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A Collaborative Teaching Approach: Mindful Writing and Drawing to Understand Culture & Place Based Identity
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
This interactive session focuses on best practices in collaborative teaching and learning, specifically directed at the melding of writing and drawing as processes of discovery in culture and place- based ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Greening Collegiate Sports: Facility Tour and Networking Event
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Green Sports Alliance (OR)
Over the past decade, an increasing number of collegiate athletic and recreation departments have initiated or expanded sustainability programs. This workshop builds on this momentum, providing both green sports novices ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Mapstories
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Mapstories, 2011, is a large, interactive, multimedia artist's book with moveable, layers of map and photo images under plastic film, mounted on a fabric-covered plywood base. Viewers/participants explore ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Competitive Edge: Student Leadership and Professional Development Through Campus Competition
- California State University, Chico (CA)
- American University (DC)
- Claremont McKenna College (CA)
- GreenerU (MA)
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
- Atrius (CA)
For the last five years, Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), the nation's largest electricity and water reduction competition on college campuses, has engaged hundreds of thousands of students, faculty and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Standardizing Greenhouse Gas Protocols in the 14-member Ivy+ Sustainability Consortium
- GreenerU (MA)
- Harvard University (MA)
- Duke University (NC)
- Yale University (CT)
- Stanford University (CA)
- The Climate Registry
One of the most challenging issues facing the higher education sustainability movement is how to track and report greenhouse gas emissions in ways that allow for benchmarking and comparison while ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Green Chemistry to Introduce and Promote Sustainability in the Chemistry Curriculum and Profession
- St. Olaf College (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum (MN)
- Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NY)
- Beyond Benign (MA)
Through its guiding principles, green chemistry provides a means for introducing topics of sustainability, ethics, and human health and safety into chemistry and related STEM curricula. It is the science ...
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Life after achieving your CAP Goals: What are teaching moments for others and how do you plan for the next big thing?
- Chatham University (PA)
- Colby College (ME)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
- GreenerU (MA)
This session will focus on three key concepts. First, for the institutions that are close to or have obtained climate neutrality, what are learning outcomes that they can provide to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Plenary: Campus Sustainability: The Next 10 Years
- Emory University (GA)
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
- Western Michigan University (MI)
- AASHE (MA)
The campus sustainability movement has grown enormously since AASHE's founding in 2005. The members of this all-star panel of leading campus sustainability practitioners and advocates will reflect on this ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Solar Endowment: A PV Investment Roadmap for US Universities
- Illinois State University (IL)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)
- Purdue University (IN)
- Midwest Renewable Energy Association (WI)
US colleges and universities are currently in a position to make substantial solar project investments on their campuses and associated properties. With the near nationwide adoption of the Prudent Management ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Can You Hear Me Now? Amplifying and Measuring Sustainability Communications
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Duke University (NC)
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Princeton University (NJ)
Whether you are marketing an event, campaign, or simply advertising a service your office offers, building communications partnerships and tracking your communications success are essential to growing your audience and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How Are We Doing? Objectively Assessing the Data Regarding Campus GHGs and Energy
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- Gordian (SC)
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
- Second Nature (MA)
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
After more than a decade of focused collective effort to make higher education a model for operational climate change leadership in North America, what do we have to show for ...
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Thinking Outside the Box: Evidence-based Data Collection for Sustainability Reporting
- Chatham University (PA)
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
- Sustrana LLC (PA)
This session will cover innovative and practical ways to gather meaningful data through real-world, applied scenarios. Specifically, the presenters will share methods for developing accurate heuristics for sustainability reporting in ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Real Voice: Campus Food Systems Working Groups & Policy Development
- Gonzaga University (WA)
- University of Montana (MT)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
Pioneering universities across the country are assembling Food Systems Working Groups to guide comprehensive university food policy development. Unlike many executive committees and university task forces, these multi-stakeholder groups include ...
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Plenary: Are we succeeding? 3 Approaches to Assessing Sustainability Education
- Green Mountain College (VT)
- Oakland Community College (MI)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Sustainability educators need to measure the impact of their programs but find few widely accepted methodologies for doing so. Panelists will describe three very different approaches for evaluating sustainability education ...
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Student and Community Transformation: Addressing Civic Responsibility, Sustainability and Values through Engaged Scholarship
- Bard College (NY)
- Oakland Community College (MI)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Edison Energy (CA)
Civic responsibility and sustainability are often seen as separate issues, yet in practice these concepts intersect and reinforce one another. At the core of this intersection today is our citizens ...
