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Student Housing as a Catalyst for a Sustainable Campus
- Stony Brook University (NY)
The design of sustainable student housing can positively impact the experience of living and learning on a higher education campus. Incorporation of sustainable design features serve as an educational tool …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Academics in Action: Bridging the Gap Between the Classroom and the Community
- Grand Valley State University (MI)
In his 1949 polemic, "The Land Ethic," Aldo Leopold notes that the conventional answer to the question of how to develop an environmental conscience/consciousness is "more education" however, he also …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Retro-Commissioning to Increase Climate Action Plan Resiliency
- Seattle Pacific University (WA)
- Paladino and Company (WA)
Seattle Pacific University created a climate action plan in June 2010. The goal of the plan is to reduce natural gas consumption 20% by 2015 and be a carbon neutral …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Food Waste and Nutrition: Food Waste Auditing Combined with Vermicomposting for Applied Nutrition and Sustainability Education.
- University of Utah (UT)
Many Nutrition and Dietetic graduate students end up working in field such as Nutrition Therapy and Medical Nutrition Therapy where they are in hospital and/or care settings, working as clinician …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Automation and Student Engagement
- Eastern Connecticut State University (CT)
Building Automation and dashboard displays are becoming increasingly popular within educational institutions. Not only do they provide a visual window into the energy use of a building, but they can …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Purchasing Beyond STARS
- University of Calgary (AB)
The product categories applicable for STARS sustainable purchasing credits (computers, cleaning products and office paper) account for less than 1% of total expenditures on materials, supplies and services at the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Innovative Investment Models for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
- Drexel University (PA)
- Blue Hill Partners (PA)
Innovative business models and financing solutions are required to drive the next level of efficiency and sustainability on campus. Blue Hill Partners, a Philadelphia based firm, has teamed with the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships Achieving Breakthrough Energy and Greenhouse Performance Utilizing Innovative Investment Strategies
- Drexel University (PA)
Innovative business models and financing solutions are required to drive the next level of efficiency and sustainability on campus. Blue Hill Partners, a Philadelphia based firm, has teamed with the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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EcoMug™ History and Continued Program Evaluation
- Western Michigan University (MI)
The EcoMug™ program began in 2009. It is, as far as we know, an unprecedented waste reduction initiative. During the first few weeks of school, each incoming student is given …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Best Practices to Contain the Uncontainable: Lessons Learned From UVA & August 11/12
- University of Virginia (VA)
UVA's responses to the white supremacist rallies at UVA and Charlottesville during the summer of 2017 can serve as an example to other institutions as white supremacy and violence on …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability Plan
- North Carolina State University (NC)
NC State’s Sustainability Strategic Plan is a five-year roadmap that builds upon the university’s strengths, momentum, and decades of sustainability progress. It sets forth an ambitious set of goals and …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Transformative Undergraduate Sustainability Education: Dalhousie's Major in Environment, Sustainability & Society
- Dalhousie University (NS)
Dalhousie University's Major in Environment, Sustainability and Society offers a unique approach to undergraduate education in sustainability, combining the rigor and depth of traditional disciplinary study with a rich experience …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building a catalyzing collaborative funding process: McGill's transferable lessons
- McGill University (QC)
Funding is a consistent limit to action toward sustainability in higher education. Last year, students at McGill University took the lead on actualizing the latent potential on campus by establishing …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Weigh the Waste
- Seattle University (WA)
Seattle University's Redhawk dining team wanted to create a visual representation of the waste that is created from students choosing a compostable to-go container instead of choosing a plate.
- Posted May 6, 2024
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Colorado Sustainability Networking Meeting
- University of Denver (CO)
Calling all students, staff, and others who work on Sustainability across Colorado Colleges and Universities! Let's get together and talk shop!
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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UNH gets top ‘green campus’ status
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- AASHE (MA)
Fosters.com article captures the University of New Hampshire's STARS Platinum achievement.
