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Sustainable Development: Transformational Outdoor Spaces
- Mohawk College (ON)
Mohawk College's Sustainable Landscape Plan provides a comprehensive vision for the design and programming of campus open spaces, supporting the creation of sustainable campuses with high quality outdoor spaces and …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Emphasizing Diversity and Equity in Your Sustainability Narrative
- Chemeketa Community College (OR)
As practitioners of sustainability, too often we take an approach that applies the dominant cultural sustainability paradigm (personal sustainability efforts and outdoor activities) and excludes social inequity (human and environmental …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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STARS Scoring as Metrics for a University Strategic Plan
- Appalachian State University (NC)
The Appalachian Experience: Envisioning a Just and Sustainable Future, provides direction for the Appalachian State University campus over the course of the next five years. The authors of the plan, …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Review of Sustainability Strategies of U.S. Universities and Federal Buildings
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Universities around the world share a common goal of making their campuses more sustainable and energy efficient. Significant investment has been made in the greening campus effort, yet the challenge …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Campus All-STARS: a model for streamlining reporting, improving performance, and creating synergies to advance sustainability
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The University of Washington is a globally recognized leader in sustainability. That leadership is only possible through the dedication and work of our many and diverse campus partners ranging from …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Arkansas Tech University Campus Master Plan: Embedding Resiliency in the Design Process
- Perkins+Will (NY)
For campuses looking to take a strategic long-term view of their future, strengthen stewardship of their facilities, and reinforce community integrity, resiliency is more than just a question of preparing …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Wake Up & Dream: An Ecovillage Planning Experience on Campus
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Wake Up & Dream was a 12-month planning process that explored the idea of building an ecovillage as an alternative to convention campus housing. Nine speakers were brought to campus …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Using the SDGs to progress sustainability
- Macquarie University (NSW)
The Sustainable Development Goals are the talk of the decade. Every nation state on the planet has signed up to achieve them - but what does this mean for tertiary …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The Road to Gold: Sustainability Success REALLY IS Written in the STARS
- Texas A&M University (TX)
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) has become a vital tool for Texas A&M University. Over time, we have learned how to better leverage STARS to improve sustainability …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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State of the Association Address: AASHE Member Meeting
- AASHE (MA)
Come join the AASHE Board and Staff while we present the AASHE 'state of the organization' address. You'll hear highlights from the member survey, programmatic priorities, and AASHE's vision for …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Senior Leadership Summit: Positioning Sustainability as Your Ultimate Innovation and Strategy Driver
- Harvard University (MA)
- Millersville University (PA)
AASHE's 2017 Senior Leadership Summit is an intensive professional development opportunity for senior leaders and their teams to accelerate their sustainability leadership impact by increasing the flow and adoption of …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Models for Collaborative and Implementable Pan-Campus Sustainability Plans
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Taking sustainability to the next level, for many higher education institutions, requires a strategic, long-range, and comprehensive sustainability plan. The process by which you develop content, engage the campus community …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Leveraging AASHE STARS for Organizational Change
- Boston University (MA)
Boston University's Sustainability Director and sustainability@BU Intern for STARS will review their process for gathering, vetting, and reporting data for submission to STARS. STARS has allowed the University to annually …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Resilient Randolph: analyzing risks and establishing measurable strategies for campus-community climate resilience
- Randolph College (VA)
Institutions, businesses, and communities are increasingly incorporating resilience strategies as an essential element of climate action planning to help prepare for the adverse impacts of climate change. In January 2017, …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Sustainability for Sustainability Professionals
- Emory University (GA)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
Successful implementation of a university's strategic plan for sustainability depends upon careful prioritization and time management. All institutions want to address a broad range of operational and academic opportunities related …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Managing for Triple-Bottom-Line Sustainability from the C-Suite to the Front Line Management Team
- Waste Management (TX)
- Butte County Air Quality Management District (CA)
- Dallas College (TX)
Attendees of this networking session will have the opportunity to interact with peers in all areas of sustainability through the lens of management, or 'Sustainability Management.' After a round of …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Sustainability Planning: Year One Into Implementation
- Portland Community College (OR)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
