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Arbor Day & Earth Month Tree Planting at CSU Channel Islands
- California State University, Channel Islands (CA)
Students, staff, faculty, and community members came together to plant 20 trees on the CSU Channel Islands campus to celebrate Arbor Day and Earth Month 2023.
- Posted May 8, 2023
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USC Office of Sustainability tabling
- University of Southern California (CA)
Staff from the USC Office of Sustainability table at an Earth Month event on campus.
- Posted May 8, 2023
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WashU Earth Day Festival
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
WashU School of Medicine held the 2023 Earth Day Festival, which included a free bike tune up for all employees and students, a farmers market, and sustainable vendor showcase. The ...
- Posted May 5, 2023
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U of Washington Earth Day Fair
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The 2023 Earth Day Exhibitor Fair at the University of Washington.
- Posted May 5, 2023
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U of Washington Earth Day Fair
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Kort Maeda of the University of Washington's Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) tables at a UW 2023 Earth Day Fair.
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Earth Day Summit at Franklin University Switzerland
- Franklin University Switzerland (Ticino)
The Green Office Sustainability Programs at Franklin University Switzerland hosted an Earth Day Summit showcasing multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to sustainability. By bringing together a wide diversity of academic and ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Rider University Earth Day Event
- Rider University (NJ)
Eco-Reps that work for the Office of Sustainability that also conduct plant research in our campus greenhouse grew pollinator friendly plants to sell at our Earth Day event. With a ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Hope College Students and Holland State Park Beach Cleanup Event
- Hope College (MI)
Hope College students partnered with local high school student leaders to host their annual (spring and fall) community cleanup event at Holland State Park. Together they collected nearly 102 pounds ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Rice University Earth Day Festival 2023
- Rice University (TX)
The Administrative Center for Sustainability & Energy Management (ACSEM) hosted in partnership with the Betty & Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, the Rice Climate Alliance, and the BIOS 322 class an ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Campus RainWorks Challenge
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
The Campus RainWorks Challenge is a green infrastructure design competition for American colleges and universities that seeks to engage with the next generation of environmental professionals, foster a dialogue about ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Enhancing Students’ Environmental Skills Through A Solid Waste Sustainability Hub
- University of South Alabama (AL)
The objective of this project is to establish a solid waste sustainability hub that promotes environmental stewardship and education by focusing on waste reduction, recycling, reuse, and rethinking. A team ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Arbor Day Tree Planting Ceremony at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
UNL celebrated Arbor Day with two tree plantings on both city and east campuses. UNL has a strong history of sustainable tree management and was one of the first universities ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Climate in the Classroom: Bell Tower Takeover
- Temple University (PA)
Climate in the Classroom: Bell Tower Takeover was a special Earth Month event hosted by the Temple University Office of Sustainability, the Office of the Provost and select student and ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Zero Waste Visioning – Campus Wide Solutions to Zero Waste
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CA)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
- Williams College (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
In this webinar we will hear from Sustainability Staff at 3 Universities who recently published Strategic Visions for Achieving Zero Waste on their campuses.
Developing a Strategic Vision is a ...
- Posted May 1, 2023
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Endicott College's Environmental Justice Working Group
- Endicott College (MA)
The Environmental Justice Working Group at Endicott College was established in 2023 by Sophia Gosselin-Smoske, a student at Endicott College and a Fellow in the Office of Sustainability. The group ...
- Posted April 27, 2023
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Works and Efforts of the Environmental Sustainability Initiatives by the Institute of Technical Education (Singapore)
- Institute of Technical Education
The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) was established as a post-secondary institution in 1992, under the Ministry of Education of Singapore.
ITE is a principal provider of career and technical ...
- Posted April 25, 2023
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Colaboration with Community garden in San Juan District
- EARTH University
With the support of a resident of the San Juan District in the Union of Cartago, Costa Rica. We have come together to develop a community garden. With the contribution ...
- Posted April 24, 2023
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Waste Diversion at Creighton Softball Game
- Creighton University (NE)
Hattie Ames and Gabby Otero are helping Creighton fans divert their waste from the landfill.
- Posted April 21, 2023
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2018-22 Progress Report on the Pitt Sustainability Plan
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
The University of Pittsburgh’s sustainability journey dates back to 1990, with commitments, activities, and engagement deepening and increasing over the past three decades. In 2018, the Pitt Sustainability Plan ...
