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Post Consumer Composting at the University of Florida: A Partnership Between ARAMARK, WCA and the University of Florida
- University of Florida (FL)
- WCA (TX)
Overview: As part of its goal to be zero waste by 2015, the University of Florida developed a comprehensive organics composting solution to address almost 25% of the total campus …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Hut Trend: Student to student engagement enabling sustainability
- University of Florida (FL)
Are you tired of people walking away at the sound of the word “sustainability”? Sustainability interns at the University of Florida have developed a solution to this problem: The Sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Coding and Theorizing Syllabi for Sustainability Skills and Competencies
- University of Florida (FL)
My doctoral research has involved collecting over 200 syllabi from sustainability programs all over the United States. I have been coding these syllabi for evidence of skills-based sustainability education. My …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Libraries as Partners Around the University Table
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of Florida (FL)
- University of Nevada Las Vegas (NV)
The university table where sustainability campus initiatives and academic programs are discussed is relatively busy. Seats are filled by representatives from academic and student affairs; buildings and grounds; housing services; …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Adopting Real Collegiate Zero Waste Principles: Change Management's Finest Hour
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Florida (FL)
Zero waste represents a new means of elevating sustainability operations and student leadership at colleges and universities.
However, the term "zero waste" is often misunderstood and increasingly used without clear …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How Low Can You Go? UF Sorority Water Challenge
- University of Florida (FL)
This spring, 13 sororities at the University of Florida competed to reduce water use in their houses. The competition aimed to raise awareness about the importance of water conservation for …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Honing Student Involvement: Structuring Programs for Success
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- University of Florida (FL)
Could your student programs or internships be refined to maximize effectiveness and impact? University of Florida staff will present an overview of student programs with innovative incentive structures and systems …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Leaving a Legacy: Moving From Implementation to Integration of Student Run Projects
- University of Florida (FL)
- Better World Books (GA)
Too often our student initiated projects fizzle out when we graduate or pass the torch to another. Not only can this be prevented but also many of these projects can …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Learning from the Solar Decathlon: abrasion, collaboration, and transformation
- University of Florida (FL)
The Solar Decathlon, a biannual international collegiate competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE), challenges 20 interdisciplinary student teams from around the world to design, build and operate …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Graduate student workshop on sustainability across the curriculum
- University of Florida (FL)
Based on the Ponderosa and Piedmont Projects the first Prairie Project workshop was held in the summer of 2010. This two-day workshop drew together thirty faculty members from diverse fields …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Library as a Partner in Creating Curriculum for Sustainability
- University of Florida (FL)
Libraries play a central role in institutions of higher education and are dependent upon the educational objectives of these institutions. With the increasing focus on teaching sustainability across the curriculum …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships for Food Systems Change
- University of Florida (FL)
This presentation would include several examples of what we have accomplished at UF regarding food systems change at various scales and with varoious partners, and engage the audience in a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Adopting the "Swamp": Creating a Sense of Ownership through a Litter Prevention and Maintenance Program
- University of Florida (FL)
The University of Florida campus provides a beautiful collegiate atmosphere for students, staff and faculty to study and learn. Amidst the over 900 buildings housed on campus are numerous ecologically …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Crafting a 4-legged Stool: The Role of Adaptive Learning in Sustainability Programs
- University of Florida (FL)
Most programs of sustainability education ground themselves upon the well-known three-legged stool, focusing on the interrelated issues of environment health, economic welfare, and social equity. We argue that this structure …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Evaluating the Role of a Baccalaureate Degree in Sustainability and the Built Environment
- University of Florida (FL)
Our institution has created a new degree program entitled the Bachelor of Science in Sustainability and the Built Environment (BSSBE) first offered to students in Fall 2008. The degree was …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing a Sustainability Literacy Assessment: Strategy and Methodology
- University of Florida (FL)
This session will discuss the University of Florida's progress towards a comprehensive student sustainability literacy assessment including attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge. Basic research methods, general topic selection, and question testing …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Institutionalizing sustianability within Student Government
- University of Florida (FL)
Institutionalizing Sustainability and infiltrating into your universities Student Government can open up many doors and opportunities for campus, local, and national sustainability campaigns. In 2009, the University of Florida founded …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Greening Events- Beyond the Basics
- University of Florida (FL)
- Earth Givers (FL)
Working with offices and organizations throughout campus and the community for planning, publicity, and hosting events has enriched a number of sustainability programs at the University of Florida. Unique partnerships …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Cutting Carbon through Energy Efficiency, Technology, and Behavior Change
- University of Florida (FL)
A review of programs at the University of Florida addressing structural and behavioral energy savings.
