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Sustainable Residential Living: Energy Monitoring on a College Campus
- Macalester College (MN)
This panel presentation will analyze the unique benefits and challenges associated with the installation of an energy monitoring system on a college campus from multiple perspectives. Macalester College recently installed …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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PROCUREMENT GONE GREEN!
- National Joint Powers Alliance
The ability to procure the specific Green products you desire, to meet your agencies unique Green initiatives, and without wasting time, money or unnecessary effort is at the core of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integrating sustainability education and workforce development: filling the gaps in research and education
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The green economy remains a poorly defined and it remains unclear what a green economy would look like. The most optimistic outlooks argue that it will be built on a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships for Food Systems Change
- University of Florida (FL)
This presentation would include several examples of what we have accomplished at UF regarding food systems change at various scales and with varoious partners, and engage the audience in a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How to (Not) Build a Wind Turbine
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
On-campus wind energy is a strategy often considered by institutions in plans to reduce carbon emissions, hedge against volatile energy costs and meet renewable energy goals. However, such projects can …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Engaging Staff and Faculty through Green Office Certification Programs
- Pomona College (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Pomona College, University of Southern California, and University of California - Berkeley have launched Green Office Programs, which certify campus departments/offices/groups as "green" for various behaviors and programs. These programs …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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From Policies to Practice: Moving Departments to the Digital Realm.
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
In academic environments, unnecessary paper use has significant environmental and economic impacts. With advances in technology, there are growing opportunities for reducing printing in the future. Existing paper documentation, however, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Michiana Sustainbility Leadership Program
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
Today, the largest and most well known corporations in the world are integrating sustainable development action plans into their operations. In order to do this, they are also looking upstream …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bike Shelter Project: Promoting Green Energy and Green Transportation
- Ithaca College (NY)
This presentation will detail the results of an undergraduate's semester-long sustainability project exploring the feasibility of a bike shelter with integrated renewable energy technology. The student researched the technology options, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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"A Changing Planet" Video and PPT Resources for Environmental Studies 1000 taught at the University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
The Sustainability Innovation Lab at CO (SILC) Director & Environmental Studies Professor Jason Neff has developed a series of PowerPoint and YouTube videos for Introductory Environmental Science courses for free …
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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Dynamic Assessment of Sustainability Parameters in Residential Construction: A Case Study
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (AB)
The residential construction industry in Canada is recognizing and adopting sustainable construction practices. With no recognized industry sustainability parameter standards and benchmarks, builders are challenged to effectively measure the sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Assessing Sustainability Learning Outcomes at Two Community Colleges
- Delta College (MI)
Assessing sustainability and general education outcomes is a tough nut to crack. Follow two community college academic professionals along their journey to discover an efficient and effective assessment tool. Both …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Supporting and Strengthening Student Work Through Statewide Networks
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Statewide networks for young people working on sustainability are sprouting up across the country. They are connecting, supporting, and amplifying the work of young people who are advancing sustainability on …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Avoiding Attitude Polarization in Conversations on Campus
- Indiana State University (IN)
One of the largest opportunities in the sustainability movement is the access to growing minds in our student populations. Therefore, sustainability offices and partners constantly create opportunities on campuses and …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Cultivating Student and Staff Leaders through Campus Food Recovery Programs
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
As the awareness of food insecurity on college campuses increases, campus dining services are referred to as potential emergency relief for student food insecurity. Through food recovery programs, dining services …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Setting the World Aflame: Town-Gown Collaboration through Solar Spring Break
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
UC Berkeley partners with GRID Alternatives' Solar Spring Break to engage students during spring break in the installation of solar panels for underrepresented communities. This partnership provides communities with access …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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EcoReps Programs Nation-wide - Networking for every program type
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
This will be a purely networking meeting. Participants will self select into groups based on the type of EcoReps or Leadership Program they have at their institution - New Programs, …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Ecological Restoration on a Liberal Arts Campus: On-site and Community Development
- Drew University (NJ)
Situated on a small suburban campus in Madison, New Jersey, in a densely populated region of the US, Drew University attracts students to come live in the 'forest,' while accessing …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainability & Environmental Career Exploration Series
- Tulane University (LA)
This presentation will share a new approach to career exploration developed for the spring of 2021 by the Tulane Office of Sustainability. The series brought together a number of existing …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Campus-Community Partnerships: Building Food Sovereignty and Fostering Collaboration
- Lafayette College (PA)
This session will explore how Lafayette College has succeeded and failed at building campus-community partnerships to address food sovereignty with an opportunity for participants to explore their own campus-community engagement …
- Posted May 17, 2023
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The Electric Vehicle Boom is Coming – Is Your University Ready?
