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The Campus Kitchens Project
- The Campus Kitchens Project (DC)
Images from the Campus Kitchens Project (CKP), a national leader in community service for students and the future of hunger relief. CKP is empowering the next generation of leaders to ...
- Posted July 13, 2017
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The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions
Current anthropogenic climate change is the result of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere, which records the aggregation of billions of individual decisions. Here we consider a broad range of ...
- Posted July 13, 2017
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Not Business as Usual: Fostering Civic Engagement on Climate Change
- AASHE (MA)
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
- Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) (PA)
- Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)
Scientists are in consensus that the world needs to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and this cannot be accomplished by ...
- Posted July 13, 2017
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Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World
Think about the last time you tried to talk with someone about political, social, or environmental issues who didn’t already agree with you. How well did it go?
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- Posted July 7, 2017
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Moving the Needle on Commute Mode through Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
- Cornell University (NY)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- AASHE (MA)
Offering sustainable transportation options to students and staff is the easy part. What more can you do to foster improvements in sustainable commute mode share? Transportation demand management (TDM) professionals ...
- Posted June 30, 2017
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Green Awakenings Report 2011: Identifying the assets and barriers to creation care on Christian campuses
- Baylor University (TX)
- Eastern University (PA)
- Renewal: Students Caring for Creation (MI)
- Gordon College (MA)
- Calvin University (MI)
- Abilene Christian University (TX)
- Messiah University (PA)
Renewal’s 2011 Green Awakenings: Digging Deeper explores the conditions that lead to the success or failure of creation care initiatives on Christian campuses. As Renewal has witnessed more engagement ...
- Posted June 26, 2017
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Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: The Effectiveness of Community-Based Social Marketing on Energy Conservation for Sustainable University Campuses
- Emory University (GA)
- Kansas State University (KS)
The paper presents a community-based social marketing (CBSM) study that was conducted at Kansas State University (KSU) to determine potential strategies to decrease energy consumption on college campuses. The study ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Education for sustainability in higher education: a multiple-case study of three courses
Education for sustainability (EfS) in higher education is an emerging specialisation within the general field of EfS. EfS encompasses cognitive, affective and behavioural aspects, and aims at enhancing a variety ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Educating the Future of Sustainability
- Colorado State University (CO)
- University of New Haven (CT)
The future of global environmental sustainability is contingent upon educating the next generation of environmental stewards. Critical elements of training such an interdisciplinary workforce include mentoring and experiential learning in ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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What are the key elements of a sustainable university?
Nowadays, the principles of sustainable development are becoming increasingly important and universities are acting as agents in promoting these principles within society. In the future, universities will inevitably play crucial ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Using indicators to profile energy consumption and to inform energy policy in a university—A case study in Ireland
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
The services sector has the least amount of energy end use data available, which poses significant challenges to companies within the sector attempting to benchmark their energy performance and inform ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Using a class to conduct a carbon inventory: A case study with practical results at Macalester College
- Macalester College (MN)
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the practical realities of using a college seminar to fulfill the carbon audit requirement for signatories to the American College and University ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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University campuses energy performance estimation in Ukraine based on measurable approach
Aim of research is an attempt to create the methodology for University campuses (UC) energy certification system for Ukraine. Therefore, taking into account national conditions, the certification variant, based on ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Toward sustainable educational travel
- Southwestern University (TX)
- Franklin University Switzerland (Ticino)
In the past decade, sustainability and global citizenship have emerged as two of the most prominent themes in contemporary higher education. Literature that specifically merges the two themes has, however ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Setting a Sustainability Standard
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson takes leadership role in helping faculty across a wide-range of disciplines prepare students to tackle tomorrow's sustainability challenges.
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Energy Master Plan - St. John's University, New York
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
St. John's University is preparing to commit to deeper carbon emissions reductions. As a participant in the New York City Carbon Challenge since 2007, SJU will achieve its commitment ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Energy Economics and Policy
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
This certificate program provides intensive training in energy economics, management, and policy. It is designed to address energy management issues at scales ranging from the individual building, to the microgrid ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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The University and the Moral Imperative of Fair Trade Coffee
This paper examines the relationship between the university and fair trade coffee campaigns in North America. In recent years, fair trade coffee sales internationally have increased substantially but have still ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Sustainability Leadership Programs: Emerging Goals, Methods & Best Practices
Colleges and universities are rushing to respond to an increasingly urgent challenge: developing the next generation of sustainability leaders. Although diverse in program design, teaching methodologies, assumptions, and skills taught ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Survey of energy consumption and energy conservation measures for colleges and universities in Guangdong province
As an important part of economical society, colleges and universities have been shouldering the important task of education, science research and social service. In this paper, a detailed investigation in ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Strengthening Knowledge Co-Production Capacity: Examining Interest in Community-University Partnerships
Building successful, enduring research partnerships is essential for improving links between knowledge and action to address sustainability challenges. Communication research can play a critical role in fostering more effective research ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Spatial mapping of occupant satisfaction and indoor environment quality in a LEED platinum campus building
This paper reports a post-occupancy evaluation study of a LEED Platinum building on a university campus. A multiple-tool POE approach with GIS-based spatial mapping method was used to analyze and ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Spatial characterization and analysis of the campus residential waste stream at a small private Liberal Arts Institution
The generation and management of solid waste on college campuses have presented challenges to pursuing institutional sustainability. Characterizing, analyzing, and understanding the composition of a campus’ residential waste stream is ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Research on energy savings opportunities in university libraries
Purpose – Mechanical systems in library environments are typically designed to run continuously in order to maintain the desired environmental conditions for preservation purposes, often resulting in a high cost in ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Qualifications for Contributing to Sustainable Development A Survey of Environmental Sciences Graduates
