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Geography Resource and Environmetal Studies (BS)
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
The program prepares students for a wide variety of government and private sector occupations relating to resource conservation and/or environmental management.
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Certificate in Water Resources Policy
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
The Water Resources Policy Certificate provides the recipient with a working knowledge of water resources in sufficient detail that they are prepared for professional positions involving water resources management and ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Sustainability Studies (Master)
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
This degree is specifically designed to prepare committed leaders to address emerging sustainability issues. Students completing the program will have the technical skills to formulate and solve problems at the ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Geography Resource and Environmental Studies (Master)
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
The Master of Geography Resource and Environmental Studies degree program is designed to prepare geographers to use their skills and background knowledge to solve real-world problems with geographic dimensions. Geography ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Purpose: This study aims to describe the different elements included in campus sustainability plans (CSPs) in colleges and universities across the USA.
Design/methodology/approach: It examines the contents and ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Measuring the Perceptions of Sustainability Initiatives
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Our study collected the perceptions of sustainability initiatives at Texas State University from the campus community which includes, all faculty, staff, and students. This study will use the collected data ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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The Nature and Contents of Current Campus Sustainability Plans in the United States.
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
A campus sustainability plan is a detailed document that integrates sustainability within an institution of higher education's operational, academic, and administrative aspects. These plans are significantly different from campus ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Campus Sustainability Plans: A Descriptive Analysis of Sustainability Plans from Institutions of Higher Education in the United States
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
As the sustainability movement gains traction around the globe, institutions of higher education are increasingly being looked to for leadership. One established method of improving a campus’s environmental, economic ...
- Posted May 5, 2021
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Critical Sustainabilities: Negotiating Sustainability’s Discursive Maze in the Classroom
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
“Sustainability” features in numerous discourses, each of which frames the issue according to its particular worldview(s). Thus there is no singular sustainability conception, but multiple sustainabilities that compete with ...
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Quantifying potential savings from sustainable energy projects at a large public university: An energy efficiency assessment for texas state university
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
At Texas State University (TSU) in the United States, “sustainability” is pursued within the context of (1) a non-binding declaration in the University’s plan, and (2) a State legislative ...
- Posted Feb. 10, 2020
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Environmental Service Fee
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Texas State University - In 2000, Texas State University's student chapter of the National Association of Environmental Professional (NAEP), sponsored by the department of Geography, conceived the Environmental Service Fee ...
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Universities as Models of Sustainable Energy-Consuming Communities? Review of Selected Literature
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Given the prominent position of academia in sustainability studies and sustainability science, it is natural to want to look to universities as models of (or keepers of knowledge about) sustainable ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Composting for a Greener Campus: the Texas State University Bobcat Blend program
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Bobcat Blend is a faculty managed, student-run and grant-supported research and teaching-oriented waste management campus composting program at Texas State University. The goals of the organization are to teach students ...
- Posted May 2, 2018
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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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Energy Efficiency Assessment at Texas State University
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
- How to calculate CO2 emissions from purchased electricity?
- What are the most important financial factors in energy efficiency assessment?
- How different energy efficiency plans can affect financial outcomes in a ...
- Posted April 25, 2017
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An Economic Analysis of a University Educational Cafeteria Composting Program—Bobcat Blend
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
At Texas State University, a cafeteria-composting pilot program was established in which students source-separated their organic waste at one of the food courts while the program educated students on the ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Composting for a Greener Campus: the Texas State University Bobcat Blend program
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Bobcat Blend is a faculty managed, student-run and grant-supported research and teaching-oriented waste management campus composting program at Texas State University. The goals of the organization are to teach students ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Creating a Sustainable University and Community through a Common Experience
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
In a large university, it would seem impossible to engage thousands of people on a single theme for an entire academic year-but one institution in central Texas is doing so ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Wear the Sun! Sixteen Texas State University Students Change Campus
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
"Wear the Sun!" Yes, wear the sun. Reduce the amount of your use of electricity, hence coal. Save the fibers in your clothes by choosing to line dry your wet ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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