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Green Your Identity: Strategic Branding and Marketing of Sustainability Programs at Higher Education Institutions
- New York University (NY)
Have you ever wanted more turn-out at events, more press coverage, more faculty engagement, for your sustainability initiatives? In order to get more people engaged, we need to get better …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Does Higher Business Education Champion Environmental Sustainability for Next Generation of Leaders? An Assessment of In-School Students and Alumni’s Perspective
- University of Hradec Kralove (Královéhradecký kraj)
- Guangzhou College of South China University of Technology
- South China Normal University
Higher business education has become a crucial driver of change in achieving sustainable development because it can educate future leaders who champion environmental sustainability initiatives in the corporate world. Given …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Initiating STARS at Soka University of America
- Soka University of America (CA)
In the Spring of 2016, our group of four Sustainability Committee student representatives came together and decided that our primary goal was to succeed in getting our university’s first STARS …
- Posted May 21, 2018
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PACES: A Physical Activity Campus Environmental Supports Audit on University Campuses
- East Carolina University (NC)
- Kansas State University (KS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Central Office (NJ)
- South Dakota State University (SD)
- Syracuse University (NY)
- University of Florida (FL)
- University of Maine (ME)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- West Virginia University (WV)
- Purdue University (IN)
Purpose. This study evaluated the policy and built and recreation environmental supports for physical activity on 13 university campuses.
Design. Environmental audit survey.
Setting. Thirteen U.S. universities, 2009.
Subjects. University …
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Geography Education for Sustainable Development
- University of Cape Town
- Zhejiang University
- East China Normal University
Increased pressure on the earth's resources has led to what is increasingly referred to as the climate crisis. While a whole range of environmental parameters have been transformed through such …
- Posted April 17, 2020
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Green Power in an Educational Setting: Challenges and Opportunities
- Albright College (PA)
The Green Power Partnership (GPP), a voluntary environmental program launched by EPA in 2001 helps organizations get support from EPA in reducing their carbon footprint, lowering the transaction costs of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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PLASTIC - How to Organize a Movement to Ban Disposable Plastics on Campus!
- Eckerd College (FL)
- The Student PIRGs (OR)
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
Coffee cups, bags, straws, take-out containers, swag, etc. Let's talk about how to build a movement to eliminate all disposable items from campus! Organizing around eliminating disposable plastics can be …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Designing a Realistic, Challenging, and Effective Climate Action Plan: Options and Best Practices
- Concordia College - Moorhead (MN)
This session will present the results of a research project aimed at understanding how institutions of higher education have developed and structured their Climate Action Plans. The goal of the …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Overcoming Challenges in Campus-Wide Energy Benchmarking
- Cadmus Group, Inc. (FL)
Colleges and universities wanting to track their energy use may face several roadblocks. One is that for many campuses, buildings are not submetered, but grouped together as a single source …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green public procurement as an initiative for sustainable consumption. An exploratory study of Spanish public universities
- Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia)
Green public procurement has been considered an important policy instrument on the path toward realizing sustainable consumption and production. Additionally, universities are important to the promotion of sustainable consumption through …
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Sustainability Reporting at Universities with Multiple Platforms
- Southern New Hampshire University (NH)
With the addition of online students, many schools now have over 100,000 students spread across multiple platforms. While much has been said about the academics of these institutions, fewer sources …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Trees on campus are rooted in history
- California State University, Fullerton (CA)
Seven serve as a memorial to lives needlessly taken. One received the blessing of the Dalai Lama. Others pay homage to local history. But symbolism and aesthetics aside, each of …
- Posted May 31, 2022
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All We Need is Political Will: Empowering Students on Civic Engagement on Climate Change
- Juniata College (PA)
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
- Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)
At this critical time in our nation's history, the need to transition to a clean energy economy and a just and equitable society is more urgent than ever. Young people …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Climate Memes: Undergraduates Making Climate Data Go Viral
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
On Earth Day 2017, Climatepedia boothed in Pershing Square at the March for Science-Los Angeles. Students from the University of California, Irvine branch of the organization displayed their signs at …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Mapping our Participation in the United Nations Global Compact: Storytelling and Sustainability