- Posted April 18, 2023
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The Interdisciplinary Turn: A New Model for Climate Crisis Awareness and Action in Higher Education
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
This webinar takes participants through the process of designing a successful, effective climate crisis awareness and action week at their own institutions, schools, or groups, using the tUrn partners + headliners ...
- Posted April 18, 2023
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Bending Towards Justice: Evolving Sustainability Education at Prescott College
- Prescott College (AZ)
- AASHE (MA)
The PhD in Sustainability Education at Prescott College, the first of its kind in North America, attracts a transdisciplinary cadre of students/scholars/activists committed to social and environmental justice ...
- Posted March 30, 2023
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Obstacles to Environmental Progress: A US Perspective
- Austin College (TX)
Open-access (free) book from University College London Press. The primary intended audiences are undergraduate and graduate students in environmental studies, sustainability, and related fields. The book focuses on predictable, practical ...
- Posted March 6, 2023
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Integrating Sustainability Plans and Capital Campaigns
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- AASHE (MA)
Taking sustainability to the next level, for many higher education institutions, requires a strategic, long-range, and comprehensive sustainability plan. The process by which you develop content, engage the campus community ...
- Posted March 1, 2023
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Bicycle Fleet Expansion
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
As part of our commitment with the environment, our community and as a Bicycle Friendly University, we have expanded our bike fleet in order to keep up with the high ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Academic Collaborations that Achieve Sustainable Operations
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- AASHE (MA)
- ENGIE (TX)
This webinar will explore how innovative universities are leveraging comprehensive energy management partnerships to collaborate with private industry, research and deploy new technologies, and meet sustainability goals.
In 2017, The ...
- Posted Feb. 16, 2023
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Environmental Justice in Higher Education: From Intent to Sustainable Action
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- AASHE (MA)
This webinar will trace shifts in the traditional framing of sustainability in higher education and how it is implemented, following the recent racial reckoning in the wake of the killing ...
- Posted Feb. 16, 2023
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Directory of Programs that Save Leftover Food After Events
- University of California, Merced (CA)
There has been increasing interest in programs which address leftover food at events. As the coordinator of one such program, No Food Left Behind, I receive regular inquiries from other ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2023
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Imagining the Future of Campus Food Service and Measuring Success
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Texas Woman's University (TX)
- AASHE (MA)
Food does not loom large enough in university sustainability metrics given its outsized role in achieving the SDGs. With increasing recognition that transforming food systems is critical for climate resiliency ...
- Posted Feb. 2, 2023
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Introduction to the Regional Center of Expertise as a Model for ESD Integration
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
- AASHE (MA)
- University of Regina (SK)
Universities and colleges around the world are making commitments to advance the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) through their teaching, research, operations, and partnerships. One proven model for making good ...
- Posted Jan. 19, 2023
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Putting an Award-Winning Climate Action Plan into Action
- Mt. San Antonio College (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
Learn from Mt. San Antonio College’s (Mt. SAC) Sustainability Director and Sustainability Coordinator about how their college’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) has been put into action! Conventional climate ...
- Posted Jan. 11, 2023
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Sustainable Move Out Donation Program
- Bentley University (MA)
Give ‘N Go Move Out Program at Bentley University Fall 2022 Update
Summary: Give ‘N Go is the Bentley program to support students during move out with the opportunity to ...
- Posted Jan. 3, 2023
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Webinar: Overcoming Your Barriers to Achieving Carbon Neutrality
- AASHE (MA)
- Nelnet Business Solutions, Inc. (IL)
We asked, you answered. Our survey of 252 sustainability professionals from universities in the US and around the world revealed the most common barriers to achieving carbon neutrality on campus ...
- Posted Dec. 14, 2022
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Webinar #3: Inner Development Goals: A Three-part Exploration
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
Many of us are familiar with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This three-part Community of Practice (Nov. 15, Nov. 29, Dec. 13) will allow us to space to explore the ...
- Posted Dec. 14, 2022
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Webinar: Guidance for the Sustainable Procurement of Laboratory Supplies
- University of Georgia (GA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)
Laboratories often represent a “hot spot” within organizations for environmental waste, toxins, and even supply chain labor issues. Until now, comprehensive guidance wasn’t available for purchasers seeking to address ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2022
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Valparaiso University Waste Audit: Reducing Plastic
- Valparaiso University (IN)
The Office of Sustainability at Valparaiso University recently performed a comprehensive waste audit of all campus buildings to identify opportunities to save money, reduce waste, and to promote better waste ...