- Posted Oct. 25, 2017
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Geography (MS)
- Texas A&M University (TX)
A bachelor’s degree is a prerequisite. Many applicants have a degree in geography, but many degree specializations are appropriate depending upon a student's interests. The M.S. program (32 credit hours …
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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MS in Environmental Engineering
- University of Central Florida (FL)
The Master's degrees offer students a chance to advance their knowledge above that of the undergraduate level, and a chance to begin to specialize in one of the sub-disciplines of …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Tennessee Tech's Hydration Stations
- Tennessee Technological University (TN)
Hydration or bottle-refill stations are installed at both indoor and outdoor areas on Tennessee Tech’s campus which allow students to refill their water bottles and monitor plastic water bottle savings. …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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The Real Food Challenge: Empowering Students, Creating Just, Local Food Systems
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Real Food Challenge (AZ)
Campus food service is a $18 billion dollar industry that spends $5 billion on food annually. This food is largely sourced from unsustainable sources due to the complex supplies chains …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Tracking the Campus Carbon Footprint through Student Engagement
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WI)
Since signing the President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in 2007, our university's Greenhouse Gas Emission (GGE) inventory reports have been completed by students enrolled in a course now in its third …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Engaging your community to design tomorrow's campus: resiliency, vulnerability, and adaptation
- Boston University (MA)
- Cornell University (NY)
- Smith College (MA)
Scholars and practitioners have been arguing in favor of more holistic approaches to campus sustainability that would incorporate complex aspects of climate change. In order to address those multifaceted problems, …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Why Your Institution Doesn't Know What it's Doing With Telework and What to do About It
- George Mason University (VA)
During the first year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still ongoing, many institutions transitioned to telework for all employees able to do so. However, as we …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Wilfrid Laurier University's social sustainability initiative: International Students Overcoming War
- Wilfrid Laurier University (ON)
International Students Overcoming War - International Students Overcoming War (ISOW) is a student-led and student-funded humanitarian initiative at Wilfrid Laurier University that partners with NGO organizations to provide full scholarships …
- Posted July 29, 2019
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Garnet & Gold Goes Green: FSU's game day recycling program
- Florida State University (FL)
Garnet & Gold Goes Green (G4) provides Florida State University fans the opportunity to recycle their beverage containers with the intention of decreasing the large amounts of waste and litter …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Making the Case for the Living, Learning Lab & Quantifying Ecosystem Services: IU Bloomington's Tree Inventory
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Indiana University Bloomington initiated a campus-wide geographic information systems tree inventory effort in the spring of 2015. The tree inventory data is housed through ArcGIS online and led primarily by …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Community and Global Health (MHS)
- Clark University (MA)
Clark University's Master of Health Science (M.H.S.) in Community and Global Health, offered through the International Development, Community, and Environment Department (IDCE), is ideal for students who are committed to …
- Posted July 26, 2018
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Environmental Science and Engineering (MS)
- Clarkson University (NY)
Clarkson University offers an interdisciplinary master's degree in environmental science and engineering (ESE). The programs span natural science and engineering fields while giving students opportunities to engage with the social …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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MS in Biology with Natural Resources Management Emphasis
- Grand Valley State University (MI)
Grand Valley State University's Master of Science degree in biology is designed to allow students the opportunity to study at a graduate level in broad areas such as genetics and …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Geology (BA) and Master's of Ocean Science and Technology
- Texas A&M University (TX)
The Fast Track Program offers motivated and exceptional students the opportunity to achieve aspirations in an efficient program at Texas A&M, completing the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in the …
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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Back to school
- Université de Sherbrooke (QC)
The start of the new academic year at the Université de Sherbrooke is an opportunity for the university community to take advantage of the campuses and its beautiful nature in …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2023
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Maintaining a Campus Bike Share Program for the Long Term
- Bemidji State University (MN)
Located in Northern Minnesota, Bemidji State University (BSU) operates within a dispersed, rural, and diverse community. Following a three-year pilot program in which Nice Ride attempted to establish a self-sustaining …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Sustainable Urbanism (DrSU)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
The Doctor of Sustainable Urbanism (DrSU) is a post-professional applied research degree intended to prepare professionals and advanced urban design students for careers in multidisciplinary, evidence-based sustainable urban design and …
- Posted Dec. 13, 2018
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LED-ing the way to greenhouse gas reduction goals
- New York University (NY)
Are you 'in the dark' about LED lighting? It's the next best thing in energy efficient lighting that can achieve energy savings of 80-90%. The switch to LEDs as a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability skills - what are they? And how do we know students have them...
