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Campus Decarbonization Masterclass Panel - Featuring Leah Bamberger, Dennis Carlberg, & Dano Weisbord

  • Boston University (MA)
  • Dartmouth College (NH)
  • Northeastern University (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)

Panelists from 3 Boston-area institutions will swap stories and share lessons learned from their institution’s efforts to decarbonize and strengthen community resilience to climate change. This panel will feature ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Meet-Up

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium support sustainability officers in advancing education about and demonstration of sustainable systems on university campuses in the northeast United States and Canadian maritime region by ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Engaging and Empowering Students With Climate Justice Programming

  • Northeastern University (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of Colorado Boulder (CO)

Climate change is no longer about just reducing emissions or asking individuals to change their behaviors. It is about people and ensuring the voices and lives of those who have ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Climate Emotions: From Anxiety to Action

  • Hampshire College (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of Connecticut (CT)
  • Williams College (MA)
  • The All We Can Save Project

Eco anxiety is real and pervasive. Students, faculty and community members often struggle with the overwhelming impacts of climate change, species loss, and structural environmental inequities. Sustainability practitioners in Higher ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Early Career Sustainability Professionals Support and Networking

  • California State University, San Marcos (CA)
  • Endicott College (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)

As new professionals continue to move into the field of sustainability, and as this is the first in-person AASHE Conference held in the last 3 years, it is important to ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium Meet Up

  • Bentley University (MA)
  • Boston University (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)

Take some time to connect or reconnect with sustainability student leaders across various colleges and universities. Hosted by three board members for the Annual Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium, this networking ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Fostering Collaborative Action to Meet Voluntary and Regulatory Climate Goals

  • Harvard University (MA)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • PowerOptions, Inc (MA)

The Cities of Cambridge and Boston have recently passed some of the most advanced building-level climate action targets in the country. This field report-style panel will discuss and explore the ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Supporting Resilient Climate Leaders: Designing Emotionally Informed Sustainability Programming

  • Tufts University (MA)

Drawing from dissertation research on how youth climate activists process their emotions, this presentation makes suggestions for sustainability professionals who wish to support the complex emotional experiences of our students ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Food Systems and Nutrition (Minor)

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Food Systems and Nutrition minor encompasses a wide array of topics addressing sustainable food production, policy, access and nutrition.

  • Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Sustainability (MS)

  • Tufts University (MA)

The program emphasizes integrated and collaborative problem-solving approaches that acknowledge the inherent relationality, interconnectedness, and complexity of social, ecological, and economic systems. In practice, this means students learn to identify ...

  • Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Offshore Wind Energy Engineering (MS)

  • Tufts University (MA)

The M.S. program offers graduate-level training in offshore wind engineering, policy, and project management training for students seeking jobs in the emerging global offshore wind energy industry. A full-time ...

  • Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Reusable Goods Used at Student Run Coffee Shop

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Sink, a student-run coffee shop, implements reusable dishware and fair trade coffee when serving beverages at the Tufts University campus center.


Sustainability researchers at Tufts University

  • Tufts University (MA)

Dr. Maribel Rios, Professor of Neuroscience at Tufts University, in her lab with Stella Xiyun Chen, doctoral candidate in Neuroscience, and Alice Meng, doctoral candidate in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental ...


Equity and Justice Working Group- Tufts Eco Reps

  • Tufts University (MA)

I implemented an Equity and Justice Working Group (EJWG) within the Tufts Eco Rep program Fall 2022 with the goal to integrate DEIJ principles into the core of the Eco ...


Engaging Students Beyond Individual Sustainability Action

  • California State University, Fresno (CA)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of Michigan (MI)
  • Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)

Students have boundless energy and passion, but often express frustration that many sustainability solutions place emphasis on individual action and/or their efforts do not make a significant impact on ...

  • Posted May 17, 2023
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Twenty Years In: What Impact are Sustainability Peer Education Programs Making?

  • Champlain College (VT)
  • Tufts University (MA)

Since the founding of the first “Eco-Reps” program at Tufts University in 2001, many campuses created similar sustainability peer education programs. While there have been internal program evaluations of these ...

  • Posted May 17, 2023
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Improving Laboratory Water and Energy Efficiency at Tufts University

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) Departments at Tufts University installed a small autoclave (a laboratory sanitation machine) to reduce energy and water consumption in our ...


