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Loyola University Chicago Biodiesel Program
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
The Biodiesel Program, part of the Searle Center for Sustainability Innovations in Loyola’s Institute of Environmental Sustainability, saw its humble beginnings grow from an ingenious student idea to one that …
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Questionnaire survey on consciousness and behavior of students to achieve SDGs in Kyoto University
- Kyoto University
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), consisting of 17 goals and 169 targets regarding the economic, social and environmental objectives to achieve global sustainable development by 2030, have received considerable attention not …
- Posted May 15, 2020
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Environmental Earth Science Major
- Eastern Connecticut State University (CT)
Environmental Earth Science (EES) students receive a foundation in environmental geoscience that draws upon classroom, online, laboratory and field-based experiences. Students develop an understanding of the natural world, its materials, …
- Posted Dec. 6, 2019
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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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Service Learning and Sustainability: Students prepare environmental risk assessment reports for urban homeowners in Nashville
- Tennessee State University (TN)
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
In 2010 the Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement at Tennessee State University (TSU), a historically black college, presented a proposal to the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Minor
- Clemson University (SC)
The Sustainability Minor is open to all majors. The program is designed to familiarize students with the core values of sustainability, and gain an in-depth knowledge of why and how …
- Posted July 10, 2019
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The Future is Being Resilient to Climate Emergencies
- Rice University (TX)
- Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (MA)
Resiliency to climate emergencies is necessary to respond to extreme weather events that are occurring more frequently as the climate changes. A climate emergency does not always mean there will …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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High Impact Low Carbon Exchanges: Teaching Sustainability Through Global Classroom Partnerships
- Salisbury University (MD)
- Universidad Latinoamericana De Ciencia Y Tecnología (ULACIT)
Studying abroad allows students from across the globe to experience different cultural, political, learning, and natural environments. For these reasons and many others, learning institutions (including universities) have prioritized this …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Paper Steps on Campus
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
Campuses across North America play a pivotal role in creating and demonstrating successful sustainability programs to be emulated across society. When it comes to recycling of vital resources, which is …
- Posted April 28, 2022
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Minor in Sustainability Studies
- Pratt Institute (NY)
A Minor in Sustainability Studies at Pratt deepens the understanding of the interdisciplinary approach to sustainable environmental, economic, and social practices, providing students with a broad understanding of the complex …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Watershed UGA
- University of Georgia (GA)
With funding from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, the University of Georgia (UGA) is leveraging a current town/gown campus stream restoration initiative to create a transformative experience in sustainability for …
- Posted May 18, 2015
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Cultivating Sustainability Scholars
- George Mason University (VA)
George Mason University committed to greatly expanding opportunities for undergraduate scholarship through a Quality Enhancement Program associated with the university’s re-accreditation in 2009. Core faculty from Mason’s Environmental and Sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Growing Pains: Curriculum Design and Redesign in a First-Year Sustainability Cohort
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN)
The HERE (Home for Environmentally Responsible Engineering) program, a first-year living-learning community at our school, was designed around standard required courses. First-year students enroll together in an orientation course and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Redefining action competence: The case of sustainable development
- University of Antwerp
- Karlstad University
The concept of Action Competence (AC) has been interpreted in different ways in various domains of the educational sciences. Given the rising scholarly attention to AC, these diverse interpretations are …
- Posted May 5, 2021
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Teaching and Learning for a Zero Waste Future
- DePauw University (IN)
The global materials economy is a fundamental driver of all of our most serious and urgent crises: climate change, toxic pollution, biodiversity loss, poverty, and injustice. This economic system rests …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bachelor in Marine & Environmental Science
- Hampton University (VA)
Program includes a rigorous curriculum covering subject matters related to marine & environmental science, such as geology, biology, physics, chemistry, and more. Students enrolled in the program will receive real …
- Posted April 1, 2016
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Energy Environments MS
- West Virginia University (WV)
The Energy Environments graduate program (M.S.) is designed to prepare students with the advanced coursework, practical work and research experience needed to succeed in professions that are rapidly developing at …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Earth Law and the Rights of Nature: A New Generation of Laws Built for Nature
- City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (NY)
