Publications
Chapters In Books
Wright, T., Aitken, Al, Owen, R., Morawiecki, J. (in-press). “Framing a University Research and Innovation Strategy Around the SDGs: A Case Study from Dalhousie University”. Bloomsbury Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education: An Agenda for Transformational Change.
Wright, T., Waas, T. (2017). “Sustainable Higher Education – The Why and How of (Re)Orienting Higher Education Towards Sustainability” in Frank Wittmann (Editor) European Association for International Education Internationalization Handbook.
Sylvestre, P., Wright, T. (2016). “Organizational Change and Organizational Learning for Promoting Higher Education for Sustainable Development” in Mattias Barth, Ian Thomas, Gerd Michelsen (Editors) Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development. Routledge
Spence, E., Wright, T., Castleden, H. (2013). “Pass, fail, or incomplete? Analyzing environmental education in Nova Scotia’s sixth grade curriculum” in Helen E. Muga and Ken Thomas (Editors) Cases on Pedagogical Innovations for Sustainable Development. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Wright, T. (2013). ”Education for Sustainable Development” in Alex C. Michalos (Editor) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. Germany: Springer.
Wright , T. (2013) “Stepping Up to the Sustainability Challenge” in Lucas F. Johnson (Editor) Higher Education for Sustainability: Cases, Challenges and Opportunities Across the Curriculum. New York: Routledge
Wright, T. (2011). Sustainability in Higher Education – Perspectives from Canada and the United States for Global University Network Initiative. Barcelona.
Wright, T. (2009). “Sustainability, Internationalization and Higher Education” for Carolin Kreber (ed) Internationalizing the Curriculum in Higher Education. Toronto: Jossey Bass Publishers.
Wright, T. (2006). “The Role of Research in Achieving a Sustainable Future” in Education for Sustainable Developing in Action. Paris: UNESCO.
Cole, L. & Wright, T. (2005). “Assessing Sustainability of Canadian University Campuses: Development of a Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework” in The Handbook of Sustainable Development Research. New York: Peter Lang Scientific Publishers.
Wright, T. (2004). “The Evolution of Environmental Sustainability Declarations in Higher Education” for Arjen Wals and Peter Blaze Corcoran (eds) Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Promise, Practice, Contestation, and Critique. Kluwer Academic Press.
Wright, T. (2000). "Teaching For A Change: A Six Step Program For Recovering Lecturers" in Walter Leal Filho (ed) Communicating Sustainability. New York: Peter Lang Scientific Publishers (p. 269-379)
Articles in Referred Journals
Murray, J., McKenzie, M, & Wright, T. (submitted). Student networks of action and mobilization across Canadian campuses. Environmental Education Research.
Yakamovich, J., Wright, T. (2021). “Creative makings-with-environment: Canada-based artists conceptualizations of the role of art in socioecological transformation”. The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts. https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v16i03/35-54.
MacKeen, J., Wright, T. (2021). Refining a Games Testing Tool for Various Cultural, Social, and Geographic Situations to Evaluate Pre-School Children's Bioaffinity. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1280495.pdf
Yakamovich, J., Wright, T. (2021)). "Care-full, convivial, curious: Weaving Canadian artists’ conceptions of art as a form of transformative environmental education". Journal of Environmental Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2021.1929801
Wright, Tarah, and Llang, Y. 2020. "Forty Shades of Grey: A Bibliometric Study of the Grey Literature Related to Sustainability and the Arts." The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts 15 (4): 29-39. doi:10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v15i04/29-39.
Omidvar, N., Wright, T., Beazley, K., Seguin, D. (2019). Examining children's indoor and outdoor nature exposures, and nature-related pedagogical approaches of teachers at two Reggio-Emilia preschools in Halifax, Canada. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0973408219872066
Omidvar, N., Wright, T., Beazley, K., Seguin, D. (2019). Investigating the effect of nature-related routines on preschool children's affinity to nature at Halifax children's centers, Canada. International Journal of Early Childhood Education. https://naturalstart.org/sites/default/files/journal/7._omidvar_formatted_0.pdf
Wright, T., Liang, Y. (2019). Examining the Scholarly Literature: A Bibliometric Study of Journal Articles Related to Sustainability and the Arts. Sustainability 2019, 11(14), 3780; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143780
Doll, Shauna , and Wright, T. (2019). Climate Change Art: Examining How the Artistic Community Expresses the Climate Crisis. The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts 14 (2): 13-29. doi:10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v14i02/13-29.
