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Sustainability assessment in higher education institutions: The STARS system
Sustainable development is a concern for countries, businesses and organizations sensitive to excess in terms of utilized resources. This is evident in international initiatives which aim to establish guiding principles …
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Benchmarking tools for assessing and tracking sustainability in higher educational institutions: Identifying an effective tool for the University of Saskatchewan
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
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The University of Saskatchewan (UofS) has indentified five areas of campus life critical to improving the university's sustainability performance: education, research, operations, governance, and community engagement. In recognition of …
- Posted May 6, 2016
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Greening the Ivory Tower: A Review of Educational Research on Sustainability in Post-Secondary Education
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Dalhousie University (NS)
There is a deficit of multi-site studies examining the integration of sustainability in the policies and practices of post-secondary institutions. This paper reviews what comparative empirical research has been undertaken …
- Posted May 3, 2016
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Higher Education: Features, Trends and Needs in Relation to Sustainability
- Technische Universiteit Delft
The progress of sustainability within higher education has steadily increased in focus over the last decade and has increasingly become a topic of academic research. With various scholars, journals and …
- Posted May 2, 2016
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Applying AASHE STARS to Examine Geography’s “Sense of Place” in Sustainability Education
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
Geography supports place-based inquiry for the learner, applying the old environmental adage of “think globally, act locally” to environmental problem solving. Many within and outside of the discipline of geography …
- Posted May 2, 2016
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Getting an empirical hold of the sustainable university: a comparative analysis of evaluation frameworks across 12 contemporary sustainability assessment tools
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Although it is increasingly recognised that higher education institutions have to play a critical role in the progression towards a sustainable development, the question of what fields and issues universities …
- Posted April 20, 2016
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STARS Silver for NAIT
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (AB)
NAIT’s environmentally friendly programs and initiatives have earned the institute a STARS Silver sustainability ranking, the highest of any Canadian polytechnic. NAIT was the first Canadian polytechnic to achieve a …
- Posted April 3, 2016
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AASHE Celebrates Campus Sustainability!
- Harvard University (MA)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Stanford University (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) invited several distinguished higher education sustainability professionals to share their thoughts on where sustainability has been and where it …
- Posted March 3, 2016
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State of Sustainability: 10 Things to Know About Colorado State University
- Colorado State University (CO)
Colorado State has a long history as one of the nation’s most sustainable universities, but now CSU is the first university in the world to ever have its sustainability efforts …
- Posted March 3, 2016
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Sustainability Course Designation: Values and Best Practices
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson is leading the way in integrating sustainability across the curriculum. As an innovative liberal arts college, over 96% of our Class of '15 students have taken sustainability-focused and related …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Five-Year Evolution of Campus Sustainability Programs
- Bentley University (MA)
- Boston University (MA)
Many campus sustainability programs around the country are coming of age. Those programs which started between the years of 2008-2011 are reaching a critical turning point where their ability to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Express: How WPI Completed STARS in under 2.5 Months
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
- GreenerU (MA)
This session will describe how Worcester Polytechnic Institute was able to complete a high quality STARS 2.0 submission in just two and a half months. With support from GreenerU, WPI …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Call to Action Revisited: A Sustainability Challenge
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
Since 2010, AASHE member organizations have achieved a lot in terms of making their campuses more sustainable - progress that is now quantifiable based on the STARS assessment. Yet although …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS and Pop Cans' - Using a Video Production to Spread Awareness of What it Means to be STARS Certified
- Nova Scotia Community College (NS)
The Nova Scotia Community College is a STARS certified institution with 13 campuses across the province. Over recent years sustainability has increasingly been embedded in all that we do, and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Navigating the STARS 2.0 Experience: From Data Collection to Strategic Planning
- Emory University (GA)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
One of the most important attributes of AASHE's STARS 2.0 framework is to allow institutions to understand all aspects of their sustainability performance, benchmark their sustainability performance against both other …
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Data Integration to Advance Operational Sustainability
- Saint Louis University (MO)
The development, use and integration of sustainability-related indicators into existing performance programs increases the potential management of indicators to promote sustainable decision-making. Participation in programs like STARS has provided the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Success is Written in the STARS
