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What's a Bioneer and how can it Help my College Connect with Community on a Local, Regional and National Level?
- McHenry County College (IL)
McHenry County College has found success in bringing people from the community to the college for an annual speaker series through our partnership with the Bioneers (now called the Bioneers ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Creating a culture of operational visibility: the data-driven future of campus operations
- Atrius (CA)
Join us to discuss how, by implementing cost-effective energy-efficiency measures, many colleges and universities have the potential to cut their energy bills by 30% or more. Yet campus sustainability practitioners ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Opening Keynote - Marc Edwards
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Marc Edwards is the Charles Lunsford Professor of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech. A renowned expert on water contamination and MacArthur 'genius' grant recipient, Dr. Edwards led the research teams ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Closing Keynote - Marcia Chatelain
- Georgetown University (DC)
Marcia Chatelain is a historian of African American life and culture in the 20th century. An Associate Professor at Georgetown University, Dr. Chatelain created #fergusonsyllabus in August 2014 to encourage ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Funding Campus Sustainability with Student Green Fee Grants: Campus Collaborations are Greater than the Sum of their Parts
- Georgia Southern University (GA)
Georgia Southern University's Center for Sustainability is partly funded by a $10 student fee, proposed by students. The fees finance a grant program that has funded >$650,000 ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Purchasing with a Purpose: Certified B Corporations and Higher Education
- B Lab (PA)
- World Centric (CA)
B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental responsibility. Today, there are more than 1,600 Certified B Corps ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Achieving the Impossible: How the Millennial Generation is Winning a Just & Sustainable Future in the Age of Climate Change
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
Outspoken advocate and internationally-recognized former elected official Dominic Frongillo will share his perspective as the youngest-ever councilmember in Caroline, NY, and delegate to UN climate talks on how young people ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Buying and Hiring Local to Foster Sustainable Community Development
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- Democracy Collaborative (DC)
This plenary will show how campuses are embracing their role as anchor institutions and using their economic power to make significant contributions to building sustainable and equitable local economies. Sarah ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum Meeting
- AASHE (MA)
An opportunity to network and plan with other institutions helping to pilot AASHE's Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum Program.
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Reaching Beyond Green: Adding Social Justice Peer Educators on Your Campus
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Peer education can be an effective way to reach students. In sustainability, we're used to hearing about Eco-Rep programs achieving this goal. Often, though, these programs have a significantly ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Enhancing sustainability awareness among university students: Effects of facilitated discussion groups and peer-to-peer learning
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
This presentation will describe and analyze the Climate Knowledge Project, an effort at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to link together climate research, sustainability education, and student engagement programs. Beginning in ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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From 'What if?' to 'What's next?'
- United States Department of Energy (DC)
Inspired by the power of asking 'what if', the Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy (AMIE) project (www.ornl.gov/amie) showcases an innovation platform to develop, integrate, and demonstrate energy solutions ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems: National Science Foundation (NSF) Initiative to Examine Critical Issues in Today's World
- National Science Foundation
At the end of 2015, the NSF put out its first request for proposals for the INFEWS program. Over the next five years the program plans to fund interdisciplinary projects ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Colloquium on FEWS Research Needs and Opportunities
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
Regardless of all the devoted investments, too often, good, nutritious food ends up getting wasted. In the United States, food is the largest stream of discarded materials, accounting for 21 ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Research and Opportunities at USDA at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (DC)
There is a critical need for research and researchers that enables new means of adapting to these challenges, and USDA, through the intramural research it conducts and the extramural research ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Energy Output of World Agriculture 1961-2013
- University of Arkansas (AR)
The global agricultural system is an energy transfer system converting solar radiation to stored chemical energy in the biosphere through photosynthesis and animal metabolism. Stored energy in the agricultural system ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Outlooks for a More Sustainable Building Stock
- University of Arkansas (AR)
Despite all progress made in this domain, the building stock is still at its infancy when it comes to achieving zero environmental impact and zero fossil fuels utilization. The harnessing ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Organizational Effectiveness of Sustainability Offices
- Eckerd College (FL)
Campus sustainability has risen in prominence at colleges and universities of all sizes. Several indicators of the increasing commitment to environmental stewardship by higher education institutions include the Talloires Declaration ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Clemson University Case Study
- Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) (MI)
Colleges and universities may be classified as institutions, but they often operate like small cities when it comes to waste and recycling. In order to manage resources wisely from both ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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University of Michigan Building Consumption and Waste Assessment
- Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) (MI)
This poster will explore how new and existing sustainability projects at the University of Michigan are being integrated into a pathway for student sustainability engagement and leadership as we aim ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Getting Real About Climate Change: Grading Your University on What It's Actually Doing
- The City College of New York (NY)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
We've been graded by our schools all our lives - now, we're going to grade them. Is your school doing its part to end the climate crisis, or is ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Advocacy and Civic Engagement Networking Meeting
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
- Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)
Scientists are in consensus that the world needs to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and this cannot be accomplished by ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Can carbon offsets be community-based, educational, and affordable? The results of a 4 college collaborative research project.