Cheeseman, A., Wright, T. Murray, J., McKenzie, M. (2019). Taking stock of sustainability in higher education policy: A review of the policy literature. Environmental Education Research (DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2019.1616164).
Publicover, J., Wright, T., Duinker, P., Baur, S. (2019) Engaging with Environmental Issues as a Musician: Career Perspectives from the Musicians of the Playlist for the Planet, Popular Music and Society, 42:2, 167-187, DOI: 10.1080/ 03007766.2018.1426367
McPherson, K., Wright, T., and Tyedmers, P. (2018) Challenges and prospects to the integration of ocean education into high school science courses in Nova Scotia, Applied Environmental Education & Communication, DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2018.1533439
Cheesman, A., Wright, T. (2018): Perspectives from parents: An investigation of the longer-term benefits of an earth education summer camp program, Applied Environmental Education & Communication, DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2018.1530621
McPherson, K., Wright, T., and Tyedmers, P. (2018). "Examining the Nova Scotia Science Curriculum for International Ocean Literacy Principle Inclusion" International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research Vol. 17, No. 11, pp. 1-16, https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.17.11.1
Elliott, H., Wright, T. (2018) Canadian Student Leaders’ Conceptualizations of Sustainability and Sustainable Universities. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, Vol. 12, Issue 2. Pages 103-119. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973408218792125
Cheesman, A., Wright, T. (2018) Examining environmental learning experiences at an earth education summer camp, Environmental Education Research, DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2018.1509301
Publicover, J., Wright, T., Duinker, P., Baur, S. (2017). Music as a Tool for Environmental Education and Advocacy: Artistic Perspectives from Musicians of the Playlist for the Planet. Environmental Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2017.1365356
Multiple authors (2017), “Stimulating a Canadian Narrative of Hope for Climate”, FACETS, 2, p. 131–149.
Philip Vaughter , Marcia McKenzie , Lauri Lidstone , Tarah Wright , (2016) "Campus sustainability governance in Canada: A content analysis of post-secondary institutions’ sustainability policies", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 17 Iss: 1, pp.16 - 39
Huge, J., Waas, T., Wright, T. (2016). How to walk the talk? Developing actions for sustainability in academic research. Journal of Cleaner Production, 137, pp. 83-92.
McKenzie, M., Beveridge, D., Vaughter, P., Wright, T. (2015). “Sustainability in Canadian Post-secondary Institutions: The Interrelationships among Sustainability Initiatives and Geographic and Institutional Characteristics”, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 16 Issue: 5, pp.611-638, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-03-2014-0048
Vaughter, P., Wright, T., & Herbert, Y. (2015). 50 shades of green: An examination of sustainability policy on Canadian campuses. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. Volume 45. No. 3.
Beveridge, D., McKenzie, M., Vaughter, P., Wright, T. (2015) "Sustainability in Canadian post-secondary institutions: The interrelationships among sustainability initiatives and geographic and institutional characteristics", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 16 Iss: 5, pp.611 - 638
Lidstone, L., Wright, T., & Sherren, K. (2015). Canadian STARS-rated campus sustainability plans: Priorities, plan creation and design. Sustainability 7(1), 725-746
Lidstone, L., Wright, T., & Sherren, K. (2015). An analysis of Canadian STARS-rated higher education sustainability policies. Environment, Development and Sustainability Volume 17, Issue 2, pp. 259-278.
Wass, T., Huge, J., Block, T., Benitez-Capistros, F., Verbruggen, A., Wright, T. (2014). Sustainability Assessment and Indicators: Tools in a Decision-Making Strategy for Sustainable Development. Sustainability, 6(9), 5512-5534
Sylvestre, P., Wright, T. (2014). Exploring Faculty Conceptualizations of Sustainability in Higher Education: Cultural Barriers to Organizational Change and Potential Resolutions. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development. Vol 2, pp. 205-233.
Sylvestre, P., Wright, T., Sherren, K. (2014). “A tale of two (or more) sustainabilties: A Q methodology study of university professors’ perspectives on sustainable universities”. Sustainability – Special Issue: Sustainability and Organizational Change, Vol 6, pp. 1521-1543.
Spence, E., Wright, T., Castleden, H. (2013). Present, absent or tardy? A study of the barriers and bridges to implementation of environmental education in sixth grade classrooms in Nova Scotia. Environmental Education and Communication, Vol 12, Issue 13.
