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Emory Earth Festival
- Emory University (GA)
Emory's annual Earth Festival kicks off Earth Month. The Festival runs in conjunction with Emory's weekly Farmers Market and brings together Atlanta based non-profits, government agencies, and businesses with student …
- Posted April 17, 2017
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UVic Administrative Services Building LEED Gold
- University of Victoria (BC)
University of Victoria's Administrative Services Building LEED Gold
- Posted Sept. 14, 2016
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SCI 2023 Major Investments in Sustainability Research
- Concordia University (QC)
To accompany text for Concordia University's Major Investment in Sustainability Research to be featured in the SCI 2023.
- Posted Aug. 28, 2023
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American University Sustainability Map & Tour
- American University (DC)
Accompany Office of Sustainability staff on a guided campus tour of AU's green buildings, vegetated roofs, green energy systems, and more.
- Posted March 3, 2016
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Promoting Recycling at a Big Ten University: Garnering and Understanding Stakeholder Input for a Communication Strategy at Michigan State University
- Michigan State University (MI)
In 2006, Michigan State University (MSU) began systematically studying methods to improve campus sustainability efforts. The MSU Vice President for Finance and Operations launched the Boldness by Design Environmental Stewardship …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bee Campus USA as a Model for Pollinator-Friendly Campuses
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Southern Oregon University collaborated with Bee City USA, a private nonprofit organization based in Asheville, North Carolina, to establish a Bee Campus USA designation. This designation recognizes campuses that commit …
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Connecting Social and Natural Ecologies Through a Curriculum of Giving for Student Wellbeing and Engagement
- Australian National University
- University of Canberra
Using hermeneutic phenomenology to aid the reader ‘experience’ the data collected, this study reports on 18 college students, 4 staff members and the author's trip to a remote island on …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Engineering Innovation Building (EIB) | University of Arizona - Where Big Ideas Come to Life
- University of Arizona (AZ)
A collective team process to clearly state and re-identify "the users" as the main idea behind University of Arizona's Iconic Engineering Building. The users in lieu of Flexibility, Collaboration and …
- Posted March 20, 2014
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LEED Certification Assessment Project: Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
This project was conducted as part of the Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities class in the spring 2008. The objective of this class was to understand infrastructure management, green design …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Incorporating Stakeholder Values: Assessing Renewable Energy Options at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
To determine options for renewable energy development and procurement, the Campus Sustainability Office at Portland State University (PSU) turned to it's Living Lab program to engage students in this key …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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MS in Industrial Ecology
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Leiden University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. Industrial Ecology is an emergent scientific discipline that promotes a systemic approach to human …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Advanced Strategies and Analytics for Campus Green Revolving Funds
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
- ICF International (VA)
As more colleges and universities create green revolving funds on campus to finance urgently needed efficiency projects, they may encounter complex problems related to the technical aspects of running a …
- Posted March 9, 2018
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Specialization in Sustainability
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Specialization in Sustainability enables students to gain holistic and integrated competencies around four broad core content areas: aesthetic appreciation, ecological integrity, social equity, and economic vitality through the domains …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Walking our Talk: Strategies, Challenges & Successes in the Pursuit of Sustainability and Social Justice on Campus
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
This presentation will focus on identifying the tensions, obstacles and openings for moving higher ed institutions towards greater sustainability and social justice. The presentation will draw on the experience of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Campus Tree Inventory: An Interdisciplinary, Multi-Class, Mega-Lab Project
- Furman University (SC)
Trees provide a number of valuable ecosystem services, including reducing stormwater runoff, increasing air and water quality, storing and sequestering atmospheric carbon, and reducing energy consumption due to direct shading …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Live, Work and Learn Locally—Creating a Sustainable Campus Community
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
Innovation occurs when students, faculty and staff can work shoulder to shoulder. For a commuter campus surrounded by high-priced real estate, the battle is getting the best and the brightest …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Institutionalizing Environmental Justice
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Are you looking to implement environmental justice at your campus but unsure how to start? How can environmental justice programs and services be institutionalized in higher education? Over the past …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Communicating Sustainability Progress in a Busy World
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
The University of Maryland publishes an annual Sustainability Progress Report to keep the campus community informed of overall progress toward the university's sustainability goals. The intended audience, format, structure, look …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Sustainability Topics among College Students
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Over the last decade, colleges and universities have increased their focus on sustainability education to improve students' understanding of and engagement with sustainability issues. Establishing a baseline of students' knowledge, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Education for Sustainable Development: Comparing Institutional Initiatives
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
The integration of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into the curriculum is a goal of many universities. This session will explore initiatives at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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400 kW Solar Farm (3.9 Acres)
- Saint John's University (MN)
With 1,820 modules on 3.9 acres, the solar array will produce 575,000 kWh annually. The solar farm will produce 4% of Saint John's energy needs on an annual basis, but …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Shorter showers? There's an App for that!
