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From Pollution to Possibility: A Sustainable Solution to Biodiesel Production Wastewater
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Biodiesel is often seen as a potential solution to our energy crisis because of its ability to take waste products and convert them into fuel. In Loyola's biodiesel lab, waste …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Use This, Not That: Best Practices in Green Event Consulting
- Stanford University (CA)
For the past 30 years, Stanford has designed and implemented innovative, campus-wide infrastructural programs to address sustainability in energy, water, waste and building efficiency. Stanford's Office of Sustainability, founded in …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Cultivating a Zero Waste Culture on Campus
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In 2014, UC Berkeley was at 48% waste diversion, well behind the UC wide goal of Zero Waste by 2020. We are just coming to the tipping point where we …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Food Systems at UC Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In the arena of sustainability, we are continually finding ways to reduce our energy and water footprints. But food is essential. It is true that many developed nations have a …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Calvin College Carbon Neutrality Project
- Calvin University (MI)
In Fall 2007, students in two capstone courses at Calvin College were challenged with the question "What would it take to make Calvin College carbon neutral?" Twenty-four Engineering and Biology …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Chemistry BS
- Monash University (VIC)
We, the School of Chemistry at Monash University, gives our students a systemic Green Chemistry overview, a comprehensive sequence is introduced throughout the entire undergraduate curriculum at Monash University. A …
- Posted Dec. 6, 2019
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Chemistry PhD
- Monash University (VIC)
We, the School of Chemistry at Monash University, gives our students a systemic Green Chemistry overview, a comprehensive sequence is introduced throughout the entire undergraduate curriculum at Monash University. A …
- Posted Dec. 6, 2019
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Comparing Methods of Estimating GHG Emissions from Air Travel
- University of Arizona (AZ)
This talk presents the results of different methods used to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from official air travel by the University of Arizona, and discusses improving estimates through improved …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Energy Storage Can Benefit Your Campus, Finances and Community!
- Duquesne University (PA)
- Trane (TX)
- CALMAC (NJ)
Overall, today's electric utilities have twice the capacity they need, but they still run short of power to meet air conditioning demands during peak summer days. According to a recent …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Getting Your Head into a Beehive
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
"Getting Your Head into a Beehive: Stories About Teaching Sustainable Beekeeping at Northern Arizona University"
In this report from the field, I'll describe the challenges involved in teaching three-day summer …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bottom-Up Facilitation Needed For Student Sustainability Initiatives
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CA)
Student-led environmental coalition creates an ambitious agenda for 2009-10 school year complete with sustainability forums, films, Earth Week events, and local food fairs. Student clubs generally run a slate of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: Sustainability Vision for Higher Education
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
Many universities are undertaking sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental footprint of their activities, but a major challenge is defining what would be required for an institution to become sustainable. …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Rebel Rot: An Engineering Capstone Project to Convert a Dumpster into an In-Vessel Composter
- University of Nevada Las Vegas (NV)
Building off a past AASHE presentation (2017) by Dr. Brian Barnes from the University of Louisville, the University of Nevada Las Vegas Sustainability Coordinator partnered with the College of Engineering …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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How the Free Store Can Change the Face of Sustainability
- University of Southern Maine (ME)
The Office of Sustainability at USM has a group called the Eco-rep. The USM Eco-reps have gone on to create the Free Store, which collects donations to give out to …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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CURC Campus Recycling & Materials Management Survey
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
The College and University Recycling Coalition (CURC) is conducting a national survey to document recycling and sustainable materials management (SMM) trends and practices at North American colleges and universities. The …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Positive Sustainable Change: The Crossroads of Sustainability & Civic Engagement
- Florida State University (FL)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Many common elements exist between the realms of sustainability education and civic engagement. Both movements are meant to foster an ethic of responsibility and justice, leadership development, and address community …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Establishing Pipelines for Sustainability Students, Two-year to Graduate Level: A Working Session
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
In recognition of the importance of integrated approaches to address the pressing challenges of sustainability, sustainability-focused academic programs are growing rapidly among higher education institutions. This growth necessitates increased coordination …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Capital Projects: How to Get Cash Flow and Reduce Emissions
- Sweet Briar College (VA)
- Stone House Group (PA)
Sweet Briar College realized the need to reduce energy cost and consumption on campus after four environmental engineering students conducted an energy audit in 2008. The audit inspired the College's …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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PhD in Natural Resources and Earth System Sciences (NRESS)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
The NRESS Program draws on the University's strengths in environmental and earth sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and ethical and policy studies, and has the following objectives:
To increase our …
- Posted June 13, 2018
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Society and the Environment Minor
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The society and the environment minor will prepare students to contribute solutions for current and future local, regional, and global environmental challenges. Stewardship and the efficient, sustainable use of environmental, …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Wind Energy Professional Certificate
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Wind energy companies are growing exponentially to meet America's demand for clean, renewable, domestic energy. This entry-level Wind Energy Professional Online Training Program prepares students for a career in the …
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Civil and Environmental Engineering (PhD)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers interdisciplinary graduate programs led by expert faculty with connections to leading companies, utilities, and agencies in the greater D.C. area and beyond. …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Liberal Studies (BA) - Sustainability (Focus)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WI)
Design your own major with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire liberal studies bachelor's degree. This interdisciplinary offering allows you to select classes based on your own interests and scholarly objectives …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund
- University of Michigan (MI)
The Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) offers grants of $5,000 to $50,000 for student-initiated projects that promote environmental sustainability on the University of Michigan Campus. This fund encourages projects …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Collaborative Biodiesel Project