Buildings account for ~70% of the UF's GHG emissions, and energy efficiency is a priority …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Working with Athletics
- Ohio University (OH)
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- University of Florida (FL)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
This session will explore concrete ideas for how a campus' sustainability officer can work with the Athletics Department, how Athletics often leads the way in innovation, and how to use …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Climate Neutrality & Land Grant Universities: Resources, Challenges, and Cooperative Solutions
- Auburn University (AL)
- University of Florida (FL)
- Second Nature (MA)
This workshop will focus on the unique resources and challenges faced by the Land-grant Universities (LGU) as they commit to, and develop plans to become carbon neutral. There are 106 …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Sustainability Hut at the University of Florida
- University of Florida (FL)
The Sustainability Hut at the University of Florida is a moveable education tool that aims to educate our campus community about sustainability. This session will include highlights and lessons learned …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Mega University - Two Roads, One Path To Climate Neutrality
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Florida (FL)
The University of Florida and Arizona State University both enjoy grassroots support and top level leadership for sustainability. With 55 and 65 thousand students respectively, the development of a campus …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Two Paths to Integration: Developing Formal and Informal Networks for Campus Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Florida (FL)
The University of Florida and Arizona State University both enjoy grassroots support and top level leadership for sustainability. With 50 and 60 thousand students respectively, the development of a sustainable …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Designing and Developing Service Learning Pedagogy in Support of Sustainability
- University of Florida (FL)
Service learning has become a recognized form of pedagogy in University graduate and undergraduate education. The term takes a variety of forms including structured internships, design and policy studios, law …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Linking Difference, Defining Action: Sustainable Living on Campus
- University of Florida (FL)
The signing of institutional commitments by American colleges and universities to advance sustainability and become carbon-neutral parallels the trend seen in the last decade toward creating sustainable campus housing. Similar …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Powell Center for Construction and Environment
- University of Florida (FL)
The Powell Center for Construction and Environment is primarily a research organization dedicated to the resolution of environmental problems associated with planning and architecture activities and the determination of optimum …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BA in Sustainability Studies
- University of Florida (FL)
Sustainability Studies prepares students for global citizenship while providing the knowledge and skill sets that are increasingly in demand. Maintaining environmental health, creating economic welfare, and pursuing social justice in …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of Florida (FL)
At the undergraduate level, the Environmental Engineering program provides students with excellent engineering and sciences fundamentals specifically focusing on the principles of water supply treatment and distribution; wastewater collection, treatment …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS in Horticultural Science
- University of Florida (FL)
The Horticultural Sciences Department offers four undergraduate curriculum options: Horticultural Sciences - This is a flexible curriculum covering growth and development of horticultural crops and is tailored to individual students’ …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS in Plant Science
- University of Florida (FL)
Plant Science is a diverse major offered by the departments of Agronomy and Plant Pathology. Various specializations are available. Agronomy administers two of four options in the undergraduate Plant Science …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS in Sustainability & the Built Environment
- University of Florida (FL)
The BSSBE degree will allow students to focus on creative solutions to the challenges of building in a world with limited supplies of energy, water and land through hands-on sustainable …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Certificate in Sustainable Design
- University of Florida (FL)
The Interdisciplinary Concentration and Certificate in Sustainable Design (ICCSD) was created to integrate existing sustainable design resources across the College of Design, Construction and Planning in response to broadening interest …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental & Land Use Law Certificate
- University of Florida (FL)
