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Agroecology Certificate
- Florida International University (FL)
This interdisciplinary program under the Department of Earth and Environment is aimed at providing students with an opportunity to learn problems and issues that emerge from the interface between agriculture, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Green and Sustainable Energy Systems
- Kent State University (OH)
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power system technology is one of the greenest and sustainable energy technologies that tackle the global energy-environmental challenges. In the U.S., approximately 70% of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting Students and Community to Sustainability with Short Videos
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
In this session we will explore how to incorporate students and alumni in the teaching and learning process in sustainability studies through the use of short videos. We will discuss …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Reenergizing America: Bridging Generation And Culture Gaps & A Plan For A New Environmental Decade
- Clark Atlanta University (GA)
There is a fierce urgency to engage, educate, and embrace the next generation of environmental leaders throughout America, particularly on the campuses of our colleges and universities; but who is …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Allocating a Student Green Fund - First year experience
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WI)
This informational presentation will provide an overview and go into detail about our first year of experience with our University's student green fund. The presentation will cover the structure, and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Harvesting the Wind: Productive Student Engagement in Campus Sustainability
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
While students are generally recognized as critical to the success of campus sustainability endeavors - many student groups are prime movers, in fact - their rapid turnover and apparent distractability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creation of Interdisciplinary Sustainability Undergraduate Curriculum
- University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus (CO)
The University of Colorado Denver initiated a faculty led signature area in sustainability to explore the potential of either a major or minor in sustainability. This PowerPoint presentation will cover …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting with community for striking a sustainable balance: a documentary about student experience in a biosphere reserve
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve (SK)
Striking Balance is a documentary series, launching Fall 2016, to celebrate Canada's 16 biosphere reserves-learning sites for research and education about biodiversity conservation and sustainability. Created by UNESCO, biosphere reserves …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Using the Social Cost of Carbon as an Ingredient to Minimize Life Cycle Cost and Carbon
- Miami University (OH)
Optimizing a campus's utility master plan to minimize its twenty-five year life cycle cost is one thing, but add the social cost of carbon to the mix and the results …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Breaking into the Sustainability and Higher Education Profession
- Northwestern University (IL)
After speaking with numerous sustainability coordinators and directors, it has become clear that this emerging field brings in creative, hardworking, and versatile professionals from varying backgrounds. This is both exciting …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Free Bikes For Students: UAF Green Bikes
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)
Ever biked at -40ºF? Students in Alaska do! UAF Green Bikes program strives to make UAF a more enjoyable place to study, work and live by increasing sustainable transportation, student …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Rad Recruitment and Retention of Peer to Peer Educators
- Northern Michigan University (MI)
The primary focus of this presentation is to share the successful strategies for a peer to peer sustainability educator program through the two key components of recruitment and retention, with …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Demystifying that Six Syllable Word: Designing an Effective Intro to Sustainability
- University of Richmond (VA)
With so many different definitions of sustainability on a university campus, it can be difficult to find people who share a common understanding of that tricky six syllable word. For …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Developing a Doctoral Program in Sustainability
- University of South Dakota (SD)
The University of South Dakota (USD) has proposed a new graduate program in sustainability that would build upon USD's existing academic and research leadership in sustainability in the state and …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Hall Move out, With a Twist.
