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Climate in the Classroom: Bell Tower Takeover
- Temple University (PA)
Climate in the Classroom: Bell Tower Takeover was a special Earth Month event hosted by the Temple University Office of Sustainability, the Office of the Provost and select student and ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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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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Building a Climate Movement Within a Field
- Temple University (PA)
This session will report on the founding and growth of Philosophers for Sustainability, an international organization of philosophers working to promote sustainability within and outside philosophy. Our projects include a ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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E-Waste: A Catalyst for Campus Innovation and Collaboration
- Temple University (PA)
- University of Montana (MT)
Electronic waste is increasingly recognized as the fastest growing component of our waste stream and presents a global challenge that will continue to grow as technology advances. So, how do ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Bill McKibben’s Influence on U.S. Climate Change Discourse: Shifting Field-Level Debates Through Radical Flank Effects
- Temple University (PA)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- 350.org (NY)
This article examines the influence of radical flank actors in shifting field-level debates by increasing the legitimacy of preexisting but peripheral issues. Using network text analysis, we apply this conceptual ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Campus Food Pantries: Insights From a National Survey
- Temple University (PA)
- College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFBA) (MI)
Food insecurity is widespread on American college campuses. Students do not have enough food to feed themselves and sometimes their families as well. We created the College and University Food ...
- Posted Oct. 10, 2018
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Temple Tiny House
- Temple University (PA)
The Temple University Tiny House project is a student designed and student constructed sustainable building located at Temple Community Garden on main campus. Completed in spring 2017, the 175 square ...
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Environmental Engineering (MS)
- Temple University (PA)
Understand and interpret the dynamics of man-made and natural pollutants, environmental systems, and the sustainability of natural resources in the Environmental Engineering Master of Science (MS) program in the College ...
- Posted June 29, 2018
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Ecological Planning and Design Minor
- Temple University (PA)
The Minor in Ecological Planning and Design offers all Temple University undergraduate students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the concept of ecological planning and design. The minor enhances ...
- Posted June 29, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Temple University (PA)
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary major offered by the Department of Geography and Urban Studies that examines the nature, causes and consequences of human interactions with the environment. Students in ...
- Posted June 29, 2018
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Certificate in Sustainable Community Planning
- Temple University (PA)
The core courses in the graduate certificate in Sustainable Community Planning program introduce students to the broad range of issues and topics relevant to planning for sustainable development of our ...
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Going Without: An Exploration of Food and Housing Insecurity Among Undergraduates
- Temple University (PA)
- University of Iowa (IA)
The rising price of higher education and its implications for equity and accessibility have been extensively documented, but the material conditions of students’ lives are often overlooked. Data from more ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Still Hungry and Homeless in College
- Temple University (PA)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
This is the largest national survey assessing the basic needs security of university students. It is the HOPE Lab’s 3rd national survey; the other two focused on community colleges ...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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AASHE Award Winner Webinar Series: Sustainability, Food Systems and Entrepreneurship
- Temple University (PA)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- AASHE (MA)
- Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus (OR)
The food movement comes in many shapes and sizes. People wonder more now than ever, where does my food come from? How is it grown? Who grows it? Who has ...
- Posted March 27, 2018
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Temple Tiny House
- Temple University (PA)
The Temple University Tiny House project is a student designed and student constructed sustainable building located at Temple Community Garden on main campus. Completed in spring 2017, the 175 square ...
- Posted May 11, 2017
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AASHE Award Winner Webinar - Sustainability, Food Systems and Entrepreneurship
- Portland Community College (OR)
- Temple University (PA)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- AASHE (MA)
The food movement comes in many shapes and sizes. People wonder more now than ever, where does my food come from? How is it grown? Who grows it? Who has ...
- Posted March 7, 2017
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Learn how to Launch a University Surplus Program and Start Making Real Money for Sustainability While Reducing Your Waste
- Drexel University (PA)
- Temple University (PA)
Universities invest in equipment and facilities to stay competitive. While these acquisitions are needed, much of the 'obsolete' equipment offers value to a secondary market. Nationally, universities are extracting value ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Campus sustainability at the edges: Emotions, relations, and bio-cultural connections
- Temple University (PA)
The university campus is often considered a key site for the development of environmental sustainability initiatives. At the same time, the concept and practice of sustainability has been critiqued for ...
