Search Results
Food Waste to Energy: From Pilot Scale Biogas to Grid Tied CHP on a Campus Farm
- Dickinson College (PA)
The Dickinson College Farm is culminating a multi-year project to convert campus food waste to sustainable energy through a grid-connected biogas system. Biogas is a carbon neutral, renewable alternative to ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
- Case Studies
- View more
Training wicked scientists for a world of wicked problems
- Dickinson College (PA)
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Humanity faces a number of wicked problems, from global climate change and the coronavirus pandemic to systemic racism and widening economic inequality. Since such complex and dynamic problems are plagued ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Best Practices Mini-Workshop
- Central College (IA)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Furman University (SC)
Join four members schools of the AASHE Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum network, that regularly offer workshops and other professional development opportunities, in an experiential mini-workshop where participants will ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Lots of Watts: Four Campuses Join Forces to Build a Giant Solar Farm
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Lafayette College (PA)
- Lehigh University (PA)
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
- Coho Climate Advisors (MD)
Large-scale renewable energy power purchase agreements can eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity, while saving money and mitigating energy price risk over time. However, most campuses are too small ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Dickinson College Achieves Carbon Neutrality
- Dickinson College (PA)
Carbon Neutral 2020 - Dickinson College attained carbon neutrality in 2020, reaching a goal that was established in 2007. Dickinson reduced GHG emissions by increasing energy efficiency of the campus, switching ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2021
- Photographs
- View more
Farm Photos from Dickinson College
- Dickinson College (PA)
Farming at Dickinson College
- Posted Aug. 11, 2021
- Photographs
- View more
3 MW Power Purchase
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson's Solar Field is a 3-MW solar facility constructed on Dickinson property. Dickinson purchases electricity from the solar field through a power purchasing agreement with Tesla.
- Posted July 15, 2021
- Green Power Projects
- View more
Lehigh, Lafayette, Muhlenberg and Dickinson Join Forces for Unprecedented Renewable Energy Project
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Lafayette College (PA)
- Lehigh University (PA)
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
- Coho Climate Advisors (MD)
In February 2020, Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Muhlenberg College and Dickinson College announced a partnership to purchase renewable energy as a collective. Together, the four schools will purchase the largest ...
- Posted July 15, 2021
- Publications
- View more
AASHE Award Winnner Ceremony 2020
- Lehigh University (PA)
- Lafayette College (PA)
- Smith College (MA)
- University of Central Florida (FL)
- University of Coimbra
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
- Southwestern University (TX)
- University of Strathclyde
- Carlos III University of Madrid
- Palo Alto College (TX)
- University of Dayton (OH)
- University of Sydney (NSW)
The AASHE Sustainability Awards provide global recognition to the individuals and organizations leading the higher education sustainability movement. On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 a virtual ceremony honored the 11 winners ...
- Posted Jan. 12, 2021
- Videos & Webinars
- View more
Multi-Campus Collaboration Kickstarts Solar Project to Cut 100% of GHG Emissions from Electricity
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Lafayette College (PA)
- Lehigh University (PA)
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
- Coho Climate Advisors (MD)
Four independent colleges and universities in Pennsylvania collaborated to explore renewable energy solutions, develop a strategy, and implement a combination of onsite and large-scale offsite projects that will result in ...
- Posted May 18, 2020
- Case Studies
- View more
Sustainability Across the Curriculum: History, Status & Best Practices From a National Inventory
- Dickinson College (PA)
Curricular innovations for sustainability have been at the heart of the AASHE network since its inception, and these programs continue to exhibit high value through the AASHE STARS reporting tool ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Changing Behavior and Measuring Impact Through EcoChallenge: Campus Case Studies
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
We know that our unsustainability issues are urgent and vast. If we are to create a society and an economy that are sustainable and regenerative, educational institutions need to simultaneously ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
- Conference Presentations
- View more
The challenge of coordinated civic climate change education
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)
- University at Albany (NY)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- James Madison University (VA)
- University of Richmond (VA)
- Bard College (NY)
Many sustainability educators want to more effectively engage their students with climate policy. They also seek to support students’ civic and change agent skills and dispositions to take on critical ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
- Publications
- View more
International Studies Globilization & Sustainability Concentration (BA)
- Dickinson College (PA)
International Studies is an interdisciplinary major that seeks to help students attain a well-rounded understanding of global developments and trends and to prepare them to succeed in the globalized world ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
- Academic Programs
- View more
Food Studies Certificate (FDST)
- Dickinson College (PA)
Food studies is the critical examination of food—the evolution of its procurement, production, consumption and cultural meanings within the contexts of the natural and social sciences and humanities. It ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
- Academic Programs
- View more
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate (SINE)
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson’s certificate in social innovation and entrepreneurship (SINE) is about change and creating pathways for student-led change in our world. The SINE certificate was developed to focus this effort ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
- Academic Programs
- View more
Earth Sciences (BS)
- Dickinson College (PA)
The earth sciences span and integrate the five major Earth systems: the atmosphere, the oceans, the soils, the organisms and the solid earth both past and present. The earth sciences ...
