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Sustainable Natural Fertilizer Initiative: A solar-powered, rainwater-fueled vermiculture and tea brewing system!
- University of Alabama in Huntsville (AL)
This was a student-led Green Fund project aimed at replacing all commercial fertilizers used on campus with compost tea. Students across multiple departments worked alongside university researchers, student organizations, the ...
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Food Recovery, Food Security, & Organics Recycling: Solutions and Best Practices for Environmental and Financial Sustainability
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Food recovery, dining waste reduction, and organics recycling (composting or anaerobic digestion) projects often go hand in hand at institutions of higher education, and all of these efforts require widespread ...
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Compost Diplomacy and Harvesting the Waste of Nations
- University of Arizona (AZ)
The student-run compost program at the University of Arizona provides a model for how institutions of higher education can engage profoundly with their communities and the social and environmental challenges ...
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Sustainability as a movement: How do you keep pushing a rock up a mountain?
- University of Arizona (AZ)
This session will start with a review by the presenter of sustainability as seen through a 'movement lens'. The audience, as a group, will review successful campus social/environmental movements ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Caloric Output of Global Agriculture 1961-2012
- University of Arkansas (AR)
It is conventionally suggested that world food production must double to feed world population by mid-century. To evaluate this claim, an inventory of global agricultural production from 1961 to 2012 ...
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A Multi-Decadal Appraisal of the Demotechnic Index: 1980-2012
- University of Arkansas (AR)
The Demotechnic Index (D-Index) is a metric of energy efficiency calculated by summing technological energy use and metabolic energy requirements of a population then dividing by the metabolic energy requirement ...
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Student Perceptions of the Temporal Domain of Sustainability
- University of Arkansas (AR)
Sustainability is 'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'. The temporal domain of 'future generations' and thus ...
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Third Annual AASHE Workshop on Research Methods for Sustainability - Focus on Assessment
- University of Arkansas (AR)
AASHE 3rd WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODS FOR SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS ON ASSESSEMENT Building on the success of previous workshops, this year, we have chosen to address methods and techniques that support ...
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Nature Village: Engaging Multicultural Families in a Collegiate Setting
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
University Village (UV) is a housing complex located in Albany, California, a city that borders Berkeley, which currently provides housing for 974 families with 2,718 total residents. Many of ...
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Fast Food Waste Streams and Zero Waste Goals: Opportunities at the Interface of Town and Gown
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Commercial districts near campuses often cater to students, offering fast and inexpensive food. Single use food service items, including containers, napkins, straws, yogurt and boba cups, bags and boxes, clog ...
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Compass Curriculum: The Successful Implementation of Sustainability as a General Education Requirement
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
In Fall 2014,sustainability was added to the General Education requirements at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. The new Compass Curriculum requires that all students, in all majors and ...
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Engaging Bike Commuters in All Seasons with a Fun and Friendly Challenge
- University of Iowa (IA)
This presentation will show how the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability created two bike challenges as fun way engage bicyclists and encourage alternative transportation on campus. The Winter Warrior ...
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The University of Iowa Biomass Energy Sustainability Index
- University of Iowa (IA)
The University of Iowa (UI) is working to decrease its use of fossil fuels and explore new energy alternatives to meet its goal of 40 percent renewable energy by 2020 ...
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Sustainability Challenge Grants - Leveraging diverse funding sources to secure $100,000 for interdisciplinary projects at UK
- University of Kentucky (KY)
The Sustainability Challenge Grant program was designed to engage multidisciplinary teams from the University community in the creation and implementation of ideas that will promote sustainability by simultaneously advancing economic ...
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Pick It Up! Trash talk, a garden gnome and the push to eliminate litter at the University of Kentucky.
- University of Kentucky (KY)
Litter is a unique campus challenge with a diverse and unpredictable set of causes and contributing factors. It can also be a black eye for any campus. Pick It Up ...