- Amherst College (MA)
- Hampshire College (MA)
- Smith College (MA)
- Williams College (MA)
What would be the best carbon offset? Can carbon offsets achieve measurable carbon reductions, as well as support the health and sustainability of our local communities and provide educational and ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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From Student Farm to Rural Semester: The Evolution of An Idea
- University of Connecticut (CT)
This proposal will explore the evolution of an idea from its initial inception to create an off-campus student farm, to its initial form, to its current practice (UCONN Spring Valley ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Seven Secrets of How Nature Designs: how to apply the lessons of biomimicry to your business
- EcoDistricts (OR)
Twenty years ago, no one would have believed that any company without a website would not be in business in the future. Today, you may not believe that any company ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The importance of campus building sub-metering for determining energy consumption and the effects of efficiency improvements
- Stony Brook University (NY)
- FLEXIM Americas Corporation (NY)
Sub-metering campus buildings for energy consumption of cooling and heating is necessary to determine how much energy a building is consuming. It is the starting point for any building conservation ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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#Cleanenergyu: Engaging College students through Social Media to help create positive Climate Change
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
In this workshop Dave and Robby will briefly Recap the History of the #cleanenergyu Dialogue as well as discuss its next incarnation happening at the end of October as a ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Gaia Education Design for Sustainability Curriculum and its Application
- Gaia Education
The poster features the learning universe that Gaia Education operates in, and the many tracks of designing for sustainability both in residential (Wing) and online (Sky) programs. It also showcases ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Developing Short Animations to Foster Awareness and Environmental Connection to Place
- Oberlin College (OH)
Systems thinking' skills--the understanding of how relationships, interdependencies, and individual group behavior impact community and ecosystem--are important for environmental sustainability. 'Citywide Dashboard,' a conceptual model of a community animated by ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Year 1: Building a Sustainability Program and Culture
- Saint Mary's College (IN)
Is your school starting or contemplating a sustainability program? Have challenges such as budget, staffing, capacity, or leadership stifled your initial progress? Managing change often involves navigating inertia and building ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Models of engagement, integration and transparency at the University of Washington
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Change and transformation at an institutional level cannot happen overnight and requires active management. Universities are increasingly responding to pressures for efficiency, increasing enrollment, recruiting the best faculty and students ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainable Communities Program
- Audubon International (NY)
Audubon International’s Sustainable Communities Program is an international, science-based, third-party certification program that guides communities through a customized journey to become healthy and vibrant places in which to live ...
- Posted Nov. 17, 2016
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Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Volume 3
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
This Handbook offers an overview of what universities around the world are doing to implement sustainable development (e.g., via curriculum innovation, research, activities, or practical projects) and how their ...