- University of Virginia (VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University began drafting their sustainability plan in 2015. The planning process relied heavily on input from both internal and external stakeholders. The planning process was so inclusive and …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Flow State Organizations: Organizational Design for Sustainability
- Harvard University (MA)
- University of Hawaii System Office (HI)
Our existing organization model has proven to be incapable of the pace, depth and breadth of change that the sustainability agenda requires. We need to co-create flow state organizations that …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Secrets to Campus Energy Success: Constructing a Comprehensive Renewable Energy Strategy
- University of Richmond (VA)
- Trio (CA)
Energy is one of the largest non-payroll operating costs for most colleges and universities. Campus budgets are exposed to volatile energy price fluctuations, rising over time. Electricity and natural gas …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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EMERGE: Mindshifting Through Emergent Leadership
- AASHE (MA)
- The EMERGE Leadership Project (WA)
If mindset is the most important place to leverage change in an institution, that that’s the place we want to intervene, but our own mindset is as important if we …
- Posted Nov. 30, 2017
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The Campus Sustainability Plan: A Community Building Momentum
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Progress on campus wide sustainability is not easy. It takes both planning and implementation to realize results. The University of Saskatchewan is realizing results from its Campus Sustainability Plan, developed …
- Posted May 19, 2017
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Next Generation Sustainability Strategy and Structure: Whole-Institution Approaches to Sustainability in Universities and Colleges
- Environmental Association for Universities & Colleges (EAUC) (Gloucestershire)
Across the U.K. and beyond there is growing recognition of the important contribution that the post-16 education sector can make towards a more sustainable future, well beyond addressing the environmental …
- Posted May 9, 2017
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A geographic approach to facilitating local climate governance: From emissions inventories to mitigation planning
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
It is increasingly recognized that municipal and regional scale governments play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. While universities possess many resources that …
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Next Level Sustainability Planning: Action Planning, Social Indicators, Community Partnerships, and Long-Range Planning
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- Yale University (CT)
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
Washington University in St. Louis, Yale University, and the University of British Columbia have recently undergone extensive sustainability strategic planning processes that have produced significantly more sophisticated and far-reaching plans. …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Revitalizing Sustainability in a Large, Urban Research Institution
- New York University (NY)
In 2007, New York University made a public commitment to reduce emissions by 30% by 2017. This goal was reached in 2012. In 2015, NYU made another commitment to reduce …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Seeing STARS: Institutionalizing Sustainability Data Collection & Reporting
- University of South Carolina (SC)
- Campus Labs (NY)
Recognizing the challenges of centralizing sustainability data collection and reporting, the University of South Carolina piloted two collection systems in 2015-16. Drawing on the deployment system and existing relationships of …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Entrepreneurial Thought and Action in Sustainability
- Babson College (MA)
In this presentation we will explore how the concept of Entrepreneurial Thought and Action can be applied to sustainability initiatives at your college or university. We will focus on: utilizing …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Working with Zero: Maximizing Partnerships to Meet Big Sustainability Goals
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Campus sustainability practitioners are often tasked to achieve goals using little funding and staffing. By maximizing networks both within and outside the traditional sustainability lens and connecting campus resources, Zero …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Campus Resilience: Prioritizing Goals and Strategies Through Collaborative Gaming
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
- LHB, Inc. (MN)
This workshop engages participants in Campus Resilience, an educational and collaborative campus-building game whose goal is to achieve institutional carbon neutrality while maintaining resilience: campus academic, cultural, environmental, and financial …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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CURC Campus Recycling Workshop
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
The College and University Recycling Coalition (CURC) workshop brings together experts in the field of waste reduction and diversion at institutions of higher education. This year's workshop will focus on …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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UBC Sustainability - Canadian Flag
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
A first university in Canada to open a sustainability office and develop a sustainable development policy, UBC developed a 20-year sustainability strategy as a long-term framework to embed sustainability across …
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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UBC Sustainability
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
The university is working to embed sustainability across teaching, learning and research, operations and infrastructure, and the community.
