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Un-Can-It for the Planet
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
An annual event where student unpackage expired food from our Student Basic Needs Center and compost it, and students and staff are also able to bring expired or stale food …
- Posted April 25, 2024
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Community College Networking Meeting
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This session will allow community college sustainability professionals to catch up, share successes, brainstorm solutions to mutual concerns, and commiserate about frustrations.
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Community College Networking Session
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This session will encourage community college sustainability staff/faculty/students to network, share their triumphs, and seek advice on challenges.
- Posted May 17, 2023
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JCCC Hosts Regional Climate Action Kansas City Summit
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
As a pathway toward institutional accreditation through the US Higher Learning Commission, Johnson County Community College developed and completed an Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP) focused on institution-wide sustainability in …
- Posted July 25, 2022
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JCCC Students Work to Complete Tiny House Project
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
As a pathway toward institutional accreditation through the US Higher Learning Commission, Johnson County Community College developed and completed an Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP) focused on institution-wide sustainability in …
- Posted July 25, 2022
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Community College Networking Session
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This networking session will allow community college sustainability practitioners to share successes/frustrations as well as have a chance to provide feedback on how AASHE serves its community college members.
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Campuses as Living . . . Archives: Using Campus Histories to Explore Diversity, Equity, and Belonging
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Are you working at an institution struggling to effectively respond to and support student-led-protests for social justice and equity? You may have an unexplored treasure trove of useful and inspirational …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Community College Networking Meeting
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This annual networking session will encourage community college staff/students/faculty to share their accomplishments from the previous year. Further, structured networking around certain topics will encourage practitioners to share best practices …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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A More Bird-Safe Campus: The JCCC Bird Collision Study in Practice and the Classroom
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Johnson County Community College has since 2018 collected data on bird/window strikes across its xxx acre, suburban campus, assembling an impressive dataset on bird species and strike location(s). Both data …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Understanding Food Waste at Johnson County Community College: A Multi-Method Approach
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Food waste and food insecurity are vastly different, yet inextricably linked, social, economic, and environmental problems which afflict societies throughout the world. This study contributes to the literature on individual …
- Posted May 28, 2020
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Building Social Cooperation and Mutual Support Competencies in Agroecology Education
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Farming in a restorative and regenerative economy will require cooperative mutual support networks and skills that have not been the hallmark of commodified agriculture in the 20th and 21st centuries. …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Community College Networking Meeting
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This annual networking session will encourage community college staff/students/faculty to share their accomplishments from the previous year. Further, structured networking around certain topics will encourage practitioners to share best practices …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Book of Fails - Learning from our mistakes through pictures and storytelling (and a few laughs)
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Working in campus sustainability can put you into all kinds of strange situations. From learning that powdered cheese doesn't mix well into wet food scraps in the compost mixer, to …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Wildlife and the Built Environment - JCCC Bird Collision Study Data, Mitigation, and Results
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Why do birds collide with windows? During the 2018 JCCC Bird Collision study we learned many of our buildings and elevated walkways have various issues that create hazards for birds. …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Integrating Sustainability into Regional Accreditation Processes
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
As part of its regional reaccreditation process with the Higher Learning Commission, Johnson County Community College has for the past several years participated in the Academic Quality Improvement Program, or …
- Posted May 13, 2019
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Sustainability Initiatives Fund
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
The Sustainability Initiatives Fund is a made possible by a $1 per credit hour contribution by JCCC students. The fund was born in fall 2009 when a team of JCCC …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Building a Meal Sharing Program
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Johnson County Kansas has mirrored the increased food insecurity that has been prevalent at the national level. Johnson County Community College has tackled this issue by creating a meal share …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Position your Student Sustainability Committee as a Leadership Training Opportunity
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- AASHE (MA)
Johnson County Community College’s Student Sustainability Committee is our campuswide student sustainability leadership group. The Committee, formed in 2011 as part of a student-led initiative for a dollar-per-credit hour fee …
- Posted Oct. 25, 2018
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Johnson County Community College Green Circle Certification in Cosmetology
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
In February 2017, Johnson County Community College’s Center for Sustainability began to develop a certification protocol for the campus’ cosmetology program to become Green Circle certified. This third-party certification offers …
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Johnson County Community College Student Sustainability Committee
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
The Student Sustainability Committee is a leadership opportunity for students at Johnson County Community College that manages the institution's fee based Sustainable Initiatives Fund. This workshop will guide attendees through …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Understanding Food Waste at Johnson County Community College: A Multi-Method Approach
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This proposal will document through observation and participant feedback how student awareness of issues surrounding food insecurity and waste may change following a student volunteer-run audit on post-consumer cafeteria waste.
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Community College Networking Meeting
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This meeting encourages community college participants to share successes, vent frustrations, and to meet up with other sustainability practitioners.
