AASHE Campus Sustainability Hub

No half measures, making an institution wide commitment to sustainability

• Dickinson College (PA)

In Boldly Sustainable, Peter Bardaglio and Andrea Putnam argue that "halfhearted measures won't work," that colleges and universities need to make an authentic commitment to sustainability that involves the ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Relationship Economics: Causal Measurement Connects Sustainability Initiatives to Critical Outcomes

• University of Chicago (IL)

To establish the first comprehensive and fully integrated university-wide sustainability system, a robust causal measurement system was created to guide strategic decision making, prioritizing the implementation of sustainability programs and ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Bringing Sustainability to life in Australian Colleges & Universities

• University of Western Sydney (NSW)

This session will provide an overview of current approaches to addressing key issues of environmental, social and economic sustainability in Australian Higher Education. Key areas of focus will include:

Clarifying ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Campus sustainability initiatives: what helps, what hinders?

• Antioch University, New England (NH)

As more and more campuses become increasingly adept at measuring their progress toward sustainability, it is just as important to also track a variety of institutional factors that might help ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Curriculum in Action: Integrating Sustainability throughout the College Experience

• Loyola University Chicago (IL)

Colleges and universities across the country wrestle with the issues of "Greening" their campuses, making social statements about sustainability, and informing their students about the fundamental scientific, social and economic ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Campus Sustainability Programs: A Case Study of Historical Fragmented Campus

• Savannah College of Art & Design (GA)

For more than 30 years, SCAD has transformed historic properties into thriving environments for students, including former hotels, a hospital, a prison, a synagogue, a convent, a department store, a ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

A Symphony of Green Inititatives on College and University Campuses

• The Ohio State University (OH)

A Symphony of Green Initiatives on College and University Campuses

Brett Mayo, Director of Energy Management & Sustainability, Office of Student Life, The Ohio State University

Abstract:

Background

Colleges and ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Sustainability Commitments and Actions at University of Hawaii Maui College

• University of Hawaii Maui College (HI)

The new energy goals set forth by the Hawai'i Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) in 2008 have set the stage for making Hawaii a global model for energy independence and ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Delta College EverGreen: Sustainability Program Implementation

• Delta College (MI)

This presentation will demonstrate the implementation of Delta College's sustainability program--a unique venture that found its roots through Facilities Management. Long before greening and sustainability were buzzwords, conservation, efficiency ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Green and Sustainable Campus Operations

• Grand Valley State University (MI)

Grand Valley State University has been implementing sustainability using an interdisciplinary integrated systems approach in administration, facilities services, campus dining; education and curriculum development, student involvement and community engagement and ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Sustainability Framework at Dalhousie University

• Dalhousie University (NS)

Dalhousie University has been involved in sustainability activities for over 20 years. Presently a comprehensive university-wide sustainability policy, framework, and/or system hasn't been adopted. Common decision-making tools such ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Impacting Campus & Community Sustainablility Initiatives Through the Scholarship of Engagement

• Florida State University (FL)

Higher education plays a pivotal role to ensure the world in which we exist is sustainable. We nurture individuals who will live their personal and professional lives based, largely, on ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Sustainability In Action

• University of Missouri, Kansas City (MO)

A case-study of the University Of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC) Sustainability Initiatives. Included are areas of Waste Reduction Strategies, Energy Management,Green Purchasing,Transportation,Grounds Management,Green Buildings, Funding, Education ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

UW Tower: Live Green-Work Green-Go Green

• University of Washington, Seattle (WA)

The University of Washington recently purchased Safeco Tower, an imposing landmark located in Seattle's university district. With all eyes on the tower, Transportation Services decided the timing was right ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Enacting Sustainable Initiatives on Campus

• Appalachian State University (NC)
• Perkins+Will (NY)

Environmental responsibility is embedded in our way of life and work - come find out how! Join us for an in depth look at sustainability through the lens of four issues ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Campus Planning for Sustainability and Education

• Evergreen State College, The (WA)
• ZGF Architects (OR)

The Evergreen State College, located on 1,000 forested acres in Olympia, Washington, is a unique, small, public, Liberal Arts College with the aggressive strategic objective of pursuing a 'net-zero ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Building a Vision and Culture for Safety and Sustainability