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Getting it Done - Removing Roadblocks to Renewables
- George Washington University (DC)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Second Nature (MA)
- Coho Climate Advisors (MD)
This interactive, problem solving workshop will explore and highlight solutions to overcome bottlenecks to implementing large scale renewable projects for your university. We will delve into internal as well as ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How Sustainability Directors Can Bring Simple Innovations to Campus
- Colby College (ME)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Staples Business Advantage (MA)
- Kimberly-Clark Professional (GA)
An interactive panel discussion on how Sustainability Directors can set SMART sustainability objectives and implement simple solutions across campuses to achieve their goals. From office furniture to paper towel selection ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Plenary: The Business Case for Campus Sustainability
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
- Environmental Association for Universities & Colleges (EAUC) (Gloucestershire)
How can you build greater support for sustainability on your campus? This diverse group of panelists will share their stories, tips and strategies for making the business case for sustainability.
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Value of Measurement (At the Cost of Your Time?)
- Indiana State University (IN)
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
- AASHE (MA)
As sustainability programs on campuses of all sizes mature, the staff & committees at many institutions find themselves on the proverbial hamster wheel of measurement. While survey results, greenhouse gas ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Ramping Up Renewables in Higher Education
- Cornell University (NY)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
- Edison Energy (CA)
You are responsible for managing your institution's energy-related emissions and costs: You may have implemented on-campus projects or have aspirations to do so. Maybe you are buying unbundled Renewable ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fighting Food Waste on College Campuses
- Bon Appétit Management Company
- Food Recovery Network (MD)
- Compass Group (NC)
Food waste is a problem on many fronts. About 40% of the available food supply in the United States is thrown away each year. When we waste food, we waste ...
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Changing Behaviors through Green Office Certification
- Duke University (NC)
- Pomona College (CA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Developing a Green Office Certification program at your college or university is nothing new. However, measuring Green Office Certification program impacts through behavior change and tangible energy and water savings ...
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The PAC 12 Road to Zero Waste Competition
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- Green Sports Alliance (OR)
The Green Sports Alliance (GSA) in partnership with the PAC 12 campuses initiated a Road to Zero Waste competition this year. The group developed multiple goals and objectives to encourage ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Uncomfortable Dinner Parties and Farmer Photo Booths: Interactive Session on Discovering and Sharing Campus Food Sustainability
- Hamline University (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Aramark (PA)
This session offers a chance to practice exercises from a toolkit archive developed with Aramark at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities to support campus food sustainability discussions. Engaging participants ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Institutional Performance Energy Optimization: How a Management Model and Skilled Workforce Embed Efficiency
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- ICF International (VA)
- United States Department of Energy (DC)
University of California, Irvine has achieved 23% energy savings over 5 years, the 20% goal of U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge, 7 years early. The Smart ...
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Getting everyone on board with carbon neutrality: UC system best practices for faculty, student, and staff engagement
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In 2014, University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the Carbon Neutrality Initiative, committing UC to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. President Napolitano formed a Global Climate Leadership Council to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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STARS Data Quality: Two Case Studies on Third-Party Reviews with Group Discussion
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
Both University of Colorado at Boulder and the State University of New York at New Paltz enlisted third parties to review their STARS submissions. Boulder hired a third-party paid consultant ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Understanding Why Product Lifecycles are Critical to Supporting Campus Sustainability Initiatives
- University of Denver (CO)
- Staples Business Advantage (MA)
- Kimberly-Clark Professional (GA)
Sustainability is an integral part of a university's environmental commitment and recruiting efforts. Universities need to embrace sustainable practices and be transparent when communicating measures being adopted to satisfy ...
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A Doctoral Program in Sustainability Education: the Student Experience
- University of Mount Union (OH)
- Prescott College (AZ)
- Willamette University (OR)
Four recent graduates and a current student will describe their individualized approached to the PhD program in sustainability education. This panel discussion will include graduate experiences, descriptions of their individualized ...
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Show me the money: Discovering revenue from reuse
- Iowa State University (IA)
- Oregon State University (OR)
- University Surplus Property Association (UT)
With so much focus on recycling, many seem to forget the value of reuse and redeploying products. By implementing highest and best use practices, institutions are able to maximize the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Monday - A Growing Global Movement and an Effective Marketing Campaign to Reduce Your Institution's Foodprint
- Columbia University (NY)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- Green Monday
Green Monday is a growing global movement that promotes green lifestyle choices. Columbia alumnus David Yeung created Green Monday in his native Hong Kong, where it has seen incredible success ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Investing in a Cooler Planet: the movement to divest colleges and universities from fossil fuels and reinvest in the new economy
- Carleton College (MN)
Since 2011, when campaigns first started popping up at a handful of colleges, the fossil fuel divestment movement has exploded onto the college activism scene and beyond. There are currently ...
