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Campus and Community Partnership: The Results of a Feasibility Study on a Nature Prescription Network
- James Madison University (VA)
Emerging research continues to support the notion that exposure to or interaction with nature enhances creativity and vitality, attention and focus, and an overall sense of well being. Nisbet, Zelenski ...
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The Psychology of Sustainability and Social Movement: Student Ecological Citizenship Through a Study Abroad to Malta
- James Madison University (VA)
For the past three years, a multidisciplinary group of first and second year honors students have participated in a month-long Psychology of Sustainability trip to Malta. The pre-departure curriculum includes ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education networking meeting
- University at Albany (NY)
Networking meet up and business meeting for those that are working to advance sustainability in New York State institutes of higher education.
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Sonified Sustainability: Building Deeper Green Coalitions
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
A key to creating truly sustainable institutions is engaging with stakeholders across disciplines and organizations. Some groups - utility services, natural sciences, and environmentally conscious student organizations to name a few ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Ecotourism as an Economic Development Driver
- Dallas College (TX)
All college and university campuses are imbedded in a local community. All communities have the potential to offer ecotourism opportunities to residents and visitors. Ecotourism is now defined as 'responsible ...
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Sustainable Development Anchored in a Dallas TX Community College
- Dallas College (TX)
The World Bank states that 'sustainable development recognizes that growth must be both inclusive and environmentally sound to reduce poverty and build shared prosperity for today's population and to ...
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A Year of Devotion, Thought and Photographs: A Recycling Blog
- Brigham Young University (UT)
This poster seeks to engage attendees in the whys of recycling, the motivations behind sustainability efforts, and the internal and external results of a devotion to stewardship. Utilizing posts on ...
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Building Community through Intergroup Dialogue
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
Intergroup dialogue (IGD) is a facilitated discussion between two or more identity groups that explores conflict and tension around issues of social justice, power, privilege, and bias. IGD is designed ...
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Defining Sustainability: An Innovative, Employee Online Training to Reach Beyond the Choir
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Universities and organizations across the world are integrating sustainability into their services and operations and see sustainability literacy across their workforce as a key step in the integration process. Penn ...
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Student Intern Program Managers
- Colgate University (NY)
People who manage student intern programs can come together to share challenges, successes and best practices. Attendees will discuss management and communication tools and techniques to ensure a successful and ...
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Let's Talk Trash and Recycling: How to Build a Comprehensive View of Campus Waste Management and Diversion Efforts
- Lehigh University (PA)
Developing a comprehensive waste management plan, policy, and data tracking system can be a daunting, yet rewarding task for an institution. These materials not only provide information on existing campus ...
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Leading High-Functioning and Resilient Sustainability Offices - Making a difference via practical and effective leadership
- Stanford University (CA)
This workshop will focus on one of the key leadership and professional development skills - building/leading the most effective and resilient sustainability organization possible. This workshop will cover the best ...
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Motivating and Quantifying the Impacts of Behavior Change
- Stanford University (CA)
In today's increasingly technological and personalized world, how do sustainability professionals provide opportunities to engage their audience in a way that is relevant to them? Stanford has taken the ...
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Readdressing Environmental Thinking in Residence Hall Design
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
This presentation will examine the role of architectural design in promoting an ecological citizenship. By comparing traditional residence hall designs with contemporary residence halls as well as a LEED certified ...
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Green Lab and Green Office Programs at the University of Washington
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The Green Office and Green Lab programs at the University of Washington are an integral part of reaching our campus sustainability goals. These posters showcase offices and labs environmental impact ...
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Campus Connections
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
This poster highlights campus connections at the University of Washington and showcases where linkages occur between departments. These connections are useful for information sharing among students and departments, data collection ...
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A Working Model: The Synergy Between UW Sustainability and Student-led Campus Sustainability Fund
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Green fee funds are managed in different ways on college campuses. For this panel, we will be sharing the ways that University of Washington, Seattle Sustainability department and the Campus ...
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Review of Sustainability Strategies of U.S. Universities and Federal Buildings
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Universities around the world share a common goal of making their campuses more sustainable and energy efficient. Significant investment has been made in the greening campus effort, yet the challenge ...
