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Defining the Finish Line: What a Circular Economy for Universities Should Look Like
- Boston Architectural College (MA)
- Ayers Saint Gross (MD)
Over the last few decades, we recognized the dire threat of climate change and created an agreed upon understanding of the risks buildings pose to student learning, health and performance ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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U.S. & Canadian "Climate Havens" - Networking & Preparedness Around Where It Will Suck Less
- University at Buffalo (NY)
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
Water is Life. The Great Lakes Region, the U.S. and Canada, are becoming known as future "Climate Havens" of this century. Cities and universities are beginning to take notice ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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The Voluntary University Review: Linking AASHE STARS to the Sustainable Development Goals
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
This session will consist of a presentation from Alexandra Hiniker, the Executive Fellow for Sustainability Initiatives at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), who will share her experience developing the Voluntary University ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Changing evangelical minds on climate change
- Dallas Baptist University (TX)
- Houghton College (NY)
- Tyndale University College & Seminary (ON)
One quarter of Americans self-identify as evangelical and a strong majority of these reject human-induced climate change. Can one lecture on climate science from a Christian perspective change their minds ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Executive Education Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability
- Columbia University (NY)
The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) Executive Education Program allows professionals from all sectors to gain knowledge and tools to make sound decisions about business activities and policy ...
- Posted Jan. 5, 2017
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Sustainability Management Simulation: Net Zero
- Harvard University (MA)
In the Sustainability Management Simulation: Net Zero - Winner of the 2022 Gold Medal at the International Serious Play Awards - learners play the role of the General Manager of a 500-room ...
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Attitudes On and Modeling Of Energy Usage Practices on College Campuses
- Manhattan College (NY)
Last year survey findings related to user behavior from the Information Sciences Institute’s flagship smart grid project (a University of Southern California (USC) research institution) captured attitudes toward energy ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Community Through Collaborative Education: Partnerships for Sustainable Design
- San Francisco State University (CA)
As educators it is critical that we recognize our obligation to take an active role in developing curriculum that engages students in understanding the issues of environmental and social sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Renewably Powering and Empowering our Communities
- University of Oregon (OR)
- Weber State University (UT)
- Wells College (NY)
Weber State University worked with a local nonprofit and community members to develop and implement a community-solar program during the 2015-2016 school year. The project served the three-county area surrounding ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Wearing Dual Town-Gown Hats: Catalyzing Ambitious Action as Elected Officials & Sustainability Professionals
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
The US and China made history by ratifying the Paris Agreement, signed by 196 countries in December at COP21 (or the Paris 2015 Climate Conference). President Obama said,'our willingness ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Student Summit Opening Keynote Speaker: Lydia D. Avila
- Power Shift Network (DC)
Lydia D. Avila is the Executive Director of the Power Shift Network - a diverse, national network of youth-led and youth-focused climate justice organizations. Lydia is originally from a working class ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Award Winner Session: Cultivating Environmental Education for Students of Color
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Students of Color Environmental Conference is the first ever conference for students of color that was also created and run by students of color. When traditional environmental spaces are ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Advancing Sustainable Development Goals by Committing to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
In 2019, the University of Colorado Boulder became the first US university to commit to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework. The UN effort now includes major international/national ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Funding Campus Sustainability through a Green Fee—Estimating Students’ Willingness to Pay
- Manhattan College (NY)
Many higher education institutions promote sustainability by instilling environmental awareness within college students, the innovators of the future. As higher education institutions face budgetary constraints to achieve greener campuses, green ...
- Posted April 23, 2021
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Solve Climate Worldwide Teach-in / 3.30.22 / Engage 1 Million Students
- Bard College (NY)
- AASHE (MA)
Another summer of record-breaking heatwaves, droughts, fires and floods has shown us how fast climate change impacts are hitting. As educators, there is nothing more important than engaging students across ...