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Climate Ready BU - Assessing the Campus for the Impacts of Climate Change
- Boston University (MA)
Much of the Boston University campuses are located less than five feet above today's high tide. With projections for sea level rise a cause for concern this century, the University …
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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UNCG Collaborative Planning for Key Thoroughfare
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
Model community engagement that resulted in a mixed use village-style development on a major municipal thoroughfare in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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The Big Ten Prospectus: Aligning Sustainability with Collective Mission Level Priorities
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Central Office (NJ)
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
- University of Iowa (IA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- Purdue University (IN)
With higher education facing ongoing budget cuts, top to bottom reviews of programs and policies, and critical questions regarding the value of a college education, we—as sustainability professionals—must be able …
- Posted June 11, 2016
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Mohawk College Environmental Management Plan
- Mohawk College (ON)
In 2011, Mohawk College was the first college in Ontario, Canada to release a comprehensive Environmental Management Plan (EMP) that laid out steps to enhance campus sustainability and set a …
- Posted June 11, 2016
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The Morris Model: Catalyzing Community Resilience, Energy Conservation and Clean Energy Planning and Action
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) has demonstrated a successful planning approach with partners across the state to build climate resilience into the consciousness and planning efforts of the city …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Ohio University's Professional Development Program for the Advancement of Sustainability
- Ohio University (OH)
Ohio University's Office of Sustainability designed a Professional Development Program to advance the university's sustainability profile, particularly with its built environment. On a monthly basis staff from Architecture, Design and …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Restructuring our Sustainability Advisory Committee to Increase Stakeholder Engagement and Advance Sustainability
- Missouri State University (MO)
In support of the University’s Sustainability Vision Statement, the Sustainability Advisory Committee created four new subcommittees, corresponding to the major STARS categories: Academics, Engagement, Operations and Planning and Administration. The …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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UBC Okanagan Whole Systems Infrastructure Plan - Aspiring toward Regenerative Sustainability
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
This case study describes how UBC Okanagan created and leveraged an opportunity to develop an innovative, holistic campus sustainability plan that responds to UBC’s regenerative aspirations; what the Plan is; …
- Posted June 10, 2016
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The Virginia Tech Green RFP Program
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Student engagement is an important factor in advancing sustainability at Virginia Tech. The University created the “Request for Proposal for Sustainability Initiatives from Student Organizations Program (Green RFP Program)” to …
- Posted June 9, 2016
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Lowell Canal Bridges TIGER Grant: Campus-Community Partnerships Leveraging Transformative Change
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) is a fast growing university nestled within our host community of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell enjoys an authentic urban character structured …
- Posted June 9, 2016
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Framing a Turkish Campus Sustainability Assessment System
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Sustainable campus design and planning in Higher Education requires an entire action plan and coordination of physical, educational, and social systems. Many institutions in the world are defining their sustainable …
- Posted June 8, 2016
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A Model for Creating a Campus Sustainability Plan
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
There are ample excellent reasons why all workplaces should create a sustainability plan, including most importantly the health of the planet. Climate change threatens the biosphere, ocean, atmosphere, our water, …
- Posted June 6, 2016
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Sustainability Peer Educator Program - Simon Fraser University
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
Program Vision: Students are confident, informed, and active sustainability leaders who have the skills and experience to advance sustainability at and beyond SFU.
The Sustainability Peer Education program empowers students …
- Posted June 6, 2016
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The Role of Pro-Environmental Behavior Change in Sustainability Planning and Programming in Higher Education
- Ohio University (OH)
Behavior change is a prominent topic among sustainability practitioners in higher education, but what role does pro-environmental behavior change play in sustainability planning and programming at institutions of higher education? …
- Posted May 25, 2016
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A mathematical decision-making procedure to assist in the development of sustainability plans based on the STARS framework
- Dominican University of California (CA)
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to establish an objective mathematical decision-making procedure to help universities prioritize credits, while using the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) framework …
- Posted May 6, 2016
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Higher education’s sustainability imperative: how to practically respond?
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe four phases for how universities have addressed a sustainability agenda and offer specific lessons for how and where experiences on …
- Posted April 25, 2016
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IPaC: Information for Planning and Conservation
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
IPaC is a project planning tool that allows the user to:
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See if any threatened or endangered species, critical habitat, migratory birds or other natural resources may be impacted by …
- Posted March 24, 2016
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Five-Year Evolution of Campus Sustainability Programs
- Bentley University (MA)
- Boston University (MA)
Many campus sustainability programs around the country are coming of age. Those programs which started between the years of 2008-2011 are reaching a critical turning point where their ability to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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