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Working with Zero: Maximizing Partnerships to Meet Big Sustainability Goals
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Campus sustainability practitioners are often tasked to achieve goals using little funding and staffing. By maximizing networks both within and outside the traditional sustainability lens and connecting campus resources, Zero ...
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Energy Maddness - A Residence Hall Energy Competition
- Saint Louis University (MO)
On a diverse campus flush with deep thinkers, how can the message of sustainability be successfully broadcasted? Our University chose to use competition as an engagement tool. This presentation will ...
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Moving Towards Environmentally Responsible Landscaping on Campus
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
SOU works earnestly to foster sustainability advancement in our region. Likewise, our Landscape Services Dept is deeply committed to minimizing negative impacts on our campus and surrounding ecosystems. Our landscaping ...
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Sustainability & Botanical Tours: Educating our Communities
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
SOU's Landscape Services collaborated with students, faculty, and staff across campus to develop signed Sustainability and Botanical Tours to educate our regional community about SOU's myriad of sustainability ...
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Alternative Utilization of Non-Recyclable Plastics for Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Gunnison, Colorado
- Western Colorado University (CO)
Plastic have become part of our everyday lives and are seen everywhere in the environment. Despite campaigns to promote the concept of 'reduce, reuse and recycle', tons of waste ends ...
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Local Farmers, Season Extension, and Technology transfer: Experiences from the "Nexus" Greenhouse project at Appalachian State
- Appalachian State University (NC)
The Nexus project looks to reinvent the heated greenhouse by using on-farm biomass resources and solar energy to create season extension inside a conventional hoop house with minimal fossil energy ...
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Journal of Sustainability Education: Special Issue on Hope and Agency
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
Hope and agency are foundational to sustainability practice and leadership on and beyond the campus. Without hope and a sense of one's own efficacy, meaningful action and leadership may ...
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The Africa Center for Sustainable Ecosystems and Societies Under Global Change
- Colorado State University (CO)
The Africa Center for Sustainable Ecosystems and Societies Under Global Change invests in innovative and interdisciplinary research that cross-cut conventional disciplines in an attempt to tackle global environmental and sustainability ...
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Breaking Through: Creative Engagement Strategies for Increasing Student Sustainable Involvement in the Dorms and Beyond
- New York University (NY)
NYC came to a standstill when Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast and the public electrical grid shutdown, but the lights were on in 22 NYU buildings, and for once ...
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Using Case-based Instruction and Service-Learning to Teach Triple Bottom Line Thinking
- Colorado State University (CO)
The use of case-based instruction enhances students' content knowledge, affects their motivation to learn, and helps develop verbal communication skills (Ozdelik, 2014). William Perry's (1981, 1999) work on cognitive ...
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Do You See Our STARS Now? Making an Institution's STARS Report More Visible and Relevant To Community Via Student Infographics
- Maryville College (TN)
One of the most transparent ways an institution can share their holistic sustainability story is through STARS. However, outside the sustainability community, STARS is one of the least commonly reviewed ...
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Growing Community Sustainability: Student projects from the playground to the boardroom to the building site and more.
- Fleming College (ON)
This case study will demonstrate how students' participate in authentic learning through community projects across a range of disciplines- all with sustainable results. For the past forty years, our School ...
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How Carbon and Nitrogen Footprints Can Inform Sustainability Practices at Colorado College
- Colorado College (CO)
This case study analyzes the carbon and nitrogen savings associated with opportunities Colorado College, a small liberal arts school in the Rocky Mountains, has for sustainability. By analyzing the current ...
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Exploring Student Leaders for Sustainable Development: Components and Personal Practices
- Baylor University (TX)
Presentation that shares research study structure, methodology, findings, and recommendations for future research regarding the cultivating of student leadership capabilities through personal practices focused on sustainability education. The purpose of ...
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Together we are Building Sustainability' - An Outreach Framework for LEED EB Projects
- University of Virginia (VA)
Though most college and university sustainability offices are charged with both improving operational efficiency AND increasing sustainability literacy and engagement, we often overlook opportunities to serve these missions concurrently in ...
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Bailey Compost Initiative
- Michigan State University (MI)
Students in dorm rooms generate organic waste on a daily basis. With 40% of organic matter wasted globally, this problem of waste diversion needs to be addressed. The Bailey Compost ...
