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The relationship between social work and environmental sustainability: Implications for interdisciplinary practice
- City University of New York, College of Staten Island (NY)
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
The Brundtland Commission, formally the World Commission on Environment and Development, established by the United Nations in 1983, links peace, security, development and the environment claiming that war, poverty and ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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Study of Employee Carsharing on the University Campus
- Iowa State University (IA)
This manuscript analyzes personal and carsharing consumption characteristics of alternative commuters of the same university in Los Angeles, California. The paper finds that: (1) one can achieve a reasonably high ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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Carsharing on university campus: Subsidies, commuter benefits, and their impacts on carsharing
- Iowa State University (IA)
This article examines, via a case study, what efforts a university needs to make to initiate and sustain a carsharing program. It also examines how subsidies offered to employees affect ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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Carsharing in a university setting: Impacts on vehicle ownership, parking demand, and mobility in Ithaca, NY
- Cornell University (NY)
Carsharing is growing rapidly in popularity, often backed by government and private partners, such as universities and developers. While reduced parking demand is frequently cited as a reason to promote ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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Revisiting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Examining Anthropocentric Bias Through the Transition of Environmental Education to ESD
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Environmental education scholars have hailed the emergence of the discourse of education for sustainable development (ESD) as a progressive transition in the field. The author argues that there are some ...
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Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education
Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education advocates incorporating sustainability concepts that go beyond the financial ‘bottom line’ into management education and business practice. Highlighting the UN Global Compact (UNGC ...
- Posted Dec. 7, 2017
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Transdisciplinary Research and Sustainability: Collaboration, Innovation and Transformation
Transdisciplinarity is a new way of scientifically meeting the challenges of sustainability. Indeed, interdisciplinary collaboration and co-operation with non-academic ‘practice partners’ is at the core of this; creating contextualised, socially ...
- Posted Dec. 7, 2017
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Examining the literature to reveal the nature of community EE/ESD programs and research
- Denison University (OH)
Interest in community environmental education (EE) and community education for sustainable development (ESD) is increasing, as evidenced by the increase in studies examining community EE/ESD approaches and NAAEE’s ...
- Posted Dec. 7, 2017
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Beyond Campus: Engaging Students in Sustainability, Resilience and Climate Policymaking
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- AASHE (MA)
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
In the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris Agreement, universities, cities, states, and companies have stepped up to lead. A coalition representing fully half the U ...
- Posted Dec. 7, 2017
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Building Energy Performance in LEED 2009 vs. LEED v4
- System WorCx (NC)
As of November 2016, newly registered LEED projects must use LEED v4. One of the key changes between LEED v4 and LEED 2009 is that option 1 under the Optimize ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Sustainability Through the Eyes of Nature
- Atwell, LLC (MI)
Important institutions and systems-including our governments, capitalist economies, food production systems, and urban designs-often seem to produce problematic political, economic, environmental, and social outcomes. In addition, many of these human-designed ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Significant Role of Universitas Indonesia GreenMetric World University Rankings on Supporting Sustainable Campus
- University of Indonesia
The GreenMetric World University Ranking is an initiative of Universitas Indonesia (UI) to promote sustainability at universities, including education for sustainability, and relevant policies and programmes for behaviour change. The ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Evalutation of TETFUND contributions for the management of universities for sustainable development in southeast Nigeria
- Imo State University
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) was established as an Intervention Agency under the Education Tax Act No. 7 in 1993 as Education Trust Fund. As an aspect of community participation ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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New App Leverages Power of Rewards Currency, Smart Tech and Games to Drive Purposeful Engagement Among Students
- PIPS Education Fund (NY)
Calls by the new U.S. President to roll back environmental, health and justice protections has left many students feeling insecure and concerned for their futures. Interestingly, a campus' overall ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Occupant Engagement Leads to Substantial Energy Savings for Plug Loads
- Keewi Inc. (CA)
Plug loads, defined as devices plugged into the wall outlet, comprise about 33% of a commercial building's total energy expenditure. Existing management technologies have overlooked the effects of building ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Bee Campus USA: Making the World Safer for Pollinators, One Campus at a a Time
- The Xerces Society (OR)
Pollinators are responsible for 1 in 3 bites of food we consume-actually, the most nutritious and, some say, delicious bites! Equally important, pollinators are responsible for the reproduction of 90 ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Student Summit Opening Keynote Speaker: Lydia D. Avila
- Power Shift Network (DC)
Lydia D. Avila is the Executive Director of the Power Shift Network - a diverse, national network of youth-led and youth-focused climate justice organizations. Lydia is originally from a working class ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Networks as a Tool for Social Change
- Power Shift Network (DC)
Mass social change requires mass, popular social movements that are aided by the support of a vast network of change makers. Decentralized networks, in particular, are well suited to catalyze ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Student and Staff Sustainability Surveys - expectations being met? An Australian example.