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Campus All-STARS: a model for streamlining reporting, improving performance, and creating synergies to advance sustainability
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The University of Washington is a globally recognized leader in sustainability. That leadership is only possible through the dedication and work of our many and diverse campus partners ranging from ...
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A Path Towards Reaching Nitrogen Footprint Reduction Goals at the University of Virginia
- University of Virginia (VA)
A nitrogen (N) footprint is the amount of reactive nitrogen (Nr; all N compounds except N2) released to the environment as a result of an entities' resource use. At the ...
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Exploring the Presence of the Economic and Social Dimensions of Sustainability Within Higher Education Classrooms
- Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
Sustainability is commonly comprised of three main dimensions: environmental, economic, and social. The environmental dimension, sometimes referred to as the ecological dimension, concentrates on the reduction of negative human impact ...
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Towards a Broader Conceptualization of Education for Sustainability
- Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
Formal teaching and learning devoted to sustainability is referred to as Education for Sustainability (EfS). EfS is the study of humans' relationship with the resources that support life on this ...
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George Washington University Fostering Federal Sustainability
- George Washington University (DC)
Sustainability is one of the nine core values of George Washington University (GW). As such, the Sustainability Collaborative was formed in 2014 to coordinate the ongoing research, academics, operations, and ...
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Integrating Sustainability Learning Outcomes Into a University Curriculum - A Case Study of Institutional Dynamics
- University of Vermont (VT)
The University of Vermont (UVM) adopted a learning-outcomes-based general education sustainability requirement in Fall 2015. The requirement is unique because sustainability is a non-traditional general education theme, and general education ...
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Creating a Multi-Institution Food Task Force
- University of Utah (UT)
In 2016 I co-created a 'Higher Education Food Task Force' with the seven major institutions along what is known as the Wasatch Front in Utah, which is the major population ...
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Salt Lake Excess: A Transportation-Based Food Recovery Model
- University of Utah (UT)
Restaurants and charities often desire to divert surplus food to communities in need, but logistical constraints prevent this. Salt Lake Excess, developed by a student group at the University of ...
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Familismo Teaching: Promoting Sustainable Development and Social Justice in a Hispanic Serving Institution
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Higher education (HE) has started taking responsibility in teaching, training, and researching for sustainability. Thus, sustainability and the scholarly environments have become the basis of academic practice since the initial ...
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Relocating Education for Sustainability: From the Campus to the Community
- Kent State University (OH)
This session offers a thoughtful critique of dominant education for sustainable development by exploring the limitations of sustainability as we often conceptualize it and the contextual limitations of the higher ...
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Depth and Breadth of Sustainable Business MBA Programs
- University of Redlands (CA)
Even though many business schools realize the importance of sustainability not only from a societal but also from a business standpoint, the question remains whether or not the available programs ...
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Community sustainability partnerships: How to stimulate millions in local green investment and expand your program's visibility and impact
- University of Oregon (OR)
The University of Oregon's Sustainability Office created three community projects in partnership with local governments. SolarizeU and rEVUp Eugene offered community members educational workshops and discount pricing on solar ...
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Arkansas Tech University Campus Master Plan: Embedding Resiliency in the Design Process
- Perkins+Will (NY)
For campuses looking to take a strategic long-term view of their future, strengthen stewardship of their facilities, and reinforce community integrity, resiliency is more than just a question of preparing ...
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An Unlikely Match: Confined Budgets, Sustainable Campuses, Facade Innovation
- BNIM Architects (MO)
High performance design strategies are realized by a collaborative, interdisciplinary team working towards a shared vision. The design of the maintenance and operations building provides a diverse user group an ...
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Solar PV and Interactive Education
- North Central College (IL)
Solar PV technology is decreasing in cost and increasing in popularity worldwide. However, there are still many individuals who do not understand this technology, even on college campuses. Education plays ...
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Build Environmental Equity, Sustainability, and Community Bridges PIEER internship: self-reflection and community engagement.
- University of Northern Iowa (IA)
The University of Northern Iowa has a unique environmental equity internship which is training students on multiple levels to revision sustainability from an equity perspective. This program is designed to ...
