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Conservatives who conserve: How to talk about sustainability outside of politics
- Michigan State University (MI)
Climate change and environmentalism have both become seemingly inseparable from political ideology. We should attempt, if possible, to keep sustainability from falling into the same partisan divide. While combating climate ...
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Searching for the Higher Ed Context in the Analysis of Green Building Costs and Benefits
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Green building certification on campuses is relatively new. When determining the financial feasibility of a certified green building at an Institution of Higher Education (IHE), the full building lifecycle perspective ...
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Designing Diverse Online Learning Environments as Laboratories for Connecting Across Difference
- Peralta Community Colleges District Office (CA)
How can community college online learning environments help motivate students to connect across differences and develop capacities as change-agents for a healthier world? Drawing from her experience teaching online humanities ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Liberal Arts Institutions Networking Meeting
- Willamette University (OR)
A networking opportunity for sustainability officers and anyone affiliated with Liberal Arts Institutions to discuss sustainability related activities, challenges, and successes. It is a great time to meet new people ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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How could the grass on your campus be as 'green' as it looks?
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The poster seeks to inform conference attendees about a new country wide research project. In cities across the U.S. temperate zone appropriate for fine fescues, we will collaborate with ...
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Cutting Carbon Through Electricity Diversification
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Renewable energy procurement can be a complicated process and projects are often not implemented due to institutional financial requirements, unclear or unfamiliar decision making processes, organizational inertia, concerns about technology ...
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Sustunes! How to Plan Your own Sustainability Concert on Campus
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
As interdisciplinary as the field of sustainability is, more often than not, we see representation of the scientific, architectural and policy fields. Although these fields are important, music and art ...
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Bridging the Gap Between Economic Viability and Environmental Sustainability with Solar on University Campuses
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Over the past two years, University of Minnesota students, staff, and faculty have collaborated with solar and financial consultants to encourage the University of Minnesota to invest in solar energy ...
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The ReUseIt Room: Shifting the Way the Campus Thinks About Waste
- Harper College (IL)
As a non-residential community college, Harper College wanted to find a program equivalent to university move out waste reduction programs. Move out waste programs have great potential to save money ...
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From Divestment to Reinvestment?
- Warren Wilson College (NC)
At Warren-Wilson College, a three year student-led campaign to divest the endowment from the Carbon Underground 200 was successful. An environmental-social-governance investment policy and guiding committee, at the Trustee level ...
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Closed Loop Food System at Warren Wilson College
- Warren Wilson College (NC)
Sustainability and environmental stewardship are woven into the fabric of Warren Wilson College. At the small work college in southern Appalachia, students participate in community gardens, live in co-op housing ...
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Using the Diffusion of Innovation Theory to Assess Student Involvement
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
The reasoning behind becoming involved in topics of sustainability often vary from person to person. We've done a little thinking and found that, like most movements, the Diffusion of ...
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Saying No and Saying Yes: The Strategy of Campus Climate Activism
- Bard College (NY)
- Our Climate (OR)
With the dramatic change in Washington DC policy towards climate, environment and sustainability, there has been a major upswing in campus activism. How can this student activism be most effective ...
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Achieving Campus Waste Goals by Leveraging Diverse Stakeholders on and off Campus
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
- Casella (VT)
UMass Lowell recently underwent a competitive bid process and the university was able to bring a diverse set of stakeholders to the table to ensure we were able to achieve ...
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Passive House Applications for Campus Buildings
- FXCollaborative (NY)
- Local Practice Architecture + Design
This session will focus on the feasibility implementing the Passive House Standard in University Campus applications. FXFOWLE will share the results of a research study investigating the viability of implementing ...
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Bringing Private Sector Knowledge into the Public Domain: Achieving Sustainability Success
- CRB (MO)
This presentation will explore examples of how industry and public private partnership models drive sustainability in innovative ways for project delivery. Case Studies are noted below: Bioscience 2 (Public Private ...
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A model of partnership between private sector and public universities in Brazil: investment in within campus infrastructure.
- Université de l'État de Santa Catarina
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
The project proposes the development of a public-private partnership to raise funds for Brazil's net of public universities, nowadays with very narrow budgets, to invest in within campus infrastructure ...