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Students Powering the Energy Transition
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
How can students make a positive impact on public policy and decision makers to help our energy system transition to a sustainable future? Ellen Anderson, former energy advisor to Governor ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Summit Closing - Leading an Impact Life: Landing a Green Job and Speaking Truth to Power
- Bard College (NY)
- AASHE (MA)
How can I get a job saving the planet? Keynote speaker Dr. Eban Goodstein will detail a strategy on how to build the sustainability career you want, in the place ...
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Community College Networking Session
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- AASHE (MA)
Meet and network with sustainability leaders from community colleges. We'll discuss the unique challenges and opportunities faced by community colleges working to advance sustainability.
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Summit Opening - Students Organising for Sustainability
- AASHE (MA)
- National Union of Students
To celebrate the launch of Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS), keynote speaker Charlotte Bonner will be discussing the role of young people, students and education in making society more sustainable ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Renewable Energy Workshop: Design Your Plan
- Boston University (MA)
- Edison Energy (CA)
This is an interactive, working session that will help attendees: 1. Identify the key issues to consider re: renewable energy and their institutions, including product configurations and financing options; 2 ...
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The Uncomfortable Dinner Party: Bridging Local, Regional and Global Perspectives around Sustainable Food Systems
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Aramark (PA)
Tour Meeting Time: 5:45 PM Tour Meeting Location: 1st floor lobby, located right by the Visitor Information desk and Dunn Coffee. Tour Departure: 6:00 PM Tour End/Return ...
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The Global Classroom Experiment. Challenges and Opportunities for International Education for Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Sustainability problems need to be addressed by concerned citizens, who are able to (1) critically understand the complexity of the world, (2) take action in appropriate ways to address those ...
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Pioneering International Sustainability Education: A SMART Perspective
- SMART Eco Park India
- Broadway Green Alliance (NY)
This presentation will focus on the educational elements of SMART Eco-park, a 20 acre edu-tainment space near Mumbai, India. The park was founded with the goal of equipping future generations ...
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Real Food, Real Communities: Mobilizing Students, Community Members and Staff to reform College Food Procurement Policies
- Carleton College (MN)
- Bon Appétit Management Company
Where our food comes from and how it is produced is question that is becoming extremely important to students and administrators alike. Carleton College has demonstrated a commitment to answering ...
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The Illusive Thread: Developing HE Transdisciplinary Sustainability Learning Outcomes
- Colorado College (CO)
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
A sustainable campus and community approach to learning outcomes provides the single richest multi-disciplinary and discipline specific platform for immersing our students and stakeholders in a place-based, living-learning laboratory environment ...
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New Developments in STARS
- Colorado State University (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
This workshop is designed for individuals who would like to engage in high-level discussion about new developments with AASHE's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). AASHE staff will ...
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Colorado State University and Coca-Cola Partner to Deliver Hands-on Sustainability Education
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Coca-Cola (GA)
Colorado State University entered into a unique multi-year partnership with Coca-Cola in 2012. This partnership includes extensive hands-on sustainability education for CSU's students from a variety of schools (Agriculture ...
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Developing Energy Management Programs for a More Sustainable Campus
- California State University, Dominguez Hills (CA)
- Enlighted Inc. (CA)
In 2012, California State University Dominguez Hills' Central Plant Manager, Kenny Seeton, was tasked with finding a way to limit energy expenditures on campus in order to meet the university ...
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Deploying On-Site Renewable Energy Generation at Colleges and Universities: A Guide to What You Need to Know
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
- ERG Consulting Firm (MA)
Colleges and universities are increasingly deploying on-site renewable energy generation technologies to power their campuses. The drivers of this growth are the falling prices of renewable technologies and federal, state ...
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STARS Sourcing, Data Collection and Reporting Technology Solutions and Tools
- Aramark (PA)
- FarmLogix, LLC (IL)
The panel would represent several Aramark universities' (Boston University, American University, Loyola University for example) uses of online aggregation technology to both source locally grown and produced foods, and to ...
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Sustainability Engagement through Dining Partnerships and Programming
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
- Aramark (PA)
Want to get more people engaged in the sustainability conversation on your campus? Let's face it, food connects us all and everyone needs to eat. Your campus dining partner ...
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Old Dogs, New Tricks: Lessons Learned While Shifting Roles In The Higher Education Sustainability World
- California State University, East Bay (CA)
- Gonzaga University (WA)
Sustainability in higher education continues to grow as a career, academic pursuit, and institutional priority. As more schools hire and retain sustainability professionals to coordinate programs, incumbents for new or ...
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Sustainability Partnership of the Northern Rockies (SPNR) Networking Session
- Gonzaga University (WA)
- University of Montana (MT)
Please join us for a networking session for colleges and universities that are a part of the Sustainability Partnership of the Northern Rockies (SPNR)!
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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