- Posted Nov. 10, 2022
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Sustainability Policies and Plans in Higher Education: Recommendations for Florida State University
- Florida State University (FL)
This capstone project examines how higher education institutions (HEIs) use policies and plans to institutionalize their commitments to sustainability and the key success factors that influence their implementation. A systematic ...
- Posted Nov. 10, 2022
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Employing the SDGs to Enhance University Research and Education Sustainability Objectives
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
Although the SDGs are a global framework, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to how universities employ them to enhance research, education, and operational sustainability objectives. The purpose of this ...
- Posted Oct. 17, 2022
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Webinar: Assessing Sustainability Literacy & Culture: Innovations & Lessons Learned by Multiple Institutions
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- Weber State University (UT)
- Williams College (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
This interactive panel discussion will feature four presenters from different geographic regions (eastern and western United States) and institutional contexts (private and public, and from small liberal arts colleges to ...
- Posted Oct. 4, 2022
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Webinar: Innovations in Teaching Sustainable Consumption in Higher Education
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- AASHE (MA)
- Wageningen University
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
- University of East Anglia
- University of Geneva
The goal of sustainability will not be achievable without changes in our consumption. In consumption, sustainability challenges appear like in a burning glass; here, it can be exemplarily shown how ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2022
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Driving Change: Understanding Climate Impacts on Campus Transportation
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (MD)
- AASHE (MA)
The continental United States is experiencing an increase in the frequency and intensity of precipitation events which often lead to flooding. In the state of Maryland, between 2006 and 2020 ...
- Posted Sept. 1, 2022
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TRU Campus Tree Program: What We Learned From Year One
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
The TRU Sustainability Office started the new TRU Campus Tree Program in September 2021 as a one year pilot. The program was designed to allow members of the TRU community ...
- Posted Sept. 1, 2022
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University and Community Open Forum
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
This picture is of an event, E2S Climate Hub: Paths toward Sustainable and Just Engagement open forum at Green Era Campus on April 8th with community partners and University of ...
- Posted Aug. 26, 2022
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Climate Action Exhibition
- American University of Sharjah (Ash Shariqah)
As part of developing AUS' Climate Action Plan (CAP) an exhibition was held to engage the entire AUS community. The exhibition explained the main focal points of the CAP, which ...
- Posted Aug. 4, 2022
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Sustainable Transportation uOttawa
- University of Ottawa (ON)
Students walking around the University of Ottawa campus on a summer day. Cyclist in the foreground
- Posted Aug. 4, 2022
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Sustainable Transportation at Concordia University
- Concordia University (QC)
Concordia University offers a free shuttle service between its campuses. The shuttle runs on B20 biodiesel. Concordia also offers many services and programs for cyclists.
- Posted Aug. 4, 2022
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UMass Lowell Rooftop Urban Agriculture
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
Rooftop Urban Agriculture - The Office of Sustainability at University of Massachusetts Lowell has developed an innovative urban agriculture program in partnership with Mill City Grows, a local food justice non-profit ...
- Posted Aug. 3, 2022
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USC recognized as a top performer in sustainable food and dining
- University of Southern California (CA)
USC is among the Top Performers under the Food & Dining impact area in the 2022 Sustainable Campus Index.
- Posted Aug. 3, 2022
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USC becomes the first campus to be certified as a 'Green Zone' by the American Green Zone Alliance
- University of Southern California (CA)
American Green Zone Alliance “Green Zone” Certification - In 2021, University of Southern California became the first campus to be certified as a green zone by the American Green Zone Alliance ...
- Posted Aug. 2, 2022
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Princeton Builds Sustainability
- Princeton University (NJ)
Princeton recycles at least 95% of its materials in construction and demolition projects, while investing in water-saving and emissions-reducing technologies in and around its new buildings such as the construction ...
- Posted Aug. 1, 2022
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UMN Morris student recycling cardboard at campus recycling center
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
UMN Morris students staff the Recycling Center. The picture shows a UMN Morris student breaking down boxes before they are compressed and stored for future recycling.
- Posted Aug. 1, 2022
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