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Leveraging Social Media to Advance Sustainability
- College of Charleston (SC)
Social media is one of the best ways to engage people with sustainability. It can be a great resource, but also a great challenge. How do you know if you ...
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Cultural Sustainability (Certificate)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Cultural Sustainability Certificate provides undergraduate students and non-degree-seeking students an opportunity to gain a deep understanding of how culture intersects with conceptualizations of sustainability. Cultural sustainability encompasses three overlapping ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Urban Studies Program (BA)
- College of Charleston (SC)
Situated in the historic Charleston urban landscape, the Urban Studies Program is a multidisciplinary major designed to provide students with the academic foundation necessary to understand and be sensitive to ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Sustainability and 21st-Century Business Solutions (Certificate)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The College's Center for Continuing and Professional Education features a certificate program in Sustainability and 21st-Century Business Solutions. The program provides students with skills to lead their business or ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental and Sustainability Studies (Minor)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The mission of the interdisciplinary minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies is to provide students with opportunities to learn more about the natural environment, the ecology of the planet and ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Business Administration - Leadership for Sustainability (Bachelors)
- College of Charleston (SC)
This Business Administration concentration provides students the opportunity to explore curricular and co-curricular experiences. This program helps students to develop awareness of their leadership potential and enhance their skills in ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental and Sustainability Studies (MS)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program at the College is designed to provide students with an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems through graduate level studies of both ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental and Sustainability Studies/Public Administration (Masters)
- College of Charleston (SC)
Students in the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program may participate in a concurrent degree program with the Master of Public Administration program, receiving two master's degrees in three years ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Nature as Mentor: Catalyzing First-Year Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Transition Through a Biomimicry First-Year Seminar
- College of Charleston (SC)
- University of Minnesota System Office (MN)
University students crave immersive, collaborative, interdisciplinary, applied learning contextualized to real world sustainability challenges. Liberal arts and sciences institutions are particularly well positioned to respond. Here we report on our ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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COVID-19: the impact of a global crisis on sustainable development teaching
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Chester
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
- University of Aveiro
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- University of Passo Fundo
- Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
- Universidade Aberta
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba
- North-West University (North West)
- University of Milano-Bicocca
- Universidade federal de Santa Maria
- College of Charleston (SC)
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global crisis, one which also influences the ways sustainability is being taught at universities. This paper undertakes an analysis of the extent to which ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Strengthening Social Sustainability in the Face of Declining Community Trust
- College of Charleston (SC)
A just transition to a more sustainable world requires a strong understanding and application of social sustainability. Yet, social sustainability is often misunderstood, underrepresented and excluded, particularly in higher education ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Encountering Unjust Transitions: Sustainability, Masculinities, and (m)Anthropocene Collapse
- College of Charleston (SC)
This session builds on the Just Transition insight that, 'The transition itself must be just and equitable' and must include 'redressing past harms and creating new relationships of power for ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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No Sustainability Without Justice, Volume II
- AASHE (MA)
- Winthrop University (SC)
- Allegheny College (PA)
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Trinity College (CT) (CT)
- Howard University (DC)
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- California State University, San Marcos (CA)
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Volume II of No Sustainability Without Justice: An Anthology on Racial Equity and Social Justice shares perspectives from 14 authors on how racial equity, social justice, diversity and inclusion are ...
- Posted Oct. 29, 2021
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Sustainability Action Plan
- College of Charleston (SC)
The strategic plan is designed to guide the College's sustainability efforts. It is a comprehensive approach to normatively and empirically test and steer the process toward specific goals and ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2021
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Alumni Memorial Hall within Randolph Hall, College of Charleston
- College of Charleston (SC)
This is the central ceremonial space of the College, within one of its oldest continually used buildings.
- Posted Aug. 24, 2021
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Sustainability practices at private universities: a state-of-the-art assessment
- University of Passo Fundo
- Universidade Federal de Vicosa
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
- University of A Coruña (a Coruña)
- University of Worcester
- University of Minho
- Pompeu Fabra University
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Private universities also play a key role in the sustainability debate. But despite their importance, there a shortage of research on how sustainability is being implemented at private universities. Based ...
