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Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education
- Rollins College (FL)
- Salish Kootenai College (MT)
- Tulane University (LA)
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
- University of San Diego (CA)
Active learning in STEM education is essential for engaging the diverse pool of scholars needed to address pressing environmental and social challenges. However, active learning formats are difficult to scale …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Sustainability & Environmental Career Exploration Series
- Tulane University (LA)
This presentation will share a new approach to career exploration developed for the spring of 2021 by the Tulane Office of Sustainability. The series brought together a number of existing …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Engaging Students with University Sustainability Indicators
- Tulane University (LA)
- AASHE (MA)
The webinar will explore ways of engaging students and faculty with university sustainability indicators and assessments, such as AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), suggesting that asking students …
- Posted June 13, 2019
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Recapturing the Learning Opportunities of University Sustainability Indicators
- Tulane University (LA)
In the 1990s students conducted campus environmental audits and assessments, which were often the first step towards improving university environmental practices and creating sustainability programs. These audits, often conducted as …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Recapturing the learning opportunities of university sustainability indicators
- Tulane University (LA)
Reconfiguring student involvement in university sustainability assessments and reporting can create important learning opportunities. In the 1990s, students conducted campus environmental audits and assessments, which were often the first step …
- Posted March 29, 2018
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Invisible commuters: assessing a university’s eco-friendly transportation policies and commuting behaviours
- Alabama State University (AL)
- Tulane University (LA)
- The University of New Mexico (NM)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
To assess the efficacy of a private university’s environmentally friendly transportation policies, we administered a transportation and energy-use phone survey to a random sample of faculty, non-professional staff, and off-campus …
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Greening the Campus: Institutional Environmental Change at Tulane University
- Tulane University (LA)
This study explores the barriers to institutional change at Tulane University and attempts to develop ways to overcome them. The central conclusion is that the inability for Tulane to make …
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Saving Environmental Law Clinics: The Benefits of A Real-Word Education
- Tulane University (LA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
There are over 30 environmental law clinics located in U.S. law schools offering students the real-world experience of representing people who otherwise could not afford to enforce their environmental rights …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integrating Sustainability and Science in an Urban Infrastructure Course - Experience and Learning Outcomes
- Tulane University (LA)
In the fall of 2007, a course was developed on sustainable infrastructure in urban environments, and the course was taught in the following spring semester. Aimed mainly at undergraduate students …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy
- Tulane University (LA)
The Tulane Institute on Water Resources and Policy works to foster understanding and development of laws and policies that allow for improved stewardship and sustainable management of water resources through …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Law Certificate of Specialization
- Tulane University (LA)
The Certificate of Specialization in Environmental Law provides a coherent foundation that prepares students for the legal problems they will confront in practice, whether on behalf of government agencies, industrial …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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JD/MPH in Environmental Health Services
- Tulane University (LA)
JD/MPH candidates enroll in 33 hours of coursework through the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine and 79 hours at the Law School. Each MPH candidate completes a group …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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LLM Energy & Environment
- Tulane University (LA)
Since 1979, Tulane has taken a lead role in environmental legal education and the training of well-prepared environmental lawyers. Tulane offers a concentration in environmental law at the JD level, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Unlimited Access at Tulane and Other Universities
- Tulane University (LA)
Unlimited Access programs, in which a university gives a lump sum to a transit authority in exchange for mass ridership, have shown to be highly beneficial at other universities and …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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