• CDM (MA)

The University of California, Riverside (UCR) has a vision to achieve outstanding health, safety, environmental, and sustainability performance as the foundation for integrating excellent sustainability, risk management, environmental, health, and ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

The Greening of a Community College

• Harford Community College (MD)

Harford Community College has been a leader of the nation's campus sustainability initiatives since 2001. This poster presentation will share how the college has institutionalized sustainability practices into all ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

UCSC Sustainability Assessment

• University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

The 2007 UCSC Sustainability Assessment was created to assess UCSC's current standing in sustainability and where UCSC could use improvement. This poster showcases the Assessment by explaining the process ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

The Architecture of an Institutional Framework for Campus-wide Sustainability

• West Virginia University (WV)

West Virginia University (WVU), a major land-grant institution is well aware of the shift in thinking and reality that campus sustainability is not only an important advantage in recruiting students ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

New Developments in Green Facilities Management

• Green Seal (DC)

Presenters will discuss several new and important elements of green facilities management including two new Green Seal pilot programs: the Green Facilities Partnership and the Green Purchasing Partnership. These programs ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Show Me the Money: Resources for Campus Sustainability Programs

• Ithaca College (NY)

How do you create a shared institutional understanding of and support for campus sustainability? How can you create "coalitions of the willing" to support curriculum development, campus operational modifications, and ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Launching Sustainability at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

• University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)

The Sustainable Saunders initiative at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is an inspiring case study of students leading the way for campus and state-wide sustainability. The interdisciplinary student team ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Field Report on The University of Oklahoma Sustainability and Green Initiatives and Actions

• University of Oklahoma (OK)

Green activity at OU has increased significantly over the past two years. A great deal of this is due to the structure that AASHE has provided as well as recent ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Toward Sustainable Decision Making

• Warren Wilson College (NC)

Shaping a sustainable future is the most pressing work of our time. To respond to this challenge, we must account for our profound influence upon the interdependent web of economic ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
• Conference Presentations
• View more

Environment & Planning (BA) (Hons)

• University of Liverpool

This degree gives students a full understanding of the main environmental challenges of the 21st century and provides students with the skills base to help address them. Students gain a ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
• Academic Programs
• View more

Environmental Planning, BSc (Hons)

• Anglia Ruskin University

The BSc Environmental Planning, accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute, prepares students fully for professional practice in town planning. The program deepens your understanding of the knowledge and skills ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
• Academic Programs
• View more

Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management (MS)

• The New School (NY)

Sustainability Management focuses on assuring an organization's enduring environmental, social, and financial health through comprehensive and balanced attention to its system of resources and stakeholders. A firm's chief ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
• Academic Programs
• View more

Master of Strategic Leadership Toward Sustainability

• Blekinge Institute of Technology

The aim of this programme is for each Master's graduate to: Have a thorough understanding of an intellectually strict, widely applicable framework for strategic sustainable development. To develop leadership ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
• Academic Programs
• View more

MSc in Sustainability, Planning, & Environmental Policy

• Cardiff University

Cardiff University's MSc Sustainability, Planning and Environmental Policy is suitable for graduates in subjects such as geography, sociology, politics, economics or other suitably qualified candidates. The course is specifically ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
• Academic Programs
• View more

Post Master Certificate in Sustainable Strategies

• The New School (NY)

Successful models of public administration and business management increasingly take into account the interconnections of ecological, social, and financial sustainability-the "triple bottom line" approach to planning and development. This creates ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
• Academic Programs
• View more

AASHE’s Board Retreat Insight

• AASHE (PA)

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) held a board retreat in early March at Stanford University. At the retreat we honed in on AASHE's ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

The AASHE Collaborative Vision Tree – A Study in Creative Assessment and Feedback Processes

• Portland State University (OR)
• AASHE (PA)

To build a resilient sustainability movement in higher education, we need to bring together diverse perspectives and work to design collaborative solutions. This paradigm shift includes refining the processes by ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Canadian STARS-Rated Campus Sustainability Plans: Priorities, Plan Creation and Design