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MA)
- NORESCO (NC)
Over the past 6 years, UMass Dartmouth has been tracking student's shower times. This has ranged from self-reported times, to specifically supported timed studies to now the development of an …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Bin There, Done That: Mapping CSUN's Outdoor Waste Infrastructure
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
To prepare for the implementation of CSUN's Zero Waste Plan, and to comply with new stormwater pollution mandates, the Facilities Planning department at CSU Northridge created an internship for students …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Developing a Whole-of-University Approach to Educating for Sustainability: Linking Curriculum, Research and Sustainable Campus Operations
- Australian National University
Institutions of higher education are poised to play a significant role in the search for a more sustainable future. Most universities are tackling sustainability issues in a compartmentalised manner, sustainability …
- Posted Jan. 18, 2017
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A Multiple Methods Approach to Exploring Conservation Decision Making on the Farm: From Theory to Application
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- University of Minnesota System Office (MN)
Balancing agricultural production and water resource protection is a major challenge across the U.S. In Minnesota, where both water and agriculture are fundamental to the state's heritage, modern day identity, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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AASHE STARS: Field Notes From New Adopters
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- University of Chicago (IL)
- Gordian (SC)
The AASHE STARS program is invaluable. It provides higher education institutions a unified platform for assessing and reporting their contributions towards the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. However, obstacles remain. …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Living Earth Festival 2018: MA‘O Organic Farms
- University of Hawaii Leeward Community College (HI)
- University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)
This video, taken at the Living Earth Festival in 2018, highlights efforts by MA'O Organic Farms in Waianae, Hawaii to uplift the local community through employment opportunities and local produce. …
- Posted May 28, 2020
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Strategic Alignment: Communicating Sustainability's Contributions and Value to Mission Level Priorities
- Harvard University (MA)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Second Nature (MA)
- Purdue University (IN)
Given the challenges facing higher education, from ongoing budget cuts and an affordability crisis to new political realities, sustainability professionals must identify and make a case for the ways in …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Big Red Buyer's Club
- Denison University (OH)
- Bon Appétit Management Company
The Big Red Buyers Club was created at Denison University In an effort to support local producers and to connect faculty, students, and staff with high quality, local and responsibly …
- Posted Sept. 6, 2016
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How to Reduce Your School's Carbon Footprint – For Free!
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
- AASHE (MA)
- TerraPass (CA)
UCapture offsets users’ carbon footprint, for free, when they shop with 2000+ partners. Their platform harnesses the power of consumers to build the “cost of carbon” into every transaction – …
- Posted April 3, 2017
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The Gateway to Green: Sustainability Transformation at the Speed of Light
- Saint Louis University (MO)
For nearly 200 years, Saint Louis University has played a role as Wal-Mart-like greeters in the "Gateway to the West". Unfortunately, those welcomed were actually entering the "show me" state, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Economy in Labs: I2SL's Landfill Diversion Working Group Pursues Upstream Dysfunction
- Emory University (GA)
- University of Georgia (GA)
Researcher time is for research! Join us in calling for upstream innovations to build a circular economy and protect valuable scholar time! Achieving sustainability in laboratory settings with regard to …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Hydration Stations: How perception influences Portland State University's water sustainability
- Portland State University (OR)
While universities often talk about sustainability, how do we actually measure the impact of our actions? How are the outcomes of campus initiatives influenced by students' perspectives? The social and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How organizational constraints undermine sustainability actions in a university's campuses: A case study
- University of Coimbra
Higher Education Institutions frequently struggle between the urgency to advance toward more sustainable campuses and the slow pace of their transformation. Although several stimuli and barriers are identified in the …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Growing Sustainable Communities Together Through Leadership in Higher Education
- Joliet Junior College (IL)
- Lewis University (IL)
- Prairie State College (IL)
- University of Saint Francis (IN)
The South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium (SMHEC) is a unique partnership of 10 higher education institutions in the south metropolitan area of Chicago extending west to Joliet, south to Kankakee …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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UVM's Roadmap to Zero Waste
- University of Vermont (VT)
This senior thesis seeks to provide effective strategies for enhancing Zero Waste management goals at the University of Vermont by incorporating the needs of campus stakeholders. As the global garbage …
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Sustainability & Pepperdine University: A Contradiction in Terms?