- Posted June 20, 2016
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Comparing Sustainable Universities between the United States and China: Cases of Indiana University and Tsinghua University
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Temple University (PA)
It is widely accepted that universities can play critical roles in promoting sustainability. In the United States and China, many universities have initiated sustainability programs. Employing Indiana University, Bloomington, the ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Education: Shifting the Worldview
- DePaul University (IL)
- Temple University (PA)
While the topics of business ethics and social responsibility education have received much attention in scholarly and pedagogical literature (although less in the pedagogical literature), the authors argue that the ...
- Posted May 10, 2016
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Saving Lives: Using Art Curriculum To Reduce Bird Collisions On Campus and in Philadelphia
- Temple University (PA)
This session will provide a case study of how graphic design faculty used an experiential learning project to engage art students on sustainability while also aiding the university in addressing ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Case Study of the Green Council: Students Building a Movement through Collaboration
- Temple University (PA)
This session will provide a case study of how a university can maximize student engagement in sustainability issues through the creation of an eco-friendly coalition of student organizations. The university ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Living and Learning Communities: Developing Sustainability Leaders Through Residential Programming
- Temple University (PA)
This session will provide a case study of how a university can develop leaders in the campus sustainability movement through an innovative partnership between Residential Life, the Provost and the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bridging the Digital Divide Through E-Waste Diversion And Electronic Resources Management
- Temple University (PA)
This session will provide a case study of how a university can implement a life-cycle management approach to electronic waste that is financially sustainable and that works to bridge the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Center for Sustainable Communities
- Temple University (PA)
The Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) develops and promotes new approaches to protect and preserve quality of life through sustainable development. The Center acts as a resource for government agencies ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BA in Geography & Urban Studies, Focus on Sustainability
- Temple University (PA)
Sustainability invokes questions across a multitude of spatial scales and is deeply interrelated with the department's social justice, globalization, and geographic methods themes. The University's work focuses on ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Science (BS)
- Temple University (PA)
Environmental Science is the study of the interactions of our society with the Earth. Environmental Scientists use a combination of field and laboratory research to understand the physical, chemical and ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MA in Geography & Urban Studies
- Temple University (PA)
The MA degree is designed to prepare students for further graduate study as well as professional positions related to urban and economic development, environmental sustainability and social justice, including local ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Corporate Social Responsibility
- Temple University (PA)
The CSR minor will integrate sustainability into the educational curriculum and expand research and community engagement. In doing so, the minor will help fulfill two objectives of the Climate Action ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Environmental Studies
- Temple University (PA)
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary degree granted by the Department of Geography and Urban Studies, in the College of Liberal Arts. A separate degree--the BS in Environmental Science--is proferred in ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Certificate in Sustainability
- Temple University (PA)
Students who are interested in the environment and in learning how to impact the world around them positively, may want to consider completing the School of Environmental Design credit Certificate ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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63 kW Rooftop Array: Edberg-Olson Hall
- Temple University (PA)
- Community Energy, Inc. (PA)
Completed in December 2013, the 4,500 SF, 63-kilowatt solar array installed on the south-facing roof of Temple's Edberg-Olson Hall is the first solar project of its kind at ...
- Posted Sept. 9, 2015
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Rad Dish Food Co-op: Food for Thought Leadership
- Temple University (PA)
The Rad Dish Cooperative Cafe is the first and only student-run food co-op in the Philadelphia region. Located on Temple University's campus, Rad Dish provides local, fair trade, organic ...
- Posted June 8, 2015
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Forest Restoration in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park- Collaboration with Temple University, Philadelphia Zoo, Fairmount Park, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Germantown Friends School
- Temple University (PA)
Restore eight acres of Philadelphia's degraded urban forest and provide education on carbon sequestration through reforestation. A collaborative effort between institutional faculty and staff from Temple University, Philadelphia Zoo ...
- Posted June 22, 2010
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