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Sustainability, y'all! Southeastern Schools Meet Up
- Duke University (NC)
- Kennesaw State University (GA)
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
- University of Georgia (GA)
- University of Kentucky (KY)
Do you attend or represent a college or university in the southeastern US? Do you want to connect with folks from other schools from this distinctive part of the continent? …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Join the Team-Collegiate Sports Sustainability Networking Session
- Duke University (NC)
- Texas A&M University (TX)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Athletics is often considered to be the ‘front porch’ of many of our institutions. A sporting event can be the first interaction people have with the institution and often, not …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Next Level Sustainability Integration and Elevation
- Duke University (NC)
Climate and sustainability are topics at our institutions that stretch across disciplines, interconnect operations and academics, cross campus boundaries, reach into the community, and around the world. As Duke University …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Duke University Climate Commitment
- Duke University (NC)
As Duke University enters its second century, President Vincent Price has directed the University to marshal its collective resources and capabilities to address the climate crisis. Stemming from President Price’s …
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Geothermal District Heating Feasibility Study for Duke University
- Duke University (NC)
Recognizing the importance of renewable energy in combating climate change, Duke University has set a goal to become carbon neutral by 2024 from a 2007 baseline. To fulfill the goal, …
- Posted May 20, 2022
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The Offset Network: Campus-driven Carbon Offset Projects
- Duke University (NC)
- Hamilton College-Clinton.NY (NY)
- Second Nature (MA)
Most campuses need to use some amount of carbon offsets to meet climate goals. However, few options through traditional carbon markets are affordable and provide the local co-benefits and connection …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Connecting University Sustainability Efforts to Your Health System
- Duke University (NC)
- Emory University (GA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
Sustainability is defined as the nexus between society, the environment and the economy. Hundreds of universities are making significant progress toward incorporating sustainability across their campus operations, educational efforts and …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Developing a culture of trust, feedback, and growth in the workplace
- Duke University (NC)
- Trust (MA)
Change moves at the speed of trust.' -Stephen Covey To be intentional in creating change, we need to have enough data points. One essential data point for our own personal …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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How to Create a Culturally Inclusive Course and Beyond
- Duke University (NC)
Overview The goal of this document is to provide resources and ideas for creating a culturally inclusive learning environment. This is also referred to as “culturally sustaining pedagogy,” “diversifying the …
- Posted July 15, 2021
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Farming on the Campus Quad
- Duke University (NC)
- Green Mountain College (VT)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
This article covers how universities have promoted local and organic farming by giving their students land to grow their own gardens on campus.
- Posted May 26, 2021
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Developing University-Initiated Offsets and Using Peer Verification
- Duke University (NC)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- AASHE (MA)
The Offset Network is an online platform for colleges and universities considering the development of their own emission-reducing projects to fulfill carbon neutrality commitments. Self-generated offsets offer greater flexibility than …
- Posted Oct. 15, 2020
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The role of gender, race, and ethnicity in environmental identity development in undergraduate student narratives
- Duke University (NC)
Recent work in environmental psychology and education emphasizes environmental identity as important in predicting a broad array of environmental behaviors. However, there are gaps in understanding how other social identities …
- Posted March 5, 2020
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Synergy of the (Campus) Commons: Integrating Campus-Based Team Projects in an Introductory Sustainability Course
- Duke University (NC)
Faculty and staff at Duke have collaborated to teach a one-semester, introductory, undergraduate course on sustainability ten times over 12 years, including both theoretical and applied project-based content. This article …
- Posted March 4, 2020
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Next Generation Sustainability Planning
- Cornell University (NY)
- Duke University (NC)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Like many peer institutions, Duke, Cornell, Princeton and Penn jumped on board the higher education sustainability train as early developers of ambitious campus climate and sustainability plans more than a …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Best Practices for Inter-Institutional Emissions Benchmarking
- Duke University (NC)
- Harvard University (MA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- Yale University (CT)
The Ivy+ Sustainability Consortium is a collective of 14 higher education universities that share and develop best practices for sustainability. In an effort to better understand the consortium's collective emissions …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Power of Partnerships: Sharing Successes and Lessons Learned
- Duke University (NC)
- Elon University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
In order to effectively reach the campus community, sustainability offices often strive to partner with other offices/departments to engage a broader audience in sustainability efforts. This typically leads to not …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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University of Californiac's RFI for Campus-initiated Offsets & the Offset Network Peer Verification
- Duke University (NC)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- Second Nature (MA)
The Offset Network is an online platform for colleges and universities considering the development of their own emission-reducing projects to fulfill carbon neutrality commitments. Self-generated offsets offer greater flexibility than …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Green Grant Fund