• Dalhousie University (NS)

The use of integrated sustainability plans is an emerging trend in higher education institutions (HEIs) to set sustainability priorities and to create a work plan for action. This paper analyses ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Filling a Local Transportation Gap: Planning for a Cycling Future at York University

• York University (ON)

PURPOSE: This multifaceted study set out to: a) assess the current state of York University's cycling infrastructure; b) determine of feasibility of a bike share at York University's ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Transformation of Learning and Society

To help address the challenges of sustainable development, higher education institutions must transform themselves, bringing together best practice in quality management for tertiary education with best practice in education for ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

The University of Hawai'i System Heads Toward its First Sustainability Policy

• Hawaii Pacific University (HI)
• University of Hawaii Maui College (HI)
• University of Hawaii at Hilo (HI)
• AASHE (PA)

This month AASHE was invited to give a keynote presentation and overview of its Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) at the first-ever Hawai’i Sustainability in Higher Education ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Greening Universities Toolkit: Transforming universities into green and sustainable campuses

• United Nations Environment Programme

The focus of this Toolkit is to provide University staff and students with a selection of strategies, tools and resources, gleaned from the literature, from global case studies and from ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Are Canadian Universities Taking Sustainability Seriously? A case study analysis of sustainability initiatives at three Canadian campuses and the lessons decision-makers can learn from these efforts

• Carleton University (ON)

This study attempts to answer the question 'are universities taking sustainability seriously'? Specifically, this paper examines the extent higher education institutions have institutionalized sustainability into their decision-making processes. It investigates ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Climate Neutral Campus Report

• U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
• AASHE (PA)

This report by Kyoto Publishing, in collaboration with AASHE and USGBC, aims to educate major stakeholders about the successful initiatives and rapid return on investment that colleges and universities are ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Higher Education Leadership Stages and Strategies that Relate to Campus Environmental Sustainability at U.S. Colleges and Universities

• Mercer University (GA)

This study explored and described leadership strategy implementation stages that related to the development of environmental sustainability on college and university campuses within the United States. The goals of the ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

The Institutionalization of Sustainability at Willamette University A Case Study

• Willamette University (OR)

This case study will explore how Willamette evolved from its early beginnings in environmentalism, with various independent projects throughout campus, to becoming nationally recognized for its cohesive institutions that facilitate ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Sustainability at Universities - Opportunities, Challenges and Trends

This book provides a concrete contribution towards the goal of fostering sustainability at universities, by especially focusing on opportunities, challenges and trends. It contains a wide range of papers written ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

It's Not Easy Being Green: Assessments and Strategies for Sustainable Institutions

• Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Colleges and universities in the United States are responsible for 3 to 9 percent of domestic climate change emissions and have about 16% of the US population currently enrolled. Bringing ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

The Role of Sustainability in Higher Education

• Empire State College (NY)

Colleges and universities are often thought of as the places where young people pursue their educations, graduate and then enter the work force, but they are much more. With populations ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Organizational networks as catalysts for strategic sustainable development

• Blekinge Institute of Technology

In an increasingly connected and interdependent world, the global sustainability challenge needs to be addressed by organizational networks from a whole-systems perspective. This study explores organizations through the lens of ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Prototyping a campus sustainability management system

• University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)

A growing number of cities and universities have created sustainability plans that include specific environmental, social, and economic performance goals. Sustainability metrics or indicators are often used to track progress ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

The Campus Sustainability Movement: A strategic perspective

• Blekinge Institute of Technology

Society is facing a crisis of un-sustainability. The sector of higher education is well poised to support transition to a sustainable society. This thesis assesses the efforts of the Campus ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Sustainability in higher education

• Stony Brook University (NY)

Sustainability—"development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (qtd. in Clugston et al., 1)—is a vitally ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more

Energy Service Companies as a Component of a Comprehensive University Sustainability Strategy

• Clarion University of Pennsylvania (PA)
• Pennsylvania State University (PA)

This paper aims to quantify and critically analyze the best practices of a comprehensive environmental stewardship strategy (ESS), which included a guaranteed energy savings program (GESP) that utilized an energy ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2016
• Publications
• View more