- State University of New York at Geneseo (NY)
As a participant of the U.N. Global Compact, the State University College of New York at Geneseo uses the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals as a framework to talk about our …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Intersections of Food Waste, Hunger, and Spectrums of Homelessness, Abuse, and Addiction
- University of Utah (UT)
- Chartwells Higher Education (NY)
Homeless adults have disproportionate rates of chronic diet-related diseases, food security, rates of obesity, as well as co-morbidities such as diabetes. The outlook is even worse for children and youth. …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Accessible and Ethical E-Waste: Adaptability in Infrastructure
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
This presentation is a case study on implementing an accessible and ethical e-waste system in UC Berkeley, where previously no affordable options had been available to students despite the hundreds …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Building From the Ground Up: Developing a Sustainable Campus From Scratch
- University of Central Oklahoma (OK)
This session focuses on providing tips and tools for students and faculty who wish to develop a sustainability group or initiative, or grow one that is already initiated, at an …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Tools and Strategies for Successful Living Lab Projects
- Macalester College (MN)
- San Mateo County Community College District Office (CA)
- Tufts University (MA)
The campus and surrounding community are rich with learning opportunities. Ideas and passion for sustainability efforts, particularly among students, abound. Yet, the tools by which to ensure projects align with …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Connecting our Community with a Plan for our Environment
- University of Kansas Medical Center (KS)
This poster discusses the unique challenges the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) faced when incorporating sustainability on campus and the innovative solutions that have led to success. Medical centers …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Infusing Equity into the Future We Create
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
How do we use our power within our institutions to help create a sustainable future for all, not just for some? Recognizing that climate change and economic transformation affects communities …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Supply Chain Partnerships: MSU and SPLC Pilot BENCHMARK in Higher Ed Operations
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)
Organizations around the world have recognized the need for supply chain sustainability in order to reduce the environmental, social and economic impacts of their purchasing while protecting and delivering value …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Sustainability Literacy in an Undergraduate Class About Disabilities - What Are You Thinking?
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
In order to mobilize for a just transition, undergraduate education majors must understand how sustainability practices can be embedded in their teaching practices. Doing so has the ability empower today's …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Campus Sustainability Plans: A Descriptive Analysis of Sustainability Plans from Institutions of Higher Education in the United States
- Texas State University System Office (TX)
As the sustainability movement gains traction around the globe, institutions of higher education are increasingly being looked to for leadership. One established method of improving a campus’s environmental, economic, and …
- Posted Jan. 12, 2021
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Campus Sustainability Plans: A Descriptive Analysis of Sustainability Plans from Institutions of Higher Education in the United States
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
As the sustainability movement gains traction around the globe, institutions of higher education are increasingly being looked to for leadership. One established method of improving a campus’s environmental, economic, and …
- Posted May 5, 2021
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Beyond the Worshops: Examples of sustainability integration across the curriculum
- University of Mount Union (OH)
The Headwaters Project is our institution's program to infuse concepts of sustainability across the curriculum. Motivated by the AASHE-supported curriculum development workshop at Emory University in January 2010, we developed …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Designing Sustainability Into Products: The Effectiveness of Eco-messages integrated into user interfaces
- New York University (NY)
Sustainability messages were added to the control panels of washing machines in university laundry facilities, and data was gathered to compare users' cycle choices (hot, warm, or cold) with cycle …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Learning from the Solar Decathlon: abrasion, collaboration, and transformation
- University of Florida (FL)
The Solar Decathlon, a biannual international collegiate competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE), challenges 20 interdisciplinary student teams from around the world to design, build and operate …
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Sustainable Business Coordinators: Regional Collective Impacts
- Chatham University (PA)
A growing number of businesses around the world and in Southwestern Pennsylvania have appointed Sustainability Officers/Coordinators, mirroring the successes of such positions being established at universities.
