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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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High Impact Practices at Bridgewater State University’s Permaculture Garden and Local Farms
- Bridgewater State University (MA)
In this presentation, faculty from the Bridgewater State University Sustainability Program share their experiences of using the permaculture garden as a tool for their teaching, research, and scholarship. The goal …
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Community Solar: Supercharging the Equitable Energy Transition
- Solar Energy Industries Association (DC)
The U.S. is at a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change and must take decisive action to build an equitable clean energy economy. In this presentation, David Gahl …
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Scope 3: Calculating a carbon footprint with purchasing data
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
In greenhouse gas accounting, calculating indirect emissions (scope 3 sources) is notoriously challenging and daunting. In this session, we will provide detailed guidance on an accessible entry point into scope …
- Posted Feb. 27, 2025
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A Campus Beyond Plastic
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
Plastic has taken on an almost ubiquitous presence in our daily lives. While eliminating single-use plastics is not an overnight task, it is also not an impossible one! With some …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Brackish Water Los Angeles: An Exhibition Field Report
- California State University, Dominguez Hills (CA)
Brackish Water Los Angeles is an art and research project housed at California State University Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) University Art Gallery, co-directed by Aandrea Stang and Debra Scacco. Part of …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Smart Partnerships: How Higher Education Institutions Can Enhance the Capacity of the UN to Govern the Global Commons
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
This dissertation explores how partnerships between UN agencies and higher education institutions (HEIs) can enhance governance of the global commons. Unique attributes that HEIs have to offer in this regard …
- Posted Aug. 8, 2016
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Green cities and ivory towers: how do higher education sustainability initiatives shape millennials’ consumption practices?
- University of Michigan (MI)
College-educated millennials, motivated by a preference for vibrant, walkable neighborhoods with access to good public transportation, are helping to drive an economic resurgence in many American cities. At the same …
- Posted Aug. 22, 2016
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Proactive sustainable university transportation: Marginal effects, intrinsic values, and university students' mode choice
- University of Queensland (QLD)
In the United States, millions of university students drive alone to school. Therefore, decreasing driving alone and related car dependence among university students is as important as doing that among …
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Engaging Undergraduates in Soil Sustainability Decision-Making Through an InTeGrate Module
- Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
- Virginia Tech (VA)
- Wittenberg University (OH)
Continued agricultural productivity hinges on understanding how to manage soil resources. A 2-week undergraduate introductory-level module: A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources Through Local Decision Making was collaboratively developed through …
- Posted Nov. 17, 2016
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How Does Adding an Emphasis on Socioscientific Issues Influence Student Attitudes about Science, Its Relevance, and Their Interpretations of Sustainability?
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
A general consensus exists among the leaders of both developed and developing nations that their citizens should be scientifically literate. Therefore, it is important for educational systems to provide students …
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Teaching decision-making for sustainable infrastructure: a wind energy case study module
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Purpose This paper aims to introduce a case-based module teaching sustainable engineering, linking the Envision rating system with behavioral decision science. Three complete modules are publicly available in a repository …
- Posted Nov. 13, 2018
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Identifying the factors for sustainability learning performance
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Hordaland)
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
- Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
The recent launch of several important international education initiatives designates a future for education that moves away from educational achievements largely based on access and attainment and advances a more …
- Posted April 30, 2019
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How to Cultivate an Environmentally Responsible Maker? A CPS Approach to a Comprehensive Maker Education Model
- National Taiwan University
- National Taichung University of Science and Technology
Environmental education is intended to increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues and enhance individuals’ problem-solving and decision-making skills by tackling problems in the real world. “Maker education,” on …
- Posted May 6, 2019
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Evaluating the prevalence and quality of conference codes of conduct
- Northwestern University (IL)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- Chicago Botanic Gardens (IL)
Efforts to increase inclusion in science face multiple barriers, including cultural and social behaviors in settings such as academic conferences. Conferences are beneficial, but the culture can promote inequities and …
- Posted March 6, 2020
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Is management education preparing future leaders for sustainable business? Opening minds but not hearts
- Indian Institute of Management (Jharkhand)
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Purpose The study aims to examine whether management education can successfully cultivate the competency of empathy that is needed in future corporate leaders to promote sustainability initiatives catering to diverse …
- Posted March 6, 2020
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Comparing Levels Of Environmental Literacy Between Stars- and Non-Stars-Rated Universities
- San Jose State University (CA)
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) is a program that measures university sustainability levels. STARS ranks university campuses based on the number of points received from individual specifications …
- Posted April 17, 2020
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Liverpool knowledge quarter sustainability network: case study
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
Purpose This paper aims to study the development of the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter Sustainability Network (KQSN). It outlines the sectors included in the collaborative knowledge-sharing, the nature of the work …
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Spatial distribution of urban vegetation: A case study of a Canadian University Campus using LiDAR-based metrics
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
Planners and urban managers design green spaces according to established standards, aspiring to create green spaces within and around the built environment. However, when building density is extremely high, it …
- Posted April 21, 2021
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Which are the best practices for MSc programmes in sustainable agriculture?
