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Sustainable Forest Management Minor
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
The Sustainable Forest Management minor offers students the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills to measure and assess forest and other natural resources in order to understand the ecology ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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Environmental Policy, Law, and Society (BS)
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
The Environmental Policy, Law, and Society program is designed to give students tools and knowledge needed to improve the environmental health of both humans and the natural world through wise ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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Sustainable Energy Management (BS)
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
This program allows students to develop their talents and skills as applied scientists, entrepreneurs, business managers, and planners in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and related responses to ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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Sustainability Program
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
The Sustainability Program is a living-learning community at SLU’s Sustainability Farm, where you will live with other students committed to creating a more sustainable world. Students will live and ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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Conservation Biology
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
Conservation Biology majors 1) gain knowledge about fundamental principles important to the conservation of global biodiversity, 2) learn the particular methods associated with biodiversity conservation, 3) develop an appreciation for ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
Environmental Studies stand alone major (B.A.) is for students who wish to concentrate their efforts in environmental studies. This major is tailored to individual interests and emphasizes depth in ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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Green Real Estate Certificate
- North Seattle College (WA)
A recent study conducted by GreenWorks Realty showed that green homes in King County sold more quickly and for more money during 2007-08 than their non-green counterparts. No wonder then ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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SCORE! A free-cycling event at the University of Alberta – Augustana Campus
- University of Alberta (AB)
SCORE! is… A pop-up swap. A store where everything is free. A community marketplace of reciprocity. A redistribution of goods. Alternative economics. A party!! SCORE! is all of the above ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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Sustainable Living and Learning: A Learning Community for First-Year Students
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
First-year students have the opportunity to participate in a special, two-semester long Learning Community that will investigate the intersection of sustainability and consumption with a particular emphasis on the relationship ...
- Posted Jan. 23, 2018
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Sustainable Development Minor
- Lehigh University (PA)
The minor in SDEV consists of a minimum of at least 15 hours of study that includes a combination of core courses and approved electives. To declare a minor in ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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Environmental Studies Minor
- Gonzaga University (WA)
The Environmental Studies Program connects science with study of the historical, social, ethical, legal and political issues that affect our natural world and how we interact with it. The Minor ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Lehigh University (PA)
The Environmental Studies BA program examines the cultural, economic, historical, communication, political and social factors that influence local, national, international and global environmental issues and policies. Investigating a wide range ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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Environmental Studies Bachelor
- Gonzaga University (WA)
The Environmental Studies Department offers 39-credit major with the introductory interdisciplinary course, ENVS 101, which builds cohesion and a sense of community for the major. Students take five additional “ENVS ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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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 ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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13.5 MW Solar Carport System
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Coho Climate Advisors (MD)
Michigan State University partnered with Inovateus Solar and Alterra Power Corp. to install a 13.5 MW solar carport system spread above 4,500 parking spaces in 5 locations around ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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Infusing Sustainability Principles and Practices into Study Abroad
- Concordia College-Moorhead (MN)
- Delta College (MI)
- Lawrence University (WI)
- AASHE (MA)
As colleges and universities simultaneously promote both sustainability and study abroad, it is vitally important to ensure that these initiatives are working in harmony. Infusing sustainability principles and practices into ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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Marine Science (MS)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
The Department of Marine Sciences provides teaching and research in estuarine, coastal, and oceanographic sciences leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in marine sciences. The two elements of ...
- Posted Jan. 17, 2018
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Ecology (MA)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
The Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology is a multidisciplinary, degree-granting program that seeks to foster an understanding and appreciation of ecological systems and to demonstrate the value of ecological ...
- Posted Jan. 17, 2018
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Ecology (MS)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
The Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology is a multidisciplinary, degree-granting program that seeks to foster an understanding and appreciation of ecological systems and to demonstrate the value of ecological ...
- Posted Jan. 17, 2018
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Minor in Environmental Science and Studies
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
The minor is designed for students wishing to remain in another discipline but having an interest in the environment as an area of application. Students in the minor in environmental ...
- Posted Jan. 17, 2018
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4.7 MW Solar Array
- Hampshire College (MA)
- SolarCity
Hampshire College partnered with SolarCity to install 4.7 MW (DC) of solar on 19 acres of its 840-acre campus. The system is expected to provide 100 percent of Hampshire ...