Wright, T. Markle, G., Wuench, P. (2013). The Goggles Project: Using Street Theatre to Engage University Stakeholders in Discussions about Sustainability. Creative Education. Vol. 4, No. 7, pp 105-109.
Sylvestre, P., McNeil, R., Wright, T. (2013). From Talloires to Turin: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Declarations for Sustainability in Higher Education. Sustainability, 5, pp. 1356-1371.
Vaugher, P., Wright, T., McKenzie, M., Lidstone, L. (2013). Greening the Ivory Tower: A Review of Education Literature on Research on Sustainability in Post-Secondary Education. Sustainability 5(5), pp. 2252-2271;
Wright, T., Horst, N. (2013). “Exploring the Ambiguity: What Faculty Leaders Really Think of Sustainability in Higher Education”. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Vol. 14 Iss: 2
Ross, F., Harper, K., Wright, T., Castelden, H. (2012). Multiple perspectives on polar science educational outreach partnerships in the north Yukon, Canada. Polar Geography, Volume 25, Issue 1-2, pp. 309-329
Wright, T., Wilton, H. (2012). Facilities Management Directors' Conceptualizations of Sustainability in Higher Education Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 31, pp. 118–125
Wright, T., Defields, D. (2012). Determining the “Essentials” to Include in an Undergraduate Sustainability Degree Program: A Delphi Study at Dalhousie University. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, Vol. 6 No. 1.
Waas, T., Huge, J., Verbruggen, A. Wright, T. (2011). Sustainable Development: A Bird's Eye View. Sustainability 2011, 3, (10), 1637-1661;
Wright, T. (2010) Sustainability as an Academic Discipline – Different Approaches to Educational Delivery. Sustainability Journal of Record, Volume: 3 Issue 5: October 11, 2010
Waas, T., Verbruggen, A., and Wright, T. (2010). “University Research for Sustainable Development: Definition and Characteristics Explored”. Journal of Cleaner Production 18 (7).
Wright, T. (2010). University Presidents’ Conceptualizations of Sustainability in Higher Education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 11, (1). pp.61 - 73
Conference Proceedings (Peer Reviewed)
Wright, T., Doll, S. (2018). Climate Change Art as a Means of Creating Cultural Chante. Canadian Environmental Education Conference, British Columbia, October 2018.
Doll, S., Wright, T. (2018). Reinforcing Climate Change Art as an Approach to Systematic Transformation. Petrocultures, Scotland, August 2018.
Wright, T. Vaughter, P, Herbert, Y. (2015). 50 Shades of Green: An Examination of Sustainability Policy on Canadian Campuses. Global Cleaner Production Conference, Spain, November 2015.
Wright, T., Kent, C. (2015). What role can The Arts play in achieving the goals of Education for Sustainable Development?" Global Cleaner Production Conference, Spain, November 2015.
Vaughter, P., Wright, T., Herbert, Y. (2015). 50 Shades of Green: An Examination of Sustainability Policy on Canadian Campuses. Global Cleaner Production Conference, Spain, November 2015.
Waas, T., Huge, J., Mahlapahlapana T. , Wright, T., (2015). Universities and Our Common Future:Exploring Faculty Conceptualizations of Sustainability in Higher Education at the University of Limpopo (South Africa). Global Cleaner Production Conference, Spain, November 2015.
Lidstone, L., Wright, T., Sherren, K. (2014). Sustainability and Environmental Policies on Canadian Campuses. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference, Portland USA, October 2014.
Vaughter, P., Wright, T., McKenzie, M., Lidstone, L.; Aikens, K. (2014). Sustainability in Canadian postsecondary education: a comparative analysis of how institutions are engaging with sustainability. Copernicus Conference, United Kingdom, January 2014.
Lidstone, L., Wright, T., Sherren, K. (2013). Greening the Ivory Tower: An Analysis of Sustainability Policy in Post-Secondary Education. Canadian Association of Geographer’s Annual Meeting, August 2013.
Elliot, H., Wright, T. (2013). Barriers to sustainable universities and ways forward: A Canadian students’ perspective. World Sustainability Forum, November 2013.
McNeil, R., Wright, T (2013). Canadian University Presidents on Sustainability: Definitions, Roles and Ways Forward. Environmental Studies Association of Canada Conference at Congress 2013 @ the Edge.
