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Environmental Science (Bachelor)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
This STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) starts with major-specific courses such as Climate Change and Sustainability, Energy and the Environment and Analysis of Environmental Issues. Students then customize ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Sustainable Materials and Technology (BS)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Students in Sustainable Materials and Technology learn how to create and manipulate materials derived from renewable natural resources, most often plant based. Through classes in materials science, environmental studies, applied ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Renewable Energy Assessment (Minor)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The minor in Renewable Energy Assessment provides students the opportunity to assess and implement renewable energy technologies. The minor is intended to provide students with the ability to assess facilities ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental Education (Minor)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The undergraduate minor in Environmental Education is offered to students interested in building environmental literacy among pre-K through adult audiences. Environmental literacy includes environmental awareness and knowledge, pro-environmental attitudes and ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Climate Change and Society (Master)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The Master’s degree program in Climate Change & Society provides critical skills, knowledge, and expertise in climate science and climate adaptation. This program also prepares graduates to meet the ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental Assessment (Master)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The Master of Environmental Assessment program emphasizes bridges the gap between scientific research and the use of science in decision-making, regulation, and environmental management. By understanding and evaluating the sources ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (Master) (Minor)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Graduate Minor provides master’s and doctoral students in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management with the skills of using social science ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Climate Adaptation (Master) (Certificate)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The Climate Adaptation Certificate provides a comprehensive graduate-level credential delivered in a highly flexible format for students who want to enhance their professional work with expertise in climate. Students may ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Student-Designed and Built Rain Garden
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The rain garden outside of Lee Residence Hall at NC State University was designed and built by students in the landscape architecture graduate program. This Design-Build course has a long ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2023
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Keynote: Jessica Thomas
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
"I’ve had the opportunity to work in academia for about 15 years now, and I have never seen anything that really captures the imagination and inspires students like B ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Sustainability Plan
- North Carolina State University (NC)
NC State’s Sustainability Strategic Plan is a five-year roadmap that builds upon the university’s strengths, momentum, and decades of sustainability progress. It sets forth an ambitious set of ...
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Dr. Sherie Obare, Dean of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
- University of Florida (FL)
- Marquette University (WI)
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- North Carolina A&T State University (NC)
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
The Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center was established as a convergence of diverse and leading scientists to address the influx of phosphorus in oceans and expansion of ...
- Posted Aug. 1, 2022
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Climate Adaptation Certificate
- North Carolina State University (NC)
As the climate change crisis continues there is an increasing need for professionals versed in climate adaptation. This certificate provides courses that will provide knowledge in the various ways to ...
- Posted May 23, 2022
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Teamwork makes the net-work: participant-governed networks and athletics sustainability collaboration
- Frostburg State University (MD)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Temple University (PA)
Athletic departments play an important role in sustainability-based collaborative processes due to their boundary spanning connections with both internal and external university stakeholders. As a result, athletic department representatives have ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Student learning about social responsibility in the global textile and apparel industry: the use of video as an instructional tool
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of a documentary video in enhancing student understanding of social responsibility (SR) concept in the context of the textile and ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Creating Engaging and Equitable Outdoor Experiences for Students and Staff
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Legrand North America, LLC (CA)
Outdoor spaces are transforming the way we live, learn, work and play. Aside from the many health benefits that being outdoors can bring, people want to be productive outside-and spaces ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Addressing Food and Housing Security among NC State University Students
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Since February 2018, when a report on student hunger and homelessness on NC State University's campus was released, the campus community has generated increased resources for students, conducted ongoing ...
- Posted May 21, 2021
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The Connected Classroom of the Future
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Connecticut (CT)
- AASHE (MA)
- Legrand North America, LLC (CA)
Today’s higher education campuses are expected to prepare students for success in an increasingly connected world. Students, lecturers, and staff are seeking dynamic classroom experiences and new spaces to ...
