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Students ride the rails in this course to learn about sustainability and tourism

  • Written by Mark Alan Rhodes II, Assistant Professor of Geography, Michigan Technological University
Students ride the rails in this course to learn about sustainability and tourismTrains offer a unique glimpse at the American landscape. Laser1987/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Title of course

Amtrak Tourism: Trains, Cities and Sustainability

What prompted the idea for the course?

As a geographer, I wanted to offer a summer study abroad program on sustainability. However, it wouldn’t make sense to design a sustainability...

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