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The Wildcat Waste Challenge: A Collaboration Between Student Programs, University Libraries, and Facilities Management
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Two significant barriers to increased recycling rates are confusion surrounding what is and is not recyclable and the convenience factor of waste disposal. Many students view recycling as a confusing ...
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New Approaches to High Performance Low Maintenance Urban Campus Landscapes
- New York University (NY)
Budget and site constraints present a variety of challenges for the design, installation, and maintenance of urban landscapes. New approaches to planting design seek to reduce long term maintenance costs ...
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Furman University's Energy Efficiency Eco-philanthropy Project
- Furman University (SC)
During the 2015 - 2016 academic year, The Environmental Community of Students, a first year engaged living program at Furman University, received an $80,000 donation from a local donor to ...
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Sustainability, Dignity and Higher Education
- Widener University (PA)
Sustainability discourse in higher education seldom considers human dignity as an institutional objective or a means to achieve it. Dignity embodies subjects as diverse as health care, imprisonment, privacy, education ...
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Engaging at Home and Abroad Through COPs: Higher Education Leadership on Climate Change
- University of Connecticut (CT)
Higher education has the unique opportunity to act as a leader and generator of positive climate action both domestically and abroad. Through research, interdisciplinary educational programs, experiential learning opportunities, at ...
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Greening the Supply and Purchasing Chain
- Chlorine Free Products Association (IL)
In today's world there are those who make claims about their sustainability based on an outdated data, inefficient process, or outright lies. Recently we all found out to what ...
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Capitalizing on Faculty-Administration Collaborations to Build Sustainable Campus Communities
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
This session will provide insight into the collaboration between administration and faculty on the creation and assessment of a sustainability-themed learning community for first-year students at a liberal arts college ...
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Connecting In Your Region
- Second Nature (MA)
As schools mature in their work with sustainability, there is inevitably a point where they look outside of campus boundaries to connect with peers, community organizations, and businesses in order ...
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Why a Social Justice Framework Is the Only Way to Climate Justice and Deep Sustainability
- Hackman Consulting Group
This poster session lays out the rationale for the absolute need for a social justice framework when doing climate justice and sustainability work by making three essential points: 1. How ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Novel cost-neutral programs that advance your campus waste reduction goals
- GreeniPhi (VA)
As budgets are slashed on campuses, realizing ambitious sustainability goals requires novel thinking in order to create self-financed and cost-neutral projects. Experiential fundraisers may not seem to be the clearest ...
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UA Campus Garage Rain Water Harvesting Project
- University of Arizona (AZ)
The University of Arizona Community Garden was started by a group of students in 2011. As of today, the community garden is being used to its full potential. Every plot ...
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Data Driven Decision Making and Design: A Case Study
- New York University (NY)
The new reality is academic institutions must do more with less, whether that be decreased funding or lack of physical space. The transformation of 370 Jay Street located in Downtown ...
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Campus and Community Partnerships: Celebrating Earth Day
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
The project created an annual Earth Day event for a joint celebration between the campus and the community of Lowell, Massachusetts. Faculty, staff and the Office of Sustainability have partnered ...
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It's all Greek to me: leaning into bias against sustainability initiatives in higher education
- GreeniPhi (VA)
Join us for a discussion that will help sustainability staff, administrators and students develop an understanding of Greek values of citizenship and philanthropy and learn new strategies for engaging your ...
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Supporting community engagement in clean energy by making the purchase of electric vehicles and solar simple and affordable
- University of Utah (UT)
U Drive Electric and U Community Solar are the University of Utah's community-based programs that brought together local partners and companies to offer discounts and a streamed-lined process for ...
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Beyond Captain Planet: Curriculum Design for EcoReps & Peer Educators
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Captain Planet inspired millennials to embrace sustainability through the avenue of television. Utilizing Captain Planet's inspiration and efforts within the Department of Residence Life at Texas A&M as the ...
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sustainability Plan - Embedding Sustainability into the DNA of the Campus
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
- Buro Happold (NY)
UNC is a recognized leader in sustainability (AASHE STARS - Gold campus), leading in the tangible aspects of water and energy conservation with a mature recycling and composting program, sustainable buildings ...