The Environmental and Land Use Law Program educates future lawyers through an innovative approach that combines the study of land use law with environmental law. Many environmental problems result from …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master in Sustainable Design
- University of Florida (FL)
The three-semester Master's Degree in Sustainable Design (SDM) gives students the interdisciplinary knowledge, skills and confidence to be a leader in the Sustainability Revolution. The program features a low-residency-online curriculum …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Sustainable Development Practice
- University of Florida (FL)
The University of Florida MDP program is part of the Global MDP Association, which consists of 26 MDP programs in 19 countries around the world. Initiated with the generous support …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Environmental Engineering
- University of Florida (FL)
EES offers graduate study in seven areas: Air Resources, Biogeochemical Systems, Ecological Systems, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Water Resources, Water Supply and Wastewater Systems, and Environmental Nanotechnology. Students graduated …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Organic & Sustainable Crop Production
- University of Florida (FL)
Do you ever wonder where organic produce comes from? How do organic farming practices differ from traditional agriculture? This combination of courses will help students learn more about the organic …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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The Feasibility and Benefits of Biodiesel at the University Level (The University of Florida)
- University of Florida (FL)
This paper was written after a year of researching biodiesel at the university level as well as visiting major biodiesel facilities in the Southeast. The intention of the paper and …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Food and Fuel: Biogas Potential at Broward Dining Hall
- University of Florida (FL)
Biogas, a sustainable natural gas equivalent, can be produced from food waste using anaerobic digestion. Large amounts of food waste are produced at campus dining halls. The goals of the …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Will Sustainability Take Root?
- Berea College (KY)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- Middlebury College (VT)
- University at Buffalo (NY)
- University of Florida (FL)
- AASHE (MA)
Do you know sustainability when you see it? The results of an institution’s commitment to environmental, social, and economic health are often subtle. Campus advocates and practitioners who have been …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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An Analysis of the Correlation Between the Attitude, Behavior, and Knowledge Components of Environmental Literacy in Undergraduate Unversity Students
- University of Florida (FL)
The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationships between the major components of environmental literacy—attitudes, behaviors and knowledge—in undergraduate university students; and to examine differences in scores on …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Neutral Gator
- University of Florida (FL)
Neutral Gator provides UF with high-impact, local carbon offsets by performing energy efficiency upgrades of low-income families' homes and planting indigenous trees on conservation land in Gainesville, FL. Through this …
- Posted April 10, 2014
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Sustainable Packaging at the University of Florida
- University of Florida (FL)
Gator Dining Services-ARAMARK at the University of Florida eliminated foam containers from campus dining operations, making UF the only ARAMARK foam- free dining operation in the south region. Foam products …
- Posted May 10, 2013
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100 kW Ground Mount Arrays (3 Locations)
- University of Florida (FL)
New solar panels were installed at the University of Florida in November 2012, reducing the university's energy costs and serving as a teaching tool for professors and students. Progress Energy …
- Posted Sept. 26, 2012
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Southwest Recreation Center Expansion - University of Florida
- University of Florida (FL)
Southwest Recreation Center was expanded 2009-2010 and continues to be the most popular active recreation facility on the University of Florida campus. This facility is a modern laboratory for highly …
- Posted July 27, 2012
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Foam Free Dining at the University of Florida
- University of Florida (FL)
- Aramark (PA)
Gator Dining Services at the University of Florida (UF) eliminated foam containers from campus dining operations, making the University of Florida the only ARAMARK foam- free dining operation in the …
- Posted July 2, 2012
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40 Days of Change- Coordinating Campus and Community Events for Maximum Impact
- University of Florida (FL)
40 Days of Change was a campaign hosted by the UF Office of Sustianability to provide an opportunity for campus and community members to learn more about sustainability initiatives throughout …
- Posted June 29, 2010
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