McNeil, R., Wright, T. (2012). Capturing Canadian University Presidents’ Conceptualizations of Sustainability and the University’s Role in Sustainable Development. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference. Los Angeles 2012.
Sylvester, P, Wright, T. (2012). Exploring faculty conceptualizations of sustainable universities through the use of Q methodology. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference. Los Angeles 2012.
Huge, J. Waas, T., Lozano, R., Wright, T. (2012) The role of the state in corporate sustainability: facilitator or obstacle? Second World Sustainability Forum. Online.
Elliot, H., Wright, T. (2011). Investigating Canadian Student Union Presidents’ Conceptualizations of Sustainable Universities. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference. Pitsburg, 2011.
Wright, T,, Gass, S. (2011). Confronting Complexity: Environmental Science at Dalhousie University, an Evolving Curriculum. Association of Environemtnal Studies and Sciences Confrence. Vermont, June 2011.
Wright, T., Markle, G., Wuench, P. (2011). The Goggles Project: Promoting Sustainability Dialogue in Higher Education through Street Theatre. Staging Sustainability Conference. Toronto 2011.
Wright, T., Markle, G., Wuench, P. (2011). (2010). Provoking Sustainable Universities Using Street Theatre. World Teach-In Day. Hamburg, 2010.
Wright, T., Elliot, H. (2011), Investigating Student Union Presidents’ Conceptualizations of Sustainable Universities. Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, 2011.
Spence, E., Wright, T., Castleden, H. (2010). Cultivating Curriculum: Perceptions of Environmental Education by Elementary Teachers in Nova Scotia. 39th Annual North American Association for Environmental Education. Buffalo-Niagara, New York.
Wright, T. (2010). Provoking Dialogue on Sustainability Using Street Theatre. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference. Denver, 2010.
Wright, T. and Rowland, P. (2010). Investigating Sustainability in Higher Education Initiatives in North America. Global University Network Initiative Conference. Barcelona.
Wass, T. and Wright, T., Huge, J. (2010). Sustainability Research at Universities: Towards and Operational Set of Characteristis. Global University Network Initiative Conference. Barcelona 2010.
Lynch, M, and Wright, T. (2010). Learning Outside of the Classroom in the College of Sustainability. Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning, May 2010.
Ross, F., Harper, K., and Wright, T. (2010) Northern Knowledge: Creating educational materials with Northern communities using Indigenous ecological knowledge and IPY research. ARCTIC NET Conference, January 2010.
Ross, F., Harper, K., and Wright, T. (2010). Community Adaptation & Vulnerability in Arctic Regions. ARCTIC NET Conference, January 2010.
Ross, F., Harper, K., and Wright, T. (2010). Bringing IPY science home: Engaging northern classrooms and communities for education and outreach. International Polar Year Conference, Oslo Norway, June 2010.
Ross, F., Harper, K., and Wright, T. (2009). Northern Knowledge: Creating Educational Materials for Northern Communities from Traditional Ecological Knowledge and International Polar Year Research. Atlantic Geographers Association Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Wright, T. (2009). Examining sustainability as an Academic Discipline. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference E Ball State Greening the Campus Conference.
Wright, T. (2009). How Do Canadian University Administrators Conceptualize Sustainability in Higher Education? World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada.
Carrey, G., Owen, R., and Wright, T. (2009). The Transformation of Dalhousie University: A three-pronged approached to moving towards Sustainability. World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada.
Ross, F., Harper, K, and Wright, T.. (2009). Northern Knowledge: Creating Northern Environmental Education Materials from Community Consultations and ecological Studies. 5th Annual Environmental And Sustainability Research Symposium, Halifax, Canada.
Wright, T. (2008) Conceptualizing the Role of the University in Achieving a Sustainable Future – A Cohort Study of University Presidents. Environmental Management and Sustainable Universities, Barcelona, Spain.
Wright, T. (2007). Identifying the Perceived Challenges to Implementing Sustainability Initiatives on Campus by a Cohort of Talloires Signatory University Administrators. Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Mexico.
Wright, T. (2006). Developing Research Priorities with a Cohort of Higher Education for Sustainability Experts. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Tempe, Arizona.
Wright, T. (2006). Identifying the Perceived Challenges to Implementing Sustainability Initiatives on Campus by a Cohort of Talloires Signatory University Administrators Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Tempe, Arizona.
