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Meet Universities who are Reinventing Relevance via Innovation Districts that include Corporations and Cities.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- McGill University (QC)
- Morphosis Architecture (NY)
Join Jane Talkington for a national overview on Innovation Districts, a burgeoning new form in which the university can GO BEYOND campus boundaries to create relevance by building interdisciplinary capacity ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Putting the People First: A look at UT Austin's Sustainability Master Plan
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Sustainability plans often align with traditional university functions: academics, operations and administration. UT Austin took a different approach to their first ever Sustainability Master Plan, resulting in a people-centric plan ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The University of Texas at Austin Green Tours Program
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
UT Green Tours began in 2014 as an effort to connect all of the sustainability efforts on campus with the University and wider community. Initially all of the information regarding ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Working with Zero: Maximizing Partnerships to Meet Big Sustainability Goals
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Campus sustainability practitioners are often tasked to achieve goals using little funding and staffing. By maximizing networks both within and outside the traditional sustainability lens and connecting campus resources, Zero ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Hitting the Reset Button: UT Austin's Process to Implement New Goals Within Existing Diversion Operations
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
As a state entity many of UT Austin's waste diversion programs and successes stemmed from state mandates. Due to changing priorities at the university level including the adoption of ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainability Studies BA in Liberal Arts
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Sustainability Studies B.A. in Liberal Arts is designed to provide a rigorous and focused study of sustainability methods and content and simultaneously allow a student to complete all ...
- Posted Sept. 29, 2016
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UT Farm Stand
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
UT Farm Stand is a student-led project that provides local and organic fresh foods to the University of Texas at Austin students, faculty, and staff. Our mission is focused on ...
- Posted June 16, 2016
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The Big Ten Prospectus: Aligning Sustainability with Collective Mission Level Priorities
- Purdue University (IN)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
- University of Iowa (IA)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Central Office (NJ)
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Northwestern University (IL)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
With higher education facing ongoing budget cuts, top to bottom reviews of programs and policies, and critical questions regarding the value of a college education, we—as sustainability professionals—must ...
- Posted June 11, 2016
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Facilities and students working together for water conservation
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The University of Texas at Austin’s facilities management initiated a comprehensive program in fall 2007 to develop and implement demand-side water conservation measures. During this project it was determined ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Encouraging a Culture of Laboratory Sustainability: A Case Study from the University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Labs comprise about 20% of the floor area at the University of Texas at Austin but account for an estimated 30% of the campus energy consumption. Furthermore, they generate large ...
- Posted June 7, 2016
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Lights Out Starter Kit
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
In April 2013, a student energy conservation organization, Longhorn Lights Out, began on the UT Austin campus. This organization, sponsored by UT's Energy and Water Conservation Program, encouraged students ...
- Posted May 9, 2016
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Center for Energy and Environmental Resources (CEER)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Center for Energy and Environmental Resources (CEER) serves as the central liaison for energy and environmental research, education, and public service at the University of Texas at Austin. It ...
- Posted April 20, 2016
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University of Texas at Austin's Energy Conservation Campaign
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Aligning with a building energy audit case study, UT Austin developed outreach materials to encourage technical and behavioral energy conservation. Areas covered include Conservation Conversations; Freezer Loaner Program; Horns Up ...
- Posted March 12, 2016
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Evaluating Campus Green Funds: Student Review of Campus Impacts
- University of Houston (TX)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Motivated by the work of the Campus Green Fund Collaborative and its AASHE publication, How-To Guide: Campus Green Fund Implementation, the Office of Sustainability at the University of Texas at ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability as a Framework for Addressing Executive Leadership Priorities
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Purdue University (IN)
Faced with ongoing budget cuts, cost reduction campaigns, and top to bottom reviews of programs and policies, public research universities have approached a critical juncture. As sustainability professionals embedded in ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Surveying the Landscape of Sustainability Studies Programs
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
As the educational landscape of sustainability continues to emerge and transform, this presentation offers a significantly refined and expanded survey of Sustainability Studies and other similar programs in the United ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bleed Orange, Act Green: Developing Student Leaders with Athletics
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Students are an essential component of sustainability initiatives within the University of Texas at Austin’s Athletics department. This team of students, the Sustainability Squad, work to create a culture ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships for Developing Community Sustainability Indicators
- Emory University (GA)
- Florida International University (FL)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
Developing Community Sustainability Indicators through Campus-Community Partnerships In the words of social ecologist Peter Drucker, “What gets measured, gets managed.” Whether with the STAR Community Index or AASHE’s STARS ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Studying Sustainability Studies: A Comparative Analysis of 42 U.S. Degree Programs
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
What does a degree in Sustainability Studies look like? Institutions of higher education are in the process of transforming their academic offerings to better equip students for the complex challenges ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Encouraging the Design and Development of High Performance Landscapes with the SITES Rating System
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
As the world’s population grows, so too does the pace of urbanization and development. What is built on the land profoundly impacts ecological systems as well as the health ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Regional Alliances for Sustainability: Strength in Numbers and Networking
- Texas A&M University (TX)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS) is an emerging regional collaborative designed to serve as a community of practice for institutions of higher education across the state. Originally ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability on a Grand Scale: Large University Networking
