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Master in Social Responsibility & Sustainable Communities
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
The Master of Arts in Social Responsibility & Sustainable Communities is learning in action. As a student in this program you'll have the opportunity to conduct an action research project …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Architectural Engineering
- Lawrence Technological University (MI)
This unique program offers a combined Bachelor's of Science and Master Degree in 5 years. Architectural engineers have the artistic vision to understand what an architect is trying to accomplish, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Environmental Analysis & Decision Making
- Rice University (TX)
Environmental Analysis and Decision Making is geared to teach students rigorous methods that are needed by industrial and governmental organizations to deal with environmental issues. It is a cross-disciplinary effort …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Environmental Engineering
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
The Environmental Engineering graduate program focuses on pollution control, pollution prevention, and the correction of pollution impacts on natural and/or human environments. The program includes coursework in drinking water treatment, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Resource Management & Conservation
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
The Master of Science in Resource Management and Conservation is designed for the professional who seeks an effective leadership role in 21st century environmental management. The impacts of development on …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Architectural Science (Sustainable Design)
- University of Sydney (NSW)
The Master of Architecture (Sustainable Design) involves an approach to creating buildings that meets the world's need to reduce our impact on ecological systems. The built environment professions "including architects, …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Society and Ecosystems - Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate
- University of Missouri (MO)
The Society and Ecosystems Program (SEP) is a unique interdisciplinary program that prepares students for careers with private and public organizations through advanced graduate level training and research. The certificate …
- Posted July 5, 2018
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Developing a Successful Student Sustainability Internship Program on a Liberal Arts Campus
- Colgate University (NY)
In this case study, we will walk attendees through the development process of Colgate's Sustainability Internship program that I have worked with from its creation through its current iteration. In …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Making Short Work of a Tall Order: Maximizing Resources with STARS
- University of Calgary (AB)
How nice would it be to deliver STARS with no deadlines and unlimited resources? We all know, however, each institution is faced with its own unique constraints when implementing STARS. …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Social Marketing/Behavior Change Practitioner Meetup
- University of Georgia (GA)
- Busch Systems International Inc. (ON)
Are you interested in using marketing as a behavior change agent? Me too! Let's get together for a focused discussion about goals, challenges, and successes in your behavior change programs. …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Business Sustainability 2.0: Moving from Enterprise Integration to Market Transformation and the Necessary Changes in the Business System
- University of Michigan (MI)
Enterprise Integration has been with us since the mid 1990s. It involves integrating sustainability into existing business logics (such as operational efficiency, cost of capital, consumer demand, etc.) and the …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Creating and Maintaining Public Archives: Green Fund Website Redesign
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
With help from our Student Union Marketing Team, The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) at UC Berkeley has entirely rebuilt its website on a new platform, creating a public archive of …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Unity House
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
- Thornton Tomasetti (ME)
- Bensonwood Homes (NH)
Completed in 2008, the 1,937-square-foot, LEED Platinum Unity House is the on-campus home of Unity College's President. Unity House was designed and built with education in mind. It hosts special …
- Posted July 6, 2012
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Creation of a Pollinator Garden at Farmingdale State College
- State University of New York at Farmingdale (NY)
In the Spring of 2023 Farmingdale State College's Office for Sustainability partnered with the college's Horticulture department to design an on-campus pollinator garden. The site is currently a 100 square …
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Self-operated vs. corporate contract: A study of food procurement at two universities in Manitoba
- University of Manitoba (MB)
- University of Waterloo (ON)
Public institutions are increasingly being pressured to demonstrate how they are meeting their responsibilities and obligations to sustainability. Yet there is little academic research on food procurement at universities in …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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UC Merced's 1st Annual Earth Month Celebration
- University of California, Merced (CA)
Earth Month was an opportunity for UC Merced organizations and departments as well as Merced Community members to come together in an effort to increase student engagement with our campus …
- Posted May 17, 2018
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The Future is Co-Created: EfS Through Relationship Building in the Delaware Valley
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- PHENND (PA)