- Appalachian State University (NC)
The Collaborative Biodiesel Project is a student-led initiative at Appalachian State University and is partially funded by the EPA P3 Award: Student Design Competition for Sustainability. The purpose of the …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
- Clarkson University (NY)
Clarkson University has been engaged in energy research and education for over 35 years and the faculty's wide range of interests and activities span disciplines from Engineering to Business. The …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Applied Energy Research
- University of Kentucky (KY)
The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy (CAER) investigates energy technologies to improve the environment. Researchers contribute to technically-sound policies related to fossil and renewable energy. CAER is one …
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Campus Metabolism - A Visual Education and Awareness Tool Supporting Conservation
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Arizona State University recognizes the importance of providing relevant information to engage their community as agents of change in its sustainability mission. The Campus Metabolism project is an effort to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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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 the MSU …
- Posted Jan. 18, 2018
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Environmental Law Certificate
- Pace University (NY)
Pace's Environmental Law Program is recognized as one of the first in the country with a fully developed curriculum, and has received one of the highest rankings in the nation …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Making "Cents" of Green Funds: How to Start One, Keep It Going, and Innovate
- George Mason University (VA)
- Hanover College (IN)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Let's put some "FUN" in "green fund!" Come ready to explore best practices for managing a university green fund, how to engage community partners in green fund projects, and ways …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Environmental Navigation Network: Developing a Peer Mentor Program in the Environmental Program at the University of Vermont
- University of Vermont (VT)
The acknowledgement of complex environmental problems and society’s work to address them during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, inspired higher education to respond by developing a high number of …
- Posted July 5, 2016
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Building Green Bridges: Sustainability Career Paths for Students in Higher Education
- Green Training Associates LLC
Students seeking sustainability careers need supporting processes, tools and resources to enable them to follow appropriate educational paths and prepare them with the competencies, qualifications and relevant degrees/certificates to meet …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Science (BS)
- Columbia University (NY)
Environmental Science provides a scientific basis for management of earth systems. It focuses on the interaction between human activities, resources, and the environment. As human population grows and technology advances, …
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Environmental Geosciences: Environmental Science (BS)
- Slippery Rock University (PA)
SRU's Environmental Science program can lead to a career helping to preserve, protect, and improve the environment. A degree in Environmental Science will provide the background needed to help find …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Environmental Science (BS)
- Duquesne University (PA)
Duquesne's Center for Environmental Research and Education offers a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science that gives students a strong foundation in the natural sciences and mathematics, as well as …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Resource Economics PhD
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The Master's program prepares our students for careers in marketing, resource-based industries such as electric utilities and petroleum, government environmental policy positions, and economic consulting. Doctoral program graduates typically find …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Graduate Certificate in Humanitarian Emergencies
- Emory University (GA)
The Rollins School of Public Health in partnership with CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch offers a Graduate Certificate in Humanitarian Emergencies. Humanitarian issues encompass most of the concerns facing …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainable Business (Minor)
- Fordham University (NY)
This minor incorporates business, social science, natural science, and building-design curricula. It can enhance a student's career opportunities in traditional business markets and in the emerging "green sector." Students who …
- Posted Oct. 9, 2025
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SCI - Waste - UCCS
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
- Waste Management (TX)
Students volunteer at the annual Mt. Trashmore event. This event provides a visual display of a day's worth of campus trash, which is then sorted to determine how much of …
- Posted Sept. 23, 2016
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Plant Sale and Compost Giveback
- City University of New York, College of Staten Island (NY)
On April 11th, as part of our Earth Month activities at the College of Staten Island (CSI). This was CSI Sustainability's second plant sale of the season and gave away …
- Posted May 2, 2022
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5.3 MW Solar Field
- Princeton University (NJ)
- SunPower Corp (CA)
Princeton's 5.3-megawatt solar array went online in fall 2012. The system provided approximately 5.5 percent of campus electricity in 2013. A third party will claim the CO2 reductions until the …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Mending Circle Lunch & Learn
- University of South Dakota (SD)
Join us for a special Lunch & Learn: The Mending Circle, a club presentation and demonstration by Elliza Mollman. This program will shed light on the love to mend, darn, …
- Posted April 25, 2024
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UVA Students Enjoying Annual Eco-Fair with Cav Man!
- University of Virginia (VA)
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community members came out to enjoy UVA's Annual Eco-Fair, held near the Rotunda on Peabody Lawn this year with over 20 groups representing various …
- Posted July 18, 2024
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Haudenosaunee creation story
- Cornell University (NY)
Anna Margaret Davidson's class "The Art and Science of the Mohawk River" meets in Fernow Hall. Chris Rivera ’24 , an environment and sustainability major, created a mosaic that tells …
- Posted July 30, 2024
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Southern Methodist University (TX)
The civil engineering and environmental engineering programs focus on planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and managing the nation's physical infrastructure such as buildings, bridges, power plants, water and wastewater systems while …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Global Environmental Science (BS)
- University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)
The degree program in Global Environmental Science is a holistic, scientific, approach to the study of Earth and Earth's physical, chemical, biological, and human systems. In the course of their …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Law Certificate
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The certificate program was initiated as part of the school's commitment to quality environmental legal education. The certificate is awarded upon successful completion of three core courses - Environmental Law, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Environmental Engineering
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Penn State's Environmental Engineering Minor is an interdisciplinary program administered by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This minor is designed to provide students in engineering, science, and other …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Sustainability
- Winona State University (MN)
This minor educates students through an interdisciplinary set of classes to be efficient and resourceful with today's precious resources. The requirements of the minor are to help students gain an …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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