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Climate Lab: Taking the Gloom out of the Doom
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
Let's face it - thinking about climate change and sustainability - and what to do about these pressing issues - can be downright depressing. People don't want to hear about …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Penn's main, academic campus was accredited as a Level I ArbNet-certified Arboretum as of April 2017, and Level II in November 20107. The Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania encompasses …
- Posted July 30, 2018
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University of Saskatchewan - Bowl
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Students enjoying USask's bowl where compost has now replaced fertilizer in keeping turf areas vibrant and green.
- Posted Oct. 8, 2020
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Building a Green Data Center at Syracuse University
- Syracuse University (NY)
Syracuse University, in partnership with IBM and New York State, built a Green Data Center (GDC) last year which is designed to use about 50 percent less energy than a …
- Posted June 30, 2010
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Leveraging Sustainability in Food Service Across Campus
- University of Houston (TX)
The University of Houston has undergone a physical and culture transformation with a different food service provider and new collaboration with our Office of Sustainability. In spring 2017 the Food …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Gompei's Gears: Implementing and Sustaining a Free Campus Bike-sharing Program
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
Even with hilly terrain and long winters, bicycling is popular in Worcester, Massachusetts, and in particular among the many college students. At WPI in 2014 a student group researched transportation …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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300 kW Rooftop Arrays: 4 Campus Buildings
- Point Loma Nazarene University (CA)
- Solar Power Partners
SPG Solar installed photovoltaic systems on four campus buildings totaling 357 kilowatt (kW) DC (300kW AC). PLNU is the first San Diego university to install a large-scale PV system and …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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90 kW Rooftop Array: Center for Manufacturing Excellence
- University of Mississippi (MS)
A renewable energy grant from the Mississippi Development Authority is helping the University of Mississippi's Center for Manufacturing Excellence lead the way in using solar power. The new center features …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Climate Action Plan
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (MD)
The University's Climate Action Plan identifies sustainability objectives related to academics/research.
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Co-Creating the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: A Value Creation Inclusive Learning
- Woxsen University
Abstract The United Nations initiative to "Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all" aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals by advocating for a transformative …
- Posted Sept. 10, 2024
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Sustainability planning within broader university planning - collaboration around collective goals
- Vancouver Island University (BC)
Vancouver Island University (VIU) is located on Canada's West Coast and includes campuses in four communities as well as other research and teaching sites. Previously called Malaspina University-College, the BC …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Renewable Energy for Colleges: Onsite and Virtual Solar Solutions
- NRG Energy, Inc (NJ)
Procuring renewable energy is expanding beyond its obvious value as the environmentally responsible thing to do; now it's increasingly becoming an economically viable option, as well. Colleges and universities, in …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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MS in Environmental Education
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Conflicts over environmental degradation and resource use are vital concerns of our time. Creating greater public awareness of the processes and complexity of ecosystems is essential to development of a …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Masters in Development Practice
- Emory University (GA)
The Master's in Development Practice (MDP) program at Emory University is designed to meet the challenge of achieving sustainable development in the face of global poverty, political and ethnic conflict, …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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UAlbany's Annual Family Earth Day
- University at Albany (NY)
The University’s 5th Annual UAlbany Family Earth Day, organized by the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (DAES), Atmospheric Science Research Center, Office of Sustainability and UAlbany Students for Sustainability, …
- Posted May 1, 2017
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OSU's Master Melittologists Program
- Oregon State University (OR)
First Master Melittologist Program in the US - Oregon State University is the first institution in the United States to form a Master Melittologist program of trained community scientists dedicated …
- Posted Aug. 1, 2022
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All About No Waste: Using Pop Culture to Engage Students in Sustainability
- Stanford University (CA)
Each year, Stanford University competes against hundreds of universities in RecycleMania, a national competition to increase recycling and composting and reduce waste on campus. Headed into the ninth year of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Education and Student Learning at the University of British Columbia
- H&A Columbus-UBC
Sustainability and student learning are key commitments of the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Place and Promise plan, with UBC's Sustainability Academic Strategy expressing the goal that every student at …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Power and the Art of Weaving Sustainability into New Employee Orientation
- University of Louisville (KY)
Many of us are passionate about campus sustainability because we understand that important lessons are learned not only in classrooms, but in everyday surroundings and the broader campus culture. Students …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How to Sell a Sustainability Major: Career Targeting and Reverse-Engineering
- Philadelphia University (PA)
In 2008, Philadelphia University became one of the first universities in the nation to offer an undergraduate degree program in Environmental Sustainability. Thanks to our diverse mix of professionally-oriented majors, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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University of Virginia Sustainability: 2022-2023 Annual Report
- University of Virginia (VA)
This is the university's sustainability annual report spanning 2022-2023
- Posted Oct. 18, 2023
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Ohio State University Sustainability Goals Project and Campus As A Living Laboratory Digital Archive
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Undergraduates in the Environment, Economy, Development, and Sustainability (EEDS) major at The Ohio State University (OSU) complete a capstone course where student research teams analyze specific action priorities of the …
- Posted June 16, 2016
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Earth Day Extravaganza
- Auburn University (AL)
Earth Day Extravaganza on Auburn University's Campus Green Space to celebrate Earth Day!