An Exploration of the Relationship between Sustainability-Related Involvement and Learning in Higher Education

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of Michigan (MI)

Higher education institutions are charged with developing civically engaged leaders to address the pressing issues facing the country and the world. While existing literature suggests institutional practices, such as promoting ...


Growing Future Leaders: How to Foster Growth in Sustainability Leadership Programs

  • Bentley University (MA)
  • Boston University (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • GreenerU (MA)

In this session, you will hear from the sustainability offices with well-developed student leadership programs, and share your questions, suggestions, and learn lessons from being a student leader or managing ...

  • Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Campus Sustainability Progress Report - Fiscal Years 2019 & 2020

  • Tufts University (MA)

This progress report is a summary of Tufts University's progress on sustainability over two school years: 2018 - 2019 and 2019-2020. It includes qualitative and quantitative data on Academics & ...


Towards an equity competency model for sustainable food systems education programs

  • Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
  • Middlebury College (VT)
  • University of British Columbia (BC)
  • American Museum of Natural History (NY)
  • Columbia University (NY)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of New Hampshire (NH)

Addressing social inequities has been recognized as foundational to transforming food systems. Activists and scholars have critiqued food movements as lacking an orientation towards addressing issues of social justice. To ...


Tufts University EarthFest 2021

  • Tufts University (MA)

On Friday, April 23rd, 2021, the Tufts Office of Sustainability and the Tufts Eco-Reps organized many sustainability-related student organizations at Tufts to offer an in-person, Covid-safe event. EarthFest has historically ...

  • Posted April 29, 2021
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DEI and Social/Environmental Justice Planning at University Sustainability Offices

  • Tufts University (MA)

This document is a memo written by an intern at the Tufts Office of Sustainability. The memo benchmarks 22 institutions of higher learning, noting the plans and initiatives that related ...

  • Posted April 21, 2021
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Climate change is increasingly causes mental health problems among college students

  • Tufts University (MA)

This is a literature review of peer-reviewed papers, news articles, and polls that illustrate the impacts of climate change on mental health among college students.

  • Posted Oct. 23, 2020
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Exploring Undergraduate Attainment of Sustainability Competencies

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of New Hampshire (NH)

Are students graduating from sustainability education programs with the competencies that will enable them to act for sustainability? This case study 1.) explores the degree to which a project-based capstone ...

  • Posted March 6, 2020
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Tools and Strategies for Successful Living Lab Projects

  • Macalester College (MN)
  • San Mateo County Community College District Office (CA)
  • Tufts University (MA)

The campus and surrounding community are rich with learning opportunities. Ideas and passion for sustainability efforts, particularly among students, abound. Yet, the tools by which to ensure projects align with ...

  • Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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How to Engage Students to Get More Done

  • Bentley University (MA)
  • Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • Williams College (MA)

As institutions of higher education, we know that engaging students is a top priority - plus it enriches the work we do every day by bringing in fresh ideas, energy and ...

  • Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Getting to Climate Neutrality: Does Bioenergy from Wood Help or Hurt?

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
  • AASHE (PA)

Bioenergy has been declared a carbon neutral energy source by the US, EU, China, and other governments around the world. In alignment with these national policies, AASHE-STARS and other sustainability ...

  • Posted April 11, 2019
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Hodgdon Hall Solar Panel Project

  • Tufts University (MA)

This project, spearheaded by the Tufts Energy Group, provides a real life educational experience to the campus community to learn about and use renewable energy in an accessible fashion. The ...

  • Posted March 1, 2019
  • Green Power Projects
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Green Fund

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Green Fund (a.k.a Campus Sustainability Fund) is a program to provide funding for the implementation of sustainability projects and ideas from and for the Tufts community—students ...


Crowdcoaching: A Workshop About Workshops

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • GreenerU (MA)

Undertaking sustainable practices at colleges and universities requires the convergence of people, resources, and knowledge. Sharing experiences with colleagues at other campuses is an efficient conduit for successful implementation. Crowdcoaching ...

  • Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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The Climate-Friendly Global Academic Conference with a Human Touch

  • Swarthmore College (PA)
  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
  • AASHE (PA)
  • University of Graz

Aviation is responsible for a large proportion of the climate impact of professional life in university communities. One much-discussed option for reducing this climate impact is to shift some conferencing ...

