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Commuting to college: The effectiveness and social efficiency of transportation demand management policies
Commuting is the single largest impact a University has on the environment and represents a noticeable share of urban traffic, when the University is located within a city. There is ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Factors associated with students' parking-pass purchase decisions: Evidence from an American University
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
The primary objective of this research is to provide an in-depth understanding about factors affecting university students' parking-pass purchase decisions by integrating concepts and variables developed in various disciplines. A ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Potential of Carpooling among Unfamiliar Users: Case of Undergraduate Students at Istanbul Technical University
This paper analyzes the passenger-carpooling potential among undergraduate students using a model for estimating choice based on combined revealed and stated preference data. The data are obtained from a survey ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Cycling promotion schemes and long-term behavioural change: A case study from the University of Sheffield
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
Cycling has a range of health, environmental and economic benefits compared with motorised forms of transport. There is a need to encourage more cycling, yet previous evaluations of cycling promotion ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Sustainable transport challenges in a suburban university: The case of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
This paper provides detailed accounts of the transport patterns at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), including its motivations, barriers and user preferences, and explores the main transport challenges faced ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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The Roles of Social Media in Promoting Sustainability in Higher Education
- Duquesne University (PA)
- Michigan State University (MI)
University sustainability leaders can strategically employ social media tools to encourage the adoption of sustainability behaviors among students, faculty members, and staff. Their effectiveness and reach, however, are constrained by ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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From Ecocity To Ecocampus: Sustainability Policies In University Campuses
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
Cities generate environmental impacts that have focused the global interest of scientists and authorities on the search for environment-friendly alternatives. The ‘Ecocity’ concept provides an innovative and sustainable vision of ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Urban & Environmental Policy Institute
- Occidental College (CA)
The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) is a research, policy, and advocacy, organization at Occidental College committed to bringing about social change and a more just, livable and green ...
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Food Insecurity Among University of California Employees
Executive Summary The University of California (UC) is the third largest employer in the State of California. It comprises ten campuses, five medical centers, and three national laboratories, all of ...
- Posted Oct. 25, 2016
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Prophetic Nomadism: An Art School Sustainability-Oriented Educational Aim?
This discursive article proposes that the learning and teaching regimes provided within art school are uniquely placed within higher education to foster nomads. It suggests, however, that nomadism is not ...
- Posted Oct. 25, 2016
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Georgetown University Professor’s Ferguson Syllabus Growing Nationwide
Two summers ago, shortly after the fatal shooting of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown by a White police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Dr. Marcia Chatelain’s sadness deepened when she ...
- Posted Oct. 25, 2016
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2016 Sustainable Campus Index
- AASHE (MA)
The 2016 Sustainable Campus Index (SCI) recognizes top-performing colleges and universities in 17 distinct aspects of sustainability, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). In response ...
- Posted Oct. 24, 2016
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Report: Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035
- Cornell University (NY)
Created by the Senior Leaders Climate Action Group at Cornell University to better inform decision-making on reaching carbon neutrality by 2035. The report focuses on cost-benefit analysis of solutions to ...
- Posted Oct. 21, 2016
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UTRGV Students on campus going to class
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
UTRGV students represent a broad spectrum of individuals interested in different aspects of sustainable development in a variety of fields. The University has active student organizations that work to make ...
- Posted Oct. 21, 2016
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The Anchor Dashboard: Aligning Institutional Practice to Meet Low-Income Community Needs
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
- Democracy Collaborative (DC)
Anchor institutions are place-based entities such as universities and hospitals that are tied to their surroundings by mission, invested capital or relationships to customers, employees and vendors. This study seeks ...
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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Safety Advancement Program
- Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (IN)
CSHEMA’s Safety Advancement Program is designed to help colleges, universities, and other campus environments assess and address health and safety performance. At the core of the Safety Advancement Program ...
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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Teaching Climate Change in the Humanities
Climate change is an enormous and increasingly urgent issue. This important book highlights how humanities disciplines can mobilize the creative and critical power of students, teachers, and communities to confront ...