- Posted Oct. 8, 2020
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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 ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Examining environmental fan engagement initiatives through values and norms with intercollegiate sport fans
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Seattle University (WA)
The United Nations has asserted that sport organizations and/or allied sponsors can influence fans to engage in more sustainable behaviors intentions at sporting events and at home; however, more ...
- Posted June 13, 2019
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Sustainability Fund
- North Carolina State University (NC)
NC State students began contributing a sustainability fee per semester in fall 2013 following a student-led campaign that included pledges of support from more than 2,000 students and letters ...
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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The influence of instruction, prior knowledge, and values on climate change risk perception among undergraduates
- Auburn University (AL)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of British Columbia (BC)
We evaluated influences on the climate change risk perceptions of undergraduate students in an introductory Earth Science course. For this sample, domain‐specific content knowledge about climate change was a ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Food and Housing Security Among NC State Students
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a comprehensive framework for approaching sustainability from a global perspective. The goals are also incredibly relevant for higher education not only in teaching, research ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Best Practices in Integrating Sustainability and Business Education
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
This workshop focuses on how to integrate sustainability concepts into business education and increase engagement with the business community to improve their impacts. The primary focus will be on how ...
- 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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How Does Adding an Emphasis on Socioscientific Issues Influence Student Attitudes about Science, Its Relevance, and Their Interpretations of Sustainability?
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
A general consensus exists among the leaders of both developed and developing nations that their citizens should be scientifically literate. Therefore, it is important for educational systems to provide students ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Models for Collaborative and Implementable Pan-Campus Sustainability Plans
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
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 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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NC State University Achieves 95 Percent Diversion With Building Deconstruction
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Harrelson Hall, the first round classroom building constructed on a university campus, was deconstructed in 2016 and NC State University exceeded its waste diversion goal, diverting 95 percent of non-hazardous ...
- Posted May 18, 2017
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NCSU Initiatives for Faculty Participation in Sustainability Efforts
- North Carolina State University (NC)
This project seeks to understand the perspectives of faculty members as it relates to sustainability at North Carolina State University. Specifically, an online survey of randomly selected 500 faculty was ...
- Posted May 11, 2017
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NC State University Creates Make-a-thon To Inspire Sustainability Ideas
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Imagine. It's a Saturday night and dozens of students are packed in your school's library. They're crowded around 3D printers, circuit boards and laptops translating 3D AutoCAD ...
- Posted May 11, 2017
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Is Going Green Worth It? Assessing Fan Engagement and Perceptions of Athletic Department Environmental Efforts
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ohio University (OH)
- Seattle University (WA)
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which environmentally themed activities within an intercollegiate sport context impact fan engagement. A total of 557 fans responded to ...
- Posted May 3, 2017
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Sustainability in Higher Education: How Does the Process of Campus Greening Trigger Adaptive Social Learning
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The purpose of this dissertation was to answer the research question: Does the presence of a balance of social, economic, and ecological dimensions during an implementation of campus greening trigger ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2016
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22 kW Rooftop Array: Partners I Building
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Nearly 100 solar panels generating approximately 29,000 kwh of electricity annually were installed in April 2015 and are expected to produce energy for at least 25 years. The panels ...
- Posted Dec. 5, 2016
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Campus Connections: Sustainability and Wellness
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Wellness is an important aspect of any sustainability movement. A focus at colleges and universities on social aspects of sustainability, such as wellness, leads to collaboration and partnerships that are ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Student Experience Elevated: How high impact sustainability engagement raises the bar on student success
- Boston University (MA)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Research has shown that high-impact educational experiences complement classroom learning, increase student retention and engagement, and maximize the collegiate experience. The proof of learning is no longer just a degree ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Curriculum Development, Cross-campus Collaboration, and Industry Engagement in Partnership with the B Corporation Community
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Presenters: - Jessica Thomas, Director, Business Sustainability Collaborative, Poole College of Management, NC State University - Craig Dalen, Senior Fellow, Director of B Corps on Campus, B Lab This session explores: - An ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Athletics Department Awareness and Action Regarding the Environment: A Study of NCAA Athletics Department Sustainability Practices
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ohio University (OH)
The relationship of sport to sustainability management is relatively unknown. Despite the increasing recognition of the growing role of athletics in regard to environmental sustainability, it remains unclear what role ...