- Posted Jan. 12, 2018
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Evaluating the Theory and Outcomes of the Teen Advocates for Sustainability Corps (TASC) Summit
- New York University (NY)
The attached research was written as my thesis for a Master of Arts in Environmental Conservation Education, from New York University. It analyzes an environmental advocacy program I developed for ...
- Posted Jan. 5, 2018
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4.3 MW Solar Parking Canopy
- University of California, Riverside (CA)
- SunPower Corp (CA)
UCR partnered with SunPower to install a 4.3 MW solar canopy above two campus parking lots (lots 30 and 32). The project was built and fully financed by SunPower ...
- Posted Jan. 4, 2018
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2.8 MW Solar Array
- Mohawk Valley Community College (NY)
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (NY)
Mohawk Valley Community College partnered with GroSolar to develop a 2 MW AC / 2.8 MW DC solar array on a site owned by the Rome Industrial Development Corporation. MVCC ...
- Posted Jan. 4, 2018
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Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice Around the Climate Crisis
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Talking Truth was initiated in fall 2015 to support and build on understanding of climate disruption. Our experiential events employ storytelling, film screenings, art making, author talks, and reflective writing ...
- Posted Jan. 3, 2018
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Implementing a Sustainability Internship Program at Siena Heights University
- Siena Heights University (MI)
Michigan is experiencing numerous environmental health threats, and the SHU Sustainability Internship Program was created to engage students to address environmental challenges. Using the AASHE Guide to Creating & Managing ...
- Posted Jan. 3, 2018
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1.8 MW of Rooftop Solar
- Charles Sturt University (NSW)
Charles Sturt University contracted with Todae Solar to design, construct and install 1.77 MW of rooftop solar spread across 17 buildings of its its Wagga Wagga campus. The system ...
- Posted Jan. 3, 2018
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1.6 MW Hydro Purchase from King’s Fall Hydroelectric Facility
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
In 2015, St. Lawrence University signed a long-term agreement with Gravity Renewables that allowed for the refurbishment and repair of the King’s Fall Hydroelectric Facility in Lewis County. That ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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2 MW Denton Road Solar Array
- Skidmore College (NY)
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (NY)
- WGL Energy (VA)
- Dynamic Energy (MA)
Skidmore College contracted with Dynamic Energy to develop a 2-megawatt solar array located on 8 acres of College property about one mile from its main campus. The array consists of ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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850 kW Hydro Purchase from Chittenden Falls Hydroelectric Facility
- Skidmore College (NY)
In 2015, Skidmore College finalized an agreement with Gravity Renewables to purchase the output of the revitalized Chittenden Falls Hydroelectric Facility in Columbia County. The certified low-impact dam generates about ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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927 kW Hydro Purchase from Groveville Hydro Facility
- Vassar College (NY)
In September 2015, Vassar College announced a 20-year agreement with the hydro power company Gravity Renewables to purchase power generated at the 927 kW Groveville Hydro Facility in Beacon, NY ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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2.8 MW Harford Solar Farm at the Ruminant Center
- Cornell University (NY)
This 2.8 MW solar farm is comprised of 9,333 photovoltaic panels spread across 20 acres at Cornell’s Ruminant Center in Harford, New York.
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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4 MW Musgrave Research Farm Solar Project
- Cornell University (NY)
Cornell University partnered with Distributed Sun and Building Energy Asset Management to install two 2 MW solar farms (Musgrave East and Musgrave West) on 28 acres attached to Cornell's ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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2 MW Sutton Road Solar Farm
- Cornell University (NY)
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (NY)
Sutton Road Solar Farm, a 2-megawatt energy facility in Geneva, New York, became fully operational April 2016. Spread over 17 acres, the installation offsets nearly 40 percent of the annual ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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2 MW Snyder Road Solar Farm
- Cornell University (NY)
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (NY)
- Sol Systems (DC)
The Cornell Snyder Road Solar Farm – comprised of with 6,778 photovoltaic panels on an 11-acre plot of Cornell property that adjoins the Tompkins County Regional Airport – went live in ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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Towards a Theory-Based Framework for Assessing the Mainstreaming of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Teacher Education Institutions in Botswana
This article presents the development of a theory-based framework for exploring the ways in which different teacher education institutions in Botswana have worked towards the infusion of education for sustainable ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Learning about Sustainability—What Influences Students’ Self-Perceived Sustainability Actions after Undergraduate Education?