To meet the professional …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Green Wave: Engaging Students and Benefitting the Community through an Energy Audit Training Course
- San Jose State University (CA)
This session focus on a pilot energy efficiency audit training program, the Green Wave, launched in 2011 by San Jose State University and two partner organizations, the City of San …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Resource Recovery Pilot: A Recycling Rehab
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Although the recycling rates have been slowly increasing over the past few years, we are not satisfied with the current rate and began to look for new ways to jump-start …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Education: The Importance of Spirituality and Values
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
The ongoing global ecological crisis is truly a spiritual crisis, a crisis of our morality and ethics. Due to the anthropocentric perspective that has long been prevalent in human societies, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Campus Cultures of Sustainability - Part I: Systems Structures and Administration
- Western Michigan University (MI)
As a gathering, we believe the AASHE Conference has tremendous potential to help build campus cultures of sustainability. The goal of our session is to help realize this vision by …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The impact of "No Impact Week" in ENVS 101
- Denison University (OH)
The syllabus for ENVS 101 (People and the Environment) at Denison University typically involves the examination of issues like climate change, food security, impacts of agriculture, water quality and scarcity, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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goBEYOND: Student-led Initiatives to Bring Campuses Beyond Climate Neutral
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
How can we do more to solve the problems of climate change than we do to cause them? This is the question that inspired a small group of students to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Protecting the Climate and Reducing Waste through Campus Paper Policies
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
The RePaper Project, a project of the Environmental Paper Network, recently
released a new resource that complements the theme of conference. "Paper
Steps on Campus: Nine Steps to Protecting the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Exceeding Expectations: Energy Efficiency in Historic Renovations
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
- Mahlum Architects (WA)
Institutions across the country are faced with historic buildings in dire need of systems, envelope and programmatic upgrades. While these renovations are vital toward preserving campus architectural legacy and character, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Studies: an Entrepreneurial Approach
- University of Vermont (VT)
With budgets tight and competition stiff for new initiatives, it is challenging to move Sustainability Studies forward as a curriculum option. At University of Vermont, we are working on several …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Lessons from the Heap: Five Years of Move-Out Reuse Efforts
- Yale University (CT)
Inspired by increasing global demand for sustainable practices, colleges and universities around the world are taking the lead in developing systems and policies that achieve a higher environmental standard. One …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Role of Business in Education and Training for Sustainable Development
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Education is at the heart of human progress and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It enables people to build better lives and equips business and society to address our …
- Posted Nov. 2, 2018
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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 next …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Grassroots: Connecting Diverse Louisville Communities Through Sustainable Initiatives
- University of Louisville (KY)
The environmental threat of food waste looms over the United States alongside the imminent threat of hunger. Watching food on campus being thrown away or composted, Erin and Henny believed …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Fighting Food Waste on College Campuses
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Aramark (PA)
BACKGROUND: An estimated 40% of food produced in the US goes uneaten, yet 1 in 8 Americans struggle with hunger. And that number may be even higher on college campuses, …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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The Power of Process: Thoughtful Engagement for Successful Projects
- Brown University (RI)
- GreenerU (MA)
You probably know best practices in, say, composting. Maybe you have researched the best compost haulers, how composting food can reduce GHG emissions, and how it saves water and energy. …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainable development at the core of undergraduate engineering curriculum reform: a new introductory course in chemical engineering
- University of Cape Town
Most efforts to reform engineering curricula to focus on sustainable development have to date been at the level of individual, senior, often elective, courses. Although sophisticated arguments have been mounted …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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GIS and Sustainability: Project based Introductory GIS Course Curriculum
- Furman University (SC)
An introductory level GIS course was modified to incorporate a sustainability focused term project. Students in the class learn the basics of GIS through lectures, intense classroom discussions, and structured …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building a solar house for interdisciplinary learning of sustainability
- Iowa State University (IA)
In 2009 this Midwestern University participated for the first time in the Solar Decathlon. The resulting 800sft solar powered home was the product of a multiyear effort, which demonstrates the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Are College Students Representatives for Future Generations?
- University of Virginia (VA)
The Brundtland Conference Definition of Sustainability: "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Many …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Teaching Sustainability Using an On-Farm Community Supported Agriculture framework
- New Mexico State University (NM)
An organic garden operated as a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) venture at New Mexico State University (NMSU) was used as the framework for teaching sustainability concepts. The CSA model of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campus Sustainability Films in a General Education Science Course
- Furman University (SC)
Making students aware of and peaking their interests in campus environmental and sustainability initiatives can be difficult, given students wide range of interests and competing demands for their time. I …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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