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Building Bridges to Conservative Students to Build Support for Climate Action and Enrich Campus Conversations
- Concordia College (NY)
As the conference Call for Proposals noted, the broader political and cultural environment in the U.S. today makes it more difficult than ever to prevent sustainability efforts on campuses ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Sustainability & International Service
- Utah State University (UT)
Cafe Femenino: This coffee empowers women In late May of 2017, 10 Utah State University (USU) students and 2 faculty leaders traveled to Peru to assist women coffee producers in ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Building a Public Institution Sustainability Program from the Ground Up: Ethics, Accolades and Advertising.
- Central Michigan University (MI)
This session will describe the challenges, successes and issues in developing a sustainability program for a large, public institution. The issues resolved in 8 years of successful program growth will ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC)
- Princeton University (NJ)
Connect with other sustainability representatives in the Northeast region and share ideas for ongoing monthly NECSC call topics. Anyone representing sustainability in a Northeast higher education institution is welcome!
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Most Likely to Succeed: Tips for Students when Developing Sustainability Initiative Proposals
- Trinity University (TX)
This poster will share practical suggestions for students for furthering their initiatives on campus. The poster will cover areas often overlooked in student proposals: day-to-day operations, risk management, alignment with ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Sustainable Food and Dining at Trinity University: Barriers and Success
- Trinity University (TX)
Beginning with food and dining is the most effective way for students to engage in sustainability movements because students engage with the dining hall as many as three times a ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Growing Healthy Kids: The Intersection of Health, Justice, and Sustainability
- Trinity University (TX)
The Pollinator Education Action and Sustainability (PEAS) program, is an extension of Trinity University's Biology department. The mission of PEAS is to establish native pollinator sanctuaries in urban areas ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Lorax 2.0: Twenty Questions for Standing in Solidarity with Living Systems in Sustainability Research in Higher Education
- Prescott College (AZ)
Ethical alignment and systems thinking are at the core of sustainability considerations. How can colleges apply sustainability approaches to the process of academic research itself? Researching sustainability similarly invites ethical ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Sustainability Education for Public Two-Year Colleges
- Seminole State College of Florida (FL)
Even as an increasing number of employers seek personnel skilled in renewable energy technologies and sustainable design, companies overwhelmingly hire individuals for 'green jobs' who possess that knowledge within the ...
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University of Scranton Community Garden, Planning, Partnerships, Students, and Surprises
- University of Scranton (PA)
Attendees will enjoy a conversation on the University of Scranton's journey to plan and establish a Community Garden. One of the Sustainability Office's goals is to raise awareness ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Offsetting University Travel Through Energy Efficiency on Campus
- Portland State University (OR)
At Portland State University (PSU), business travel is responsible for approximately 6,009 metric tons of carbon emissions, or 1,265 cars on the road, each year. Acknowledging that travel ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Gaining Hope and Resilience During Troubling Times
- Portland Community College (OR)
Learning about environmental, social, and economic sustainability issues can be daunting and overwhelming, especially when considering how to create solutions to pressing problems. In these times of accelerating change and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Advancing Innovation through Sustainability Research and Scholarship
- Portland Community College (OR)
During this monumental time in history, it is essential to be educated, connect with good people, find hope, and discover new ways to make a difference. To do so, the ...
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Helping Students Gain Sustainability Project-Based Leadership Skills to be Competitive in the Job Market
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
EcoLeaders is National Wildlife Federation's sustainability career and leadership development program for college students and young professionals. This workshop will guide students through the plan, do, communicate and sustain ...
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Key Facilities Metrics survey and Communicating Complex Issues Graphically
- National Association of College & University Business Officers (NACUBO) (DC)
Joint APPA/NACUBO Key Facilities Metrics survey is in its 4th year and has grown 49% in participation and campus use. Examine how complex consumption metrics of energy (BTU), electrical ...