- Macquarie University (NSW)
Sustainability in the curriculum. Everyone is talking about it and wondering how you do it! Especially when you are a professional staff member entering into the world of faculty. Three …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A case study on the suitability of STARS for green campus in China
- Zhejiang University
With the continuous development of China's green campus, its future construction should learn from foreign advanced development experience and achievements. On the one hand, STARS, a global advanced green campus …
- Posted April 22, 2021
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Meeting a Nitrogen Footprint Reduction Goal: A Case Study at the University of Virginia
- University of Virginia (VA)
The University of Virginia has three 'firsts' with respect to controlling nitrogen pollution. In 2009 it was the first to calculate its nitrogen footprint (492 tonnes N); in 2013 it …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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What does a sustainability manager do? Sustainable development at the University of Leeds
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
Abstract This paper discusses a large UK university's sustainable development programme and provides a framework for replication in other educational organisations. The development and implementation of its environmental management system …
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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Sustainability Plan
- Yale University (CT)
The Yale Sustainability Plan 2025 contains goals on Applied Research and Active Learning (to identify pathways for both and the use of the campus as a living laboratory) and for …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Transylvania University Big Green Get Around
- Transylvania University (KY)
Faculty, staff and students participated in a variety of low or no-carbon activities during Transylvania University's Big Green Get Around
- Posted Sept. 14, 2016
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Earth and Environmental Science Minor
- Susquehanna University (PA)
Susquehanna's earth and environmental sciences program links the study of geology, hydrology and meteorology to explore how earth's systems work and how humans impact those systems. Students work in the …
- Posted Oct. 10, 2018
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Earth & Environmental Science (BA)
- Susquehanna University (PA)
Susquehanna's earth and environmental sciences program links the study of geology, hydrology and meteorology to explore how earth's systems work and how humans impact those systems. Students work in the …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Civil Engineering (Environmental Emphasis)
- University of Miami (FL)
All candidates for the doctorate are expected to complete an appropriate integrated program of study. A student's program of study will be supervised by a four-member supervisory committee, of which …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PSU Hosts 10th Annual Earth Day Festival
- Portland State University (OR)
Students in PSU's Environmental Club partnered with campus and community organizations to host a festival in PSU's Park Blocks on Friday, April 21st. The event featured free tea and local …
- Posted April 28, 2017
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50 kW Wind Turbine: Bjorklunden
- Lawrence University (WI)
A 50kw Endurance wind turbine at Bjorklunden, our nature preserve and lodge in Door County, WI, installed in October 2011 and commissioned December 8th 2011. The turbine provides up to …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2021
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Let's Get Serious about Integrating Sustainability into General Education: Strategies for Staff and Faculty
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
This session addresses the need to integrate sustainability into the compulsory curriculum of colleges and universities. Speakers - including sustainability officers and professors - will present proven strategies for changing …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Foundations of Leadership in Sustainability for 20 Campuses: Finding a Common Thread
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
A new minor in Sustainability Leadership at the Pennsylvania State University came with a new course: Foundations of Leadership in Sustainability. As the sole requirement common to all students in …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating Sustainable Urban Infrastructure One Seed at a Time
- University of Louisville (KY)
Rationale: Many students and universities are interested in the integration of sustainable systems but don't have a means to empower students, faculty and the wider community to take an active …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Experiential Learning: UNC's Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (BASE)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
The new Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (BASE) at the University of North Carolina provides an innovative experiential learning opportunity for students to work directly with sustainably-oriented businesses. BASE is …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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It's All About the People! Let's Talk About Social Sustainability.
- Texas A&M University (TX)
As industry professionals, you are already aware that we must balance the environment, the economy, and social equity if we are to achieve a sustainable society. The reality is that …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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