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Why a Social Justice Framework Is the Only Way to Climate Justice and Deep Sustainability
- Hackman Consulting Group
This poster session lays out the rationale for the absolute need for a social justice framework when doing climate justice and sustainability work by making three essential points: 1. How ...
- 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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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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Georgetown University Professor’s Ferguson Syllabus Growing Nationwide
Two summers ago, shortly after the fatal shooting of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown by a White police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Dr. Marcia Chatelain’s sadness deepened when she ...
- Posted Oct. 25, 2016
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The Relationship of Social Justice Beliefs to Environmental Attitudes among Students at a Private University
- University of St. Thomas Houston (TX)
The goal of the present study was to examine the relationship of social justice beliefs, gender, religiousness, and ethnicity on environmental attitudes among college students at a private university. Participants ...
- Posted Oct. 17, 2016
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Root Program at Williams College
- Williams College (MA)
Williams College Root leaders emulate the Mighty Food Farm flexing tomato logo after an afternoon of volunteering on the Southern Vermont farm.
The non profit organization Manos Unidas led Williams ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Campus sustainability at the edges: Emotions, relations, and bio-cultural connections
- Temple University (PA)
The university campus is often considered a key site for the development of environmental sustainability initiatives. At the same time, the concept and practice of sustainability has been critiqued for ...
- Posted June 20, 2016
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Social Impact Solar
- California State University, East Bay (CA)
Poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability are the biggest issues facing humanity today. Located in the richest state in the nation, with the nation’s most aggressive renewable energy programs, Cal ...
- Posted June 9, 2016
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Solar Energy Justice in Portland
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
Project Description We are two Environmental Studies majors pursuing a project to put solar panels on affordable housing in Portland. We are working with Central City Concern (CCC) to put ...
- Posted June 1, 2016
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UIC Heritage Garden
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
The Heritage Garden at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a hands-on learning project with an internship program where students work with faculty, staff, and community members to ...
- Posted May 31, 2016
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Business pedagogy for social justice? An exploratory investigation of business faculty perspectives of social justice in business education
- York University
What needs to happen in business schools to create a space for social justice? In this article I explore business faculty members’ perspectives on social justice as a means of ...
- Posted May 10, 2016
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Earth Day at University of Maryland
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Students at the University of Maryland hosted the annual Earth Day Festival at the Stamp Student Union on Friday, April 22. This year's theme for the event was social ...
- Posted May 5, 2016
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Embracing Social Sustainability in Design Education: A Reflection on a Case Study in Haiti
Sustainable design issues are complex and multi-faceted and need integration in the education of young designers. Current research recommends a holistic view based on problem-solving and inter-disciplinary work, yet few ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Social Justice Minor
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
The minor in Social Justice (SJ) is for undergraduate students who are interested in incorporating an in-depth awareness of social issues into their fields of study and careers. Humanities and ...
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Social Justice Organizing Program
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (PA)
The Social Justice Organizing (SJO) program at RRC trains rabbis to be Jewish leaders in bringing about a socially just, environmentally sustainable and spiritually fulfilling society. It is the first ...
- Posted April 12, 2016
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"Seeing Systems" Discussion Activity on Peace, Justice and Sustainability Issues
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
Active, personally relevant learning is at the heart of an effective education. This discussion
activity takes students and other campus participants through a process of exploring sustainability through small group ...
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Living Wage Calculator
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
The Living Wage Calculator (U.S.) was first created in 2004 by Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The living wage model is an alternative measure ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Teaching Systemic Sustainability through a Local Lens: A Minnesota Experience in Engaging Students with the Greater Community
- Prescott College (AZ)
One critical component of sustainability education is to help students understand the interconnectedness of environmental and social justice issues. The intersection of sustainability education, service learning, and social justice offers ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The State of Race: Searching for Social Justice in America & Sustainability
- Texas A&M University (TX)
America is at a crossroads; racial tensions have reached a boiling point and we need a meaningful dialogue about race and racism at AASHE. Race is often left out of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Voices from Minnesota's Youth Climate Movement: Organizing at the Intersection of Climate Change & Social Justice
- Grand Aspirations (MN)
- Macalester College (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (MN)
- Will Steger Foundation (MN)
- Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MN)
This panel discussion will feature stories from 6 vibrant Minnesota youth organizations working at the intersection of climate change and social justice. Across the state, youth are leading campaigns and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Identity Caucus: The Intersection of Sustainability and Identity
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
During this section attendees will split into different groups depending on the identity that most resonate with them. The discussion will focus on how the intersection of these identities correlates ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Galvanizing Gaia: A Social Incubator for Women Leaders and Innovators (2015)
- Prescott College (AZ)
Join in the creation of a supportive context for women sustainability entrepreneurs and campus program innovators to move from idea to action with their regenerative project ideas. This dynamic half-day ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Social Justice in Sustainability Education
- Texas A&M University (TX)
While current concepts of sustainability include environmental, economic, and social justice dimensions, it is clear, in practice, that social justice is often neglected. We see this trend within sustainability initiatives ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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George Washington Carver, A Role Model for Sustainability
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
Through a brief presentation and a clip from a recent documentary, learn about George Washington Carver, arguably one of the premier forefathers of the sustainability movement in the United States ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The GW Eco-Equity Challenge: student innovators and community partners address environmental and climate justice
- George Washington University (DC)
Universities as anchor institutions have an important role to play in their communities. Students often bring their innovative ideas to solve social problems to university leaders for support. This case ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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No Impact Meal: A Guide to an Interactive Cooking Experience of Food Sustainability and Social Justice
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