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Deep Energy Retrofits: Warren Hall at Cornell University
- FXCollaborative (NY)
Learn how a pre-war, 130,000-square-foot classroom building at Cornell University was retrofitted to achieve LEED Platinum performance. The historic masonry building was fully renovated into a new, modern home ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Student Affairs Networking Presentation
- The Ohio State University (OH)
This networking session is designed to give sustainability professionals that work in student affairs departments an opportunity to interact in a structured environment. The session will begin with introductions and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Light Up With LED
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Light Up With LED was a semester long, student-led project at the Ohio State University to educate our off-campus student population about energy efficient behaviors. Sponsored by a Coca-cola Sustainability ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Community Partnerships for Environmental Justice
- The New School (NY)
The Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School is committed to environmental justice and community-academic partnerships grounded in the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing. Using this framework, the ...
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Multiple Ways of Knowing in Sustainability Education: Stretching the Boundaries of Transformative Sustainability Learning
- Goucher College (MD)
This session focuses on how teaching for multiple ways of knowing can contribute to sustainability education by highlighting work done at the University of Saskatchewan which is encapsulated within two ...
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Learnings in Advancing Sustainability, Measuring Progress, and Keeping Campus Clean with Smart Waste & Recycling Solutions
- BigBelly Solar (MA)
Now more than ever, colleges and universities are placing emphasis on creating a comprehensive campus-wide approach to increase commitment to sustainability, efficiency, and the environment. This commitment is embodied by ...
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Transforming a Campus for Zero Waste by Focusing on People
- Aquinas College (MI)
Change is difficult; changing people's habits and shifting organizational priorities is an even bigger challenge. Yet, we are all faced with a global imperative to take action to protect ...
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Better Together: Using an S Designation to Create Visible, Coherent, Trans-disciplinary Curriculum Out of What You Already Have
- University of Hawaii System Office (HI)
How the University of Hawaii ten campus system is using AASHE STARS curriculum designation criteria to transform courses across the curriculum. This session will cover all aspects of creating sustainability ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Catalyzing curricular coherence with a Sustainability Focus designation
- University of Hawaii System Office (HI)
The S Designation framework is a method of benchmarking sustainability curriculum and stimulating interdisciplinary dialogue to develop curricular coherence around topics of sustainability. The framework is an 'opt-in' process designed ...
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Integrating Sustainability Across Disciplines: A Step-wise Process for (Re)designing a Syllabus
- Creative Change Educational Solutions (MI)
Integrating sustainability' into a course means adapting both content and pedagogy to create a learning experience that is more interdisciplinary, experiential, and focused on authentic problem-solving. How can instructors juggle ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Building an Intersectionality Coalition: Listen, Organize, Act.
- Gonzaga University (WA)
Come learn the three steps of listening, organizing, and acting that built a student-led Intersectionality Coalition at Gonzaga University. Inspired by sessions from AASHE 2016, students from Gonzaga University felt ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Long and Winding Path: Launching a New Embedded Certificate in Sustainability Studies at the University of Calgary
- University of Calgary (AB)
This case study examines the journey of developing a new undergraduate Embedded Certificate in Sustainability Studies at the University of Calgary. This interdisciplinary program combines theory with applied practice through ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Canadian Networking Session
- University of Calgary (AB)
Initiated by the Canadian Alliance of College and University Sustainability Professionals (CUSP), this informal networking session presents an opportunity to meet, share lunch and ideas with others working in the ...
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Promoting Sustainability Teaching and Research at the Augustana Miquelon Lake Research Station, Canada
- University of Alberta (AB)
Built in 2015, the Augustana Miquelon Lake Research Station's (AMLRS) mission is to promote research, enhance teaching, and develop partnerships for sustainability. Located in central Alberta's Prairie-Boreal ecotone ...
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Sustainability in Sports: Paving the Way to Zero Waste
- University of Denver (CO)
Since 2012, the University of Denver has been creating a space for sustainability in Athletics. The Zero Waste Athletics program began with hockey in 2012, and now currently averages a ...
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Breaking Barriers to Facilities-Academic Collaboration Through Green Revolving Fund Projects at the University of Dayton
- University of Dayton (OH)
Beginning in 2016, the University of Dayton Green Revolving Fund (UDGRF) has been the primary source of funding for energy projects on campus. The purpose of the fund is twofold ...