This session will introduce the new PHENND Sustainability network. Starting as a community of practitioners interested in finding partners for real-world Education for Sustainability (EfS), PHENND Sustainability has grown into …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Beyond Campus Roofs: Solar for the Community
- University of Utah (UT)
U Community Solar is an innovative program to give the University of Utah a local, tangible way to offset its carbon footprint over the next 20 years. The one-time program …
- Posted June 10, 2015
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Leonardo da Vinci to Higher Education: Lead us on a Healthy, Just and Sustainable Path Now
- Portland State University (OR)
Humanity is at crossroads without historical precedent. Because of the extraordinary and exponential growth of population and the expansive dynamic of industrial capitalism, humans have become pervasive and dominant forces …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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AMS Climate Studies: A Great Primer for Green College Programs
- American Meteorological Society (DC)
As a greater number of educational institutions unveil green degree programs and reduce their environmental footprint, basic climate literacy is of utmost importance. To meet that growing demand, the American …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting Endowment Investing, Experiential Education and Curriculum to Build a Sustainable Economy
- Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
This session will discuss the growth of student-managed investment funds pursuing sustainable investing strategies, as well as the growth of sustainable investing curriculum development, highlighting current successful funds and courses, …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Exploring Deep Decarbonization on a Research Intensive Campus
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
- Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (WI)
Caltech is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, whose mission is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. For the past decade, Caltech …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Studying Plug Load Savings from Idle Devices in Unoccupied Buildings during the Pandemic
- Stanford University (CA)
During the pandemic, some unoccupied buildings at Stanford were reaping less electricity savings than expected. In these particular buildings, heating and cooling had been turned off, and all occupants were …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Best Practices in Using the Campus as a Living Lab
- Rice University (TX)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
Using the campus as a living lab for applied sustainability learning is a powerful way for students to learn about sustainability and develop key sustainability competencies, and is an important …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Benchmarking tools for assessing and tracking sustainability in higher educational institutions: Identifying an effective tool for the University of Saskatchewan
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Purpose
The University of Saskatchewan (UofS) has indentified five areas of campus life critical to improving the university's sustainability performance: education, research, operations, governance, and community engagement. In recognition of …
- Posted May 6, 2016
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Environmental Chemistry Concentration, BS
- Bridgewater State University (MA)
The Environmental Chemistry Concentration incorporates the Chemistry Department's overall goal to emphasize the fundamental role of chemistry within global society by providing students with courses that integrate sustainability, green chemistry, …
- Posted Jan. 31, 2017
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Chemistry BS
- Montclair State University (NJ)
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Montclair State University has been actively engaged in Green Chemistry education since the early 1990’s. In addition to offering an advanced undergraduate course …
- Posted March 1, 2017
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Getting Their Attention: The Facts and Stats to get Your Sustainability Proposal Accepted
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
The single most important and often most challenging step in initiating a campus sustainability program is gaining alignment from university officials. At last year's AASHE Conference, a conversation was begun …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Growing a Successful RecycleMania Campaign
- University of Iowa (IA)
RecycleMania has grown at the University of Iowa from a quiet program in 2013 and a 5th place finish in the Big Ten to a well-known time of the year …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Natural Environment Planning for the Urban Campus
- Dalhousie University (NS)
Dalhousie University is located in the heart of the urban core. The Office of Sustainability, with committee guidance, has developed a natural environment plan for the University. The plan considers …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Moving Beyond the Hole: From Waste Stream to Resource Stream
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
- GreenerU (MA)
- Waste Management (TX)
Solid waste management on campuses has gone from containers on the curb hauled to a hole in the ground, to iterations of recycling, to the once previously unfathomable and now …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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1 MW Seventh Avenue Ground Mount Array
- California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)
- SunEdison
The 6.4-acre solar panel array – consisting of approximately 3,900 panels – was installed at ground level on a vacant lot on the east side of Seventh Avenue, between Col. …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Center for Integrative Conservation Research
- University of Georgia (GA)
Established in 2007 after several years of planning and funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the CICR seeks to bring together conservation experts from across disciplines …
- Posted May 15, 2017
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Building Campus-Community Relationships and Resilience
