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Ecosystem Science & Sustainability (BS)
- Colorado State University (CO)
The Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (ESS) degree program provides students with the knowledge and ability to integrate the latest science into real-world decision making. Our affiliation with CSU’s Natural ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Biology (Bachelor)
- Colorado State University (CO)
Foundation coursework in areas of biology, maths/calculus, chemistry, physics, and an introduction to wildlife biology. This foundation builds towards a more specific higher level coursework and is designed to ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Sustainability Executive Education Certificate
- Colorado State University (CO)
Designed and delivered by global thought leaders at the forefront of the sustainability revolution, partnered with AOK NYC SEO to offer online marketing solutions for websites.
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Natural Resources Management (BS)
- Colorado State University (CO)
The goal of the natural resources management major is to provide students with a broad-based understanding of the interconnectedness of social, political, and ecological systems. This knowledge will enable students ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Soil Restoration & Conservation Minor
- Colorado State University (CO)
The curriculum focus is on the application of basic science with technical Crop and Soil Science courses to Soil and Water Resource Management. Career emphasis is on interpretation of land ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Environmental Politics & Policy concentration in Political Science (MA/PhD)
- Colorado State University (CO)
The Department’s Environmental Politics and Policy concentration is designed to help students develop the knowledge and skills to analyze the connections between politics and the natural world and pursue ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Global Environmental Sustainability Minor
- Colorado State University (CO)
The Global Environmental Sustainability Minor offers students in every department a curriculum that enhances their major with an understanding of the issues of sustainability and provides students with the tools ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise MBA
- Colorado State University (CO)
This program provides aspiring international entrepreneurs with advanced business skills needed to build and manage global ventures that achieve sustainability with results focused on the triple bottom line of economic ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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1.7 kW Powerhouse Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
- Colorado State University (CO)
The Colorado State University Powerhouse Energy Campus is located near the heart of downtown Fort Collins. The 100,000 square-foot Powerhouse Energy Campus consists of two parts; the CSU Engines ...
- Posted March 20, 2018
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Developing Curriculum Around the Triple Bottom Line
- Colorado State University (CO)
This presentation is to assist faculty in developing, or revising curriculum to fit within the framework of the Triple Bottom Line in regards to addressing topics of sustainability in their ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Campus Move Out Sale: The Journey From Inception to Year Six.
- Colorado State University (CO)
Six years ago CSU's Housing and Surplus Departments decided to partner and pilot an additional step into the move out process, a sale with proceeds benefiting the Eco Leaders ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Let's Develop a Sustainability Literacy Assessment!
- Colorado State University (CO)
Many institutions of higher education are interested in assessing their students' sustainability literacy, however developing a reliable and valid assessment tool is a difficult and time-consuming task. In this presentation ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Refugee Resettlement in Northern Colorado: A Social Sustainability Story
- Colorado State University (CO)
The topic of refugee resettlement in the United States (U.S.) is met with varying reactions from Americans. Generally mainstream media portrays two sides of American opinion, the far right ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Promoting Sustainability Through Partnerships - A Collection of Case Studies
- Colorado State University (CO)
Colorado State University has achieved some remarkable successes through a variety of partnerships across campus. These range in scale from a single researcher purchasing a piece of efficient lab equipment ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Surplus Assets Deserve to be Reused, Not Discarded
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
- IRN - The Reuse Network (NH)
Every school generates surplus assets, every day. Computers, dorm and classroom furniture, supplies, desks and chairs, bookcases and storage shelves. The list is endless. Sadly, even though they have years ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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STARS Town Hall
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
- AASHE (MA)
This interactive session will feature a presentation from AASHE staff about the ongoing technical development of STARS and a high-level discussion about potential improvements to the program. This session will ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Translating sustainability education and community action into solidarity by engaging underrepresented students in living labs
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Dickinson College (PA)
Living laboratories are increasingly becoming an important part of sustainability education at all levels. Many living laboratories enable participants to show 'internal' solidarity with classroom learning and 'external' solidarity with ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Comparing Move Out Programs: Sharing Perspectives on Waste Diversion, Campus & Community Collaboration, & Sustainability Goals.
