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UOIT Storm Pond
- Ontario Tech University (ON)
To manage runoff on the main UOIT campus, stormwater is directed to wet ponds, bioswales and storm ponds in a manner that demonstrates sustainable storm water design while enriching the ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Town-Gown Showdown National Bike Challenge at UW-Milwaukee
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a founding and leading partner in the Town-Gown Showdown, a nationally ranked team that is part of the National Bike Challenge. The Challenge provides an online ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Spartan Treasure Hunt
- Michigan State University (MI)
In these photos, Michigan State University facilities employees observe equipment while participating in a Spartan Treasure Hunt.
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Student Beekeepers: Almost as Busy as Bees
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
This photograph was taken on April 22 (Earth Day!), 2016. It shows members of the Beekeeping Club at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs tending their bees and teaching students ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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A Practical Guide to the United Nations Global Compact for Higher Education Institutions
This publication offers guidelines for higher education institutions in implementing the ten principles of the UN Global Compact within the organization and then leading their global adoption.
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Sustainability reporting and performance management in universities: Challenges and benefits
- Monash University (VIC)
Purpose
This article aims to provide a perspective on sustainability reporting and performance management in the university sector making a case for increased accountability, improved (management of) performance and greater ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Universities and Sustainable Food Practices: An International Comparison Along the Pacific Coast of North America
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
- University of Alaska Anchorage (AK)
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
- University of British Columbia (BC)
My research project examined sustainable practices in relation to food sources at three universities located along the Pacific Coast of North America. The academic institutions were the University of Alaska ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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A Mixed Methods Assessment of the Development, Use, and Educational Effectiveness of University Campus Sustainability Tours
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
Campus sustainability tours are available at dozens of colleges and universities across the United States. These tours are considered a vital tool in interpreting the environmental and sustainable aspects of ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Rebranding the WKU Office of Sustainability
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
Since its inception in 2008, the WKU Office of Sustainability has struggled with general program and initiative awareness as well as student engagement in university sponsored sustainability activities. Attempts to ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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CSR Reporting and the University
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
There is currently no mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting standards for institutions of higher learning (universities) in the U.S. There is also no established governing or regulatory body ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Gaps in sustainability education: The impact of higher education coursework on perceptions of sustainability
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Presbyterian College (SC)
Purpose
This paper aims to examine how both the amount and type of coursework impact students’ conceptualizations of sustainability. Previous research demonstrates that academic coursework influences students’ environmental attitudes, yet ...
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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Furman's CCC weatherizes it's 100th home
- Furman University (SC)
The Community Conservation Corps (CCC), coordinated by Furman's David E. Shi Center for Sustainability, partners with a local utility company and Habitat for Humanity to provide needed home weatherization ...
- Posted Sept. 1, 2016
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Solar Energy on Campus - Part I: Renewable Energy Usage Claims
- Center for Resource Solutions | Green-e (CA)
This report describes renewable energy certificates (RECs), why they are important, and what kinds of statements can be made depending on who owns them.
- Posted Sept. 1, 2016
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PhD in Organizational Systems: Leadership of Sustainable Systems
- Saybrook University (CA)
This program is designed to help students lead in a way that empowers people within the communities they serve. Guided by faculty with years of experience in the field, students ...
- Posted Aug. 31, 2016
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Online Certificate in Sustainable Resource Management
- Kankakee Community College (IL)
This 2-course certificate certificate program is designed to prepare students for careers in sustainable resource management. Those who complete the courses are eligible to take the Illinois Recycling Association's ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Integrated Water Management
- University of British Columbia (BC)
The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Integrated Water Management is an intensive one-year degree program that will enable you to spearhead initiatives focused on water use, treatment, research and ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Green Bio-Products
- University of British Columbia (BC)
The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Green Bio-Products is an intensive one-year degree program that equips students with the technical and leadership skills required to contribute to the growing ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Clean Energy Engineering
- University of British Columbia (BC)
The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Clean Energy Engineering is an intensive one-year degree program for engineers and environmental science graduates who want to advance their careers in the ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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BSc in Natural Resources Conservation
- University of British Columbia (BC)
This interdisciplinary program prepares students for careers in conservation and management. Encompassing the natural and social sciences, students will learn how to use the technologically advanced tools and quantitative techniques ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
Demonstrating how a university can, in a very practical and pragmatic way, be re-envisioned through a transdisciplinary informed frame, this book shows how through an open and collegiate spirit of ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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How Much do U.S. University Students Know, and Want to Know About Sustainability and Green Building? The Findings of a Survey, and Possible Implications for General Elective Curriculum
- Weber State University (UT)
- Purdue University (IN)
Using the survey approach, this investigation examined the attitudes and interest of college students at two universities in different geographic locations within the United States. Approximately 24,000 students from ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Higher education: the quest for the sustainable campus
- Harvard University (MA)
In this article, the author reflects on her experiences the founding director of Harvard University’s Green Campus Initiative. She describes how the campus sustainability movement has evolved from an ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Raising environmental awareness through education
This paper presents a method for involving learners in awareness-raising and real changes in consumption. The described method is a teaching assignment comprising a self-audit of household chemicals' consumption, system ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Sustainability teaching in higher education institutions of Kazakhstan
Sustainability teaching is challenging due to problems of the economic development, as well as of overcoming a post-communist mentality in countries with economies in transition. This is particularly relevant for ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Education for Sustainable Development in Further Education: Embedding Sustainability into Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
This book will enable teachers and managers in the post-compulsory sector to consider a range of approaches to embed Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in their practice in the post-compulsory ...