- Posted Nov. 17, 2016
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Engaging Undergraduates in Soil Sustainability Decision-Making Through an InTeGrate Module
- Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
- Virginia Tech (VA)
- Wittenberg University (OH)
Continued agricultural productivity hinges on understanding how to manage soil resources. A 2-week undergraduate introductory-level module: A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources Through Local Decision Making was collaboratively developed through ...
- Posted Nov. 17, 2016
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Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Southern Queensland
This book examines the role of transdisciplinarity - a form of research and practice that synthesises knowledge from a range of academic disciplines and from the community - in the transformations needed ...
- Posted Nov. 17, 2016
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Engaging Investment Managers on Proxy Voting & Other Forms of Shareholder Engagement
- Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
The Intentional Endowments Network's "Engaging Investment Managers on Proxy Voting & Other Forms of Shareholder Engagement" document outlines potential questions for investment managers on their proxy voting and other ...
- Posted Nov. 17, 2016
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The Business Case for ESG Briefing Paper
- Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
The Intentional Endowments Network's "Business Case for ESG Briefing Paper" was developed to help endowment stakeholders understand what Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is, how ESG investing and ...
- Posted Nov. 17, 2016
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White Paper: Investing in Clean Energy: Campuses and Endowments
- Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
The Intentional Endowments Network's new report titled “Investing in Clean Energy: Campuses and Endowments” was designed to encourage conversation about the financial and societal benefits of clean energy investments ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2016
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Obama, Bill Gates to lead major effort to spur spending on climate research
- The Washington Post (DC)
This article describes the launch of two separate initiatives to invest billions of dollars in clean energy research and development. "Mission Innovation” is a commitment by countries - including United States ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016
- United Nations Environment Programme
This report tracks private and public investments in renewable energy, including research and development funding. Key findings in relation to R&D funding include:
- Research and development spending on renewable energy ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Implementing Sustainability in Higher Education: Learning in an age of transformation
In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change. This book asks ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Assessing sustainability in university curricula: exploring the influence of student numbers and course credits
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
As more universities become interested in, and engaged with, sustainability, there has been a growing need to assess how their curricula addresses sustainable development and its myriad issues. Different tools ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Effective change management, governance and policy for sustainability transformation in higher education
- Western Sydney University (NSW)
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Purpose
Numerous policy announcements and articles have been produced over the past 20 years calling for higher education institutions to give greater focus to social, cultural, economic and environmental sustainability ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Education for sustainable development and global citizenship: An evaluation of the validity of the STAUNCH auditing tool
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to test the validity of the curriculum auditing tool Sustainability Tool for Auditing University Curricula in Higher Education (STAUNCH©), which was designed to ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Organisational learning towards sustainability in higher education
- University of Southampton
Purpose
Research on sustainability in higher education has focused on environmental management of the university campus, case studies and examples of good practice. Although the value and contribution of these ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Sustainable university research and development: inspecting sustainability in higher education research
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Sustainability in higher education is dominated by practical ‘greening the campus’ programs and initiatives. This paper examines sustainable university research and development projects as part of the ‘greening the campus ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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The INDICARE-model – measuring and caring about participation in higher education's sustainability assessment
The implementation of sustainability in higher education has been advanced over at least the last two decades and brought sustainability assessment on the research agenda of Education for Sustainable Development ...
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St. John's University - New york students start food waste pulping to double capacity of on-site composting
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
New for fall 2016 is the addition of students using a food waste pulper which facilitates doubling the capacity of recovering food scraps for on site composting. Since 2012, student ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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‘The Biophilic University’: a de-familiarizing organizational metaphor for ecological sustainability?
- Oberlin College (OH)
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
A new primary, root metaphor the ‘Biophilic University’, is introduced here, underpinning a potential de-familiarizing human-nature narrative and heuristic to contest and break free of what is conceptualised as the ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Certificate in Sustainable Business Leadership
- Saint Louis University (MO)
The professional certificate in Sustainable Business Leadership is a self-paced, fully on-line course featuring insights, videos, and experiences on sustainable leadership gathered from top thought leaders, companies, sustainability professionals, and ...
- Posted Nov. 11, 2016
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