- Posted April 8, 2021
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Teaching Sustainability via the Environmental Humanities: Studying Water, Studying Ourselves
- College of Charleston (SC)
The dawning anthropocene requires innovation and organizational change across all types of institutions, including in higher education. One area where innovation can occur is in curricula building, and the offering ...
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Sustainability Literacy in a Time of Socio-Ecological Crisis: Using Reaccreditation as a Leverage Point for Innovation in Higher Education
- College of Charleston (SC)
- University of Kentucky (KY)
This article presents a case study of innovation in sustainability education in higher education. It does so by explaining the to-date progress of a multi-year reaccreditation process begun in 2016 ...
- Posted June 12, 2020
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Can a Campus Become a Cornucopia?
- College of Charleston (SC)
As an urban campus in a food desert, the College of Charleston (CofC), lacks accessible produce. The only grocery store within a mile of campus caters to a high-income area ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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True Zero Waste - The Last 10%
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Medical University of South Carolina (SC)
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington (NC)
- Eco-Products (CO)
By many definitions, achieving Zero Waste requires a 90% diversion rate of all discarded materials from being land-filled or incinerated. Diverting the last 10% is complex, challenging, and potentially costly ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Recipes for Effective Campus-Community Partnerships: Perspectives on Food Security & Justice
- College of Charleston (SC)
- University of Utah (UT)
This combined session will present two cases of campus-community partnerships centered on food. The Stone Soup Collective College of Charleston Chapter is comprised of dozens of collectivists and volunteers who ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Institutionalizing Sustainability Literacy: Leveraging Opportunities for Sustainable Development
- College of Charleston (SC)
Creating leveraging opportunities for institutionalizing sustainability is a pervasive issue for institutions of higher education. This presentation will discuss various potential barriers encountered at the College of Charleston and how ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Transition Campuses: Can Transition Towns Offer a Replicable Model?
- College of Charleston (SC)
This presentation provides an overview of the recent Transition Town/Transition Movement (TM), both in the US and globally, and then reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of this model ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Personal Sustainability: The Sixth 'P' of Sustainable Development
- College of Charleston (SC)
The normative power of sustainable development is to guide the future of the species and to scale the operationalization of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). The SDGs are designed to transform ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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A Novel Approach to Green Office Certification: Prioritizing Accessibility as Key Component
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Office of Sustainability (OoS) at the College of Charleston (CofC) in South Carolina is launching the Green Office Certification Program in Fall 2019 after a one-year collaborative development period ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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ECOllective Fund
- College of Charleston (SC)
Each student pays a Green Fee each semester to the ECOllective Fund that supports projects and initiatives that contribute to sustainability at the College of Charleston. A portion of the ...
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Shaping Perceptions: Creative Explorations of Personal & Community Resiliency Through Art & Movement
- College of Charleston (SC)
Life is stressful, and perception can hamper our ability to tackle our seemingly endless to-do lists. This workshop aims to equip participants with mechanisms to increase tolerance and productivity and ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Zero Waste Campus: Mitigating Landfill Waste on an Urban College Campus
- College of Charleston (SC)
Charleston, South Carolina is a coastal city that is home to the College of Charleston, an integrated city campus. As the city is on the forefront to experiencing rising sea ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Designing Despite the Department of Transportation
- College of Charleston (SC)
In a state, South Caroline, that is lacking in alternative transportation infrastructure and can barely maintain the infrastructure, how can a place of higher learning creative transportation? Most roads in ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Living Housed, Healthily and Happily: Conceptualizing Disparaging Circumstances in Queer Communities
- College of Charleston (SC)
The data and implications aim to identify the meaning of social sustainability while highlighting issues within the field. LGBTQ communities are affected by many adverse circumstances and their lives can ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Building a Bigger Table: Engaging Communities on Food Security
- College of Charleston (SC)
On our campus, and in the surrounding community, there appears to be a growing urge for increased engagement and 'silo-busting.' One of the largest focal points for this is food ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Inducing Paradigm Shifts through Complementary Curricular and Co-curricular Program Engagement
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Office of Sustainability (OoS) at the College of Charleston offers a unique work environment. Housed in Business Affairs & led by 2 Staff who also serve as College Faculty ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Ideas into Actions: The ECOllective Fund and Student-led Sustainability Initiatives at CofC
