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Successfully Supporting Students: A Space to Share Ideas on Effectively Managing Student Workers
- Elon University (NC)
Many sustainability offices rely on student workers to help drive their overall mission through education, programming and more. What structures work well to manage these students? How do we as …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Where Teaching and Learning Happens Matters: Sustainability Education Outside the Classroom
- Elon University (NC)
In the context of higher education, the significance of where teaching and learning happens is often assumed or taken for granted. To be sure, service-learning, study away, and community-based learning …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Alumni & Student Engagement: Building Relationships and Career Pathways
- Elon University (NC)
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Green LMN LLC (NJ)
Now, more than ever, students need support finding professional development opportunities and career pathways. Connecting alumni to students expands opportunities for students to engage in meaningful sustainability work and can …
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Comparison of Eco-Rep Program Format Between Three Southeastern Universities
- Clemson University (SC)
- Elon University (NC)
- Furman University (SC)
Which program structure most effectively motivates students in an Eco-Rep program? At every university, Eco-Reps maximize different opportunities for discussing sustainability, structuring educational meetings and events according to tested methods …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Beyond Likes and Followers: How to Create Meaningful Real-Life Engagement via Instagram
- Elon University (NC)
- University of Virginia (VA)
How do sustainability offices engage students beyond social media metrics to create real-life engagement? In this session, three institutions-one small private liberal arts college, one medium-sized private university and one …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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STARS Town Hall
- Elon University (NC)
- University of Calgary (AB)
- AASHE (MA)
This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to participate in a high-level discussion about potential improvements to STARS. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Marketing and communicating sustainability through college athletics: the effects of pro-environmental initiatives on the belief-attitude-intention hierarchy
- Elon University (NC)
- Florida State University (FL)
This study examines the psychological mechanism of consumers’ environmentally responsible behaviors in college sport. The research is guided by a belief-attitude-intention (B-A-I) hierarchy model. The results revealed that consumers who …
- Posted May 5, 2021
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The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest
- Elon University (NC)
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Improving sustainability knowledge has long been central to international efforts to achieve sustainable development. In response to these efforts, which are formalized in Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, …
- Posted April 8, 2021
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Elon University - ABC framework for a mentally healthy Elon
- Elon University (NC)
In 2019, Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book announced that the University had adopted Act-Belong-Commit (ABC) as its framework to promote a campus-wide culture of holistic wellbeing and positive mental …
- Posted Oct. 13, 2020
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STARS Town Hall
- Elon University (NC)
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to participate in a high-level discussion about potential improvements to STARS. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Power of Partnerships: Sharing Successes and Lessons Learned
- Duke University (NC)
- Elon University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
In order to effectively reach the campus community, sustainability offices often strive to partner with other offices/departments to engage a broader audience in sustainability efforts. This typically leads to not …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Environmental and Ecological Science (BS)
- Elon University (NC)
The B.S. degree in Environmental and Ecological Science includes advanced study of ecological processes for those students who are specifically interested in environmental science careers in ecosystem management, wildlife ecology, …
- Posted Oct. 15, 2018
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Waste Reduction Twister at Elon University
- Elon University (NC)
Elon student and Eco-Rep Tori Ippolito created a twister game which focuses on waste reduction. The spinner indicates different types of materials found on campus, with a guide to indicate …
- Posted April 25, 2018
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Smoothie Bike at Elon University
- Elon University (NC)
Elon student uses human power to blend a delicious smoothie during Party for the Planet, a celebration of all things sustainable at Elon University!
- Posted April 25, 2018
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Are Beliefs in the Importance of Pro-Environmental Behaviors Correlated with Pro-Environmental Behaviors at a College Campus?
- Elon University (NC)
One method sustainability professionals at institutions of higher education utilize to address institutional sustainability goals is implementing outreach programs aimed at facilitating the adoption of pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) by the …
- Posted March 22, 2018
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Elon Students at Environmental Center at Loy Farm
- Elon University (NC)
- Posted Sept. 9, 2016
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Activating Change Agents Across Campus
- Elon University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ohio University (OH)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
Peer education has proven effective at amplifying messages of sustainability issues and practices across a larger breadth of audience than individual staff members can reach on their own. Such programs …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Attitude & Behavior Surveys to Advance Sustainability on Campus
- Elon University (NC)
Surveys (or assessments) are often used to assess attitudes and behaviors related to sustainability on campuses. Such surveys are generally different from sustainability literacy assessments, which assess sustainability knowledge. Sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Adapting Eco-Rep Training to Optimize Student Experience
- Elon University (NC)
- University of South Carolina (SC)
Eco-Rep training materials and training sessions are vital to laying the ground work for a fun and beneficial student experience, establishing accountability and ultimately contributing to Eco-Rep retention. With time, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Residential Energy Competitions: Adapting for Success
- Elon University (NC)
Residential energy competitions are a common student engagement strategy to educate, motivate and empower students to conserve energy and become more environmentally aware. They also provide unique professional development opportunities …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fostering Sustainable Behaviour Through Energy and Water Reduction Competitions: Best Practices from Campus Conservation Nationals 2012
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
- Elon University (NC)
- Atrius (CA)
During fall of 2010 and spring of 2012 hundreds of colleges and universities participated in Campus Conservation Nationals, an electricity and water use reduction competition in residential housing. The goals …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Establishing a Service Bus Route to Meet Student and Community Needs
- Elon University (NC)
Over 80% of students participate in service, some as a course requirement, while attending Elon University. Many of the community partners at which students do service are within 15 minutes …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Utilizing a Community Partnership to Distribute Mattresses in the Community
- Elon University (NC)
With hundreds of lightly used mattresses to remove from campus, the university took the opportunity to partner with a community non-profit organization to keep them out of the landfill and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Sustainability Education Programs - Where do we go from here?
- Barnard College (NY)
- Brandeis University (MA)
- Elon University (NC)
- Ithaca College (NY)
- University of Vermont (VT)
With now over 50 student sustainability education "Eco-Rep" Programs across the US and Canada, several of which are 5-10 years old, it is time to step back, reflect on where …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Food Systems Carbon Footprint Analyzed by Students and University Stakeholders
- Elon University (NC)
The University's Sustainability Master Plan has targeted carbon neutrality across the institution by 2037. To help meet this goal, students in the Environmental Studies Senior capstone course worked with the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Conserving Potable Water through Stormwater Irrigation
- Elon University (NC)
As the demand for potable water increases and supply remains constant or diminishes, the need to conserve water is more evident than ever. Elon University is responding to this need …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability across the Curriculum - Elon University Faculty Scholars Program
- Elon University (NC)
The Sustainability Faculty Scholars program was developed to assist faculty in the incorporation of sustainability themes across the University curriculum. Faculty members apply for the program by proposing the incorporation …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Studies (AB)
- Elon University (NC)
In Elon's program, students take a balanced, interdisciplinary core of classes grounded in ecological understanding. The strength of the program is from the emphasis placed on considering the environment from …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Studies (BS)
- Elon University (NC)
In Elon's program, students take a balanced, interdisciplinary core of classes grounded in ecological understanding. The strength of the program is from the emphasis placed on considering the environment from …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental & Sustainability Studies Minor
- Elon University (NC)
This minor is designed to educate students about the principles of sustainability by providing background in areas such as scientific understanding; the social, economic and cultural aspects of sustainability and …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmentally Responsible Attitudes and Behavior among Elon University Students
- Elon University (NC)
In 2008, the Elon administration made a commitment towards becoming a carbon-neutral campus. However, most of the action plans are largely infrastructural and do not encourage active student engagement/participation. As …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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