- Posted Nov. 3, 2021
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Student Oriented Sustainability Projects on a Small Educational Campus
- State University of New York at Canton (NY)
In learning about sustainability practices, students acquire more knowledge through an active process of engagement, by constructing new ideas and working on projects, rather than traditional teaching practices such as ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Comparative Analysis of Campus Greening Grant Programs at U.S. Post-Secondary Institutions
- New York University (NY)
This document compares New York University's Green Grants program with twelve similar campus sustainability granting programs within the United States. It has been prepared as part of an internal ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Postcards, Post-Sandy: Community Resiliency, Social Media and Service Learning
- The New School (NY)
POSTCARDS, POST-SANDY is a digital memory website created by undergraduate and graduate students from The New School for Public Engagement, Eugene Lang College and Parsons School of Design, New York ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary major drawing on social and physical science, the humanities, and the arts to provide students a broad understanding of the relationship between humans and the ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Creative Campaigning: A 'Zero Waste Week' Case Study on Organizing and Executing a University-Wide Engagement Program
- New York University (NY)
When you launch a university-wide engagement program or initiative, how effective are you in reaching current and new audiences? How are you marketing and communicating the initiative? Through this case ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Stakeholder Connectedness on the Susquehanna River: An Ecosystem Approach to Fracking
- Susquehanna University (PA)
This paper proposes an inventory of the Susquehanna River Basin stakeholders as an initial step toward conceptualizing a self-sustaining, resilient ecosystem comprised of the natural environment and humans. The urgency ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement and Student Activism at Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF
- The Ohio State University (OH)
On April 1, 2015, Syracuse University announced that it would divest its $1.18 billion endowment from fossil fuels. Shortly thereafter, its partner institution, SUNY-ESF, made the same commitment. These ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Encouraging Sustainable Food Purchasing Through Student Programs
- Skidmore College (NY)
Many institutions endeavor to serve local and sustainable food within its dining services, but the complex and often opaque food system presents significant challenges to identifying and sourcing responsibly-produced products ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Boldly Sustainable: Developing a Town-Gown Climate Action Plan in Ithaca, NY
- Cornell University (NY)
- Ithaca College (NY)
- Second Nature (MA)
- Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (WI)
- Performance Systems Development (NY)
The success of the ACUPCC depends to a large extent on whether higher education institutions can not only move forward on their own campuses, but also build support for greenhouse ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integration of Community and College: Farmers Market at Paul Smiths College
- Paul Smith's College of Arts & Sciences (NY)
June 30th, 2008 marks the second season of the Adirondack Farmers' Market Cooperative at the Paul Smiths College's campus, a small, rural college in upstate New York. This year ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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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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Taking Action to Mitigate Climate Change on Campus and Beyond
- Colby College (ME)
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
- Clean Air-Cool Planet (NH)
- AASHE (MA)
- Energy Action Coalition
"Scientific instruments showed that the gas had reached an average daily level above 400 parts per million — just an odometer moment in one sense, but also a sobering reminder that ...
- Posted April 3, 2018
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The University at Albany's Purple Path: A Vision for Sustainable, Non-Motorized Travel
- University at Albany (NY)
The University at Albany has begun construction on an ambitious and student driven project called the Purple Path. Named after our school's colors, the path is a five kilometer ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Protest Meets Policy Change: Practical, Local Politics As Key to Building Community Solidarity and Sustainability
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
This dynamic workshop challenges participants to engage in politics in ways that build community solidarity and sustainability. In times of great division at the national level, practical projects and local ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Pollinator Friendly Campuses: Strategies to Help You Get Your Buzz on!