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Traditional approaches to teaching sustainability have been through including the topic in geography and science curriculums. More recently, we have seen an expansion of Education for Sustainability across discipline areas ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Disruptive Tech: Beyond Net Zero Energy Onsite Water Reuse
- Natural Systems Utilities (NJ)
In addition to water scarcity, drivers to consider water reuse now include aging or inadequate infrastructure, resiliency, resource recovery and increasing costs for conventional water and sewer. Many communities are ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The Future of Campus Mobility
- Navya Inc (MI)
Parking, congestion, and pollution are challenges that all campuses face. The future of mobility must become increasingly connected, shared, and multi-modal to realize a meaningful reduction in carbon output. Spend ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Success Stories: Community Colleges Tools for Achieving Energy Efficiency
- Entegrity (AR)
This poster will graphically depict the steps two community colleges took to achieve energy efficiency goals on their campuses. Community college budgets and staff are often stretched more than larger ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Student-Driven Climate Outcomes: A Liberal Arts College's Journey in Energy/Sustainabiity
- Entegrity (AR)
This poster tells a story about students that were the drivers of bringing a focused engagement to their campus to achieve climate goals. The students researched initiatives at other campuses ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Operations Research Applications in Sustainability Coursework Design
- Wichita State University (KS)
Four major topics are listed for coursework design across academic departments (1) prairie restoration (2) plant-based industry (3) clean energy (4)population growth rate. Climate change adaptation may include: increased ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Climate Communications: Strategies to Build Political Will
- Care About Climate, Inc (AZ)
Care About Climate is working to improve the marketing of what can be done to address climate change. We believe it is time to change the tenor of the conversation ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Opening Keynote - Katharine Hayhoe
- Texas Tech University (TX)
Katharine Hayhoe, this year's opening keynote speaker, is an accomplished atmospheric scientist with over 120 peer-reviewed publications focusing on what climate change means for people and the environment. A ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The effect of smoke exposure on the germination of native plant species of North America
- Texas Tech University (TX)
Smoke exposure is known to influence germination of a wide variety of species. However, the influence of smoke on germination of grasses is poorly studied. In order to investigate the ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Finding Your Voice: Understanding Otherness in Sustainability Education
- Texas A&M University (TX)
This presentation aims to examine the relationship between the pillars of sustainability, and the power based relationships that are created when a dominant culture subjects others to accept the status ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Green the Greeks at Florida Gulf Coast University
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
An in depth guide to creating and implementing a sustainability program focused on Greek organization involvement in a public university. Topics will include establishment, data recording, participation, roadblocks, collaborating with ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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In Their Own Words and by the Numbers: A Mixed -Methods Study of the Advancement of Sustainability in American Higher Education
- Florida Atlantic University (FL)
A call for the urgent implication due to the increasingly hostile environment is pressing. All social sectors should respond to the change with active participation. Notably, 'higher education institutions are ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Student Experience: Sustainability by Design
- The Sextant Group (PA)
Every day we hear of a new technology that is Internet-connected, enabled, enhanced! If they can afford it, college students are eager first adopters of these gadgets and their applications ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Empowering Student Leadership in Tough Times
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
Our greatest legacy as campus sustainability changemakers may be the leaders we develop. National news can sometimes discourage students, yet can also be profound motivation for a life of leadership ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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How to Build Strategic Power -- Seven Secrets for Leaders to Win Change On & Beyond Campus
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win' - Gandhi This dynamic, interactive workshop will hone your public leadership skills and teach ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Promoting and Assessing Sustainability Literacy as a Learning Outcome in Education Abroad
- The Education Abroad Network (IL)
If education abroad is to fulfill its promise of fostering intercultural awareness and global citizenship, then sustainability learning must be at its core, with outcomes assessed in terms of altered ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Literally Breaking Down Walls (Roofs and Floors too). Owner and Consultant Insight to Obtaining Sustainable Building Enclosures.