- Texas A&M University (TX)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Large universities (e.g., 20,000 or more students) face unique challenges when it comes to implementing sustainability. Whether it is making a stadium that seats 100,000 zero waste ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Co-creative Leadership: A Mindset for Change Agents
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Co-creative Leadership is an approach to leadership that values a wholesome balance and produces an expectation of justice. Through the use of contemplative practices (e.g. observation, reflection, storytelling, group ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Events: Engaging Students in Sustainability via Event Planning
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Planning and attending events is a key facet of undergraduate student life. Planning these events allows student leaders to develop important life skills including: teamwork, logistics, prioritization, outreach and time ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Fund Implementation Guide- Campus Green Fund Collaborative
- Butler University (IN)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- McGill University (QC)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- University of Vermont (VT)
The Campus Green Fund Collaborative (CGFC) is a non-registered group of campus sustainability staff involved with coordinating and managing green funds on their respective campuses. In partnership with the Association ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Navigating Bureaucracy to Teach for a Better World: Sustainability and Ethics
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Integrating sustainability-content throughout the curriculum remains perhaps the key challenge of higher education going forward, as our ability to balance the needs of society with the available resources of the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Passion vs. Reality: Productive Student Engagement in Campus Sustainability
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
While students are generally recognized as critical to the success of campus sustainability endeavors - many student groups are prime movers, in fact - their rapid turnover and apparent distractability can be ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Communicating and Collaborating: The Sustainability Directory
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
As envisioned by The University of Texas at Austin's Campus Sustainability Policy, the university endeavors to further link together and leverage its sustainability efforts for greater success and innovation ...
- 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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Accelerating Climate Action through Local, State and Regional Networks
- Georgia Southern University (GA)
- Macalester College (MN)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
With more and more colleges and universities beginning to create climate action plans and implement sustainability initiatives, the need for developing networks to accelerate learning through peer-to-peer interaction and best ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Harvesting the Wind: Productive Student Engagement in Campus Sustainability
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
While students are generally recognized as critical to the success of campus sustainability endeavors - many student groups are prime movers, in fact - their rapid turnover and apparent distractability can be ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Environmental Action Component in Sustainability Coursework: Service Learning in the Syllabus
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
In 2007, a new module for service learning in sustainability education at UT Austin was implemented. Known as the Environmental Action Component (EAC), the module dynamically included environmental community service ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Center for Sustainable Engineering
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- Syracuse University (NY)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Center for Sustainable Engineering (CSE) is a partnership among five universities: Syracuse University (lead institution), Arizona State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Community & Regional Planning
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Master's Program in Community and Regional Planning (CRP) provides the theoretical foundations, specific skills and practical experience to succeed in professional planning and related policy careers. The program ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Sustainable Design
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The MSSD, or Master of Science in Sustainable Design program, is designed for students who wish to prepare for the PhD or for employment in research, activism, or public policy ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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How-to Guide: Campus Green Fund Implementation
- AASHE (MA)
- University of Vermont (VT)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- Butler University (IN)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- McGill University (QC)
Developed in partnership with the Campus Green Funds Collaborative, the Guide outlines best practices and lessons learned in designing, managing, promoting, and evaluating campus green funds and their respective projects ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Funding & Incentivizing Energy Conservation at the University of Texas
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
In February 2011, the University of Texas at Austin's (UT) President Power's Sustainability Steering Committee identified the need to reduce demand-side energy consumption and create new, consistent funding ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Student Green Funds: 1997 - 2009
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
While all institutions and individuals share an obligation to pursue their daily activities in recognition of future generations under the sustainability concept, institutions of higher education have a unique responsibility ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Assessing UT-Austin's Roadmap to Sustainability
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Like many other schools and organization, The University of Texas at Austin faces a near future in which entities of all sizes are held to greater accountability for their environmental ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The University of Texas at Austin's Building Energy Audit
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Building Energy Audit is a complete joining of both technical and behavioral energy conservation commitments designed to actively engage all aspects of the campus community to conserve energy and ...
- Posted March 28, 2014
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Combining technology and water to conserve irrigation
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The University of Texas at Austin's facilities management initiated a comprehensive program in fall 2007 to develop and implement demand-side water conservation measures. During this project it was determined ...
- Posted June 29, 2012
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322 kW Solar Arrays: J.J. Pickle Research Campus
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Jamail & Smith Construction (TX)
At the J. J. Pickle Research Campus (PRC) in north Austin, the system consists of two solar arrays. One is incorporated on top of a newly built carport structure alongside ...
- Posted March 22, 2012
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196 kW Rooftop Array: Facilities Complex
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Meridian Solar (TX)
- Alpha Building Corporation (TX)
Meridian Solar installed approximately 200 kW of solar panels on the roof of FC3, at the University's Facility Complex. This solar project incorporates state-of-the-art solar panels from Solar World ...
- Posted March 22, 2012
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28 kW Rooftop Mounts: Manor Parking Garage
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Meridian Solar (TX)
- Alpha Building Corporation (TX)
University of Texas at Austin's Manor Parking Garage is now solar powered. Three different types of solar panels provide shade to rooftop parking as well as valuable research data ...
- Posted March 22, 2012
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