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Building Sustainable Food Systems Programming and Community-University Partnerships: A Case Study of the UNC Student Farm
- University of Northern Colorado (CO)
Institutions of higher education with programs focused on sustainability are increasingly integrating curriculum and experiential learning opportunities related to agriculture and food systems. The Environmental and Sustainability Studies (ENST) program ...
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Community Engagement and Sustainable Buildings: A New Course from Pima Community College, Tucson 2030 District, and ENERGY STAR
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
This session will explore a recent successful collaboration between three entities to create a new community-focused sustainability course in Tucson, AZ: 'Sustainability and Building Performance - Foundations, Best Practices, and Implementation ...
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Implementation of Pre-Consumer Composting in University Student Union: Obstacles and Lessons learned
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
As an institution with over 25,000 students, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) produces an overwhelming amount of waste. UNL has successfully achieved a campus-wide diversion rate of nearly 50 ...
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Developing a Green Fund
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The Green Fund at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL) is a pool of money that is available to all students to do projects on campus that relate to creating ...
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Sustainable Food Policy Creation - University of Denver
- University of Denver (CO)
- Sodexo USA (MD)
The University of Denver (DU) has been a Real Food Challenge Signatory since May 2015. As DU's food service provider, Denver Dining by Sodexo has performed extensive research within ...
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Sustainability in the World of Print and Mail
- Messiah University (PA)
Dwayne Magee, President of IPMA, is also the Director for Print and Mail at Messiah College near Harrisburg, PA. Messiah College and other CCCU schools spend about $15 million every ...
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Campus EcoChallenge: Driving a Culture of Sustainability on Campus
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
This 30 minute workshop is designed for faculty and staff looking for tangible tools that will help drive a culture of sustainability on campus. The workshop will highlight the new ...
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Integrating Sustainability With Energy and Facilities Management at the Alamo Colleges District
- Alamo Community College District (TX)
Alamo Colleges District is a network of five community colleges serving the diverse population of San Antonio, TX and surrounding areas. With a commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050, this ...
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Unifying Campus Audiences in Co-Curricular Sustainability Programming to Create Action-Oriented Projects
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson College has innovatively reformed its student and employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs to create co-curricular learning experiences aimed at building solidarity with campus stakeholders. This session will ...
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Sustainability in Italy: a Short-Term Study Abroad Program with Focus on Language, Environment, Culture, and Food
- Dickinson College (PA)
Sustainability in Italy: Environment, Culture, and Food' is a short-term study abroad program in Italy connected to an Italian language course taught on the Dickinson College campus. Through fieldwork and ...
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Silence: a Luxury or Commodity
- Iowa State University (IA)
Today's luxury items are increasingly demanded with one caveat, that they are silent. Silent appliances, cars, vacations all come with a high price. While the upper middle class reach ...
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Infrastructure, Audits, and Education: A Three-Pronged Approach to Waste Reduction
- Luther College (IA)
This poster will demonstrate how Luther College is working to achieve its zero waste goals by investing in infrastructure, conducting waste audits and creatively educating the campus community. Under the ...
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Energy Monitoring as a Tool for Community Engagement
- Luther College (IA)
This poster will detail the process and results of electricity monitoring for behavior change in the Luther College Sustainability House, a residence focused on discovering what it means to live ...
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Stop Recycling? Stop Composting? The hard choices when doing the right thing for People, Profit, and Planet.
- Cornell University (NY)
Engaged students, faculty, and staff are eager to recycle and compost all they can! But what happens after material goes in the recycle or compost bin? Collaboration with campus partners ...
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Institutional challenges in CO2 footprint goals, inventorying, and implementing cost effective measures to meet the goals.
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Presentation addresses challenges in setting actionable goals for sustainability in educational institutions. Students have great passion but no experience; academics want hands-on and research opportunity; facility managers are pragmatic and ...
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The Climate Commitment: Getting the President to Move From 'no' to 'yes' -- and Then Maximizing the Impact of the Signature
- Concordia College (NY)
At many colleges and universities, the president is highly reluctant to sign the Climate Commitment (of Second Nature), with its pledge to achieve carbon neutrality and increase community resilience. At ...
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