- Environmental Education Fund (NJ)
Forget doom and gloom. Let's educate students about the Rights of Nature, an inspiring, evolving legal development which is gaining traction in the US and around the world, and which …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Waste Separation Behaviour of College Students under a Mandatory Policy in China: A Case Study of Zhengzhou City
- University of Surrey
- Henan Agricultural University (Henan)
The need for effective solid waste management (SWM) is an important environmental and public health issue. As a key way of minimizing municipal solid waste (MSW), source separation has in …
- Posted April 22, 2021
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Postcards from Peru: IAU 2014 International Conference Share-Out
- Franklin Pierce University (NH)
This briefing will highlight the experiences and take-home lessons of an educator/traveler and panelist at the 2014 International Association of Universities (IAU)’s International Conference, "Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships for Youth Development: Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems (GLADE)
- Missouri State University (MO)
The Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems (GLADE) is a week-long academy for high school students sponsored by the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society, Missouri State University, Missouri Department of Conservation …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Diverse Stakeholders - Multi-Stakeholder Approach
- Sierra Youth Coalition (QC)
The building of a multi-stakeholder process often distinguishes a successful initiative from a failure. Meaningful communication with all stakeholders ensures the most effective results. Using role playing, this workshop will …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Transitioning CSU San Bernardino to a Sustainable Vision: A Benefits-Cost Analysis Framework for Project Assessment and Social Benefit Valuation
- Marylhurst University (OR)
Transitioning to sustainable business practices is a goal which many organizations have undertaken, but with mixed results and a myriad of tools. The transition can be complicated by not having …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Re-Design Certificate: Regenerative Ecological Design
- Ecosa Institute (AZ)
United Nations Environmental Program has claimed that our planet is amid its sixth major extinction of biological diversity. U.N. scientists estimate that 150-200 species become extinct every 24 hours. The …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Fracking with Higher Education: Student Activism and Mobilization in the National and Local Context
- New York University (NY)
What does the modern student movement look like on today's college campuses? How do they mobilize, communicate, and orchestrate their action? What are their tactics? Sit-ins? Boycotts? Petitions? Facebook and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Automated Gardening System with Solar Integration
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Industrialized agriculture has benefitted our society by feed billions but is also adding a burden to the environment. Inefficient watering techniques and indiscriminate use of chemicals in much of today's …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Academic Language for Sustainability Economy
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
Co-creating the sustainability economy depends on the ability of up and coming generations to grasp opportunities to successfully address sustainability issues confronting our world. An authentic teacher preparation program features …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Empowering Students and the Community Through Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science Outreach
- Beyond Benign (MA)
- State of Washington (WA)
Sustainable STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) outreach can have a significant impact on youth, empowering students to be problem-solvers and engage in their communities as change makers, and inspiring …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Submitting to “Case Studies in the Environment”: A Workshop for Authors
- University of Southern California (CA)
“Case Studies in the Environment” (CSE) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of California Press. The online journal publishes case studies, which provide nuance to environmental problem solving …
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Workshop
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Are you ever the only womxn in a room of men? Have you ever had a male colleague take credit for your work? Have you ever been spoken over by …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Emerging Data Visualization Issues in Sustainability: Increasing 'Truthfulness' and Visual Literacy
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (WI)
This presentation involves the challenges of how to analyze and display data produced with information technologies in truthful and complete ways that are easily digested by human problem solvers and …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Developing a Resilience Tool For Higher Education Institutions: A Must-Have in Campus Master Planning
- Virginia Tech (VA)
- Hanbury (VA)
Resilience has become a prominent topic in the planning and design industry over the past several years. States, cities and entire regions face an ever-growing threat of environmental and societal …
- Posted April 30, 2019
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Green Economy Marketing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Kenya
- Technical University of Mombasa
Green skills are relevant for Sustainable Development for the modern economy. To adapt green economy, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) are important in the contribution towards its success …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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Modernizing the Organic Chemistry Laboratory with Green Chemistry
- Beyond Benign (MA)
Green Chemistry Education Webinar Series: A new webinar series for chemistry faculty and students highlighting relevant topics in green chemistry education.
