a class. VL - 10 IS - 3 SN - 1467-6370 DO - 10.1108/14676370910972549 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14676370910972549 AU - Wells Christopher W. AU - Savanick Suzanne AU - Manning Christie ED - Judy Walton PY - 2009 Y1 - 2009/01/01 TI - Using a class to conduct a carbon inventory: A case study with practical results at Macalester College T2 - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 228 EP - 238 Y2 - 2024/05/11 ER -