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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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)
- RWDI (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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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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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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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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Addressing Sustainability, Diversity, Peace and Justice
- Colorado State University (CO)
Case study research and development can be effective for addressing aspects of sustainability but learning does not just happen (Timpson & Doe, 2008). To serve as effective guides, instructors must …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Pipelining Talent for Sustainable Careers: Linking it all together
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Business schools play a key role in producing leaders for tomorrow's global market today. As sustainability emerges as a distinct market force across industries and functions, schools are experiencing increased …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Importance of Community, Culture, History, and Education for Sustainability
- Colorado State University (CO)
In this presentation I will share the story of Keokuk, Iowa - my hometown - a river town community along the Mississippi River, which is considered the most dangerous town …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Challenge and Promise of a Living Building Project in a Dynamic Urban Ecosystem
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
- Thornton Tomasetti (ME)
- Simons Architects (ME)
Where many people see an unassuming drab brick building in a corner of Portland, Maine's, historic waterfront, Unity College sees an unprecedented opportunity for a physical manifestation our sustainability mission. …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Utilizing Innovative and Peer Reviewed Carbon Offsets with the Second Nature Climate Leadership Commitments
- Duke University (NC)
- Second Nature (MA)
Many institutions use carbon offsets to help them attain carbon neutrality and achieve their goals under the Second Nature Climate Leadership Commitments. Since 2008, Second Nature has provided guidelines for …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Gardening with seniors: Benefits across socioeconomic status
- Furman University (SC)
Recently, researchers have become interested in the psychological benefits of engaging in nature-based activities. Thus far, research has shown that gardening can increase well-being and sense of community (Armstrong, 2000) …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Education for Ecocultural Sustainability: ENVS 410 The Campus as a Living, Learning Laboratory
- Western Michigan University (MI)
This paper reports on the details of a remarkable, seven-year curriculum experiment directed at learning how to see and understand our campus as an ecocultural system. Taking a systems-oriented, action …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Ecocritical Praxis: Re-establishing the "Principle of Relevance"
- The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)
The term "ecocriticism" was coined by William Reuckert, who proposed, in 1976, that literary criticism shift its locus to "a principle of relevance": he suggested that critics "experiment with the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Transforming White Supremacy in Teacher Education
- Luther College (IA)
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
In light of the recent calls for racial justice, it is vitally important to critically examine the role that teacher education programs play in perpetuating institutional racism and white supremacy. …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Developing and Implementing Online Sustainability Trainings to Engage Students, Staff, & Faculty
- University of Southern California (CA)
To inform and engage the campus community about USC's sustainability efforts, the USC Office of Sustainability developed and implemented online sustainability trainings: the Student Sustainability Training module in April 2023 …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Investing in a Cooler Planet: the movement to divest colleges and universities from fossil fuels and reinvest in the new economy
- Carleton College (MN)
Since 2011, when campaigns first started popping up at a handful of colleges, the fossil fuel divestment movement has exploded onto the college activism scene and beyond. There are currently …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Engagement: Supporting and inspiring sustainability leadership on campus
- University of Alberta (AB)
Involving students in Campus Sustainability provides a wonderful opportunity to increase project reach, raise awareness and support the development of sustainability leaders. As Universities continue to grow efforts to create …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating a Culture of Sustainable Living in Our Residence Halls
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
This poster describes two pilot programs that were implemented during the 2011-2012 academic year. The programs were funded through a university program that provides grants to graduate and undergraduate students …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Engaging Employees on Sustainability at Small Institutions
- Southwestern University (TX)
From Green Office Certifications to Green Teams, from EcoAmbassadors to Green Lunch & Learns, the possibilities for engaging faculty and staff on sustainability topics are endless! But which one is …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Community Development (BA/BS)
- Portland State University (OR)
The first of its kind in the nation, our undergraduate program in Community Development prepares students for careers as leaders and change agents in addressing myriad social challenges. The Toulan …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Certificate in Environmental Sustainability and Business
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (WI)
The Certificate in Environmental Sustainability and Business consists of a supporting course structure (at the 100 and 200 level) that is complementary to the campus' existing general education requirements, consistent …
- Posted June 13, 2018
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Environmental Science Minor
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
This minor is for students who want an understanding of the various physical, chemical, and geologic processes that work within our planet and on its surface. Students gain the skills …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Environmental Geochemical Science (BS)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
The Environmental Geochemical Science major at New Paltz equips students with the scientific background necessary to address a wide variety of environmental issues. With a location near the Hudson River, …
- Posted Jan. 12, 2019
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Senior Sustainability Professional Certificate
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
The Senior Certified Sustainability Professional Online Training Program will prepare students for an exciting career as a leader in the green-collar economy. As a certified sustainability professional, students will be …
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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RBC Sustainability Leadership Certificate
- Dalhousie University (NS)
In October 2012, Dalhousie's College of Sustainability launched an innovative new program—the RBC Sustainability Leadership Certificate (SLC).
During the program, participating students attend three weekend seminars and take part in …
- Posted Feb. 13, 2019
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Food Studies (BS)
- Syracuse University (NY)
Food Studies is one of the fastest-growing fields of study in North America. It has expanded to become a broad academic discipline, encompassing the study of food delivery systems, social …
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Environmental Studies and Sustainability, BA
- University of Massachusetts Boston (MA)
The School for the Environment's nationally recognized Environmental Studies and Sustainability program emphasizes solutions integrating the humanities and social sciences with economics and business. As environmental and sustainability advocates, students …
- Posted July 10, 2020
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Environmental Science & Policy (BS)
- Drake University (IA)
This interdisciplinary science degree prepares students in a liberal arts tradition to understand connections between human beings and their effects on the Earth's environment. Drake environmental science students are grounded …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Studies BA
- Franklin University Switzerland (Ticino)
The Environmental Studies major provides students with the interdisciplinary background to think critically about, analyze, and understand environmental issues facing today's society. This major prepares students for careers in government, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Engineering with a Concentration in Environmental Engineering
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)
Engineers use knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences to develop economical uses of materials and forces of nature for human benefit. The professional practice of engineering requires sophisticated skills, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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