- Texas A&M University (TX)
AASHE's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) has been an invaluable tool in benchmarking sustainability measures, integrating sustainability into the assessment process, and creating high-level buy-in at Texas A&M …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Seeing STARS: Sustainability and Strategic Planning
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
This case study will outline how Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came to be one of the first schools to include sustainability as a goal in its new strategic plan, using …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Thinking Outside the Box: Evidence-based Data Collection for Sustainability Reporting
- Chatham University (PA)
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
- Sustrana LLC (PA)
This session will cover innovative and practical ways to gather meaningful data through real-world, applied scenarios. Specifically, the presenters will share methods for developing accurate heuristics for sustainability reporting in …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Data Quality: Two Case Studies on Third-Party Reviews with Group Discussion
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
Both University of Colorado at Boulder and the State University of New York at New Paltz enlisted third parties to review their STARS submissions. Boulder hired a third-party paid consultant …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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New Developments in STARS
- Colorado State University (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
This workshop is designed for individuals who would like to engage in high-level discussion about new developments with AASHE's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). AASHE staff will provide …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Sourcing, Data Collection and Reporting Technology Solutions and Tools
- Aramark (PA)
- FarmLogix, LLC (IL)
The panel would represent several Aramark universities' (Boston University, American University, Loyola University for example) uses of online aggregation technology to both source locally grown and produced foods, and to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing a Strategic Sustainability Plan based on the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS) framework
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
- Stantec Consulting, Ltd. (WA)
Through an extensive consultation process in 2014, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) identified 'advancing Sustainability' as 1 of 5 strategic priorities. TRU developed a Strategic Sustainability Plan (SSP) using AASHE's Sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS 101: The Basics of Conducting a Campus Sustainability Assessment
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
- AASHE (MA)
AASHE's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. With more than 700 registered institutions on six …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Defining Polytechnic Sustainability: NAIT Case Study
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (AB)
In 2012 the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) was the first Canadian polytechnic institute to achieve a STARS rating. Through the rating renewal process, NAIT set out to not …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Implementation: A Process-Based Approach Based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle
- Tavares Group Consulting Inc. (ON)
For too long, the implementation of sustainability has been an unknown to many organizations. Ample guidance is available about what sustainability is, what metrics should be considered, and how an …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Town Hall (2015)
- AASHE (MA)
This interactive session will feature a small panel of STARS Steering Committee members, Technical Advisors, and AASHE staff who will facilitate a high-level discussion about potential improvements to the STARS …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Case Study of Program Review for Sustainability Offices: Benefits, Challenges, & Resources Required
- James Madison University (VA)
Though credit is given for degrees and research activities, STARS reporting also includes a wide range of activities that lie outside the scope of activities usually included in academic program …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Automating Key Steps in the STARS Rating Process: Using Content Analysis to Perform Sustainability Course Inventories
- University of Florida (FL)
This presentation focuses on a practical and innovative approach to conducting the sustainability course survey that is required of the STARS rating system. If you are a sustainability coordinator or …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Assessing a Sustainability Themed Strategic Plan Using STARS Data
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Appalachian State University’s new strategic plan integrates sustainability as its core theme. Setting sustainability targets and identifying metrics used to track the effectiveness of a sustainability-themed strategic plan is a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The first assessment system for campus sustainability in Japan
- Hokkaido University (Hokkaido)
The first campus sustainability assessment system in Japan was created at Hokkaido University in 2013, which covered 4 categories of management, education and research, environment, and local community. STARS by …
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From the experience of the STARS International Pilot
- Kyoto University
Kyoto University established Office for a Sustainable Campus in April 2013 to transform our campus from “Eco-campus” to “Sustainable campus”. Since then, in addition to our conventional efforts such as …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Analysis of Canadian STARS-rated Campus Sustainability Plans and Policies
- Dalhousie University (NS)
Sustainability governance, including the creation of campus sustainability policies and plans, can help institutionalize sustainability on campus. This study aims to deepen our understanding of Canadian higher education institutions (HEIs) …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability in Career-Technical Education: A Multiple Case Study