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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Global Studies BA
- University of South Carolina (SC)
The Global Studies major is a flexible, interdisciplinary degree that familiarizes students with the complex historical and contemporary relationships and processes that link together people and places. By focusing on ...
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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4 kW State Farm Solar Research Facility System
- Appalachian State University (NC)
This research facility offers multiple opportunities to students and staff at Appalachian state to conduct research in photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies. There are a number of photovoltaic and solar ...
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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3.2 MW Solar Parking Canopy
- Bristol Community College (MA)
A new 3.2 MW solar parking canopy covering 800 parking spaces across five acres at the Bristol Community College’s Fall River Campus is the largest of its kind ...
- Posted Oct. 18, 2016
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100 kW Ground Mount Array: Donald W. Reynolds Center for Technology
- Western Nevada College (NV)
- Black Rock Solar (NV)
In 2012, a 418-panel arrangement that can produce 100-kilowatts of energy was placed adjacent to the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Technology.
- Posted Oct. 18, 2016
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10 kW Rooftop Array: Measurement, Materials & Sustainable Environment Center
- University of Kansas (KS)
Powerful research defines KU. And now it’s spelled out — in solar panels — on one of the newest buildings in KU’s engineering complex. Westar Energy recently awarded the university ...
- Posted Oct. 18, 2016
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Hunger on Campus: The Challenge of Food Insecurity for College Students
- Student Public Interest Research Group (IL)
- Student Government Resource Center (MA)
- College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFBA) (MI)
This report, based on a survey of nearly 3,800 college students in United States, finds that nearly half of the students surveyed were food insecure and 22% qualified as ...
- Posted Oct. 17, 2016
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The Relationship of Social Justice Beliefs to Environmental Attitudes among Students at a Private University
- University of St. Thomas Houston (TX)
The goal of the present study was to examine the relationship of social justice beliefs, gender, religiousness, and ethnicity on environmental attitudes among college students at a private university. Participants ...
- Posted Oct. 17, 2016
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The Master of Sustainability Leadership Program at ASU
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The Master of Sustainability Leadership (MSL) degree at Arizona State University will prepare professionals to advance social and environmental responsibility. The program teaches organizational leadership skills through the lens of ...
- Posted Oct. 13, 2016
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Sustainability and Built Environment: The role of Higher Education in Architecture and Building Engineering
The sustainability paradigm implies a cultural shift in order to really change the world and society. Education, and specifically higher education, plays the crucial role of preparing students to be ...
- Posted Oct. 13, 2016
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A Guide for Applied Sustainability Learning Projects: Advancing sustainability outcomes on campus and in the community
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Portland State University (OR)
- AASHE (MA)
This guide provides a step-by-step framework for how a new or existing applied learning for sustainability program can be systematically designed, built and scaled around two interconnected goals:
- Providing students ...
- Posted Oct. 8, 2016
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Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer Performance and Energy Use Tests
- University of California, Riverside (CA)
During fall 2015 and winter 2016, staff and students from the University of California , Riverside Office of Sustainability evaluated three energy efficient Ultra Low Temperature Freezers. This study tested the ...
- Posted Oct. 7, 2016
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Learning and Skills for Sustainable Development: Developing a sustainability literate society
The purpose of this publication is to help higher education institutions to integrate sustainability literacy into the curriculum of their learning programmes.The approach and tools suggested in this guide ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Employer attitudes towards, and skills for, sustainable development
- National Union of Students
- Higher Education Academy (York)
This report describes the results of an online survey of employers in the U.K. about sustainable development. Overall, employers believed the range of skills for sustainability to be important ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Leadership Skills for a Sustainable Economy
Based on a survey of sustainability staff at member companies of The Prince of Wales’s Mayday Network on Climate Change and also member companies of Business in the Community ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent
This Harvard Business Review article describes a survey conducted by Bain & Company showing that "sustainability is an increasingly important factor in attracting and managing talent." Roughly two-thirds of 750 ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Cultivating an Academy We Can Live With: The Humanities and Education for Sustainability
- Wake Forest University (NC)
Many facets of the university system in North America are fundamentally unsustainable, developing and perpetuating knowledge practices that not only do not sustain the biospheric conditions in which our species ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Well-Being and Higher Education: A Strategy for Change and the Realization of Education's Greater Purposes
- Association of American Colleges and Universities (DC)
The newest release from Bringing Theory to Practice, Well-Being and Higher Education, explores the multiple connections of well-being to higher education and why those connections matter—for the individual lives ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Student perceptions and definitions of sustainability
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
The term sustainability encompasses a variety of concepts and therefore many disparities and misconceptions exist. As the University of Illinois and many other higher education institutions begin prioritizing sustainability, understanding ...