- Duke University (NC)
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask has committed $50,000 each year to fund student, staff and faculty sustainability projects. The fund has been used to put on conferences, conduct research, provide …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Mitigating Air Travel Emissions: Measuring, Pricing and Collaboration
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Duke University (NC)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Presenters will discuss their approaches to tracking airline miles, estimating emissions, and counter-acting these emissions. Carbon neutral air travel requires data availability to accurately estimate emissions, but perhaps a larger …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Leveraging the Campus Sustainability Committee: Zombie Committees vs Robust Change Agents
- Cornell University (NY)
- Duke University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
What is the secret to successful sustainability committees? Is there a magic formula for long-term effectiveness or do the committees need to evolve over time? Once sustainability programs become more …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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OffsetNetwork.org: Higher Ed's Hub for Self-Generated Offset Projects and Peer Verification
- American University (DC)
- Duke University (NC)
- Second Nature (MA)
The Offset Network is an online platform for colleges and universities to share experience, lessons learned and tell the stories behind developing their own carbon offset projects. The site provides …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Approaches to Carbon Offset Procurement
- Colgate University (NY)
- Duke University (NC)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- Second Nature (MA)
This presentation will feature a diversity of institutions and their approaches to carbon offset procurement in pursuit of carbon reduction goals. The institutions represented on this panel share the perspective …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Career Paths in Sustainability
- Duke University (NC)
The Managing Director of the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment at Duke University provides guidance for students on exploring careers in sustainability. She emphasizes the connections between …
- Posted May 8, 2018
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From Basic Research to Applied Solutions: are two approaches to sustainability science emerging?
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Duke University (NC)
Despite its widespread emergence and adoption, sustainability science continues to suffer from definitional ambiguity within the academe. A review of efforts to provide direction and structure to the science reveal …
- Posted May 1, 2018
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Duke University Carbon Policy on the Road to 2024: Policy Proposals
- Duke University (NC)
The goal of our Bass Connections in Energy Team (henceforth “the Team”) was to research ways to measure and influence both individual and institutional change to reduce Duke University’s carbon …
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Bundled Offsets: Manage Risk and Benefit Local Communities
- Duke University (NC)
- Urban Offsets, Inc.
The strategy of offset bundling involves pairing 3rd party verified carbon offsets with local high co-benefit projects to assure climate impact and build local resilience. Tani Colbert-Sangree, of The Duke …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Getting Started with Local Carbon Offsets: Spotlight on Urban Forestry
- Davidson College (NC)
- Duke University (NC)
For many schools working towards carbon neutrality, carbon offsets will play an important role. While offsets can be purchased on the open market, it is possible to have an even …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Climate Leadership Network Carbon Offset Projects Networking
- Duke University (NC)
- Second Nature (MA)
This networking meeting will focus on the development of 'peer reviewed' and 'innovative' carbon offset projects for colleges and universities. Please join us if you are interested in exploring options …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Utilizing Innovative and Peer Reviewed Carbon Offsets with the Second Nature Climate Leadership Commitments
- Duke University (NC)
- Second Nature (MA)
Many institutions use carbon offsets to help them attain carbon neutrality and achieve their goals under the Second Nature Climate Leadership Commitments. Since 2008, Second Nature has provided guidelines for …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Multiple Approaches to Successfully Sustaining Your Campus as a Teaching and Living Laboratory
- Duke University (NC)
- Furman University (SC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
- University of Georgia (GA)
The concept of using campus buildings, grounds, infrastructure, resources, and systems to support research and learning in sustainability is widely accepted and recognized by assessments like STARS. This workshop will …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Examining Interdisciplinary Sustainability Institutes at Major Research Universities: Innovations in Cross-Campus and Cross-Disciplinary Models
- Boston University (MA)
- Brown University (RI)
- Columbia University (NY)
- Cornell University (NY)
- Duke University (NC)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- Stanford University (CA)
- Texas A&M University (TX)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
This is a study of the disctintive characteristics, activities, challenges and opportunities of a specific type of sustainability institute, one that spans the many disciplines of the university and, to …
- Posted June 5, 2017
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Recommendations on Campus Sustainability Development at Duke Kunshan University
- Duke University (NC)
- Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (Hong Kong)
- Duke Kunshan University (Jiangsu)
As the Sustainable Duke Office at Duke University determines the next steps on how best to integrate a satellite campus such as Duke Kunshan University (DKU) into its Climate Action …
- Posted May 11, 2017
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Developing and Implementing Innovative Carbon Offset Projects
- Duke University (NC)
- Oberlin College (OH)
- University of Florida (FL)
For universities and colleges with fast approaching climate goals, it is clear that carbon offsets are set to play a crucial role in achieving these goals. More schools are looking …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Experiential Sustainability Certificates - Connecting the Classroom to the Real World