- College of Charleston (SC)
Each semester at the College of Charleston, students pay a 'Green Fee,' established in the fall of 2009 of $10 that is put into a fund that we call the ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Synergies in Sustainable Food Systems for Students, by Students
- College of Charleston (SC)
In 2017, students, faculty, and staff at the College of Charleston were compelled by Charleston YOUth Count's data administered by the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Center for Livable Communities ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainabili-TEA: The Evolution and Efficacy of Podcasts as a Medium for Sustainability Literacy
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Office of Sustainability has seen a strong response to using Podcasts to highlight stories, perspectives, and information to the campus and greater community. The efforts were first introduced as ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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#stopsucking: Leveraging Coalitions to Turn #strawlesssummer into an Endless Summer
- College of Charleston (SC)
Approximately 630000 straws are used daily in Charleston, South Carolina. This single-use plastic often finds its way to the environment. Local branches of national organizations such as Surfrider, Lonely Whale ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability Surveys for Program Enhancement
- Indiana State University (IN)
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- Lehigh University (PA)
- California State University, San Bernardino (CA)
- Colorado State University (CO)
For this session, panelists from Indiana State University (ISU), The College of Charleston (CofC), Ramapo College of New Jersey, California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB), Colorado State University (CSU), Lehigh ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability Week: A Case Study in Diversity of Programing to Maximize Outreach Across Barriers
- College of Charleston (SC)
The College of Charleston's Office of Sustainability has had several flagship programs and series over the years, but none near the scale and dynamism of the annual Sustainability Week ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Street Harassment Assessment at the College of Charleston
- College of Charleston (SC)
Colleges and universities in urban areas are made up of many different types of environments. The nonprofit organization Stop Street Harassment, defines street harassment as 'unwanted whistling, leering, sexist, homophobic ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Bicycle Parking Assessment at the College of Charleston
- College of Charleston (SC)
The College of Charleston's Sustainable Transportation Program, managed by the College's Office of Sustainability, is dedicated to providing accessible transportation options for students as well as advocating for ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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How Learning Interdependently in Outdoor Settings can Induce a Paradigm Shift & Foster a Yearn to Protect the Natural World
- College of Charleston (SC)
As a vice president of the College of Charleston's Outdoors Club and long-time outdoor enthusiast, I have found that exposing people to the natural world has been one of ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Beyond the Triple Bottom Line; An Alternative Framework for Sustainability
- College of Charleston (SC)
At nearly 25 years old, Elkington's triple bottom line is nearing obsolesce. While laudable in its intent to promote full cost accounting, the TBL's inherent focus on the ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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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 ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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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 ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The College of Charleston - Zero Waste Initiative
- College of Charleston (SC)
In 2012 the College of Charleston adopted the goal to dramatically reduce waste from processes on campus, and become a certified Zero Waste Institution by 2025. To achieve this goal ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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A Water Quality Argument for Vegetated Roofs in Charleston, South Carolina
- College of Charleston (SC)
As part of the College of Charleston's Green Roofs initiative, we investigated the potential benefits of employing vegetated roof technology, specifically on the quality of Charleston's waterways. Using ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainable Greek Initiative: Making the Campus Community Sustainable One Sorority and Fraternity at a Time
- College of Charleston (SC)
In the Fall of 2012, the Sustainable Greek Initiative was started at the College of Charleston's Office of Sustainability. The initiative works with all three Greek councils at the ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 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)
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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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Facing of Failure and How to Use it to Work Towards Your Sustainability Goals
- American University (DC)
- College of Charleston (SC)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
AASHE Conferences are great for discussing successes: they help guide burgeoning institutions, provide expansion support to veteran institutions, and help build the case for sustainability. But what about failures? This ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fostering Sustainability in Residence Life Programming: Creating Sustainable Campus Communities
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Office of Sustainability at the College of Charleston has worked on Residence Life Programming since 2012 and is now in its third phase of interns. In those years we ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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