  • Posted Sept. 13, 2018
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Election Imperatives: Ten Recommendations to Increase College Student Voting and Improve Political Learning and Engagement in Democracy

  • Tufts University (MA)

Drawing from our research on college student voting and the campus climates of highly politically engaged institutions, this report offers ten recommendations to increase student voting and to improve campus ...

  • Posted Aug. 29, 2018
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Interdisciplinary Environmental and Sustainability Education and Research: Institutes and Centers at U.S. Research Universities

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • Global Council Science and the Environment (DC)

Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability focused institutes and centers (IESICs) serve a crucial role in bridging the knowledge needs of society and the knowledge production capabilities of universities. They facilitate research ...

  • Posted June 20, 2018
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Sustainable Water Management

  • Tufts University (MA)

Launched by the Tufts Institute for the Environment, the one-year interdisciplinary master’s program offers four tracks, encompassing such areas as urban water infrastructure, the water-energy-food nexus, water diplomacy, and ...

  • Posted Feb. 20, 2018
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3.8 MW Solar Installation at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • NRG Energy, Inc (NJ)

Two new solar installations - a 2.5 MW DC project built on eight acres and a 1.27 MW DC project on four acres - at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine ...

  • Posted Oct. 9, 2017
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Talloires Declaration

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (DC)

Composed in 1990 at an international conference in Talloires, France, the Talloires Declaration is the first official statement by university presidents, chancellors, and rectors of a commitment to environmental sustainability ...


Campus Sustainability Month at Tufts University

  • Tufts University (MA)

To celebrate Campus Sustainability Month, Tufts University students and staff focused on increasing access to sustainable transportation, reducing waste, and promoting sustainable food choices.


Long-Term Impacts of Faculty Development Programs: The Experience of Teli and Piedmont

  • Emory University (GA)
  • Tufts University (MA)

A long-term study of two faculty development programs on sustainability and the environment reveals enduring changes in teaching, research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and engaged action. Participants in cohorts of Tufts University ...


Tufts University Earth Fest Celebration

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Tufts community came out to celebrate our planet on Earth Day with Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) and the Tufts Eco Reps! A clothing swap, food, prizes, music and a ...


Democracy Matters: A Guide to Non-Statutory Barriers to College Student Voting

  • Tufts University (MA)

Campus climates for political engagement matter, but if students face technical barriers to voting, they may get frustrated and not bother. This guide describes the sometimes-hidden barriers students face and ...


Institute for Democracy and Higher Education

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Institute for Democracy and Higher Education (IDHE) is dedicated to shifting college and university priorities, practices, and culture to strengthen democracy and advance social and political equity. The Institute ...

  • Posted May 6, 2016
  • Research Centers & Institutes
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Sharing your Sustainability Story: the Role of Communications

  • Middlebury College (VT)
  • North Carolina State University (NC)
  • Northwestern University (IL)
  • Oberlin College (OH)
  • Tufts University (MA)

Understanding the importance of generating environmental awareness on campus, many sustainability offices have begun creating positions with an emphasis on communications, marketing, and outreach. After all, it is vital to ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fostering change agents for sustainability

  • Tufts University (MA)

Graduate work on the effectiveness of a social psychology-based, experiential learning course on generating undergraduate civic leaders in sustainability behavior change is described. This presentation outlines the structure of the ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

  • Tufts University (MA)

Working with new farmers to build strong businesses, expertise in the field, and a resilient food system. Programs include farmer training, food systems development, and a World Peas food hub.

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
  • Research Centers & Institutes
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Global Development and Environment Institute

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE – pronounced "gee-day") was founded in 1993 to combine the research and curricular development activities of two Tufts programs: the Program for Sustainable Change ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Engineering (BSEVE)

  • Tufts University (MA)

The goals of the BSEvE program are to develop a broad understanding of environmental engineering, its relationship to the physical, chemical, health, and earth sciences, and its interaction with the ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Studies (BA)

  • Tufts University (MA)

Environmental Studies is a multidisciplinary undergraduate program created to promote the study of our natural surroundings, designs that help minimize degradation of those surroundings, and the social and political tools ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Agriculture, Food & Environment

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Agriculture, Food and Environment (AFE) program within the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy fuses the disciplines of nutrition, agricultural science, environmental studies, and public policy. It offers ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering

  • Tufts University (MA)

The PhD is the highest level of study and requires a serious commitment. Graduates of the doctoral program are well positioned for careers in academia, industry, government and consulting. Students ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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