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New game, new rules: Organising for Sustainability post-Trump and Brexit
- National Union of Students
- Power Shift Network (DC)
Following the Brexit vote, and the election of President Donald Trump, there is widespread concern amongst young people and students around the world on the stance our political leaders are ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Short, Sweet, and Powerful: Student Engagement through Campus Tabling Campaigns
- Texas A&M University (TX)
An important part of creating a culture of sustainability on a college campus is successful campus engagement. Attaining this can be difficult for many reasons, such as lack of student ...
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The Road to Gold: Sustainability Success REALLY IS Written in the STARS
- Texas A&M University (TX)
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) has become a vital tool for Texas A&M University. Over time, we have learned how to better leverage STARS to improve sustainability ...
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Dollars are Flying out of Your Green Fund! Does That Equal Success?
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Actively managing a campus green fund in its social, environmental, and economic aspects is an essential component to producing intentional results and optimizing its impact. Since its inception in 2011 ...
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Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS) Networking Session
- Rice University (TX)
- Texas A&M University (TX)
This is a networking meeting for Texans and other parties interested in the Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS) to connect and discuss campus sustainability topics unique to the ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Introducing the new STARS Peer Review Protocol
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
- AASHE (MA)
As part of our efforts to continuously improve STARS data quality, AASHE is considering implementing a new STARS Peer Review protocol beginning with the launch of STARS 2.2 in ...
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Beyond Excuses: Banning Bottled Water on Your Campus
- Eastern Washington University (WA)
Over 100 North American universities have enacted policies banning bottled water and promoting tap water as a more preferable choice. This workshop will outline the steps of banning bottled water ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The Zero Waste Challenge: Utilizing Athletic Events to Pave the Way
- Eastern Washington University (WA)
- University of Denver (CO)
Zero Waste is not only an attainable goal but it is also an environmental and social responsibility of institutions of higher education. Utilizing studies in Zero Waste operations from two ...
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Empowering Community Engagement Through Event Organization: Connecticut Campus Sustainability Week
- Eastern Connecticut State University (CT)
- Yale University (CT)
Encompassing all parts of university life, sustainability can be a unifying force on college campuses. Since 2015, Connecticut universities have collaborated on Campus Sustainability Week, a week-long celebration held in ...
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Getting to Zero: Integrating Carbon Neutrality Planning with a Campus Utility Master Plan at a Small Liberal Arts College
- Swarthmore College (PA)
- Stone House Group (PA)
This presentation will cover how a small liberal arts college undertook an integrated Campus Utility Master Plan and Net Zero Carbon Strategy. It will explore how the Director of Sustainability ...
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How Deferred Maintenance can be Your Climate Action Plan Ally
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Stone House Group (PA)
Is your institution reluctant to start a green fund due to competing priorities such as deferred maintenance backlog? Come hear how Dickinson College has carefully identified energy-saving and carbon-reducing deferred ...
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Bridging the Gap: Strategies for Sustainability-Athletics Partnerships
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- Green Sports Alliance (OR)
Expanding sustainability goals and programming to include collegiate athletics provides opportunities for unique engagements across the campus community. Doing so requires building relationships and coordinating cross-pollination between campus sustainability professionals ...
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Protest Meets Policy Change: Practical, Local Politics As Key to Building Community Solidarity and Sustainability
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
This dynamic workshop challenges participants to engage in politics in ways that build community solidarity and sustainability. In times of great division at the national level, practical projects and local ...
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Energy Security, Resilience, and Cost Savings: Solar Can Do More Than Save the Planet
- Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (VA)
- Institute for Sustainable Communities (VT)
Installing a solar PV array on campus is one way campuses across the country are working toward their climate and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. But with the cost of ...
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Power in Numbers: Collaborative Solar Procurement in Virginia
- 3Degrees (CA)
- Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (VA)
The Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (CICV) will provide an overview of the first collaborative procurement of on-campus solar energy in Virginia. This session will help participants understand their ...
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Bundled Offsets: Manage Risk and Benefit Local Communities
- Duke University (NC)
- Urban Offsets, Inc.