- Posted Nov. 20, 2018
- Academic Programs
- View more
Imposters, Insiders, and Collaborators: Bringing Outside Expertise to the World of Sustainability
- Dickinson College (PA)
- University of Florida (FL)
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- University of California, Merced (CA)
Sustainability is often viewed as a field reserved for those with expertise gained through an academic background in Environmental Science, Ecology, Sustainability or similar areas, and individuals from outside of ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Placed-based Education in Co-Curricular Programs: Bringing Global Goals to Local Places
- Dickinson College (PA)
Placed-based education has been a core component of the sustainability across the curriculum movement for more than 10 years. However, applying sense of place to co-curricular learning has made less ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
- Conference Presentations
- View more
The Role of Campuses in Driving Climate Resilience Planning
- Dickinson College (PA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
- Second Nature (MA)
As impacts from climate change intensify, a growing number of initiatives are emerging to increase resilience locally and globally. Campuses across the US are stepping up to prepare for climate ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Energy Research: Sustainability @ Dickinson
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson students and faculty conduct research that contributes to creating sustainable solutions to pressing problems of our times. Our research encompasses a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, ranging ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
- Photographs
- View more
Dickinson College Solar Array
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson’s new (2018), 12-acre solar array project—designed and built by Tesla—is projected to generate approximately 5,200,000 kwh per year, representing more than 25 percent of ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
- Photographs
- View more
Dickinson Farm
- Dickinson College (PA)
Located just a few miles from campus, the Dickinson College Farm is a 50-acre, USDA-certified organic farm and living laboratory where students can gain distinctive, hands-on learning experiences. With 12 ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
- Photographs
- View more
Campus Engagement: The Handlebar- Dickinson's Bicycle Cooperative
- Dickinson College (PA)
The Biking@Dickinson initiative promotes sustainable transportation, builds community and provides biking education to the campus. Students can borrow bikes from the college, including Green Bike, refurbished by students in ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
- Photographs
- View more
Campus Engagement: Sustainability @ Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
- Dickinson College (PA)
The Hive, Dickinson's beekeeping cooperative, is our newest living laboratory. The Hive engages students, staff, and faculty in learning about sustainability problems and solutions through the direct experience of ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
- Photographs
- View more
Dickinson's Online Sustainability Dashboard
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson is monitoring our sustainability performance over time and holding ourselves accountable for advancing sustainability practices. Our online sustainability dashboard allows users to explore up to date performance metrics for ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
- Photographs
- View more
Educating for Sustainability Webinar Series - Strategies for Institutionalizing Sustainability in the Curriculum
- Dickinson College (PA)
- University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College (HI)
- AASHE (MA)
This webinar provides a broad and diverse perspective on the topic from a panel which includes: Krista Hiser & Bob Franco - Kapiolani Community College and Lindsey Lyons - Dickinson College. They ...
- Posted March 20, 2018
- Videos & Webinars
- View more
Biking at Dickinson
- Dickinson College (PA)
Learn what The Handlebar Bike Cooperative offers to the campus community and how Dickinson makes biking accessible to everybody.