A survey of Environmental Sciences graduates from ETH Zurich was conducted to gain insights into their sustainability-oriented activities. 567 participants provided 672 concrete best-practice examples of their professional contributions to ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Preparing British Design Undergraduates for the Challenge of Sustainable Development
The first part of this paper argues that higher education (HE) institutions have an obligation to nurture sustainable development awareness. This is viewed against the UK Government's recommendation and ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Potential opportunities for energy conservation in existing buildings on university campus: A field survey in Korea
Buildings in university campuses have been increased energy consumption. This is despite their greater potential for energy reduction due to the low building densities within the campus, as well as ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Occupant satisfaction in LEED-certified higher education buildings
The purpose of this paper is to quantify occupant satisfaction levels within Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified higher education buildings and determine the extent to which this ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Metaphors of Nature and Economic Development: Critical Education for Sustainable Business
Neoliberal discourse often conceptualizes nature in relation to its market utility and economic development. This article will address the role of metaphors in shaping neoliberal discourse in business education. The ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Maximising the local economic, environmental and social benefits of a university: Lancaster University
The paper presents the main conclusions from an in-depth study of the local economic, social and environmental impacts of Lancaster University in 1991/92. The likely impacts of further expansion ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Learning for change: an educational contribution to sustainability science
Transition to sustainability is a search for ways to improve the social capacity to guide interactions between nature and society toward a more sustainable future and, thus, a process of ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Spreading the Eco-Message: Using Proactive Coping to Aid Eco-Rep Behavior Change Programming
- George Mason University (VA)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Making pro-environmental behavior changes can be difficult, particularly when these changes challenge daily routines and comfortable lifestyles. We designed and implemented an eco-representative intervention program to help students reduce their ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Hot Air: University Climate Action Plans and Disarticulated Federalism
Individual states and academic institutions have taken leadership on climate change policy in the United States. Without unified national policy, a patchwork of state policies fosters geographic variation among climate ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Integrating health and sustainability: the higher education sector as a timely catalyst
Higher education is an influential sector with enormous potential to impact positively on health and sustainability. The purpose of this paper was to explore its emergent role as a key ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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Influences on Student Intention and Behavior Toward Environmental Sustainability
As organizations place greater emphasis on environmental objectives, business educators must produce the next set of leaders who can champion corporate environmental sustainability initiatives. However, environmental sustainability represents a polarizing ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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A renewable energy solution for Highfield Campus of University of Southampton
- University of Southampton
In today's world where the global warming is one of the biggest problems for mankind, sustainable energy generation is becoming more and more important every day. This project focuses ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Greening University Campus Buildings to Reduce Consumption and Emission while Fostering Hands-on Inquiry-based Education
This paper describes a method of greening university campus buildings that normally contribute to a large amount of energy and water consumption, air pollution, and resource depletions. The University of ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Explicitly linking pedagogy and facilities to campus sustainability: lessons from Carleton College and the University of Minnesota
- Carleton College (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Campus sustainability projects provide an opportunity to explicitly link campus operations and academics. College and university buildings and grounds offer the potential for numerous hands‐on sustainability projects. Few schools ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Experiences of environmental professionals in practice
- Utrecht University
The purpose of this paper is to explore the labor market position of environmental science graduates and the core competencies of these environmental professionals related to their working practice.
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- Posted June 19, 2017
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Essential Ecoliteracy, or “earth smarts”: Defining and validating a pragmatic educational construct based on quality of life.
This study began with an attempt to find a definition of ecological literacy that was flexible enough to be useful in variety of contexts, but also included components that were ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Environmental sustainability in higher education: how do academics teach?
The concept of sustainability can be controversial and difficult to define. As a result, it has been suggested that there should be specific pedagogies and teaching methods for education for ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Energy consumption and GHG emission scenarios of a university campus in Mexico
This study estimates energy consumption and related GHG emissions for the buildings and facilities of the main university campus at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The campus has ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Energy consumption analysis of a medium-size primary data center in an academic campus
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Experimental, numerical, and simulation studies were performed to evaluate the energy efficiency performance, develop energy conservation measures (ECMs), and conduct overall energy analysis of a medium-size data center at the ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Energy conservation attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors in science laboratories
- Michigan State University (MI)
Energy use per square foot from science research labs is disproportionately higher than that of other rooms in buildings on campuses across the nation. This is partly due to labs ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Employers Expectations of Graduates of Environmental Programs: An Australian Experience
The graduates of Australian tertiary environmental programs have been finding employment, yet there is little information about whether their tertiary experiences were related to the actual needs of their employers ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Education for sustainability in university studies: A model for reorienting the curriculum
A decisive factor for achieving a culture of sustainability is university training for future professionals. The aim of this article is to bring new elements to the process of reorienting ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Curriculum Change in Universities: Conditions that Facilitate Education for Sustainable Development
Many universities have begun to introduce curriculum innovation and change to facilitate the curricular integration of generic skills underlying education for sustainable development (ESD). However, the literature and research in ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Creation of an Innovative Sustainability Science Undergraduate Degree Program: A 10-Step Process
- Kean University (NJ)
This publication explains the process used at Kean University (New Jersey) to create an innovative undergraduate degree program in sustainability science. This interdisciplinary program provides students with the strong science ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Master of Science in Product Stewardship
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
The Master of Science (MS) in Product Stewardship is an entirely online and interactive, 30-credit program, which includes public health fundamentals (PH), environmental health science fundamentals (EHS), and specialized product ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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Rethinking Thinking about Sustainability Curriculum
- AASHE (MA)
“You cannot solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it.” Albert Einstein
If a snap of the fingers could reverse the environmental destruction of the past ...
- Posted June 9, 2017
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