- University of Arizona (AZ)
This session will review the University of Arizona's Hall Move-Out project. Project goals are to collect sellable goods from students moving out of residence halls and hold a rummage sale …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Beyond the Ivory Tower: Participating in City and State Sustainability Initiatives and Challenges
- New York University (NY)
As sustainability professionals in institutes of higher education, many of us have seen first-hand the impacts of our work. We have seen how large-scale energy, waste management, and engagement projects …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Decolonization and Transformation of Higher Education for Sustainability
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
This article argues that institutions of higher education (IHEs) require a fundamental paradigm shift toward an Indigenous Knowledge (IK) model inclusive of Indigenous Peoples, perspectives, and values. This model acknowledges …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Implementing Sustainability in Library Instruction: The Journey to Creating a Crowdsourced Mission Statement Informed by Positionalities and Core Values
- New Mexico State University (NM)
This chapter shares the process and rationale behind a library workshop with the Reference and Research Services Department and Archives and Special Collections Department at the New Mexico State University …
- Posted April 13, 2023
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Meeting Climate Action Plan goals through the introduction of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) at West Chester University
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
West Chester University's President signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment in October, 2010 and a Climate Action Plan (CAP) was written. One objective of CAP was to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Meets Brown: University of Louisville Eco-Reps and Community Composting
- University of Louisville (KY)
The University of Louisville Eco-Reps are a sustainability training & networking group offering certifications, hosting monthly lunches, local speakers, & field trips, and organizing volunteer projects. Our longest-running project was …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Determining the GHG Emissions from Composting at The University of Arizona
- University of Arizona (AZ)
This study uses leading industry standards to quantify the net greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) associated with Compost Cats, a student-run composting program at The University of Arizona. The Climate Action …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Introducing Sustainable Practices Into a Reluctant Environment: A Case Study of a University Library
- Lehigh University (PA)
The challenge on any University campus is too change the often headstrong mindsets of both students as well as staff when it comes to issues of sustainability. Some institutions have …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How universities understand sustainability and its implications for action
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
The integration of sustainability across Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has produced an emerging field around defining sustainability. Despite the increase in universities transitioning towards more sustainable institutions, and the importance …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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To the Heights: Sustainability at the University of Puget Sound
- University of Puget Sound (WA)
In a city with 37 inches of annual rainfall, effective stormwater management in the Tacoma region is essential to a safe water supply and healthy Puget Sound. The effects of …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Sustainability Curriculum in UK University Sustainability Reports
- Oxford Brookes University
One of the major barriers to incorporating sustainability in the higher education (HE) curriculum is its absence from the university sustainability strategy, the annual reflection of which is the annual …
- Posted Nov. 6, 2019
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Global Collaboration, Local Action: Insights and Ideas from two International Networks
- Yale University (CT)
- International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) (MA)
Comprised of 11 members, the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) established a campus sustainability initiative in 2009.This group's outputs to-date include a student exchange program, conferences, and a co-authored …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Improving Sustainable Purchasing Through Business Services Systems and Practices
- Stanford University (CA)
The purchase of supplies by staff in universities is connected to the use of energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste. The types and quantities of supplies purchased in universities …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Beyond Policy: Sustainable Catering at an Institutional Level
- Emory University (GA)
- America To Go (NY)
How many sustainable catering policies, goals, and guidelines are hard-fought and won, but face the challenge of ubiquitous adoption across the institution? Goals for landfill diversion, waste reduction, and sustainable …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Powerz - Garden Your Campus @ NTU
- Nanyang Technological University
- ENGIE (TX)
The Energy Research Institute (ERI@N) and ENGIE (formerly GDF Suez), a leader in energy services and solutions, launched a large-scale pilot project, called POWERZ, on the NTU Campus.
NTU's aim …
- Posted June 10, 2015
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Pathways to cleaner production in the Americas I: bridging industry-academia gaps in the transition to sustainability
The transition to sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is hindered by low demand for environmentally-benign industrial development strategies, and a limited supply of professionals to enact such …
- Posted May 8, 2018
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"Who's the Contact Person for That?": Creating Sustainability Hubs for More Effective Connection
- Binghamton University (NY)
The strengths of academic institutions are often related to research, curricula, and pedagogy. While these are critical areas to highlight, there are often several additional innovative initiatives and activities occurring …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Looking ahead to 2030: Updating the University of California Sustainable Food Policy
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In 2009, the University of California (UC) developed a goal to meet 20% sustainable food by 2020, asking each UC campus to integrate sustainable food into their menus while remaining …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Tackling Plastic from Policy to Implementation