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Growing Fresh Air to Sustainably Support the Indoor Campus Environment
- New York University (NY)
Introducing plants into work and study spaces on campus can have numerous benefits for the wellness of those who occupy these places. Bringing people closer to plants can also reinforce ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Promoting Sustainable Practices Throughout Campus: NYU's Sustainability Advocate Program
- New York University (NY)
NYU is one of the largest employers in New York City, with over 19000 employees filling various office spaces throughout lower Manhattan. In this case study, we will demonstrate how ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Creative Campaigning: A 'Zero Waste Week' Case Study on Organizing and Executing a University-Wide Engagement Program
- New York University (NY)
When you launch a university-wide engagement program or initiative, how effective are you in reaching current and new audiences? How are you marketing and communicating the initiative? Through this case ...
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Know Your Impact: Guide to Environmentally Conscious Community Development
- New York University (NY)
Creating a norm of sustainability on campus is no easy task, but the NYU EcoReps have committed themselves to forming thoughtful community-based programming in the hopes of finding new ways ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Classroom of 'Cultural Creatives'?: A Values-Based Approach to Teaching About Sustainable Societies
- University of Connecticut (CT)
In their book The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World authors Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson present their research on the on-going values shift ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Residential and Academic Composting: Strategies for Success
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Integrating composting into academic and residential settings on campus is no easy task at a large public institution. Managing contamination, potential for odors and mess, and student education - particularly in ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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EcoReps Programs Nation-wide - Networking for every program type
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
This will be a purely networking meeting. Participants will self select into groups based on the type of EcoReps or Leadership Program they have at their institution - New Programs, First-Year ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Johnson County Community College Student Sustainability Committee
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
The Student Sustainability Committee is a leadership opportunity for students at Johnson County Community College that manages the institution's fee based Sustainable Initiatives Fund. This workshop will guide attendees ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Understanding Food Waste at Johnson County Community College: A Multi-Method Approach
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This proposal will document through observation and participant feedback how student awareness of issues surrounding food insecurity and waste may change following a student volunteer-run audit on post-consumer cafeteria waste.
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Community College Networking Meeting
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This meeting encourages community college participants to share successes, vent frustrations, and to meet up with other sustainability practitioners.
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Green-to-Green Project: Economic Empowerment through Sustainable Agriculture
- Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
In addressing the need for healthy, fresh produce in our community, we established a partnership of neighborhood gardens and local partners to serve as a hub for local food production ...
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Transforming University Curriculum Policies for a Global Knowledge Society: A focus on a Chilean Context.
- University of Western Australia
University curriculum changes are moving to a centre stage in the higher education reform agendas of many countries, as they strive to strengthen their positioning in a competitive global knowledge ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Gardening As Engagement: Utilizing Local Alternative Break Trips to foster student growth in food systems and urban gardening
- University of Central Oklahoma (OK)
Alternative Break programs have long been considered an effective transformative and experiential learning opportunity for students. One challenge of these trips, however, is the lack of application when students return ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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FreshU: A Sustainable Model for Reducing Food Insecurity on College Campuses
- University of Central Florida (FL)
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is located in the heart of a food desert; a region defined by the USDA as 'a low-income community that lacks ready access to ...
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If You Build It, Will They Come? Creating a Biking Culture by Sharing
- Auburn University (AL)
Launching a bike share program requires a considerable investment of time and money with no guarantee of success, particularly in communities without a strong biking culture. So how can you ...
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A Student-Run Farmers Market: For community, for health, for Chicago
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Loyola University Chicago is entering its 7th year hosting an independent, student-run farmers market on its property serving members of the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods in Chicago. Over these ...
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Laudato si? Catholic College and Universities Networking Session
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Join your peers from Catholic colleges and universities to talk about the sustainability excitement happening on your campus. Following on Laudato si and the leadership of Pope Francis, we will ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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DON'T PUNT ON RECYCLING! What your recycling program can mean to your school's curriculum, eco-identity, & bottom-line!
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
This presentation offers a macro-view lens of Sustainability Programs as one of the only truly new tools traditional fixed-sight Higher Education Administrators have to answer the dot-edu on-line degree program ...
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