The case study focuses on the journey of the No Impact Meal from the narrative, 'No Impact Man,' to a First-Year Convocation Picnic, and ultimately an intimate, interactive food experience ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Transforming Sustainability Education: Curricular and Co-Curricular Tools for Engaging the Social Dimensions of Change
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
This interactive, participatory round table workshop will provide context around why transformative learning and deeper engagement in sustainability issues is important, drawing from the work of the Northwest Earth Institute ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Change through Systemic Thinking & Resilient Practices
- Co3 Consulting (WA)
The juxtaposition of the Iceberg Method by Peter Senge and the Domains of Resilience created by the Institute of HeartMath is a great way to introduce systemic thinking and resilient ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Business and Social Justice: Review and Analysis
- Seattle University (WA)
BACKGROUND: Today we academics consider ‘sustainability’ to encompass social impacts and resulting justice implications as well as environmental impacts and long-range implications, but in the realm of ‘Sustainable Business,’ the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Canadian On-Campus Sustainability and Social Justice Initiatives
- York University
Canadian On-Campus Sustainability and Social Justice Initiatives: Findings from a national research project Students are often the initial driver of new community-benefit initiatives on campuses. Regenesis, a Canadian on-campus sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Liberate your Literacy: How Sustainability & Social Justice Interact
- Portland State University (OR)
Ecoliteracy pioneers Stone & Barlow (2014) emphasize that creating social change requires resilient relationships within the larger ecological and social community. However, we are born into a society in the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Global Sustainability for Social Justice
- Santa Clara University (CA)
Santa Clara University’s Food & Agribusiness Institute (FAI) offers a unique approach to immersion trips; they are designed differently than other trips sponsored by universities, and even from other ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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What is Old is New Again: Readapt Strategies to Engage Students in Leadership, Social Justice, and Sustainability
- Clemson University (SC)
In our work with students, it is important to be able to articulate what we value on a daily basis. Within University Housing and Dining Services at Clemson University, Residential ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Stronger Together: Collaboration Opportunities for Campus Diversity Officers and Campus Sustainability Officers
- Cornell University (NY)
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- Yale University (CT)
- McGill University (QC)
Campus diversity and inclusion departments educate and engage students, staff and faculty to promote inclusion, diversity and equity. Campus sustainability departments educate and engage students, staff and faculty about how ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building an Inclusive Climate Justice Movement on Campus across Race, Class, and Gender Lines
- Second Nature (MA)
- United Negro College Fund (GA)
The climate isn’t just for the 1%. How can students ensure their climate planning and action are gender, race, and economically inclusive? The American College & University Presidents’ Climate ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting People to Products and Services: Creating Active Citizenry Through Knowledge Systems
- College of Charleston (SC)
In 2005, The College of Charleston joined the Fair Labor Association in response to pressure from students, faculty, and staff, to be more cognizant of the impacts of their corporate ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Neigborhood Resilience, Using Waste to Build Justice Locally and Internationally
- Trevecca Nazarene University (TN)
Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in Manila, Philippines is a ‘sister school’ to Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) in Nashville, TN. Both schools are located in highly stressed urban environments ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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UC Berkeley's Building Sustainability at Cal Class: The Integration of Social Justice Into Sustainability Education
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Building Sustainability at Cal (BS@C) class is a unique course on the campus of UC Berkeley—gathering students from diverse disciplines to learn about and form the future ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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An Historian's Critique of the Sustainability Triangle
- Xavier University (OH)
This paper examines the traditional sustainability triangle—economy, environment and society—from an historical perspective. I argue that the sustainability triangle and its attendant well-used concept of sustainable development arose ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating EcoHouse: A Student Driven Approach to Sustainability and Social Justice
- State University of New York at Geneseo (NY)
This poster discusses residential living as a venue for learning and community engagement in sustainability and social justice. At our small, rural, public liberal arts college, education extends beyond the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Eco-Reps' Sister Organization: Including Social Justice Peer Educators on Your Campus
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Research shows peer education is one of the most effective ways to reach students today. Many campuses host an Eco-Rep program, often as paid positions. These programs tend to focus ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Equity, Well-Being, and the Environment: Building New Programmatic Bridges
- Cornell University (NY)
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
Healthy people working together across differences are critical to building a sustainable campus and community. Today there are new approaches on our campuses that simultaneously enhance the well-being and equity ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Yale Community Carbon Fund; Reducing Emissions and Increasing Economic Security in Local Communities
- Yale University (CT)
The Yale Community Carbon Fund seeks both to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase economic security for low-income people living in New Haven. Funds are raised through a combination ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Roadmap Toward a Future Where Social Equity, Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Inclusion Promotes Student Success
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System Office (KY)
Based on the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) initiative to facilitate cultural change and diversity across the system of 16 colleges, the presentation will use open space technologies ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Social Sustainability Month: Creating Campus-wide Networks to Build a More Holistic Sustainability Movement
- Portland State University (OR)
By institutionalizing an annual designated time for dialogue between students, staff, faculty, and community, projects like Social Sustainability Month (SSM) can increase capacity for university collaboration and partnerships. This session ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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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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Be Socially Sustainable: Bringing the Social into Sustainability Planning & Outreach
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Sustainability is out of balance, the environmental and economic aspects are tipping the scales at institutions of higher education and leaving the social aspects behind. As discussed in a recent ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Occupy Education: Learning and Living Sustainability
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
The presenter offers a visual summary of her book by the same title. Her work is motivated by the sustainability crisis and energized by the drive for social justice that ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Visualizing and Modeling the Drivers in a Holistic Built Environment: Social Justice through Spatial Tools
- Los Angeles Community College District (CA)
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College (CA)
Through years of teaching real projects in architecture and environmental design to a diverse mix of urban Los Angeles students, a new innovative model was born. The model drives change ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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