- Colorado State University (CO)
- University of Iowa (IA)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (ON)
Be part of an interactive discussion where 4 universities share their move out program from the perspectives of Housing, Sustainability, Facilities & Surplus & learn ways to advance sustainability, reuse ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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STEM Kit for National Park Service
- Colorado State University (CO)
The Education and Outreach Center in the College of Natural Sciences at Colorado State University has been contracted by the National Park Service to develop hands-on STEM kits for 4th-12th ...
- Posted Oct. 12, 2017
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Core Concepts for Teaching Sustainability: Using “Tips” to Deepen Learning across the Disciplines, Grade Levels and Cultures
- Colorado State University (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
Sustainability is one of those big, complex concepts that defy easy definition or simple responses yet demand attention to our collective well-being. Some Native Americans would judge the worth of ...
- Posted Sept. 28, 2017
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Writing to learn ecology: a study of three populations of college students
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Minnesota State University Moorhead (MN)
- White Earth Tribal and Community College (MN)
Being an ecologically literate citizen involves making decisions that are based on ecological knowledge and accepting responsibility for personal actions. Using writing-to-learn activities in college science courses, we asked students ...
- Posted Sept. 20, 2017
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Teaching with principles: Toward more effective pedagogy in ecology
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Hampshire College (MA)
Ecology is a complex and dynamic field and, as communicators of our discipline, faculty should be able to define a set of core principles that underpin and create ecological pattern ...
- Posted Sept. 20, 2017
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Educating the Future of Sustainability
- Colorado State University (CO)
- University of New Haven (CT)
The future of global environmental sustainability is contingent upon educating the next generation of environmental stewards. Critical elements of training such an interdisciplinary workforce include mentoring and experiential learning in ...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Adding a Nitrogen Footprint to Colorado State University’s Sustainability Plan
- Colorado State University (CO)
As a large land grant university with more than 32,000 students, Colorado State University (CSU) has both on-campus non-agricultural and agricultural sources of nitrogen (N) released to the environment ...
- Posted May 22, 2017
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The Nitrogen Footprint Tool Network: A Multi-Institution Program to Research and Reduce Nitrogen Pollution
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Eastern Mennonite University (VA)
- Brown University (RI)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- University of Chicago (IL)
Humans release reactive nitrogen into the environment at a rate that is 4 to 5 times as large as from natural terrestrial processes. They do this by producing and applying ...
- Posted April 26, 2017
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Repeat performance: CSU earns second STARS Platinum
- Colorado State University (CO)
This news story from Colorado State University mentions highlights from the university that helped it achieve AASHE STARS Platinum rating for the second time, the only university thus far to ...
- Posted April 21, 2017
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Sustainability at Colorado State University Housing & Dining Services
- Colorado State University (CO)
For more information about CSU Housing & Dining Services' sustainability initiatives, please visit the CSU Housing & Dining Services sustainability webpage.
- Posted Jan. 13, 2017
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Colorado State University: A Midscale Market Solar Customer Case Study
- Colorado State University (CO)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology experienced an unprecedented level of investment and deployment between 2005 and 2015. Driven by rapidly falling module costs, high consumer demand, and targeted state and local ...
- Posted Jan. 4, 2017
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HEASC Best Practices in First Year Experiences in Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Clemson University (SC)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Western Colorado University (CO)
- Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) (PA)
Want to learn about best practices in First Year Experience (FYE) programs in sustainability? Need resources and ideas to develop an FYE program in sustainability? Interested in finding out what ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Creating a Living, Regenerative Campus Companion to STARS
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Praxis | Building Solutions, LLC (PA)
Leaders in campus sustainability, green building, and related fields are looking for ways to push beyond current practice into the realm of regenerative design and living environments. There is a ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Smart Parking: How EV Charging can reduce transportation emissions
- Colorado State University (CO)
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
- ICF International (VA)
Plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging on campuses provide a service to employees and students, signal environmental leadership, deliver educational and research opportunities, and play an important role in achieving GHG ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Project Managing STARS 2.1 Submission Process
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
- University of Vermont (VT)
- University of Virginia (VA)
A STARS submission requires a coordinated data collection effort across dozens of departments and individuals. This panel will explore the pros and cons of employing various project management strategies for ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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From Baltimore to Burundi: The Case for Crossing the Divides of Diversity by Building toward Sustainable Peace and Development
- Colorado State University (CO)
Amahoro' is the Kirundi word for peace. After forty years of genocide and civil war during which a large percentage of its educated citizens were targeted, exiled or killed, impoverished ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Developing a Campus-wide Sustainability Assessment
- Colorado State University (CO)
This presentation will describe a dissertation project from Colorado State University that examines individuals' knowledge of sustainability in relation to the concepts of the Triple Bottom Line; economic sustainability, environmental ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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A first year Honors seminar, Exploring Sustainable Solution, challenges students with interdisciplinary case-based learning.