- University of Idaho (ID)
This session will provide multiple case study of how three community colleges in the Pacific Northwest introduced Career and Technical Education energy programs on their campuses. Consideration was given to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Researching the Researchers: Developing a Sustainability Research Inventory
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
Developing a sustainability research inventory at a tier-one research university can prove challenging. Thousands of research faculty, inconsistencies in reporting, limited direct access to faculty and staff, and ambiguous data …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Strategies for Large/Public Universities
- Colorado State University (CO)
Since Colorado State first submitted a full report under STARS in 2011, the question has been continually raised about how the reporting framework might favor small private schools. After all, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Engage. Inspire. Act.- Pioneering Mid-Course
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
Sustainability at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee grew from the middle, up and out across campus over the years. Beyond the Office of Sustainability there are champions in facilities, student life, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS 101: Everything You Need to Know
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
Since 2006, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), a membership organization of colleges and universities committed to building a sustainable world, has engaged in a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Advanced Workshop (2014)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
- AASHE (MA)
- GreenerU (MA)
This workshop is geared towards conference participants that would like to engage in high-level discussion about AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). AASHE staff will provide a recap …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Introductory Workshop: Learning the Basics of Completing a Comprehensive Campus Sustainability Assessment (2014)
- Central New Mexico Community College (NM)
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
- AASHE (MA)
This workshop will focus on sharing basic information about the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) Program created by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Improving the Efficiency of Land Management Agencies with the use of Sustainability Assessments
- Black Hills State University (SD)
The ability to assess the sustainability of an organization is becoming increasingly important for organizations across the globe. The tools developed for this task are as diverse as the organizations …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Curriculum: Trends, Challenges and a Proposed Solution
- East Tennessee State University (TN)
STARS Curriculum: Trends, Challenges and a Proposed Solution
M. Moin Uddin, Ph.D., East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
STARS (The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) curriculum subcategory recognizes …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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So, You Think That's a Sustainability Course?!?
- Portland State University (OR)
- Alfred State College (NY)
- University of Louisville (KY)
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
Considerable uncertainty haunts university sustainability officers when developing sustainability-focused and -related course identifiers. It seems everyone has an opinion about which courses qualify for the different categorizations, and why. Unresolved …
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Campus Sustainability Assessment System at a Japanese University through STARS International Pilot
- Hokkaido University (Hokkaido)
Campus Sustainability Assessment System 2013 for Hokkaido University was formulated not only to assess the outcome obtained by activities which we intended to carry out according to Action Plan 2012 …
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STARS Intro. Pre-Conference Workshop: Edmonds Community College: Our Journey to (the) STARS
- Edmonds College (WA)
Community colleges are a little different. We have less money per student and ever-shrinking budgets to work with. We have a revolving door of students. A successful student is usually …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Disciplinary Trends in Sustainability Education: Preliminary Results
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
This study examines disciplinary impacts and trends of sustainability education in the United States using data from AASHE STARS and the National Council for Science and the Environment. Current community …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Dutch National Pilot with STARS
- Utrecht University
- University of Twente
- Eindhoven University of Technology
- Maastricht University
- Wageningen University
In 2013 six Dutch universities started participating in the STARS International Pilot. From January until June they are doing a pilot on their own to find out if STARS is …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Distributed Reporting Model for Implementing STARS
- Cal Poly Humboldt (CA)
Attendees will gain knowledge of STARS based on Humboldt State University's experience with STARS. The university earned STARS Silver on May 8, 2013.
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS 101 (2013)
- AASHE (MA)
Since 2006, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), a membership organization of colleges and universities committed to building a sustainable world, has engaged in a …
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Shooting for the STARS and Beyond: Green Mountain College's Attempt to Measure Authentic Sustainability
- Green Mountain College (VT)
At Green Mountain College we have developed a suite of metrics for measuring authentic sustainability in higher education that reaches beyond STARS, AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking and Assessment Rating System. STARS …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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