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Weaving Sustainability into Curricula across Disciplines: Challenges and Successes from the Green Threads Faculty Workshop
- University of Louisville (KY)
How does a large research institution that offers nearly 200 different majors across the undergraduate- and graduate levels integrate sustainability into its many disciplines? Since 2009, the University of Louisville ...
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Prolonged Engagement: Growing a Culture of Sustainability within a Student Body
- University of Louisville (KY)
How do we engage our students around sustainability, when their primary focus is on their college experience? How do we get them to care about a sustainable future for the ...
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Northern Roots: Growing Food in the Western Lake Superior Region: A Participatory, Public Ethnography in Film Form
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Planting and cultivation instructions: 1) Combined engaged students, hard-working farmers, a supportive university, dedicated nonprofit leaders and the fertile potential of participatory media. 2) Seed the ground with community coordination ...
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Sustainability education: A campus-wide study guiding an all unit strategic approach at the University of Minnesota, Duluth
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
A team of faculty and staff who were working on sustainability education across the UMD campus conducted an all campus survey (N=1700) to meet the Chancellor's Strategic Initiative ...
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Hair dryers, gaming systems, and fans: Engaging an online Social Psychology Class in an Energy Competition for Residence Halls
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
This presentation describes the development, implementation, and outcomes of an online Social Psychology class project designed to reduce energy consumption among students living in a campus residence hall. The co-curricular ...
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Project-based courses provide practical educational experience for students and advance sustainability within local community
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Collaboration between the University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD), a local non-profit that promotes sustainable energy and six area businesss has resulted in a series of class projects implemented into two ...
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Developing Sustainability Leaders - Skills and Experiences from a Leadership Development Program for Graduate Students
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
In this workshop participants will both experience and learn about a cutting-edge leadership development program for graduate students. The Boreas Leadership Program, at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities's ...
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Engaging Beyond the Sustainability Circle
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Our universities have the potential to create diverse ways of producing sustainable change both on and off campus. This student summit presentation would be a collaborative brainstorm cafe of ways ...
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MinuteEarth: Sustainability Science Education through Online Videos
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
We propose to discuss the diversity of approaches to sustainability science education. As one example, we will share some of our MinuteEarth videos (https://www.youtube.com/minuteearth) with the ...
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University of Missouri Energy Strategies Student Advisory Group: What's Our Potential?
- University of Missouri (MO)
Students and staff at the University of Missouri (MU) created the Energy Strategies Student Advisory Group (ESSAG) in 2012 to explore coal-free technologies for our on-site energy management facility. Through ...
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Earthstock: Four Weeks to Learn and Grow
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
Earthstock is a campus-wide celebration of Earth Day throughout the month of April inspired by the iconic Woodstock music festival. Spearheaded by the student government's Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC ...
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A Conversation About Meaningful Metrics and Developing Credibility Within the University
- University of San Diego (CA)
The intention of this session is to have a discussion about how to develop metrics for sustainability that a variety of campus constituents will understand and value within your institution ...
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A New Way to Turn Trash Into Cash - The University of San Diego Electronics Recycling Center
- University of San Diego (CA)
Winner of the 2014 Best Case Study from a Four-Year or Graduate Institution with 10,000 or Fewer Full-Time Students, the University of San Diego Electronics Recycling Center (USD ERC ...
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An Innovative Approach to Training the Next Generation of Interdisciplinary Professionals in Environment and Sustainability
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Field Skills in Environment and Sustainability is a mandatory course in the Master of Sustainable Environmental Management program at the University of Saskatchewan. The main goals for this interdisciplinary field ...
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Sustainability meets employability: developing career readiness skills in our students
- University of South Carolina (SC)
At the University of South Carolina we've developed a high impact coaching program for students to develop skills employers seek, while working on projects to further the impact of ...
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Seed Diversity and Locality: Using seed libraries to explore the importance of regional crop diversity in the past and future
- University of South Dakota (SD)
Since the Green Revolution, modern agriculture has shifted from a local to a more global industry. In order to provide food for the growing population, monocultures, or large swaths of ...
