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Affordability in Higher Education
The affordability of higher education is one of the most pressing challenges to college and university leaders and politicians. Meanwhile, students and parents face their own hurdles paying for college. …
- Posted Sept. 5, 2017
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The concept of woonerf zone applied in university campuses: the case of the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Kentriki Makedonia)
In this paper, the concept of transferring the idea of woonerf zone from residential areas to university campuses is examined and the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is …
- Posted April 17, 2018
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Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Access to Local Food in the Carolinas Program: Campuses to Communities
- Davidson College (NC)
- Duke University (NC)
- Furman University (SC)
- Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
The Duke Endowment (TDE) schools, Davidson College, Duke University, Furman University, and Johnson C. Smith University, all have significant interest in promoting sustainable farm and food systems in the Carolinas …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Who Pays? How Industry Insiders Rig the Student Loan System—and How to Stop It
- Roosevelt Institute (NY)
In Who Pays? How Industry Insiders Rig the Student Loan System—And How to Stop It, Julie Margetta Morgan explains how powerful industry players have succeeded in taking what they need …
- Posted April 28, 2022
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The Real Food Database
- AASHE (MA)
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
What food products are Real? Which vendors are verified as fair, ecological, and/or humane? Now, institutions of higher education can find out through the Real Food Database! Compiled from years …
- Posted March 25, 2020
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Faculty for a Future Seed Library
- Faculty for a Future
In a world of colliding social and environmental crises, every discipline is crucial to the pursuit of a safer, fairer, and more sustainable future.
Many academics are concerned about the …
- Posted Aug. 2, 2023
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Get Healthy! ACG Health & Wellness Center
- The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)
The ACG Health & Wellness Center offers Health Services, Wellness Coaching. Its Mission is based on the truth that lies in the idea of balancing the mind, body and spirit. …
- Posted Sept. 15, 2016
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DePauw University hosts Earth Week keynote Ian Cheney, filmmaker and founding member of FoodCorps
- DePauw University (IN)
DePauw University's Earth Week keynoter, Ian Cheney, is a founding member of FoodCorps, a food justice nonprofit focused on equitable access to healthy food in public schools, and a documentary …
- Posted April 26, 2018
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Temple Tiny House
- Temple University (PA)
The Temple University Tiny House project is a student designed and student constructed sustainable building located at Temple Community Garden on main campus. Completed in spring 2017, the 175 square …
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Connecticut College Lending Library
- Connecticut College (CT)
The Lending Library at Connecticut College allows students to rent a textbook at no cost for the duration of a course, and is an attempt to address the issue of …
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Campus Engagement: The Handlebar- Dickinson's Bicycle Cooperative
- Dickinson College (PA)
The Biking@Dickinson initiative promotes sustainable transportation, builds community and provides biking education to the campus. Students can borrow bikes from the college, including Green Bike, refurbished by students in The …
- Posted July 31, 2018
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Free Food Planters at University of New Brunswick
- University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (NB)
To engage its campus community in personal and social change through sustainable urban agriculture, the University of New Brunswick Sustainability Office has established sustainable, self-watering, free food planters around the …
- Posted Aug. 1, 2018
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Pay As You Throw at Yale University
- Yale University (CT)
In Spring 2019, Yale University launched a Pay As You Throw (PAYT) pilot program. PAYT is a materials management model where campus entities are charged for the amount of trash …
- Posted Aug. 17, 2021
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Living Building Challenge in Higher Education Roundtable
- International Living Future Institute (WA)
Higher education institutions around the country are pursuing the Living Building Challenge and Living Community Challenge - using the frameworks from ILFI to guide their sustainability efforts to go beyond …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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International Living Future Institute - Higher Education Cohort
- International Living Future Institute (WA)
Higher education institutions around the country are pursuing the Living Building Challenge and Living Community Challenge - using the frameworks from ILFI to guide their sustainability efforts to go beyond …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Best Practices for Supporting Campus Food Security
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
- University of Utah (UT)
Hunger is present on college campuses across the United States. As literature increases, awareness surrounding challenges in supporting severely food insecure college students has become more apparent, as well. This …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Silence: a Luxury or Commodity