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- Precipitate, PLLC (MN)
Located in Northern Minnesota, Bemidji State University (BSU) operates within a dispersed, rural, and diverse community. Bemidji State staff and faculty will be joined by planning consultant Precipitate to share …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Shooting for the STARS - How your Campus can use STARS to Measure Progress Toward the SDGs
- University of Calgary (AB)
In late 2017, the University of Calgary was selected by public vote as a UN Sustainable Development Goal winner in Canada. The majority of outcomes that attracted this positive recognition …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Is it 'Socially Sustainable' if no one Hears About It?: Living Wage Policies, Practices, and Adoption in Higher Education
- Saint Joseph's University (PA)
Concern for the rights and dignity of workers have fueled growing calls for laws either increasing the minimum wage or adopting a living wage scheme. In lieu of wage legislation, …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Fostering Student Engagement and Learning Through Campus Gardens
- State University of New York at Geneseo (NY)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
Leah McCord, AmeriCorps VISTA member serving at the University of Tennessee Office of Sustainability, will share her office's experience of proposing and implementing the Grow Lab. The Grow Lab is …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Nova Bike Share Program
- Villanova University (PA)
Villanova University launched Nova Bike Share in the fall of 2014. Both undergraduate and graduate students can rent a bike for a semester or academic year. Nova Bike Share is …
- Posted June 10, 2015
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Using parking pricing as a travel demand management tool at a university campus: an example for Istanbul Technical University
This study investigates the potential effects of parking pricing on the private vehicle use of residents of the campuses of large compounds such as universities. For this purpose, a parking …
- Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Education Combines with Place-based Education in UVM Graduate-level Team-taught Service-learning Integrative Course
- University of Vermont (VT)
PLACE (Place-based Landscape Analysis & Community Engagement) Program applies landscape analysis and whole systems thinking to fostering a sense of place and a sustainable future in local communities. It seeks …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Going Carbon Neutral - Giving Everyone a Voice, With Students Leading the Charge
- University of Victoria (BC)
Dr. Simon Pek and Dr. Rick Cotton will take you on Gustavson School of Business' journey to carbon neutrality. In sharing the story of this success their aim is to …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Power of One: How a Physics Professor Saved Italy from Big Oil Through Education, Activism and Community Outreach
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
Trained as a physicist, Dr. Maria D'Orsogna is a hands-on activist fighting to protect the Italian countryside and seas from Big Oil. Maria first learned of proposed oil activities in …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Implementation of ZotWheels Automated Bikeshare at the University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
ZotWheels bikeshare is the first automated bikeshare program in California and only the second at a university in the United States. ZotWheels was designed and implemented by Parking and Transportation …
- Posted June 29, 2010
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Tackling Scope 3 in any Universities Supply Chain
- American University (DC)
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Aramark (PA)
- Persefoni (AZ)
Scope 3 is a global blind spot for most universities, as well as most organizations. Scope 3 - Category 1 - Purchased Goods and Services - provides universities with a …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Striving and Planning for Zero Waste
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
Many universities are now striving to become 'Zero Waste' campuses, where all materials are diverted away from a landfill or incinerator through recycling and composting efforts. This lofty, but important, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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That Status of LEED on College and University Campuses
- Middlebury College (VT)
- Leonardo Academy (WI)
This session provides an overview and analysis of the current state of the LEED rating system on college and university campuses based on the findings of Leonardo Academy's 2017 survey …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Less is More: How Plumbing Products Contribute to Water Conservation
- Kohler Co. (WI)
As water conservation is becoming an important issue worldwide, the need for plumbing products that preserve water is also increasing. Whether you are specifying plumbing products that meet the criteria …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Managing Campus Forests to Meet Carbon Neutrality Goals at Colgate University
- Colgate University (NY)
Deforestation, land use changes and poor land management practices are major contributors to global climate change. Alternatively, sustainable forest management and conservation of open lands must be an important part …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Urban Studies (BS)
- Stanford University (CA)
The Urban Studies program treats urbanism as an interdisciplinary field; it brings together students, faculty, and outside specialists concerned with cities and the impacts of cities on society and people's …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Environmental Earth Science Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Environmental Earth Science minor focuses broadly on the natural sciences, using earth science as a base to expand outward. Interrelationships are key to this course of study and the …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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