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Using Social Media to Promote Sustainable Efforts
- University of South Dakota (SD)
Because of the general lack of awareness, implementing a Sustainability Program or new sustainability courses is a daunting task. I have been working with Dr. Meghann Jarchow and USD's ...
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Stewardship Science: Connecting undergraduate-led sustainability research with community service
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
Growing environmental challenges make sustainability science training a pressing educational goal. Given the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems, strategies are needed to recruit students with diverse skills to ...
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A Systems Approach to Supporting Curricular Innovations
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
UST faculty, through grass-roots efforts, have transformed piecemeal efforts to integrate sustainability into their courses into a system that encourages the integration of sustainability throughout the curriculum. Our system consists ...
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Implementing a Sustainable Food Recycling/Repurposing Program on a Large Campus in the Southeast (SEC)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
At most universities food service operations abide by rules relating to shelf life. At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), the Food Recovery Network, and the Dining Service Company, Aramark ...
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Earth Week 2015 at the University of Virginia: A Story of Collaboration and Sustaina-fication
- University of Virginia (VA)
Earth Week is a week-long celebration of the progress and passion for sustainability, the environment, and our community. It is an educational, fun, and upbeat way to bring environmental consciousness ...
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Revitalizing Student Outreach
- University of Virginia (VA)
Student outreach bridges the gap between sustainability administration and the larger student body, but sometimes communication between the two sides is ineffective or unclear. At the University of Virginia, the ...
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Transforming the University through Strategic Sustainability Initiatives
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Change and transformation at an institutional level cannot happen overnight and requires active management. Universities are increasingly responding to pressures for efficiency, increasing enrollment, recruiting the best faculty and students ...
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GIS Field Collection to Support a Tree Inventory for Campus Sustainability
- University of West Georgia (GA)
To promote sustainability on the University of West Georgia campus a GIS-based field collection application was developed. It is being utilized to collect and maintain characteristics of trees on campus ...
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Advancing Mutual FM/Academic Goals through Strategic Partnerships
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Universities have long been places for intense dialogue about sustainability issues. However, the emerging paradigm is that dialogue alone is insufficient for addressing the challenges of environmental, economic, and social ...
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Innovations in building renewable biomass energy infrastructure for effective operational and academic performance
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (WI)
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has been increasingly expanding its renewable energy infrastructure on campus during the past decade. The university's renewable energy portfolio now includes geothermal, solar thermal ...
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The Secret Garden: Cultivating Sustainability Curriculum in Confined Spaces
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
In teacher education, curriculum has become prescriptive and confining due to a political shift, which has affected how schools of education prepare teacher candidates. There is now a focus on ...
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Measuring Attitudes of and Engagement with Sustainability on a Conservative Campus
- Utah State University (UT)
Having worked within sustainability offices at Utah State University (USU), we have learned the necessity of a knowledge-based approach to encouraging a new environmental ethic. We plan to bring such ...
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Virginia Commonwealth University High-Output Learning Garden: Coordinating Resources and Partnerships to Relieve Food Insecurity
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
Food deserts are areas with limited access to healthy food options and are a major contributor to health issues and inequality in the United States. The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU ...
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Multiplying Impact: Shifting Culture and Driving Outcomes through Network Management
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
Human capital is our greatest asset and an integral part of the change process, with individuals ready to serve as catalysts in departments, offices, labs, and peer groups throughout any ...
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Lights Out!
- Wells College (NY)
I was part of a small group of students assigned the topic of 'Energy Usage' as a project in our Psychology of Environmental Sustainability Class. We wanted to measure the ...
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A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Sustainability Topics among College Students
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Over the last decade, colleges and universities have increased their focus on sustainability education to improve students' understanding of and engagement with sustainability issues. Establishing a baseline of students' knowledge ...
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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 ...
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ENOS, is an energy Operating System, that integrates Big Data, Open Source Software and Hardware and the Internet of Things.
- Amzur Technologies (FL)
Historically utility billing, campus infrastructure, Building Management Systems and Sustainability Reporting have consisted of siloed data and information systems and distinct stakeholders that rarely share a common understanding of organizational ...
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