Wright, T. (2005). What Role does Research Play in Crossing Barriers and Creating Drivers for Sustainable Development in Higher Education? Conference Consultation Papers, UNESCO.
Wright, T. (2005). A Bibliometric Analysis of Higher Education for Sustainability Research. Sustainability in Higher Education: Developing a Comprehensive Research Plan Workshop, October 2005
Wright, T. (2004). Giving Teeth to Environmental Policies. Keynote speaker: Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities Conference 2004, Monterrey, Mexico.
Wright, T. (2003). Examining Sustainability in Higher Education – Charting a Course for the Future. National Council for Science ad the Environment Conference, Washington D.C.
Wright, T. (2003). Can Declarations Make a Difference to Sustainability in Higher Education? Paper presented at the North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, Anchorage, Alaska.
Wright, T. (2003). Developing an Environmental Policy Implementation Plan at Dalhousie University: A Delphi Study. Paper presented at the Environmental Studies Association of Canada Conference, Halifax, Canada.
Kreber, C. & Wright, T. (2003). Self-regulated Learning about University Teaching: Intriguing Theory or Actual Reality. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education Conference, Halifax, Canada.
Wright, T. (2003). Assessing the Effectiveness of the Delphi Method in Constructing an Environmental Policy Implementation Plan. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education Conference, Halifax, Canada.
Wright, T. (2002). Estudio de caso de Sustainability en una educación más alta: Examinar la puesta en práctica del declaración de Halifax. at the Third International Convention on Higher Education - UNIVERSIDAD 2002, Havana Cuba.
Bekessy SA, Burgman MA, Yencken D, Wright T, Leal Filho W, Garden D and Rostan-Herbert D (2002). A Summary of Environmental Practice in Australian Universities. Paper presented at the Second National Conference of Sustainable Universities, Melbourne Australia
Wright, T., & Leal Filho, W. (2002). Examining Critical Barriers to Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Higher Education. Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities Conference, Grahamstown South Africa, September 2002.
Wright, T. (2002). Environmental Sustainability and Higher Education: Do Declarations Make a Difference? Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education - Higher Education as if the World Mattered Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2002.
Wright, T. (2001). A Review of Definitions and Frameworks for Sustainability in Higher Education. University Leaders for a Sustainable Future Conference. Washington.
Wright, T. (2001). Promoting Environmental Literacy In The Classroom. Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning.
Kreber, C., Wright, T, Castleden, H. Erfani, N., & Lim, J. (2001). Building partnerships in research on teaching and learning: Educational researchers and science professors learning together. Paper presented at HERDSA, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Kreber, C., Wright, T, Castleden, H. Erfani, N., & Lim, J. (2001). Just in case you wonder whether your students got it: Using repertory grids to assess student learning in science courses. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), Memorial University, St. John's, NF.
Kreber, C., Wright, T, Castleden, H. Erfani, N., & Lim, J. (2001). Faculty funded research: Issues surrounding the graduate student research assistantship. (Extended abstract published in proceedings). Panel discussion with the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Laval University, Quebec.
Kreber, C., Wright, T, Castleden, H. Erfani, N., & Lim, J. (2001). The relationship between approaches to studying, perceptions of learning environment, and students understanding of science concepts. (Extended abstract published in proceedings). Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Laval University, May 24-26.
Kreber, C., Wright, T., Lim, J.(2000). Are there Different Levels of Expertise in the Scholarship of Teaching?. International Consortium of Educational Development (ICED).
Kreber, C., Wright, T., Lim, J. (2000). Promoting and Identifying The Scholarship Of Teaching. Improving University Teaching 25th Conference. Frankfurt, Germany.
Wright, T. (2000). The History of Environmental Studies in Canadian Universities. The North American Association for Environmental Education. South Padre Island, Texas.
Wright, T. (2000). Universities as Agents Of Social Change? Linking the Development of Canadian University Environmental Studies Programs with The Environmental Movement. The Environmental Studies Association of Canada Conference, Edmonton.
Wright, T. (2000). Creating Planetary People: Using Experiential Education in the Postsecondary Biology Classroom. Proceedings of the Biology as If the World Mattered (BAITWORM) Conference 2000.
Wright, T. (1999). Feeling Green: Using Experiential Learning Theory in University Environmental Studies Programs. The Environmental Studies Association of Canada Conference, Sherbrooke.
Wright, T. (1999). Teaching Green: How To Bring The Environment Into Any Classroom. Teaching and Learning Effectiveness Sessions. University of Alberta.