- Brailsford & Dunlavey (DC)
This session will share key takeaways from the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) 2030 Electric Vehicle National Charging Network report. Attendees will learn about the significant forecasted increase in electric …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Addressing the paradoxical problems of food waste and food insecurity on college campuses
- Macalester College (MN)
During this session we will discuss two problems that are increasingly common on college campuses: food waste and food insecurity. Colleges often produce hundreds of pounds of food waste every …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Reducing Transportation Emissions: Climate Action & Mobility Justice
- California State University, Fullerton (CA)
The transportation sector is the largest source of climate pollution in the U.S. California has a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, and bold action is required for Cal State …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Engagement of Academic Libraries and Information Science Schools in Creating Curriculum for Sustainability: An Exploratory Study
In 2010, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education released, “Sustainability curriculum in higher education: A call to action,” encouraging infusion of sustainability topics into universities' teaching …
- Posted April 12, 2016
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Developing the concept of sustainability in nursing
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Sustainability, and the related concept of climate change, is an emerging domain within nursing and nurse education. Climate change has been posited as a serious global health threat requiring action …
- Posted Nov. 10, 2016
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Exploring the coverage of environmental-dimension indicators in existing campus sustainability appraisal tools
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Despite the plethora of comprehensive review of campus sustainability assessment tools, reporting, and indicators in the extant literature, studies are absent specifically on campus-wide and spatial-based indicators in existing tools. …
- Posted April 8, 2021
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The wicked problem of teaching about wicked problems: Design thinking and emerging technologies in sustainability education
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- Montpellier Business School (Montpellier)
In this paper, we explore the system-level challenges found in sustainability-focused education and consider how the intersections of design thinking and emerging technologies in augmented and virtual reality (AVR) can …
- Posted April 21, 2021
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Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education Leveraging Human Behavior in Organizations Home Book
- Macalester College (MN)
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
Sustainability is one of the most critical challenges facing humanity. Changing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is crucial to overcoming that challenge because of their roles providing cutting edge knowledge and …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2024
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Integrating Sustainability with Education and Community Engagement at USF
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The University of South Florida's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has created several community and international programs for students to engage in sustainability projects. Three projects explored in the …
- Posted May 15, 2017
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STARS 2.2 Data Quality Series Part II: Deep Dive into Report Review
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- AASHE (MA)
The second in a series on STARS data quality, the Deep Dive into Report Review webinar will guide institutions and reviewers through the reporting assurance process. Pre-submission review of STARS …
- Posted Feb. 4, 2022
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Is the Word “Net” Compromising True De-Carbonization?