- Posted Oct. 3, 2016
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Dissonance in students' perceptions of sustainable development and sustainability: Implications for curriculum change
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Purpose – An online questionnaire survey was conducted to explore University of Plymouth students' perceptions and understandings of, and attitudes towards, sustainable development and related concepts and issues. In general, student ...
- Posted Oct. 3, 2016
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Student Perceptions of Sustainability Education in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
For sustainable engineering to contribute to sustainability, curricular reforms are needed to train sustainability-conscious engineers. Examining student perceptions of sustainability education can provide insights for benchmarking the current quality of ...
- Posted Oct. 3, 2016
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College Students’ Perceptions of Sustainability: A Regional Survey
- Georgia Southern University (GA)
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
- Old Dominion University (VA)
Understanding college students’ perception of sustainability is paramount as today’s students will soon be driving our economy and taking on the responsibility of maintaining a sustainable society. This study ...
- Posted Oct. 3, 2016
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SUNY Cortland Grounds Initiatives
- State University of New York at Cortland (NY)
Located on the edge of a sensitive aquifer, SUNY Cortland’s Student Life Center uses bio-swales, strategically planted native vegetation and permeable pavement to control storm runoff. The campus maintains ...
- Posted Oct. 2, 2016
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Sustainability Studies BA in Liberal Arts
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Sustainability Studies B.A. in Liberal Arts is designed to provide a rigorous and focused study of sustainability methods and content and simultaneously allow a student to complete all ...
- Posted Sept. 29, 2016
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Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
As college and university leaders from across the United States work to green their campuses, students can and should play a critical role. Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement explains ...
- Posted Sept. 26, 2016
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Professional Master’s Degree in Energy & Environment
- Boston University (MA)
The professional master’s degree in Energy & Environment provides a professional training degree for the student with an undergraduate degree in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities ...
- Posted Sept. 26, 2016
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MSc in Environmental Psychology
- University of Surrey
The MSc in Environmental Psychology programme helps students gain advanced knowledge and understanding of theory and practice in environmental psychology. Students will also acquire a range of research skills to ...
- Posted Sept. 26, 2016
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SCI - Waste - UCCS
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
- Waste Management (TX)
Students volunteer at the annual Mt. Trashmore event. This event provides a visual display of a day's worth of campus trash, which is then sorted to determine how much ...
- Posted Sept. 23, 2016
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Sustainability Photos from Colorado State University
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Posted Sept. 23, 2016
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Energy Efficient Residence Hall
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
Unity College completed a new two-story, 18,200-square-foot, 76-bed residence hall in August 2016. The ADA-compliant building houses incoming freshmen and features multiple common spaces for group studying, private bathrooms ...
- Posted Sept. 23, 2016
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Unity College Students at the People's Climate March
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
Unity College students participate in the People's Climate March. Unity College was the first to divest its endowment from fossil fuels.
- Posted Sept. 23, 2016
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Greenhealth Cost of Ownership (GCO) Calculator
- Practice Greenhealth (VA)
Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a way for purchasers to assess all the costs associated with a product over its lifetime - from initial purchase through its use, maintenance, and ...
- Posted Sept. 21, 2016
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Athletics Department Awareness and Action Regarding the Environment: A Study of NCAA Athletics Department Sustainability Practices
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ohio University (OH)
The relationship of sport to sustainability management is relatively unknown. Despite the increasing recognition of the growing role of athletics in regard to environmental sustainability, it remains unclear what role ...
- Posted Sept. 21, 2016
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