- Duke University (NC)
- University of Kansas (KS)
The 'living lab' concept is not new in the higher ed. sustainability world. However, developing robust programs that allow students, across disciplines, to study these complex issues while linking curricular …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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An Exploration of Sustainable Business Measurement and Performance Criteria
- Duke University (NC)
A great deal of current effort is focused on developing and aligning sustainability performance criteria. We will explore together what is happening with GRI, SASB, etc. in institutionalizing clear metrics …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Offset: The Card Game
- Duke University (NC)
The Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative (DCOI) educates students, staff, and faculty at Duke University about a variety of topics relating to carbon offsets. However, these topics can be difficult to …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Raising Student Voices: Student Action for University Community Investment
- American University (DC)
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- Duke University (NC)
- Fordham University (NY)
- Loyola University New Orleans (LA)
- University of Chicago (IL)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- University of San Francisco (CA)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
- Wesleyan University (CT)
- Responsible Endowments Coalition (PA)
This report from The Democracy Collaborative and the Responsible Endowments Coalition seeks to connect struggling communities to local institutional wealth through engaging student activism. The report profiles three administration-led initiatives …
- Posted Aug. 1, 2016
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Collective action competence: an asset to campus sustainability
- Duke University (NC)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to operationalize theories of social learning and collective action for campus sustainability practitioners at higher education instititions (IHEs) to enhance their work, …
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Duke Water Reclamation Pond
- Duke University (NC)
After a severe drought in 2007, Duke spearheaded water reclamation projects across campus. The 5.5 acre reclamation pond collects storm water from 22% of Duke's main campus, over 265 acres. …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Zero Waste Game Day at Duke University
- Duke University (NC)
Leading up to the 2014 Duke Football season, a formal partnership was created between Duke Athletics, Duke Recycling, Duke Stores, and the Duke Sustainability Office in order to successfully achieve …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Standardizing Greenhouse Gas Protocols in the 14-member Ivy+ Sustainability Consortium
- Duke University (NC)
- Harvard University (MA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- Yale University (CT)
- GreenerU (MA)
- The Climate Registry
One of the most challenging issues facing the higher education sustainability movement is how to track and report greenhouse gas emissions in ways that allow for benchmarking and comparison while …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Can You Hear Me Now? Amplifying and Measuring Sustainability Communications
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Duke University (NC)
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Princeton University (NJ)
Whether you are marketing an event, campaign, or simply advertising a service your office offers, building communications partnerships and tracking your communications success are essential to growing your audience and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Changing Behaviors through Green Office Certification
- Duke University (NC)
- Pomona College (CA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Developing a Green Office Certification program at your college or university is nothing new. However, measuring Green Office Certification program impacts through behavior change and tangible energy and water savings …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Can you Hear me Now? Metrics for Sustainability Communications
- American University (DC)
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Duke University (NC)
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Princeton University (NJ)
Whether you are marketing an event, campaign, or simply advertising a service your office offers, tracking your communications success is essential to growing your audience and engaging your community. Every …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Access to Local Food in the Carolinas Program: Campuses to Communities
- Davidson College (NC)
- Duke University (NC)
- Furman University (SC)
- Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
The Duke Endowment (TDE) schools, Davidson College, Duke University, Furman University, and Johnson C. Smith University, all have significant interest in promoting sustainable farm and food systems in the Carolinas …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Endowment Transparency at Duke: a Qualitative Analysis of Effects on Environmental Sustainability and Assessment of Strategies
- Duke University (NC)
The transparency of a university's endowment affects the responsibility of its investment decisions. After researching Duke University's endowment and examining numerous protests against Duke's irresponsible investments, I sought to determine …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Smart Sustainable Landscape at Duke University
- Duke University (NC)
The Duke Smart Home has participated in the new Sustainable SITES Initiative pilot program and created a new garden and landscape on the Duke central campus which includes water management, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campus as a Training Ground for Careers in Sustainability
- Duke University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
In keeping with the theme of the conference, representatives from three universities (two private research universities and one land grant university) will present practiced and proven models for training students …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Officers 1.0 to 2.0 Toolkit: Strategic and Sane Workload Management of People, Projects, and Programs on Your Campus
- Baylor University (TX)
- Duke University (NC)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- University of Vermont (VT)
Sustainability staff are involved in many initiatives at a time, and often these are run in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. The Sustainability Office version 1.0 consisted of one staffer--it was …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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