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Zero Waste at Ohio Stadium: Lessons Learned and a Beginner's Guide
- The Ohio State University (OH)
In autumn 2011, The Ohio State University launched the Zero Waste at Ohio Stadium program, becoming the largest stadium in the country to attempt a "zero waste" initiative. Zero waste …
- Posted March 13, 2012
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Developing partnerships to reach campus sustainability goals: ASU's Collaboration with UPS
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- UPS (GA)
Leading universities are looking closely at their campuses environmental impact, and finding novel ways to reduce carbon emissions and waste. ASU has four specific sustainability goals including Carbon Neutrality, Zero …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Investing in the Just Transition: How to Leverage Your Institution's Endowment
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
- RBC Global Asset Management
- Low Income Investment Fund (CA)
When exploring how to finance the just transition, the over half-trillion dollars in endowment funds invested by the nation's higher education institutions represent a relatively untapped resource containing immense economic …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Are we educating engineers for sustainability?: Comparison between obtained competences and Swedish industry's needs
- Chalmers University of Technology
Purpose – The aim of this study is to contribute to the quality improvement and long‐term strategic development of education for sustainable development (ESD) in engineering education curricula.
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- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Presidential Power: Examining the Language of Executive Campus Commitments
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
Over the course of the past decade, hundreds of college and university presidents have committed to an array of sustainability goals through platforms like Second Nature's Climate Commitment, the Sustainability …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Earning AASHE STARS credits via the ENERGY STAR Buildings program
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
Colleges and universities can use ENERGY STAR's free tools and resources to earn credits in all four categories of AASHE STARS v2.1 -- Academics; Engagement; Operations; and Planning & Administration. …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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A New Educational Landscape- Transforming Campus Grounds through Non-Traditional Collaboration
- James Madison University (VA)
During the 2010-11 academic year, faculty, students, campus facilities staff, a dean, the campus environmental stewardship director, and community representatives collaborated with a Scholar-In-Residence to develop a naturalized landscape on …
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Developing a Strong Sustainability Brand Identity: How & Why
- Boston University (MA)
- Lehigh University (PA)
Have you ever wondered what goes into developing a brand or want to learn how to better implement one at your sustainability office? In this interactive session, participants will be …
- Posted Feb. 27, 2025
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Sustainable Living and Collaborative Learning on Pitt's Campus
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
In the Fall of 2022, the University of Pittsburgh will launch it's first Sustainability Living Learning Community for both upperclassmen and freshmen. Living Learning Communities (LLCs) are specialized living environments …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Nation's First Community-Based Culinary Medicine Garden and Sustainability Curriculum
- University of Utah (UT)
We have the nation's first Culinary Medicine (CM) course pairing community members and Health Sciences (HS) students together to research, design, and implement community-based CM curricula, the inclusion in CM …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Geographic versus institutional drivers of nitrogen footprints: A comparison of two urban universities
- McGill University (QC)
- Université de Montréal (QC)
Excess reactive nitrogen (N) is linked to a myriad of environmental problems that carry large societal costs. Nitrogen footprint tools can help institutions understand how their direct and indirect activities …
- Posted March 5, 2020
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The University of Maryland's Small Footprint Pledge
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
The University of Maryland's Small Footprint Pledge is a way for students, faculty, and staff to make a commitment to minimize their environmental impact by adopting new green behaviors. The …
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Marching Into the Future
- Carleton University (ON)
- University of Ottawa (ON)
- AASHE (MA)
- Mount Allison University
Youth activism is influencing university policies on sustainability and climate change. Institutions can measure impact by using AASHE's STARS program.