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
- M-RETS (MN)
Colleges and universities are relying upon “carbon accounting” that needs to be improved in order to meet our cardinal principle of evidence-based physical measurement. The physics of the grid—unless behind …
- Posted Jan. 26, 2023
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College Campuses as the "Great Equalizer" - Or Are They: A Critical Perspective to Sustainability
- Winthrop University (SC)
College campuses have often been touted as the great equalizer, a place where those who are marginalized, either racially or economically, have as much ability to succeed as their non-marginalized …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Exploring Conservation Land Management at the University Level
- University of Florida (FL)
- University of Richmond (VA)
Be inspired as we discover the transformative world of campus land conservation planning. This interactive presentation invites you to join the discussion and discover strategies that engage a diverse conservation …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Webinar Series: Academics
- AASHE (MA)
Expanded from last year, the STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Series will help you gain the insights you need to submit a high-quality STARS report in time for the 2019 …
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Applied Community Development (MA)
- Future Generations University (WV)
Future Generations University Promotes Research Learning and Action for Inclusive and Sustainable Change Worldwide. The university offers a program in applied community development with a flexible learning environment. Students choose …
- Posted Nov. 6, 2019
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MS in Resilient and Sustainable Communities
- Prescott College (AZ)
As people across the planet begin the process of adapting to the consequences of climate disruption and growing inequalities in wealth and access to vital resources, the MRSC program is …
- Posted Aug. 17, 2023
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From Waste to Resource: Building a Culture of Circularity and Engagement at ISU's Share Shop
- Illinois State University (IL)
Illinois State University (ISU) has developed and successfully implemented The Share Shop, a free secondhand store located inside the Office of Sustainability. The Share Shop has had a transformative impact …
- Posted Jan. 24, 2025
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EcoLeaders Community Supports Student Sustainability Projects & Helps Build Career Skills to be Competitive in the Workforce
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
National Wildlife Federation's EcoLeaders Initiative is a sustainability leadership certification program for college students. EcoLeaders features the first web-based community to provide students with the virtual space to initiate projects …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Sustainable Gardening Library
- Sustainable Gardening Institute (NJ)
The Sustainable Gardening Library is a single, centralized, easy-to-use repository for science-based, authoritative information on sustainable gardening and biodynamic agriculture that is accessed via a state-of-the-art, web-based mapping portal. Right …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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An Academic Foundation for Sustainability Studies
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
The elements of the academic mission of teaching, research, and service of every established discipline within the academy rests and is developed upon the basis of shared paradigmatic or multi-paradigmatic …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Going Global: Green Guide for Sustainability at Dalhousie, Africa, and beyond!
- Dalhousie University (NS)
The College of Sustainability at Dalhousie University is a new interfaculty unit responding to global concern regarding environmental, economic, and social issues and the achievement of sustainable prosperity. The first …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Engagement: Supporting and inspiring sustainability leadership on campus
- University of Alberta (AB)
Involving students in Campus Sustainability provides a wonderful opportunity to increase project reach, raise awareness and support the development of sustainability leaders. As Universities continue to grow efforts to create …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Service Learning Involving Community Partnerships and Community Sustainability Planning
- Acadia University (NS)
In Canada, communities are increasingly developing sustainability plans in order to access federal funds made available through a municipal gas tax rebate program. While larger communities are well positioned to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Transforming our Universities into Sustainable Development Labs Opened to the World
- Université de Sherbrooke (QC)
In our universities, any global sustainable development strategy should be woven into teaching, research and management activities altogether. In fact, universities are poised to become efficient sustainable development labs, locally …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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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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Aquaponics: How a Student Project led to a Sustainable Solution to Food Insecurity in the Community
- Pittsburg State University (KS)
Students at Pittsburg State University (PSU) have made measurable success in creating a sustainable food production system on campus. This poster will focus on Students for Sustainability's (S4S) aquaponics system …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Enlightened Education: Solar Engineering Design to Energize School Facilities
- Madison Area Technical College (WI)
This presentation will explore the potential for universities, colleges, and K-12 schools to implement solar electric infrastructure projects on their campus that also provide a learning environment and instructional opportunities …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Looking ahead to 2030: Updating the University of California Sustainable Food Policy
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In 2009, the University of California (UC) developed a goal to meet 20% sustainable food by 2020, asking each UC campus to integrate sustainable food into their menus while remaining …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Towards Inclusive Sustainability: Fostering Solidarity in Environmental Work On and Off Campus
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
On the University of Arizona campus, the social justice (SoJo) committee of the student government-sponsored program Students for Sustainability works on projects that raise awareness for environmental justice issues; promote …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The Lending Library: Addressing Textbook Affordability and Reducing Waste
- Connecticut College (CT)
As college textbook prices continue to rise, access to the resources needed to succeed in a course has become a social justice issue. The Lending Library, which was started in …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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