- Posted Aug. 29, 2016
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Bringing the research home: partnership for watershed restoration
- Oregon State University (OR)
The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition is a network of more than 250 businesses, non-profits, faith communities, educational institutions, local governments and individuals in Corvallis, Oregon, brought together to accelerate progress toward ...
- Posted Aug. 25, 2016
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University of Manitoba BEE / HOUSE / LAB Open International Design Competition
- University of Manitoba (MB)
BEE / HOUSE / LAB is an international design competition hosted by the University of Manitoba and open to students and designers in the field of environmental design, architecture, landscape architecture, industrial ...
- Posted Aug. 25, 2016
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Stop the Drop! Sign
- University of Connecticut (CT)
Stop the Drop! signs encourage students to report leaks immediately and are intended to be placed near sinks and showers as well as in laundry rooms.
- Posted Aug. 25, 2016
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Nursing students’ attitudes towards sustainability and health care
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Aim
To evaluate attitudes towards embedding sustainability and climate change in nursing curricula among nursing students, some of whom had participated in a sustainability and health skills session, and determine ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Making Sustainable Behaviors the Norm at the University of Minnesota Duluth
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Interviews with undergraduate students were conducted as part of a follow-up to a survey soliciting information about student engagement in sustainability at a small upper Great Lakes public university. The ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Bitten by the Green Design Bug
According to U.S. News & World Report, "sustainability sensibility is sweeping through and transforming the curricula in America's colleges of engineering, as more educators emphasize the importance of ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Certificate in Greenhouse Gas Management
- George Washington University (DC)
- Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (MD)
The Certificate in Greenhouse Gas Management is designed to prepare students professionally to contribute to the coming low carbon future. The George Washington University partnered with the Greenhouse Gas Management ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Doctorate of Public Health in Environmental & Occupational Health
- George Washington University (DC)
The goal of the EOH DrPH program is to prepare students for advanced level professional work in research, policy, and program design and administration in the field of Environmental and ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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MPH in Global Environmental Health
- George Washington University (DC)
The Mission of the Global Environmental Health MPH program – a joint program between the Departments of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health – is to educate individuals who are committed ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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MPH in Environmental Health Science and Policy
- George Washington University (DC)
The Mission of the Environmental Health Science and Policy MPH program is to educate individuals who are committed to public health protection to apply critical analytic skills to the development ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Graduate Certificate in Responsible Management
- George Washington University (DC)
The Certificate in Responsible Management (CRM) program is designed to enhance the preparation of students as responsible leaders. The CRM offers students the opportunity to participate in seminars, projects, courses ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Certificate in Sustainable Tourism Management
- George Washington University (DC)
Awarded jointly by the George Washington University and The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), the professional Certificate in Sustainable Tourism Management requires completion of 3 core courses and three electives. The ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Master of Tourism Administration with Concentration in Sustainable Tourism Destination Management
- George Washington University (DC)
The GW Master of Tourism Administration program equips students for competitive management positions in tourism, hospitality, sport and event and meeting management. Designed for tourism destination managers, marketers, developers, business ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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MA in Environmental Resource Policy
- George Washington University (DC)
The Environmental Resource Policy (ENRP) Program at GW offers a multidisciplinary approach to environmental and sustainability studies. The Master of Arts program prepares students to enter environmental policy careers in ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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BA in Environmental Studies
- George Washington University (DC)
The Environmental Studies Program is an integrated, multi-disciplinary, science-based program that focuses on interactions between people and the natural and built environments .
Part of GW's Geography Department, the environmental ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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Undergraduate Minor in Sustainability
- George Washington University (DC)
The Undergraduate Minor in Sustainability allows students to explore the challenges of sustainability and to think about how to develop solutions to pressing issues at the local, regional, and global ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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AAS in Sustainability Technologies
- Cape Fear Community College (NC)
The Sustainability Technologies program is designed to prepare students to meet the challenges of the new energy economy. The program’s three focus areas – Sustainability, Renewable Energy, and Buildings – overlap ...
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Dual Major in EcoGastronomy
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
The Dual Major in EcoGastronomy prepares students for professions within the rapidly evolving food community—from farm to fork to nutrition and health outcomes. The Dual Major integrates University of ...
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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College hopefuls look for green universities
- USA TODAY (VA)
USA Today reports that "the nation's college-bound students are increasingly looking for green - and no, that doesn't mean just money."
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Do students really choose colleges based on how green they are?
A Princeton Review survey finds that incoming freshmen would weigh information about environmental issues into their college decisions, but average students say it’s not on their radar
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Sustainability now key selling point for business schools attracting students
The Guardian reports that "students are now demanding business courses include sustainability on the syllabus."
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Framing Sustainability for the Free, Frugal, and Fit & Fabulous
- Utah State University (UT)
Selling Utah State University students on a new ‘Blue Goes Green’ fee to fund sustainability projects on campus has involved connecting sustainability with the students’ desires for freedom, saving money ...
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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The I3E model for embedding education for sustainability within higher education institutions
- University of Southampton
This paper presents an evidence-based model (the I3E model) for embedding education for sustainability (EfS) within a higher education institution. This model emerged from a doctoral research that examined organizational ...
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Health Educators Climate Commitment
- Columbia University (NY)
The Health Educators Climate Commitment is a pledge by 118 medical, public health, and nursing schools from 15 countries to train their students to address the health impacts of climate ...
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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The mercury game: evaluating a negotiation simulation that teaches students about science-policy interactions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
Environmental negotiations and policy decisions take place at the science-policy interface. While this is well known within academic literature, it is often difficult to convey how science and policy interact ...
- Posted Aug. 22, 2016
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