- Universidade do Porto
- Universidade de Évora
- Agricultural University of Athens
- Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Programmes of education for sustainable development are important to reformulate and revise educational programmes in Sustainable Agriculture. Higher education institutes emerge as learning places to integrate sustainable development into the …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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The Perceived Importance and Intended Purchasing Patterns of Sustainable Foods in Australian University Students
- Western Sydney University (NSW)
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Although there has been considerable research on consumers’ opinions about sustainable foods and purchasing behaviors, the experience of university students remains unclear. This study aims to characterize university students’ perceptions …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Students as co-researchers: Using participatory action research to address college food insecurity
- University of San Francisco (CA)
Studies indicate that college students experience high rates of food insecurity. Growing awareness of food insecurity on college campuses has resulted in efforts by many institutions to address the problem …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Student Led Governance of a Campus Community Permaculture Garden at a Liberal Arts University
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
This case-study supports the implementation and social investment in university campus community gardens as an interdisciplinary resource for academic research, extra-curricular activities, and community building. Using a permaculture design model, …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Using a Solutions Lens to Engage Students on the UN Global Goals
- AASHE (MA)
- Babson College (MA)
Today more than ever, students need to learn not only how society is working to solve its most challenging problems, but also how to think critically and creatively about solutions. …
- Posted May 14, 2020
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Webinar: Assessing Sustainability Literacy & Culture: Innovations & Lessons Learned by Multiple Institutions
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- Weber State University (UT)
- Williams College (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
This interactive panel discussion will feature four presenters from different geographic regions (eastern and western United States) and institutional contexts (private and public, and from small liberal arts colleges to …
- Posted Oct. 4, 2022
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Black Hills Food Hub
- Black Hills State University (SD)
Black Hills State University (BHSU) and Spearfish community partners are seeking to create a culture that supports and values local food in order to expand the reach and depth of …
- Posted June 3, 2016
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Sustainable Biodiversity on the Georgia Southern Campus
- Georgia Southern University (GA)
Our project recorded the biodiversity of vertebrates on the 700 acre rural campus of Georgia Southern University. Faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students were involved in collecting the data. Students …
- Posted May 22, 2017
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Regeneration & Reclamation in Environmental Justice Projects by Contemporary Artists and Educators
- Colorado State University, Pueblo (CO)
- George Washington University (DC)
- Parsons (IL)
- ViVA Virtual Visiting Artists (OH)
For many years, internationally renowned award-winning contemporary artists around the country have been leaders of community-based social practice projects that feature creative approaches to urban renewal and communal agriculture, native …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Payne Family Native American Center
- University of Montana (MT)
The Payne Family Native American Center, the first of its kind in the nation, is an excellent example of sustainability in practice. This symbolically rich building provides a place for …
- Posted July 24, 2012
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Environmental Studies Bachelor
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
Earth’s environment is maintained through complex feedback mechanisms which, over geologic time, have created an environment replete with myriad life forms and incredible biological, geological, and cultural diversity. Humans have …
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems (MS)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
Learn online and earn your Master of Science (M.S.) in Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Gain expertise in sustainable food systems and innovative community …
- Posted Feb. 13, 2019
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M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management
- Georgetown University (DC)
The Georgetown Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability Management (MS-ESM) is a jointly offered degree that blends scientific knowledge with business principles—a powerful combination that will enable you to …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2021
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Innovations in Sustainability Curriculum: Teaching Full Cost Analysis through Student-Produced Documentaries
- Furman University (SC)
The David E. Shi Center for Sustainability at Furman University sought to increase teaching of full cost analysis as a suite of tools that can be used as a framework …
- Posted June 4, 2015
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How an ESCO Brought a 'Just in Time' Sustainability Teaching Opportunity to NMSU's 'Conservation and Modernization' project
- New Mexico State University (NM)
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