- Iowa State University (IA)
Today's luxury items are increasingly demanded with one caveat, that they are silent. Silent appliances, cars, vacations all come with a high price. While the upper middle class reach for …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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2011 Higher Education Sustainability Review
- AASHE (MA)
Looking through the lens of AASHE Bulletin stories in 2011, this year's review reveals an increased focus on higher education access, affordability, and success; more green building efforts than ever …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Graduate Certificate in Urban Environmental Policy and Planning
- Lehigh University (PA)
This certificate offers a credential in environmental policy and planning for individuals with backgrounds in various science, engineering, social science and humanities fields who wish to understand the theory and …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Student Environmental Sustainability Fund
- Bellevue College (WA)
The Student Environmental Sustainability Fee is intended to provide resources that are sustainable for student use and education while enhancing BC’s efforts to continue to create a campus that is …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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SGA Green Fund
- Susquehanna University (PA)
The SU SGA Green Fund is a way for students around campus to find funding for their sustainability project ideas. The green fund is funded through an allocation from the …
- Posted Sept. 21, 2021
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Beyond the Right Thing to Do: The Value of Sustainability in Higher Education
- AASHE (MA)
This document is intended to help higher education sustainability practitioners more powerfully articulate the value of sustainability to higher education leaders as well as the general public. As different points …
- Posted Nov. 28, 2017
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Diverting Waste, Feeding Communities: The Cardinal Cupboard
- University of Louisville (KY)
Facing the highest rates of food insecurity amongst faculty, staff, and students of the University of Louisville and large amounts of food waste from on-campus dining facilities, student leaders opened …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Sustainable and Local Food Diversity and Affordability: Successful Procurement Case Studies
- Aramark (PA)
- FarmLogix, LLC (IL)
Sustainable and local sourcing was once a movement of privilege used by high-end chefs to delight dining patrons. In this informative session, you will be taken into several case studies …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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A Collaborative Approach to Sustainability and Inclusion at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games
- Playback Sports (WA)
- Elysium Events LLC
This bright, colorful presentation and discussion will cover the value and importance of a cross-functional team and holistic sustainability strategy for large-scale events. We will share the story of how …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Green Citizen Campaign
- Seneca Polytechnic (ON)
In 2011, Seneca College, a Canadian leader in post-secondary environmental programming, laid the groundwork for a multi-faceted initiative intended to take the college’s environmental focus to the next level. Green …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Living and Collaborative Learning on Pitt's Campus
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
In the Fall of 2022, the University of Pittsburgh will launch it's first Sustainability Living Learning Community for both upperclassmen and freshmen. Living Learning Communities (LLCs) are specialized living environments …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Filling the Education Gap for Agenda 2030: SDG Academy Educational Tools and Partners
- United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (NY)
This discussion will cover filling the gap in higher education systems for Agenda 2030. The mission of the SDG Academy is to create and curate the best educational content on …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Integrating Equity and Basic Needs Programs into Higher Education Sustainability Initiatives
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Amidst a global pandemic the expectations and experiences for students within their higher education institutions are indicating increased challenges to well-being and student success. International to first generation and non-traditional …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Up”cycling” - Creating a Biking Campus Culture
- Furman University (SC)
In an effort to foster a biking campus culture, reduce our carbon footprint, encourage student health and wellness, and provide access and needed infrastructure for supporting a vibrant biking community, …
- Posted April 29, 2021
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Learning to Embed Sustainability in Teacher Education
- Southern Cross University
This book offers an accessible guide to understanding the importance of a systems approach to embedding sustainability into teacher education practice, providing a practical resource for teacher education academics and …
- Posted April 28, 2022
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Environmental Engineering (BSEE)
- Lehigh University (PA)
Managing our limited natural resources and finding solutions to the planet's environmental challenges are the critical concerns of environmental engineers. Their work confronts an extensive array of local and global …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD)
- AASHE (MA)
- University of Strathclyde