- Central Community College (NE)
- Colgate University (NY)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus (OR)
This engaging and interactive panel will provide strategies from geographically diverse locations in North America to initiate or continue bee keeping and support pollinator health on your campus. Colgate University ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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A Residential Recycling Competition at Skidmore College
- Skidmore College (NY)
Energy conservation competitions are a cornerstone project in many schools' outreach efforts, and this program utilized a similar approach to address apartment waste patterns. This recycling and compost-oriented competition involved ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Zero Waste: Data, Infrastructure, and Engagement Return Recycling Case Study
- New York University (NY)
- Return Recycling (NY)
Return Recycling is a student-led organization devoted to building a concrete understanding for waste data, infrastructure, and engagement. Over the past year we've prototyped new (self-designed) recycling bins, developed ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The House at Cornell Tech
- Cornell University (NY)
The House at Cornell Tech is the largest Passive House residential building to date, integrated within an 800,000 square foot campus designed to push the boundaries of sustainable city ...
- Posted Sept. 11, 2020
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Conservation Biology (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The courses associated with this major reflect the interdisciplinary and holistic nature of conservation biology. After obtaining a foundation in basic science communication, and general education subjects, students learn the ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Environmental Education & Interpretation (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
This major seeks to integrate training in organismal biology, including a required field component, with in-depth training in the literature and context of natural history and a suite of environmental ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Environmental Science (PhD)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The graduate program in environmental science (GPES) offers M. S. , M. P. S. and Ph. D. degrees. GPES was created in the early 1970s as a unique response to the ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Outdoor Recreation (BS)
- State University of New York at Cortland (NY)
The outdoor recreation major in the Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department allows students to focus on different aspects of the outdoor recreation/education field. Outdoor leadership, natural resource recreation ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Green Grants
- New York University (NY)
NYU Green Grants are awarded to improve the university's operational environmental performance, foster environmental literacy and community engagement, advance applied research and design, and demonstrate the viability of best ...
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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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 ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fostering Student Engagement and Learning Through Campus Gardens
- State University of New York at Geneseo (NY)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
Leah McCord, AmeriCorps VISTA member serving at the University of Tennessee Office of Sustainability, will share her office's experience of proposing and implementing the Grow Lab. The Grow Lab ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Earth Without Art is Just 'Eh'
- State University of New York at Oswego (NY)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
This presentation will think about the many ways art can be used in environmental initiatives and programming. Specifically, the two presentations will discuss engaging art in two different ways - design-thinking ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Not All Are Created Equal: An Analysis of the Environmental Programs/Departments in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education From 1900 Until March 2014
- City University of New York, Baruch College (NY)
Environmental academic programs in U.S. institutions of higher education have traditionally lacked definition of their nature and unifying principles. In order to ascertain how these programs are presently constituted ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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Operational Analysis: Green Grants Program
- New York University (NY)
This Operational Analysis is an overall description of how New York University's Green Grants Program is functioning, including how well the program supports its stakeholders, grantees, staff and how ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Environmental Science (MS, MPS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The graduate program in environmental science (GPES) offers M. S. , M. P. S. and Ph. D. degrees. GPES was created in the early 1970s as a unique response to the ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Bioprocess Engineering (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The bioprocess engineering program prepares students for work in the emerging bioprocessing and biofuels industry to produce energy and related chemical products from renewable resources. Students in this program master ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Biology (MS)
- State University of New York at Oneonta (NY)
The M.S. Biology program focuses on increasing depth of knowledge, engaging in state-of-the-art research techniques, and engaging in applications of content taught at the undergraduate level. Students have the ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Forest Resources Management (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Forest resources management is an integration of forest ecology and biology, forest measurements, forest policy and administration, and courses to predict and evaluate the effects of manipulation. Timber, water, soils ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Paper Science and Engineering (MS, MPS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The PSE program offers these areas of study: Pulping and Bleaching Processes (M.S., Ph.D.), Colloidal Chemistry and Fiber Flocculation (M.S., Ph.D.), Fiber and Paper Physics (M ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Bioprocess Engineering (PhD)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Biocatalysis is the study of biological and chemical processes involving biocatalysts, enzymes and proteins. This area of study prepares students for traditional “upstream” operations: principles of design and operation of ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Forest Management and Operations (MF)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The primary focus of the program is to provide an opportunity for graduates coming from diverse academic backgrounds with non-forestry baccalaureates to gain a professional education in forestry. As such ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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