The 'Conservation and Modernization' project at New Mexico State University is about sustainability education on all levels for campus occupants while doing the tough work of mechanical upgrades and lighting …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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City Studio Vancouver: The City is the Classroom
- Emily Carr University of Art & Design (BC)
Vancouver, BC is often ranked as one of the world's most livable cities because, as ecological footprint inventor and Vancouver Professor Bill Rees has noted, "25 or 30 years ago …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Dreamers Center Provides Resources for DACA Students
- California State University, Fullerton (CA)
In October 2022, the Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful, calling into question the future of the …
- Posted Dec. 5, 2022
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On-site Power Purchase Agreements 101: What you really need to know
- Yale University (CT)
- Community Energy, Inc. (PA)
- Second Nature (MA)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
In an effort to address climate change universities across the nation have made formal commitments and set targets to reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions. They are now grappling with how …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Partnerships to Forward Campus Sustainability Through Student Green Funds and Innovative Restoration
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Looking to create a sustainability fund on your campus, but need a little help? Learn how one university partnered with a non-profit foundation to launch a successful campaign to pass …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating an Interactive Campus Sustainability Map
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Most campuses look for ways to communicate what they are doing to make their campuses more sustainable. This abstract argues that a key piece of a sustainability communications strategy is …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A World Café on the professional challenges of working at the intersections of equity, environment, and economy
- Cornell University (NY)
- Yale University (CT)
- McGill University (QC)
At the AASHE 2010 Conference, Julian Agyeman urged the audience to begin an important conversation about "Just Sustainability" on our campuses. He made a compelling case for the need to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting Communities to Data That Matter - Linkages Through SDGs
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
In recent years, a rising number of innovative firms and entrepreneurs have intentionally coalesced around university centers to bring invention plus implementation together. These universities known as anchor institutions typically …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Research In Costa Rica: 5 Week Faculty Led Study Abroad Model
- Central College (IA)
This session explains the process and lessons learned as Central College (Pella, Iowa) faculty and staff developed undergraduate research opportunities within the model of a short-term faculty-led study abroad program …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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The Case Study of Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass) Programs at Eight US Universities
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Many universities across the US address sustainability on campus and aim at reducing the environmental footprint. Universities' strategies to reduce the carbon footprint include promoting alternative modes of travel, such …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Reducing Odorous Emissions from Compost With Bio Filters
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
In 2014 Thompson Rivers University published its campus Sustainability Action plan that identified priorities to become a green campus. Zero waste was identified as a major priority, including the capturing …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Building Sustainability Student Leaders with Campus Collaborations
- University of Oregon (OR)
Through a collaborative model, the University of Oregon nurtures environmental leadership in students. With scaffolded opportunities, students learn how to impact the culture, economy, and functioning of the 'mini city' …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Role of Higher Education in the Transition to a Circular Economy
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The transition to a circular economy requires us to transform the way we create products, services and systems and this is necessarily dependent on how individuals, teams and organisations learn …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Lessons Learned from a Campus Food Pantry: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Campus Partnerships
- University of Denver (CO)
Hunger and food insecurity are growing problems on college campuses. The rising cost of a college education and the increasing number of nontraditional students mean that more students are struggling …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Supporting a Sustainable Economy Through Partnership With Local Food Hubs
- Gonzaga University (WA)
- Sodexo USA (MD)
- Puget Sound Food Hub (WA)
- LINC Foods (WA)
This session will showcase how to effectively collaborate with local producers to build a more sustainable economy through increased purchases of local products and to raise awareness about food systems …
- 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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Rooted in Community: Collaboration with Local Land Trusts
- Davidson College (NC)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)
As higher education institutions, and specifically sustainability offices, seek to broaden and deepen collaboration with local organizations, the land trust community is a natural partner. In many cases, both the …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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