- Posted Feb. 28, 2018
- Videos & Webinars
- View more
Unifying Campus Audiences in Co-Curricular Sustainability Programming to Create Action-Oriented Projects
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson College has innovatively reformed its student and employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs to create co-curricular learning experiences aimed at building solidarity with campus stakeholders. This session will ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Sustainability in Italy: a Short-Term Study Abroad Program with Focus on Language, Environment, Culture, and Food
- Dickinson College (PA)
Sustainability in Italy: Environment, Culture, and Food' is a short-term study abroad program in Italy connected to an Italian language course taught on the Dickinson College campus. Through fieldwork and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
- Conference Presentations
- View more
How Deferred Maintenance can be Your Climate Action Plan Ally
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Stone House Group (PA)
Is your institution reluctant to start a green fund due to competing priorities such as deferred maintenance backlog? Come hear how Dickinson College has carefully identified energy-saving and carbon-reducing deferred ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
- Conference Presentations
- View more
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
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Setting a Sustainability Standard
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson takes leadership role in helping faculty across a wide-range of disciplines prepare students to tackle tomorrow's sustainability challenges.
- Posted June 22, 2017
- Photographs
- View more
Reducing the Nitrogen Footprint of a Small Residential College
- Dickinson College (PA)
The release of reactive nitrogen contributes to its accumulation in the environment, causing a variety of harmful effects. To measure Dickinson College’s contribution to nitrogen pollution, and quantify the ...
- Posted May 22, 2017
- Publications
- View more
The New Eco-Rep Model: Unifying Campus Audiences in Co-Curricular Sustainability Programming
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson College has innovatively reformed its Eco-Rep model into a combined student and employee peer-to-peer sustainability education program that creates co-curricular learning experiences aimed at unifying campus stakeholders while increasing ...
- Posted May 19, 2017
- Case Studies
- View more
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
- Publications
- View more
Student Engagement and Learning at the UN Climate COPs
- Amherst College (MA)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Macalester College (MN)
- Texas Southern University (TX)
- University of Connecticut (CT)
Youth have had a growing presence in recent years at the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This includes numerous US colleges ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Small Scale Biogas for Energy Sustainability and Education
- Dickinson College (PA)
This presentation will describe the science and practical logistics of running a small scale biogas system on campus. Biogas (also known as biomethane) is a climate-friendly, renewable alternative to natural ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
The Harsh Realities of Generating Successful Living Laboratories
- Dickinson College (PA)
Living laboratories are a growing component of sustainability in higher education, however their creation is frequently meet with stiff opposition. Dickinson College has successfully cultivated two living laboratories, The Handlebar ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Developing Campus Resiliency Through a Climate Action Plan
- Dickinson College (PA)
In 2008, Dickinson College developed a Climate Action Plan to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and set a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2020. The Stone House Group was brought ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Different Approaches to Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Emory University (GA)
- Furman University (SC)
- University of Missouri (MO)
- AASHE (MA)
Higher education is in a unique position to lead the transition to a sustainable world. Colleges and universities have the means to influence students by providing these individuals - tomorrow’s ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Sustainability Course Designation: Values and Best Practices
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson is leading the way in integrating sustainability across the curriculum. As an innovative liberal arts college, over 96% of our Class of '15 students have taken sustainability-focused and related ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Building Change Agent Competencies Through Community-Based Research
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Portland State University (OR)
Community-based research (CBR) is a powerful pedagogy that engages students with community partners in authentic research that benefits the community while supporting students' development of change agent competencies and dispositions ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
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
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Life after achieving your CAP Goals: What are teaching moments for others and how do you plan for the next big thing?
- Chatham University (PA)
- Colby College (ME)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
- GreenerU (MA)
This session will focus on three key concepts. First, for the institutions that are close to or have obtained climate neutrality, what are learning outcomes that they can provide to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
A Tale Of Two Campuses - Cycling At Small Colleges And Universities
- Dickinson College (PA)
- League of American Bicyclists (DC)
Efforts to promote campus cycling have historically focused on large universities (greater than 5,000 students). However, the landscape of small campus cycling is distinctly different from that found at ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Curricular Engagement in Building Sustainable Communities
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson College is leading the way in integrating sustainability across the curriculum. As an innovative liberal arts college, over 90% of our graduating students are taking sustainability-focused and related courses ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Liberal Arts Institutions Networking Meeting (2014)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Linfield College (OR)
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
- Sewanee - The University of the South (TN)
- Willamette University (OR)
A lunch meeting for representatives of liberal arts colleges and universities. A similar lunchtime networking event was hosted by others in Nashville with approximately 100 attendees.
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
Young Sustainability Professionals in Higher Ed. Networking Lunch
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Indiana State University (IN)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
As you walk the halls of your college or university do other employees sometimes mistake you for a student? Were you hired by your alma mater to continue working on ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
- Conference Presentations
- View more
- 1
- 2