Wright, T. (1999). Bringing The Environment In: How To Be An Environmental Educator Regardless Of Your Field. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Calgary Alberta.
Wright, T. (1999). Environmental Educators: Teaching For A Change. Proceedings of the Millenium International Environmental Education Electronic Conference 1999.
Wright, T. (1999). It’s Easy Being Green - Bringing Experiential Learning into the Post Secondary Geography Classroom. Proceedings of the Western Division Canadian Association of Geographers Conference.
Wright, T. (1999). Environmental Educators: Teaching For A Change. Proceedings of the Millenium International Environmental Education Electronic Conference 1999.
Wright, T., & Einsiedel, A. (1999). Bridging Information Borders: The University of Alberta Institute For Professional Development’s Amazon Project. Proceedings of the Canadian Association of Studies In Adult Education Conference.
Wright, T. (1999). It’s Easy Being Green - Bringing Experiential Learning Into The Post Secondary Geography Classroom. Proceedings of the Western Division Canadian Association of Geographers Conference.
Technical Reports
Waas, T., Huge, J.,Hogeschool, C. Hogeschool, L., Loazno, R., Wright, T., Sterling, S. (2012). Sustainable Higher Education: Understanding and Moving Forward. Commissioned by the Flemish Government – Environment and Energy Department.
Holmberg, J,: Lotz-Sistka, H.; Samuelsson, B.; Wals, A.; Wright, T. (2008). The Gothenburg Recommendations on Education for Sustainable Development. Published by the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Beringer, A, Wright, T, Malone, L. (2006). Sustainability in higher education in Atlantic Canada. Published by the University of Prince Edward Island.
Bekessy, S., Burgman, M., Wright, T., Leal Filho, W., Smith, M. (2003). Universities and Sustainability. Published by the Australian Conservation Foundation
Bekessy, S., Burgman, M., Yencken, D., Bone, L., Garden, D., Rostan-Herbert, D., Wright, T., and Leal Filho, W. (2001). Environmental Best Practice in Australian and International Universities. Published by the University of Melbourne and the Australian Natural Heritage Society.
Rainham, D. and Wright, T. (1997). Marine Protected Areas: The Role of Economic Valuation in Planning and Decision-Making. Published as a Department of Fisheries and Oceans Report for the Marine Environment and Conservation Branch, Ottawa, Ontario.
Non-Refereed Articles
Wright, T. (2009). “A Whole New Green Day for Dalhousie”. FOCUS 17 (1).
Wright, T. (2009). East Coast Eco Parent chats with Dr. Tarah Wright about the College of Sustainability. Online newsletter: http://www.eastcoastecoparent.com/Eco-Education.php
Wright, T. (2003). Environmental Sustainability in Higher Education: Where to start? Sierra Youth Coalition Newsletter.
Wright, T. (2000). The Green Classroom: Why and How. Teaching and Learning Exchange, 7 (3).
Wright, T. (1998). Australian Coastal Zone Policy And Legislation – An Historical Analysis. Completed under contract for the Queensland Department of Environment, Australia.
Wright, T., Moffat, A., Forsythe, H., Brewster, D., and Brady, P. (1997). A Case Study Analysis Of Private Woodlot Management – Lunenburg County. Nova Scotia: Parkdale-Maplewood Museum.
Book Reviews
Wright, T. (2008). Greener by Degrees: Exploring Sustainability through Higher Education Curricula. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development.
Wright, T. (2002). Weaving Connections: Educating For Peace, Social and Environmental Justice. Labour/Le Travail.
Wright, T. (2000). Eco-games For Grown-ups. Alternatives, 26 (2).
Multi-Media Contributions
Green Building Video - Dalhousie University: https://www.dal.ca/dept/sustainability/programs/Built_Environment.html
Media interview for the Higher Education Development Association at the University of Oslo: http://uv-net.uio.no/wpmu/hedda/
Turning Over a New Leaf. 18 shows on CBC radio Maritime Morning. January 2010-April 22, 2010.
Developed on-line lesson titled “How To Be An Environmental Educator Regardless Of Your Field” for University of Alberta EDAE 601 Distance Education Delivery Course, 1999.
Cultivating Solutions In Our Garden Of Possibilities. [6 cassette tapes, with accompanying script]. Costa Rica: Radio For Peace International. 30 min. per tape; 31p.