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Environmental & Sustainability Studies (BS)
- Tennessee Technological University (TN)
The Environmental and Sustainability Studies (ESS) undergraduate program focuses on developing a student's ability to find solutions to environmental problems through an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning. The ESS …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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59 kW Rooftop Array: MLK Student Union
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
UC Berkeley's Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) and Graduate Assembly (GA) have voted almost unanimously to allocate sizable chunks of their budgets - 8.5 percent and roughly …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Overcoming Silos: The Role of an Interdisciplinary Course in Shaping a Sustainability Network
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
In fall 2009, seven faculty members from different disciplines partnered to develop and teach a 15-week undergraduate course on sustainability. These disciplines are family and consumer sciences, geography, management, political …
- Posted Oct. 20, 2017
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Action Research in Education for Sustainability at the University of Vermont's Greenhouse Residential Learning Community
- University of Vermont (VT)
Higher education institutions are addressing sustainability issues through the Education for Sustainability (EfS) framework. Innovative curricula on sustainability provide engaging topics and contexts through which to teach and learn about …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Supporting University Sustainability through Student Fellowships
- Pacific Lutheran University (WA)
Pacific Lutheran University supports student sustainability fellowships to promote not only specialized education, but cross campus collaboration. Student Sustainability Fellowships are intended to provide opportunities for students of any discipline …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Urban Heat Island at a Regional University in Kentucky, USA
- Eastern Kentucky University (KY)
Constructing buildings, sidewalks, parking lots, and roads inadvertently affects local climate. The best studied example of this, the urban heat island (UHI), manifests as elevated temperatures in developed areas compared …
- Posted March 5, 2020
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Sustainable Seafood at the University of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The ultimate goal of this project is to transform the process by which seafood is purchased and consumed at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Currently, no criteria concerning sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Freshwater Science and Sustainability (BS)
- Western Michigan University (MI)
The institutions developed an interdisciplinary curriculum that allows students to earn a Bachelor of Science in freshwater science and sustainability. Students wishing to conduct all of their freshwater science and …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Supplier Engagement: A Critical Step in Decarbonizing University Procurement
- Stanford University (CA)
This session will review Stanford's Climate-Friendly Supplier Engagement Program, which launched as a pilot in 2023 to collect precise sustainability data from top suppliers, develop supplier ratings using a detailed …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Long-Term Impacts of Faculty Development Programs: The Experience of Teli and Piedmont
- Emory University (GA)
- Tufts University (MA)
A long-term study of two faculty development programs on sustainability and the environment reveals enduring changes in teaching, research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and engaged action. Participants in cohorts of Tufts University's …
- Posted Nov. 9, 2016
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The University of Hawai'i System Heads Toward its First Sustainability Policy
- Hawaii Pacific University (HI)
- University of Hawaii Maui College (HI)
- University of Hawaii at Hilo (HI)
- AASHE (MA)
This month AASHE was invited to give a keynote presentation and overview of its Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) at the first-ever Hawai’i Sustainability in Higher Education Summit. …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The University Of New Brunswick - Coordination and Planning
- University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (NB)
UNB Fredericton is recognized as a top performer in this year's Sustainable Campus Index (SCI) for Coordination and Planning.
- Posted Sept. 8, 2021
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PhD in Energy, Civil Infrastructure & Climate
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The objective of the Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate (ECIC) program is to educate a cadre of professionals who will be able to analyze from engineering, environmental, economic, and management …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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UCSC Sustainability Assessment
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
The 2007 UCSC Sustainability Assessment was created to assess UCSC's current standing in sustainability and where UCSC could use improvement. This poster showcases the Assessment by explaining the process and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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