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Students Put Their Money Where Their Values Are: The JCCC Sustainability Initiatives Fund
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This poster describes Johnson County Community College's Student Sustainability Committee. The Committee, formed in 2011 as part of a student-led initiative for a dollar-per-credit hour fee to fund sustainable initiatives …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Best Practices for Minimizing Waste on College and University Campuses
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
- Staples Business Advantage (MA)
With institutions scoring an average score of 1 point in waste reduction and diversion, there is tremendous room for improvement and institutions across the country are looking for ways to …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Relay-Race, not a Sprint: Advancing Campus as Lab in Solidarity
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- University of Calgary (AB)
Campus as a Living Laboratory' is a rapidly evolving strategy for deploying innovative and utilitarian sustainability strategies. Presenters from diverse geographic locations and institution types examine the differences and similarities …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Johnson County Community College Student Sustainability Committee
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
As a broadly effective, innovative, engaging, and replicable project, Johnson County Community College’s Student Sustainability Committee [the SSC, the Committee] is a compelling and powerful tool for developing student leadership …
- Posted May 18, 2017
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Change Makers: Innovative waste reduction campaigns and beyond
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- Lane Community College (OR)
- Portland Community College (OR)
This interactive and action-oriented panel will look at 3 different waste reduction behavior change programs in community colleges. The panelists will address some of the specific challenges they face with …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Leading by Collaboration: Institutional composting on a non-residential campus
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
JCCC's composting initiatives have changed operational practices and enriched campus culture in many ways. Those directly involved in our composting work are passionate about reducing food waste, handling it appropriately, …
- Posted June 1, 2016
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Student Sustainability Sculptures Contest
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Beginning in 2011, Johnson County Community College art faculty member Mark Cowardin assigned his Sculpture II students a project requiring the design, proposal, planning, and installation of a public art …
- Posted June 1, 2016
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Earth Days 2016 at Johnson County Community College
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Our Earth Days 2016 events included several activities in addition to those pictured here, but these were two of our most popular. Epicenter, a one-day, student-focused conference on careers in …
- Posted May 11, 2016
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Campus Sustainability: The Next 10 Years
- Emory University (GA)
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
- Western Michigan University (MI)
- AASHE (MA)
Enjoy this plenary session that examines institutional sustainability advancements of both where we've been and we we are going.
Speakers include:
Julia Newman, Massacusetts Institute of Technology
Harold Glasser, Executive …
- Posted March 3, 2016
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Plenary: Campus Sustainability: The Next 10 Years
- Emory University (GA)
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
- Western Michigan University (MI)
- AASHE (MA)
The campus sustainability movement has grown enormously since AASHE's founding in 2005. The members of this all-star panel of leading campus sustainability practitioners and advocates will reflect on this growth …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Value of Measurement (At the Cost of Your Time?)
- Indiana State University (IN)
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
- AASHE (MA)
As sustainability programs on campuses of all sizes mature, the staff & committees at many institutions find themselves on the proverbial hamster wheel of measurement. While survey results, greenhouse gas …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community College Networking Session
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- AASHE (MA)
Meet and network with sustainability leaders from community colleges. We'll discuss the unique challenges and opportunities faced by community colleges working to advance sustainability.
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campus Farm to Campus Table: Highlighting Local Foods and Student Work in a Campus Harvest Lunch
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Beginning in 2013 and continuing in 2014, several dozen students, faculty, staff, and volunteers worked together to source a campus farm lunch at Johnson County Community College, a large, suburban, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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From Surplus to Purpose: A student study to rediscover the value of outdated furniture
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
In the spring of 2012, Johnson County Community College’s (JCCC) Interior Design program introduced a Special Topics course in re-upholstery, having been prompted by students curious about new ways to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Students Heat Up Las Pintas: An immersive service experience in solar technology
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Water is a necessity for all of us, but to some, heating it is a luxury. Now in its second year, the Las Pintas Solar Experience takes Johnson County Community …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Funds at Community Colleges: Unique Approaches to Engaging Students
- College of Lake County (IL)
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Connecting students to a community college's sustainability efforts presents distinct challenges. Community colleges strive for a standard of quality education that is affordable and accessible to all types of students. …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Changing the Campus Dynamic: The student creation and administration of the Sustainability Initiatives Fund at Johnson County Community College
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
In fall 2009, a small cohort of Honors students at Johnson County Community College took it upon themselves to campaign across campus, petitioning their peers, appealing to the President, and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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In-Vessel Composting - From Farm to Kitchen to Compost, and Back to Farm
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Space on any campus is limited especially when you mention you want to compost food. In-vessel composting is a viable way to compost all your food while keeping odor under …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Suburban Composting at Johnson County Community College: Looking at the First Year of Operations.
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
The process of composting food residuals from dining service operations has been gaining in popularity at college campuses across the country in recent years. While an estimated 12% of the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building a sustainable data center
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Between 2000 and 2005 the footprint of our data center grew by 1000%. Clear patterns evolved showing the growth rate would continue and we were on an unsustainable path. Beginning …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Migrating Paper Processes into SharePoint
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Our college uses SharePoint as a web platform for migrating manual paper-heavy planning processes online. Two primary examples of processes we have moved online in this way are Grant Applications …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
JCCC's sustainable agriculture (market farming) entrepreneurship program helps students realize their dreams of opening their own sustainable agriculture businesses. Farmers who grow produce on the side, depending on crops like …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Galileo's Pavilion
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- University of Kansas (KS)
The goals of the Johnson County Community College Center for Sustainability, combined with the need for additional classrooms at the ever-expanding college, led to a unique opportunity to create inspired …
- Posted July 27, 2012
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