- Colorado State University (CO)
The first year Honors Seminar--Exploring Sustainable Solutions: A Case-Based Approach--is intended to prepare students to deepen their understanding of sustainability through active involvement in campus projects and how these can ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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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 ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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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 ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Student Affairs Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing and Event Coordination Webinar
- University of Arizona (AZ)
- NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation (OR)
- Association of College and University Housing Officers - International (OH)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)
- ACPA - College Student Educators International (DC)
- Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) (PA)
This webinar features ideas and examples of how Student Affairs units have implemented green practices in purchasing and event coordination. It includes presentations from the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council and ...
- Posted Nov. 10, 2016
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Student Affairs Stories of Sustainability: Resources to Engage Students and Remove Silos Webinar
- AASHE (MA)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation (OR)
- DePaul University (IL)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- University of Delaware (DE)
- ACPA - College Student Educators International (DC)
- Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) (PA)
This webinar provides tips and tools for student affairs professionals to engage students around sustainability and remove silos.
- Posted Nov. 10, 2016
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Sustainability Photos from Colorado State University
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Posted Sept. 23, 2016
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BS in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
- Colorado State University (CO)
The major in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability provides a strong scientific foundation in ecosystem ecology integrated with a broad knowledge of the cultural, social, economic, and political issues that are ...
- Posted Aug. 12, 2016
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Colorado State Earth Day Festival
- Colorado State University (CO)
On April 22, 2016 Colorado State held an Earth Day Festival to engage the campus community in activites related to sustainability. It was a gorgeous day & we had lots ...
- Posted May 6, 2016
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Master of Agriculture (M.Agr.) in Agricultural Sciences – Integrated Resource Management Specialization
- Colorado State University (CO)
The online Master of Agriculture in Integrated Resource Management is a multi-disciplined program, blending animal science, business, range science, ecology, wildlife, policy, and human resources. This allows students to understand ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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State of Sustainability: 10 Things to Know About Colorado State University
- Colorado State University (CO)
Colorado State has a long history as one of the nation’s most sustainable universities, but now CSU is the first university in the world to ever have its sustainability ...
- Posted March 3, 2016
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Using Case Studies and Case-based Instruction to Teach Sustainability
- Colorado State University (CO)
Complexity is reality-in the world, in our communities, relationships, and our classrooms-and even more so when emotions run high. Mention climate change or use the adjective 'green' to describe a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Best Practices for Collaborating with Student Affairs
- Boston University (MA)
- Colorado State University (CO)
NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, is 'the leading voice for the student affairs profession worldwide.' One critical way for NASPA members to get involved with various interest areas ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Measuring and Reducing Campus Nitrogen Footprints
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Brown University (RI)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Eastern Mennonite University (VA)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- Dickinson College (PA)
Humans have substantially altered the nitrogen cycle, releasing reactive nitrogen to the environment at an annual rate twice that of natural fluxes. Increased releases of reactive nitrogen have cascading adverse ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Teaching and Learning Sustainable Chemistry K-16: From Classroom Application and Analysis to Assessment and Refinement
- Colorado State University (CO)
This presentation explores aspects of 'sustainable chemistry.' The research assesses the challenges of 'teaching sustainable chemistry' in K-16 classrooms through an experimental course, CHEM/EDUC580 at Colorado State University with ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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New Developments in STARS
- Colorado State University (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
This workshop is designed for individuals who would like to engage in high-level discussion about new developments with AASHE's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). AASHE staff will ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Colorado State University and Coca-Cola Partner to Deliver Hands-on Sustainability Education
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Coca-Cola (GA)
Colorado State University entered into a unique multi-year partnership with Coca-Cola in 2012. This partnership includes extensive hands-on sustainability education for CSU's students from a variety of schools (Agriculture ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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