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Recent changes in the recycling markets have made it more important than ever to prevent waste from being generated before it needs to be managed at the end of life. …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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MS in Sustainable Design
- The Catholic University of America (DC)
The School of Architecture and Planning's mission, Building Stewardship, focuses on preparing architects and designers to assume a personal responsibility for the welfare of the world. We stress the interdependence …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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This Justice In: Updated Results From the Living Wage Policy Study
- Saint Joseph's University (PA)
This session will provide the most recent results from the Living Wage Policy Study, a five-year multi-phase research project exploring the prevalence and nature and living wage policies in American …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Building a Sustainable Future at the University of Alberta
- University of Alberta (AB)
The University of Alberta's first institution-wide sustainability plan is due to expire in January 2016. To prepare for a new plan, the Office of Sustainability coordinated and facilitated a process …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing student led initiatives to supplement existing University action
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
The presenters will include members of the NAU Green Fund, Campus Climate Challenge, and other environmental themed student groups, as well as student leaders from the University of Arizona. The …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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CAP Revisited: Lessons Learned and New Strategies Discovered by Revising Climate Action Plans
- Emory University (GA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Colleges and universities are updating their climate action plans to reflect the latest GHG reduction strategies and renew stakeholder engagement. The University of Maryland released its first CAP in 2009 …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Exploring LEED-EB: O+M for A Smarter, Healthier and More Efficient Campus: Lessons Learned at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
- Green Building Services (OR)
Portland State University is working on multiple fronts to institutionalize sustainable operations and support the campus goal of carbon neutrality by 2040. In 2015, PSU became a founding signatory of …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Pollinator Friendly Campuses: Strategies to Help You Get Your Buzz on!
- Central Community College (NE)
- Colgate University (NY)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus (OR)
This engaging and interactive panel will provide strategies from geographically diverse locations in North America to initiate or continue bee keeping and support pollinator health on your campus. Colgate University …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Southwestern University Campus as a Living Laboratory
- Southwestern University (TX)
As a small liberal arts school in the middle of conservative Central Texas, Southwestern provides a unique example of a case study for increasing the sustainability of an institution of …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Breaking Barriers to Facilities-Academic Collaboration Through Green Revolving Fund Projects at the University of Dayton
- University of Dayton (OH)
Beginning in 2016, the University of Dayton Green Revolving Fund (UDGRF) has been the primary source of funding for energy projects on campus. The purpose of the fund is twofold: …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Key Competencies in Sustainability: Curriculum and Program Development
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (MD)
Every year, new sustainability degree programs are launched at colleges and universities across the USA joining a global trend of sustainability degree programs offered at higher education institutions worldwide. This …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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University of Michigan Carbon Neutral Power and Heat Infrastructure Study: Summary Report
- University of Michigan (MI)
This report was compiled during the academic year of 2019-2020 for the University of Michigan (U-M) President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality by the Integral Group, an external firm selected by …
- Posted Nov. 17, 2021
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Connection to nature of university students in the environmental field — An empirical study in 41 countries
- Goethe University Frankfurt
People's personal relationships with nature are seen as essential factors influencing environmental behavior. Although human-nature relationships have been a recurring research topic in a wide range of disciplines, there has …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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To Green and Beyond: Excellence Through Sustainability at University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
The Sustainability Strategic Thinking process -To Green and Beyond- was undertaken to innovatively weave together the UIC Climate Action Plan and its other broad strategic plans and look beyond commonly-held …
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Establishing a Framework for a Scope 3 Emissions Inventory
- Stanford University (CA)
For over a decade, Stanford has calculated and reported its Scope 1 and 2 direct greenhouse gas emissions and has reduced those emissions by 69% since peak levels in 2011. …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Investigating barriers to efficient electricity management practices in government-owned tertiary institutions: a case of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- Obafemi Awolowo University
- City University of Hong Kong
- Federal University of Technology Akure
Energy efficiency is a cost-effective way to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions; however, certain barriers have hindered its adoption in public universities. Hence, it is essential to identify and analyze the …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Student Residents Save Energy at LSU
- Louisiana State University (LA)
Sponsored by the LSU College of Engineering, UNPLUG sought to promote an understanding throughout the LSU on-campus community of what energy conservation entails. The goal was to empower students to …
- Posted June 28, 2010
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20 Paths to a Living Wage Policy: Is Fair Employment in Your Institution's Future?
- Saint Joseph's University (PA)
Raising the federal minimum wage has been discussed by the Biden administration and a living wage is receiving increased attention by public, media, employers, and employees. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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