- Pepperdine University (CA)
A central Christian metaphor is being "a light on a hill." Applying this metaphor to our current ecological crisis, this presentation considers whether or not a Christian college or university …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Develop Your Toolkit for Sustainability Communications
- Colgate University (NY)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Communications play an increasingly important role as we rise to the challenge to reach the global Sustainable Development Goals. However, many sustainability professionals may find their toolkit a bit empty …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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When virtue's not enough: rewarding sustainable transportation choices through improved bicycle infrastructure and wellness programs.
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
In this session you'll learn how the University of Minnesota leveraged federal funds to construct the University Bike Center, a facility that gathered in one place all those things that …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Distributed Reporting Model for Implementing STARS
- Cal Poly Humboldt (CA)
Attendees will gain knowledge of STARS based on Humboldt State University's experience with STARS. The university earned STARS Silver on May 8, 2013.
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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NC Petroleum Displacement Plan Requirement: A Case Study & Measuring Success
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
- Western Carolina University (NC)
The North Carolina Solar Center (NCSC) at NC State University will organize a presentation on North Carolina's State Petroleum Displacement Plan Requirement. The presentation will include representatives from UNC Charlotte …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Energy Management in the Curriculum: The ENERGY STAR Course for Colleges and Universities
- American University (DC)
- Cadmus Group, Inc. (FL)
Understanding the fundamentals of energy management is a marketable skill in any economic climate. Further, understanding the means to and metrics of energy efficiency, and how policy decisions intertwine with …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Cities Network: Bridging the University with Arizona Communities
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The Sustainable Cities Network was created to be a bridge between Arizona State University's (ASU) research and technical capabilities in sustainability and the front-line challenges facing Arizona communities. Convened by …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Embedding sustainability learning pathways across the university
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
The University of British Columbia's (UBC) long-term vision is to embed sustainability in all of its undergraduate teaching programs. The University has described four student sustainability attributes — Holistic Systems …
- Posted June 7, 2016
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Sustainability Education and Vladimir Vernadsky's Theory of Biosphere and Noosphere
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
After years of silence, the West finally started to discover and scientifically recognize a prominent Russian researcher, philosopher, and thinker - Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945). Paradoxically, Vernadsky's name was not …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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133 kW Canopy Array: Greenspun Hall
- University of Nevada Las Vegas (NV)
The louvered canopy at Greenspun Hall shades the courtyard and reduces solar gain on the building's facades and roofs is the most visible of the building's many environmentally sensitive design …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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The role(s) of universities in dealing with global wicked problems through multi-stakeholder initiatives
- Wageningen University
- University of Cape Town
Multi-stakeholder initiatives have emerged as collaborative partnerships to deal with wicked problems, particularly in the global food system. This article analyzes the role that academics play in these initiatives at …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Montclair University's Green Team tackles Styrofoam Recycling
- Montclair State University (NJ)
- Foam Cycle LLC (NJ)
This summer, Foam Cycle and the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority (SCMUA) were awarded a Green Team from Montclair State University (MSU) to study a foam …
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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Teach Environmental Sustainability via Children's Literature
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
We propose to share methods of integration into curriculum and resources for teacher-educators to reach their students, starting with elementary students and continuing on up the grades, K-12. Because children's …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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The University of Winnipeg's Star Blanket Mural
- University of Winnipeg (MB)
This mural covering the University of Winnipeg’s Helen Betty Osborne Building depicts a Star Blanket, and symbolizes the institution’s commitment to indigenization and reconciliation. The mural was completed in August, …
- Posted July 29, 2019
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