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Never too many C O O K S in the Campus Kitchen IUPUI : Collaboration On Our Campus Kitchen Services - a Hunger Relief Initiative
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
This presentation will address how it has taken collaboration and support from many 'COOKS' in the development, operation, and ongoing program expansion to fulfill all of the opportunities the Campus ...
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Prioritizing Infrastructure Upgrades: Highlighting Shippensburg University's Success
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- Gordian (SC)
Nationwide trends indicate that capital funding at public institutions has stagnated for the past 7 years, at rates significantly below private institutions' funding levels. In response to shortfalls, public institutions ...
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Planning for interdisciplinary, community-oriented, and networked sustainability programs
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
Sustainability education requires approaches that reach across disciplines, universities, and national boundaries, preparing students for issues without clear boundaries. Creating partnerships among faculty, students, communities, and industries is a promising ...
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Promoting College-Community Collaboration
- Concordia College (NY)
Several years ago, as Concordia College was increasing its efforts to embrace sustainability as a priority, it was recognized that engagement with the surrounding community should be a core part ...
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How Signage Increases Recycling Rates
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
It is well known that recycling can be confusing, especially when deciding which materials are accepted into a recycling program at point of disposal (aka the bin). This can lead ...
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GreenCampusPoints Shop to Save the Planet
- Boston University (MA)
There are 20.2 million college students in the US, which together account for over 150 billion dollars in discretionary spending each year. Imagine if for every one of those ...
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Energy Education that Makes K-12 'Energy Wise'
- North Carolina A&T State University (NC)
Educating our youngest generation about energy efficiency is more important than ever. This session will introduce a successful approach to a university energy education outreach program targeting the local K-12 ...
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An Eco-Rep Program at a Liberal Arts College: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned
- Concordia College (NY)
In 2013, the Sustainability Coordinator at Concordia College created an Eco-Reps Program, with the intention of having two students serve as an Eco-Rep in each residence hall. The program is ...
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Partnerships: The Key Accelerant to Fire up Sustainability on and off Campus
- Pittsburg State University (KS)
Since the institutionalization of a campus-wide recycling program in 2012, Pittsburg State University (PSU) has had substantial success in not only becoming a more sustainability-oriented campus, but in developing of ...
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Institutional Nitrogen Footprint: A Case Study at Oregon State University
- Oregon State University (OR)
Many insitutions of higher education are measuring and consciously managing their impact on the environment, using metrics of energy use, recycling, alternative transporation or local foods. While the carbon footprint ...
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UC Berkeley's The Green Initiative Fund: Strategies and lessons learned from renewing a green fund
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Campus green funds have become symbols of empowerment for the student body. By providing funding towards sustainability projects and initiatives, green funds promote innovation, student leadership, and help bridge the ...
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Creating Conscious Cultures through Mindfulness
- Princeton University (NJ)
Better known for its ability to benefit people personally, mindfulness is increasingly being linked to encouraging sustainable behaviors that could lead to more conscious, compassionate cultures. Participants will learn why ...
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Students For Sustainability: A Transformative Workshop Approach to Student Engagement in Sustainability
- University of Arizona (AZ)
The Students for Sustainability workshop at the University of Arizona (UA) provides a model for how institutions of higher education can guide students in engaging with their communities on environmental ...
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SustainaMondays at the University of Virginia: A Personal Approach to Promoting Sustainability
- University of Virginia (VA)
The promotions team of U.Va's Office for Sustainability student employees started an initiative called SustainaMondays. It promotes environmentally conscious eating, sustainable lifestyle choices, and U.Va Sustainability events ...
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Beyond the Campus: Community Engagement in Sustainability and Resilience
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
In this session we will show how we engaged community partners in climate change resilience efforts and promoted energy and water conservation in the community. In 2015-16 the Institute for ...
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Sustainability Management from Zero to Sixty: Green Competitions for Offices, Buildings, Campuses, and Cities
- Dallas College (TX)
Colleges and universities like to compete by nature. Recycle Mania and Campus Conservation Nationals are competitions on a national scale, with hundreds and thousands of students competing to win. At ...
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Four Success Stories and One Big Challenge on the Frontline of Zero Waste Implementation
- Sheridan College (Ontario) (ON)
Since our college rolled out the Zero Waste program across all four campuses two years ago, we have made significant progress in our waste diversion and reduction. In this session ...
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