- Gävle University College
Changing societies’ minds about sustainability requires knowledge about the situation, awareness of what needs to be done and actions to change today’s unsustainable behaviors. Universities are challenged to develop ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Rogative Learning in Education for Sustainable Development: Environment, Human Rights and Democracy
- University of Gothenburg
The question underlying the investigation in this paper is how within a context of education for sustainable development it is possible to learn about the environment, human rights and democracy ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Methodology of energy efficient building refurbishment: Application on two university campus-building case studies in Italy with engineering students
- Polytechnic University of Milan
Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) has launched since 2011 the project “Città Studi Sustainable Campus” to improve the university’s sustainability performances within three main principles: building refurbishment, sustainable campus development ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Fossil fuel divestment in US higher education: student-led organising for climate justice
- Pitzer College (CA)
- Responsible Endowments Coalition (PA)
Based on over one year of participant observation within the student-led fossil fuel divestment (FFD) movement, this article contextualises the origins, successes, challenges, and inner workings of the FFD movement ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Evaluating the engagement of universities in capacity building for sustainable development in local communities
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Beira Interior
- University of Passo Fundo
Universities have the potential to play a leading role in enabling communities to develop more sustainable ways of living and working however, sustainable communities may only emerge with facilitation, community ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Energy planning of university campus building complex: Energy usage and coincidental analysis of individual buildings with a case study
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Zhejiang University
- Nanjing University of Science & Technology
As the demonstration of eco-communities, energy planning becomes more and more important for university campus. However, insufficient energy use data accumulation has been a significant barrier against fully understanding of ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Education for Sustainability in Universities: Challenges and Opportunities for Change
- RMIT University
Education for sustainability (EfS) is widely supported and researched; however, the broad and deep implementation of EfS in universities that is needed lags behind the goals of change agents. This ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Development of a web based energy management system for University Campuses: The CAMP-IT platform
- Technical University of Crete
University campuses can be considered as small towns due to their size, number of users and mixed and complex activities, including numerous actions usually met in urban environments. The energy ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Best Option For Reducing On-Campus Private Car-Based CO2 Emissions: Reducing VKT Or Congestion?
- Middle East Technical University
Reducing carbon footprint, especially from private cars, is an inevitable goal of sustainable transportation programs. Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey, has a fairly large campus, for which ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Adoption of sustainable development reporting by universities: An analysis of French first-time reporters
- National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
The purpose of this paper is to study the issuance of sustainable development reports by French universities, based on two dimensions proposed by Ansari et al. (2010): extensiveness and fidelity ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Why It Matters How We Frame “Education” in Education for Sustainable Development
- University of Otago (Otago)
We analyzed two educational frameworks that seek to embed “education for sustainable development” into higher education (HE). Both identify that HE is failing to educate graduates able to address the ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Visualization of energy and water consumption and GHG emissions: A case study of a Canadian University Campus
- Carleton University (ON)
Campuses, communities, and other building clusters are major users of energy and water and thus can have a significant environmental impact. Frequently, their buildings’ resource consumption is metered to various ...
- Posted Dec. 22, 2017
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Building a Strong Local Foods Program for Your Campus
- AASHE (MA)
- University of Vermont (VT)
- Seattle Central College (WA)
- Farm to Institution New England (VT)
- Towson University (MD)
- Smith College (MA)
Food systems have become an increasingly important element of campus sustainability efforts and planning, with varying levels of commitment and institutionalization across campuses. This topic has a variety of focus ...
- Posted Dec. 14, 2017
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Understanding the energy consumption and occupancy of a multi-purpose academic building
- Heriot-Watt University
Building energy use associated with non-domestic buildings accounts for approximately 19% of the total UK CO2 emissions. Energy consumption in a non-domestic building is a complex issue due to a ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2017
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