As we enter the Decade of Action on these global goals, the VIP4SD program provides a platform for HEIs to leverage the unique access they have to the enthusiasm, idealism …
- Posted March 3, 2021
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University of Pittsburgh Textile Recycling
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
Given that clothing and textiles make up approximately 6.3% of the U.S. waste stream, University of Pittsburgh established a textile recycling program to help keep textiles in the circular economy. …
- Posted Aug. 20, 2021
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The R'Garden
- University of California, Riverside (CA)
The R'Garden is a community garden at University of California, Riverside that is committed to increasing local food access in Riverside and emphasizing the importance of a sustainable food system. …
- Posted Aug. 25, 2021
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Introducing the new STARS Peer Review Protocol
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
- AASHE (MA)
As part of our efforts to continuously improve STARS data quality, AASHE is considering implementing a new STARS Peer Review protocol beginning with the launch of STARS 2.2 in 2018. …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Master of Natural Resources (MS)
- University of Idaho (ID)
The Master of Natural Resources (MNR) is an interdisciplinary course-based graduate program designed for current and aspiring professionals who wish to enhance their educational credentials for a career in natural …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Recreation Resource and Protected Area Management Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
This minor provides students with the opportunity to combine visitor management with protected area management. Understanding the need to balance the opportunity for visitor experiences with protecting and stewarding protected …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Minor in Sustainability Energy Systems
- Cornell University (NY)
Providing affordable energy to meet the demands of both developed and developing nations without further damaging the natural environment and the Earth's climate system is a Grand Challenge for the …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Arts in Applied Community Development
- Future Generations University (WV)
The Master’s program is flexible to fit you, allowing you to focus your degree around your interests and career goals. You can be a full-time and finish in 20 months, …
- Posted July 10, 2020
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Professional Science Masters - Environmental Policy and Management
- Florida International University (FL)
Offered by the Department of Earth and Environment, PSM-EPM focuses on diverse areas of environmental policy and management, including conservation biology, water resource management,public land management, and environmental analysis using …
- Posted June 28, 2018
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SGA Sustainability Fund
- Western Colorado University (CO)
The Sustainability Fund Committee is requesting proposals from students for projects that support and enhance promote sustainability at Western State Colorado University. Each year, full-time students are assessed $4.50 per …
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Rutgers Center for Green Building
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
Housed at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, the Rutgers Center for Green Building, forms a common umbrella for existing and proposed initiatives being carried out …
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Techno-philia and Sustainability: Oxymoronic Bedfellows?
- Natural Sustainability (MA)
Modern society is techno-philic- automatically in-love with the next gadget. Yet critiquing technology, merely raising awareness of real positives and negatives, labels you 'technophobic' or a 'Luddite.' Even mainstream sustainability …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Paving the Way for Increased Solar Utilization in Higher Education
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
- Center for Resource Solutions | Green-e (CA)
- Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (VA)
Colleges and universities are increasingly interested in deploying solar technologies to power and green up their campuses. However, financing, legal, administrative, and policy barriers can often get in the way …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Higher Education Food Task Force: Institutional Cooperation Addressing Food Security and Sustainability Issues
- University of Utah (UT)
We created a Higher Education Food Task Force with the seven major institutions along what is known as the Wasatch Front in Utah, which is the major population center for …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Feeding the Flames: A Report on Student Hunger at UIC
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
This report represents the results of a yearlong study of student food insecurity at UIC conducted by students and faculty in the School of Public Health, Division of Environmental and …
- Posted April 21, 2017
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There is No Such Thing as Free Higher Education: A Global Perspective on the (Many) Realities of Free Systems
In the past few years, many countries around the world have debated the financing of higher education. Increasingly, claims emerge that higher education should be free. This article analyses the …
- Posted May 30, 2018
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Diversity@Emory - The Path to Emory University's Diversity Web Portal
- Emory University (GA)
To establish Emory University's first diversity web portal --diversity.emory.edu
- Posted July 1, 2012
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