- dbHMS (IL)
Sustainable buildings require complex analysis from various participants in a project team, which is especially true for developments in the MUSH market (Municipal, University, Schools K-12, and Hospitals). In a ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Corrugated Pallets: How Campus Procurement Policies Can Drive National Change to Reduce Emissions, Advance Zero Waste, and Protect Employees
- Change the Pallet (OR)
Change the Pallet is a national non-profit dedicated to reducing carbon emissions massively through education and advocacy with respect to the tremendous environmental benefits of corrugated paper pallets vs. traditional ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Smart Buildings - Integrating PoE with the IoT
- Cree (NC)
The purpose of this presentation is to provide a better understanding of how the Internet of Things (IoT) and Power over Ethernet (PoE) have and will continue to change our ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Pareto principle for your carbon reduction goals: Purchasing offsite renewable energy while addressing stakeholder needs
- BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC (CA)
You want to take a big chunk out of your university's carbon footprint with a minimum of effort. This presentation will lay out a vision for making big strides ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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16 Billion Trees Fell Last Year, Is Anyone Listening?
- TreeZero Paper (GA)
Poster will detail impacts and risks of deforestation; opportunities for reducing paper use and example of easy solution to add to your sustainability efforts to reduce impact on deforestation, climate ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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How to achieve Silver in STARS and not die trying?
- Universidad de Monterrey
Sustainability is something quite new in universities in Latin America, specifically in Mexico. Since the launch of STARS as a pilot in 2011 our university decided we wanted to be ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change film screening
- Bullfrog Films (PA)
A 127-minute feature documentary. Filmmaker Josh Fox continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change in 12 countries, acknowledging that it may be too late to stop some of ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Beyond Offsetting: Onsetting Scope 3 Emissions and Supporting Innovative Local Projects
- Earth Deeds (MA)
Universities struggle to find meaningful ways to address their Scope 3 emissions, especially with regard to staff travel and study abroad. This session will explain carbon onsetting as a positive ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A New Way to Benchmark Your Sustainable Purchasing Program
- Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)
The members of the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council have collaborated to produce a Benchmarking System for evaluating the maturity of Sustainable Purchasing Programs. The new tool is being used by ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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What Paper Manufacturers Know About Environmental Impact that Customers Aren't Asking About
- Kimberly-Clark Professional (GA)
In this session we will examine some key environmental considerations that are often overlooked during procurement decisions. Specifically, we will focus on the manufacturing and waste footprint created by consumable ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Materials Health and Transparency: The Social, Physical, and Environmental Impacts
- Bruner/Cott Architects (MA)
Material health and transparency are not only issues of sustainable building, but also social justice and public health. Building construction has both upstream and downstream consequences to people and communities ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Techniques to Foster Interpersonal Competences
- Nanyang Technological University
Interpersonal Competences (ICs) are vital for sustainability change agents. Evidence shows that ICs are also highly-prized career skills. A student with strong ICs can productively interact and empathize with collaborators ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Higher Education for Sustainability in Asian Contexts
- Nanyang Technological University
This poster reviews recent work developments in Higher Education for Sustainability (HEfS) and Education for Sustainable Development in monsoon Asia. Monsoon Asia accounts for over half the world's population ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Reducing our Carbon Footprint: A Simple Solution to Cutting Car Reliance on University Campuses
- DoubleMap, Inc. (IN)
After the US pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, over 180 universities signed the 'We Are Still In' pledge to uphold the terms of the Paris Climate Agreement to ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Uber Like Solution Helping with Safe Ride - Indiana University
- DoubleMap, Inc. (IN)
Sprawling campuses and students' late night tendencies can lead to a dangerous environment for those who walk home during late hours. Many universities have begun to implement a safe ride ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Activities on campus sustainability for solidarity in Japan - A Case Study: The Green Program in Fukushima -
- Fukushima College
Involvement of many people is a key to establish sustainable campus as well as taking advantage of advanced technology. However, it is very difficult for us today to unite for ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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