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Clean Energy Grant
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
In January 2005, 91% of voting students at Evergreen State College supported a $1 per credit fee increase (up to $20.00 maximum per quarter) to purchase renewable energy and fund …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Sustainability education: how evolving STEM benefits underserved populations
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
This research explores ways in which sustainability education efforts can create an advantageous learning environment for women and underrepresented minority students in STEM. By drawing on key literature that discusses …
- Posted April 17, 2018
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Supporting Students' Sustainability Learning and Emotional Resilience with Reflection and Contemplation
- Peninsula College (WA)
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
- Western Washington University (WA)
How do we foster the cognitive complexity, ethical development, and personal resolve required for this 'sustainability century?' Tackling complex, systemic problems requires nuanced interdisciplinary understandings and the ability to engage …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Next Generation Campus Green Funds
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- New York University (NY)
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
- Mohawk College (ON)
Through the use of green funds, colleges and universities have the ability to empower students who are passionate about bringing clean energy and sustainable projects to their campuses. This joint …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Sustainability in Higher Education: An Assessment of Washington State Colleges and Universities, 2005-2016
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The purpose of this research project was to assess the integration of sustainability in Washington State higher education from 2005 to 2016. Both the extent of integration and the focus …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Plenary Session 1: Promising Practices for Transformative Sustainability Education
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
Promising Practices for Transformative Sustainability Education If you ever find yourself asking what a student’s experience of sustainability on campus is or how, through the curriculum offered, can a students’ …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Workers Building Sustainable Communities
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The Evergreen State College has a unique student worker program in its residence halls since its founding in 1971. Students work with professional staff to perform the custodial and maintenance …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability across the Curriculum: Promising Strategies
- Skagit Valley College (WA)
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
- University of Puget Sound (WA)
- Western Washington University (WA)
- Whatcom Community College (WA)
If sustainability perspectives and practices are to become part of college graduates’ thinking, they must start appearing "across the curriculum" in ways that are not only meaningful for students; sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Collaborative Intersections for creating campus change
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The Evergreen State College has a long history of actively pursuing cross-divisional collaborations and integration of student projects with campus operations. Past collaborations resulted in the formation of the campus …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting Higher Education and Sustainable Practices in Prisons
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) offers students and faculty of The Evergreen State College (Evergreen) opportunities to experience and influence sustainability beyond the college campus; we connect educators, researchers, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability in Prisons Project: Essential Components
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) is a partnership founded by The Evergreen State College and Washington State Department of Corrections, and fulfills a mission to bring nature and science …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Practice! Applied Yoga for a Just and Sustainable World
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
Learning about the dire conditions of the world through sustainability studies can be an overwhelming and painful process for college students. For the past several years, I have been experimenting …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing Space: Community Areas that Engage
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
Over the course of the 2013-2014 school year, my department has taken on the remodel of the courtyard in our Freshman dorm area. As the design evolves, there are an …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Achieving Long-Term Energy Conservation Through Partnerships and Collaborations.
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The Evergreen State College has achieved and maintained an 18% reduction in total campus energy consumption since 2009. This presentation will describe the partnerships, projects, and internal behavioral changes that …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Inspiring Undergraduate Excellence with Direct and Meaningful Engagement
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
This presentation demonstrates the power of significant engagement in conservation, sustainability, and social justice, as a motivator for undergraduate excellence. Two courses at The Evergreen State College will serve as …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability's Petri-Dish: Community Colleges as Incubators for the Sustainability Curricula
- North Seattle College (WA)
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The advancement of sustainability curricula at the community college is obviously important due to the diverse and large student population that these institutions serve. In addition, community colleges provide a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Big Ideas and Faculty Learning Communities: A Strategy for Integrating Sustainability across the Curriculum
- Peninsula College (WA)
- Seattle University (WA)
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
- University of Puget Sound (WA)
If sustainability perspectives and practices are to become part of college graduates' thinking, they must start appearing across the curriculum in ways that are meaningful for students. In the Puget …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campus Planning for Sustainability and Education
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
- ZGF Architects (OR)
The Evergreen State College, located on 1,000 forested acres in Olympia, Washington, is a unique, small, public, Liberal Arts College with the aggressive strategic objective of pursuing a 'net-zero' carbon …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Making Your Campus a Laboratory for Sustainability: Linking Operations and Curriculum
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
How can you incorporate daily operations of your campus into a laboratory for learning opportunities for students? This presentation will emphasize easily transferable strategies, regardless of campus size and orientation. …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Implementing Sustainability at Liberal Arts Colleges
- College of Saint Benedict (MN)
- Middlebury College (VT)
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
- Warren Wilson College (NC)
As they develop their vision and agenda for their campus, sustainability leaders face important, strategic choices regarding the most efficient, effective ways to structure their work to embed sustainability more …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Master of Environmental Studies
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
Required core programs are taught by faculty teams trained in the social, biological and physical sciences; electives provide opportunities for students to develop more specialized training in subjects related to …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Evaluating the Sustainability Tracking, Assesment and Rating System (STARS) at The Evergreen State College
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
Higher education provides an ideal setting for engaging in the dialogue of sustainability while creating opportunities to integrate sustainability into society today. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Evergreen's Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
This study provides the results of The Evergreen State College's comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory. In light of the latest scientific research on the issue of global warming and in response …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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9 kW Rooftop Array: Library Building
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
A 9 kiloWatt solar photo-voltaic array on the roof of the Library Building was a first step towards developing a renewable energy infrastructure on campus.
- Posted Sept. 11, 2012
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