Presented by: Dr. Jane Wissinger Associate Professor, Department of …
- Posted Jan. 30, 2017
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“You Can’t Measure That!” Measuring Affective Learning Outcomes in an Undergraduate Urban Sustainability Course
- University of Louisville (KY)
Traditional classroom assessments are unable to measure students’ development of the affective competencies and behavioral dispositions implicit in education for sustainability. This original research addresses the question of how to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integrating Sustainability Sciences into a Social Science Discipline: An Exploration in the Fiber, Textile & Clothing Field
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Climate change is a multifaceted global issue that is transforming Earth’s surface and atmosphere in response to human influences. The $2 trillion fiber, textile, and clothing (FTC) industry contributes significantly …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integrating Sustainability Literacy Competencies Into Teacher Preparation Programs
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
Education for sustainability is critical in preparing future generations with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to address the sustainability problems that challenge the health and stability of our world. …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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St. Lawrence University Green Café Farm To Table Course
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
St. Lawrence University's student-run Green café class is a collaborative and multi-stakeholder venture with Dining Services, Seed to Table (student food justice club), undergraduates from across disciplines, and three generations …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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Institute for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue (ICAD): Community conversations for a sustainable and equitable future
- James Madison University (VA)
With a mission to “inspire dialogue and deliberation that shapes engaged and inclusive communities and informs sound policies,” the Institute for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue (ICAD) at James Madison University …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies BS
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
This wide, interdisciplinary degree will enable you to contribute your skills and experience to a wide variety of occupations in a wide variety of places. Every nation, regardless of their …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Application of international energy efficiency standards for energy auditing in a University buildings
- Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
This study seeks to provide insights on understanding the contemporary problems of energy efficiency in Ukrainian universities by developing a comprehensive energy efficiency management framework that encompasses its participating subjects, …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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Master of Management (Managing for Sustainability)
- Mahidol University (Bangkok)
College of Management Mahidol University (CMMU) has recently introduced a new Master’s Degree Program, Managing for Sustainability (MFS), a course of the future that is designed to cultivate a new …
- Posted Sept. 6, 2023
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Sustainable Food and Farming BS
- West Virginia University (WV)
Sustainable Food and Farming is the study of relationships among organisms and habitats in agricultural ecosystems. Climate and soil properties, activities of other organisms, and management practices affect the growth …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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MS in Resilient & Sustainable Communities
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Green Mountain College's Master of Science degree in Resilient and Sustainable Communities (MRSC) is the first of its kind and is a truly unique program designed to give students the …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Student Innovation and Materials Management in Portland: The CES Model
- Portland State University (OR)
Many organizations are taking a more strategic approach towards managing the waste they generate. Driven by the opportunity to improve environmental and economic performance, they are prioritizing their waste stream …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Technician
- Mohawk College (ON)
Students in the Environmental Technician program will learn the fundamentals of solid waste, water and wastewater treatment. The sources, impacts, monitoring and control of water/wastewater pollutants, air pollutants, and solid …
- Posted Feb. 3, 2020
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Minor in Sustainable Land Systems
- Ball State University (IN)
Sustainable use and development of the land base and its natural resources has become an integral part of fitting human uses to the land in the planning professions. From such …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Creating a water-saver self-identity reduces water use in residence halls
- James Madison University (VA)
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Water scarcity is a pressing social problem. Attempts to increase conservation that focus on education or attitudes produce limited success. Installing efficient appliances reduces water use, but can be costly. …
- Posted Aug. 6, 2018
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Actions speak louder than words: designing transdisciplinary approaches to enact solutions
- University of Maine (ME)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
Sustainability science uses a transdisciplinary research process in which academic and non-academic partners collaborate to identify a common problem and co-produce knowledge to develop more sustainable solutions. Sustainability scientists have …
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Curriculum Convocation
- Middlebury College (VT)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- AASHE (MA)
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
What will 21st century colleges and universities look like when sustainability is the curriculum? When students leave institutions of higher learning with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to meet challenges …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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