The strategy of offset bundling involves pairing 3rd party verified carbon offsets with local high co-benefit projects to assure climate impact and build local resilience. Tani Colbert-Sangree, of The Duke ...
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California's Campuses Light the Way to a Clean Energy Future: Best Practices in Solar Project Planning
- SunPower Corp (CA)
Until recently, the majority of solar PV capacity in the US has been installed in California. As new states emerge as leaders in solar-friendly policies, decision makers at campuses across ...
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A Co Curricular Course about Sustainability, Leadership, Civic Engagement, Integrity and Interculturality
- Universidad de Monterrey
As part of UDEM´s Formative Model, every student has to take 4 co-curricular courses. From these 4 courses, one is mandatory and they can choose the other 3. META ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Ecovillage + Innovation Village = The Future, now!
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
- Earth Deeds (MA)
Daniel Greenberg - exposed students for year to study abroad courses to ecovillages - has suggested that the ecovillage concept and university need each other. Nancy Gift - a professor at Berea College ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Students in the Food Movement: A Vision Deeper than the Problem
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
Even as the campus sustainability movement has grown, the issues in our food system have continued to deepen. Federal policy is failing to protect small farmers, while family fishermen are ...
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Real Food Challenge: Making Real Food a Reality on Campus
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
Across the country, more than 80 institutions of higher education have made individual or system-wide pledges to increase their procurement of real food, increase institutional transparency of campus food purchasing ...
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Working Together Towards Zero Waste
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
This is a meetup for all students, staff, companies, and professionals that are working on campus Zero Waste efforts. Whether you're helping your campus achieve Zero Waste goals, or ...
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Joining Forces to Restore Urban Woodland and Reconnect Students with Nature: A Model for Campus-Community-Commerce Collaboration
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
The Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project brings campus, community, and business together to achieve on-the-ground conservation results, enhanced awareness of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and behavioral change that supports sustainability. Working ...
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How to Drive the Transformation Change Needed in your Institution to Achieve Climate Neutrality
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, Western society has been built on the use of fossil fuels. In fact, energy consumption per capita is higher in Canada and the ...
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Trends in climate change mitigation strategies. Which institutions are meeting their greenhouse gas reduction targets and why.
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
In the last decade nearly 500 colleges and universities in North America have publicly declared their intention to combat climate change by reaching carbon neutrality. Of those, 325 have committed ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Energy Engineering for Non-Engineers
- GreenerU (MA)
- Babson College (MA)
As a sustainability change agent, you may not have a background in engineering, but developing a basic fluency in energy engineering terms and concepts can empower you to participate in ...
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Facilitation for Organizational Change
- GreenerU (MA)
One of the most important, yet often understated skills of any profession is the ability to be a strong group meeting facilitator. Whether it is a small internal meeting with ...
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Greeks Going Green: How and Why to Foster a Lasting Green Greek Life
- College of Charleston (SC)
- GreeniPhi (VA)
Greek life has a legacy of producing the change makers, leaders, and power brokers of the future. Consequently, educating Greeks about sustainability, and leading them to adopt sustainability measures as ...
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Social Justice Coffee Hour
- College of Charleston (SC)
Social justice coffee hour is a forum for educated and informal dialogue about different social justice issues by presenting students and attendees with different viewpoints and voices on a certain ...
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State of the Association Address: AASHE Member Meeting
- AASHE (MA)
Come join the AASHE Board and Staff while we present the AASHE 'state of the organization' address. You'll hear highlights from the member survey, programmatic priorities, and AASHE's ...
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Mentor Meet Up
- AASHE (MA)
Matched pairs of the Mentorship Program are invited to join us AASHE staff for a brief meeting immediately after the opening keynote. We'll say a few words about the ...
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AASHE International Networking Meeting
- Portland Community College (OR)
- AASHE (MA)
Members of the international community who are attending the AASHE conference and those who are interested in international issues are invited to join in a networking meeting to share challenges ...
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Campus Energy Savings S.P.A.R.K. a Student-Led Recycling Revolution
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- NORESCO (NC)
Over the past decade, Kutztown University in Pennsylvania has continually worked to retrofit and upgrade campus buildings and services to make them more energy efficient with the help of NORESCO ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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