- Posted Sept. 21, 2016
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Intercollegiate Sport and the Environment: Examining Fan Engagement Based on Athletics Department Sustainability Efforts
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ohio University (OH)
The purpose of this study was to examine how environmental education efforts at a sporting event related to environmental behavioral intentions, in the context of a promotional green game, based ...
- Posted Sept. 21, 2016
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NC State Students Champion Solar Installation
- North Carolina State University (NC)
In 2016, the Park Scholarships program celebrates its 20th year. Each class of Park Scholars chooses a legacy gift to leave the university, and the Class of 2015 chose to ...
- Posted Sept. 9, 2016
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College and University Environmental Programs as a Policy Problem (Part 2): Strategies for Improvement
- Yale University (CT)
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- University of Alberta (AB)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Bucknell University (PA)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ursinus College (PA)
Environmental studies and environmental sciences programs in American and Canadian colleges and universities seek to ameliorate environmental problems through empirical enquiry and analytic judgment. In a companion article (Part 1 ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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College and University Environmental Programs as a Policy Problem (Part 1): Integrating Knowledge, Education, and Action for a Better World?
- Yale University (CT)
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- University of Alberta (AB)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Bucknell University (PA)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ursinus College (PA)
The environmental sciences/studies movement, with more than 1000 programs at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, is unified by a common interest - ameliorating environmental problems through ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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NC State University Students Leverage Partnerships To Eliminate Plastic Bags on Campus
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Over a three-year period, the NC State Stewards collaborated with the university’s Campus Enterprises division to move toward the elimination of single-use plastic bags in the most wasteful locations ...
- Posted May 31, 2016
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NC State University Facilities, Academic Affairs Collaborate For Summer Energy Savings
- North Carolina State University (NC)
A hot, humid North Carolina summer isn’t when you might expect NC State University to save nearly $900 a day in avoided energy costs. But thanks to a new ...
- Posted May 26, 2016
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Interdisciplinary and Multilevel Approach to Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Education at North Carolina State University
- North Carolina State University (NC)
There is an increasing demand for education in organic and sustainable agriculture from undergraduates, graduate students and extension agents. In this paper, we discuss highlights and evaluations of a multilevel ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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NC State Sustainability Map & Tour
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Welcome to a Living Lab for Transformation. NC State’s increasingly sustainable campus is where a Wolfpack of forward-thinkers lives, works, studies and plays. See the innovative, ecofriendly campus features ...
- Posted April 15, 2016
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Partnering for an equitable, sustainable school: 3 approaches for building partnerships and programs that connect sustainability
- California State University, East Bay (CA)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Virginia (VA)
As diversity and sustainability become more embedded into a campus culture, the connections between diversity and sustainability become more apparent and critical to create a thriving campus. This panel discussion ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Activating Change Agents Across Campus
- Elon University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Ohio University (OH)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
Peer education has proven effective at amplifying messages of sustainability issues and practices across a larger breadth of audience than individual staff members can reach on their own. Such programs ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Positive Sustainable Change: The Crossroads of Sustainability & Civic Engagement
- Florida State University (FL)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Many common elements exist between the realms of sustainability education and civic engagement. Both movements are meant to foster an ethic of responsibility and justice, leadership development, and address community ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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EcoVillage at North Carolina State University: A Living-Learning Introduction to Sustainability
- North Carolina State University (NC)
This case study presents the successes and challenges of a sustainability-themed living-learning community (LLC) in its third year of student enrollment, presented by the two University staff members primarily responsible ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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