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A Student-Governed Sustainability Project Fund at The University of British Columbia: Increasing Engagement on Sustainability
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
In September 2011 a team of students and university administration members at a large institution began allocating over $100,000 annually to student sustainability projects. This fund was founded and is …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program at the University of British Columbia
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
Participants will explore the foundations that underpin our award-winning program which partners operational staff, faculty and students to catalyze campus sustainability efforts. Our program has coordinated more than 1000 diverse …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Leadership in Sustainable Grounds Management: The Audubon International Experience
- American University (DC)
- University of Florida (FL)
- Niagara College Canada (ON)
- Audubon International (NY)
This presentation will provide an open dialogue and best practice sharing on the process of achieving Audubon International's (AI) Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) certification at both public and private, …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Innovation: Creating a new Minor in Somatic Sustainability at Appalachian State University
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Awakening somatic intelligence and understanding sustainable body practices are important aspects of an enlarged conversation of sustainability. As a part of that dialogue, we have created a new minor in …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability Planning: Year One Into Implementation
- Portland Community College (OR)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
- University of Virginia (VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University began drafting their sustainability plan in 2015. The planning process relied heavily on input from both internal and external stakeholders. The planning process was so inclusive and …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Elevating Impact Through Local Government Partnership
- Northeastern University (MA)
- Stanford University (CA)
Colleges and universities cannot solve the climate crisis alone. We are deeply connected to our surrounding neighborhoods and the cities and towns that host and partner with us. Much like …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Transportation Plan for Furman University
- Furman University (SC)
Transportation is a huge part of any university campus, yet systems can be disconnected, funding limited, and students unaware of alternative transit options. A sustainability team of the four student …
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Tackling Barriers for LEED EBOM in Unique University Buildings
- Colorado State University (CO)
Colorado State University has a long history of leadership in environmental stewardship. A grant from the Governor's Energy Office provided the perfect opportunity for CSU to extend that leadership into …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Effective Strategies for Implementing Sustainability Across a Large Catholic University
- DePaul University (IL)
Sustainability in a Catholic institution starts with mission and values. Implementing a comprehensive sustainability plans requires integrating curricula, operations, research and engagement with the institutional mission. In a Vincentian institution …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bottleneck and breakthrough toward a sustainable campus – 4 years of challenges by Hokkaido University, Japan
- Hokkaido University (Hokkaido)
Hokkaido University (HU) is a pioneer institute, which have developed a campus master plan (CMP) in 2006. Then, there was a big movement in higher education for a sustainable campus …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating a Living & Learning Laboratory for Applied Sustainability and Campus Farm Through Collaboration and Student Engagement
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Through a collaborative effort among the campus and local community, Southern Oregon University created a living and learning laboratory for applied research and projects in sustainability, The SOU Center for …
- Posted March 28, 2014
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Applied Geography (MA)
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
The Master of Arts in Applied Geography at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a terminal master's program that encourages graduate students to focus on applied, community-based research projects …
- Posted July 5, 2018
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Greening academia: Developing sustainable waste management at Higher Education Institutions
- University of Southampton
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are often the size of small municipalities. Worldwide, the higher education (HE) sector has expanded phenomenally; for example, since the 1960s, the United Kingdom (UK) HE …
- Posted Feb. 13, 2017
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Is this Interdisciplinary Education?
- Emily Carr University of Art & Design (BC)
Following the 2009 essay that Janet Moore and I wrote for the Vancouver Sun, this paper proposes a teaching/learning model and rationale for universities to address their role in weak …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fisheries and Wildlife (BA)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The fisheries and wildlife major is designed to produce professionals who will manage wild populations of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Fisheries and wildlife management involves management of people, …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Five-Year Dual Degree: Env. Policy BA or Env. Sci BS or Env. Studies BA, Master of Public Policy (MPP)
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Many complex challenges facing society occur at the intersection of environmental science and public policy. Students in Loyola University Chicago's dual degree programs with the Master of Public Policy develop …
- Posted May 22, 2019
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Graduate Certificate in Sustainability
- Portland State University (OR)
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability offers an integrated series of post-baccalaureate courses that comprise a multidisciplinary study of the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability. Students will gain an …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainability Graduate Certificate
- Portland State University (OR)
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability offers an integrated series of post-baccalaureate courses that comprise a multidisciplinary study of the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability. Students will gain an …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Taking stock of iCAP: promises, promises, promises
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
Most member institutions of AASHE are also signatories of the American Colleges and Universities President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). ACUPCC requires signatory institutions to conduct a climate assessment, prepare a climate …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Service Learning Involving Community Partnerships and Community Sustainability Planning
- Acadia University (NS)
In Canada, communities are increasingly developing sustainability plans in order to access federal funds made available through a municipal gas tax rebate program. While larger communities are well positioned to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Nanook Grown Garden Supports Sustainability Efforts on Campus
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)
Growing and eating “Alaskan Grown” has become a priority on the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) campus. Facilities Services and the Office of Sustainability planted a vegetable garden outside the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Sustainability Fund vs Green Fee
- DePauw University (IN)
Titles matter. This spring, DePauw University's Student Government set aside $10,000 from the Student Activity Fee to advance sustainability on campus. Rather than solely focus on "green" or "renewable" projects, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Foil Lined Wrapper TerraCycling
- University of Virginia (VA)
The University of Virginia has been participating in a TerraCycle Program, more specifically the Energy Bar Wrapper Brigade, since August of last year. In general, TerraCycle programs work to reduce …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Aquaponics: How a Student Project led to a Sustainable Solution to Food Insecurity in the Community
- Pittsburg State University (KS)
Students at Pittsburg State University (PSU) have made measurable success in creating a sustainable food production system on campus. This poster will focus on Students for Sustainability's (S4S) aquaponics system …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Successful Integration of Waste Diversion - 76% and counting!
- San Francisco State University (CA)
This presentation will be a case study demonstrating San Francisco State University's success in integrating its waste diversion program into all aspects of the campus community. In 2006, SF State …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability In Action
- University of Missouri, Kansas City (MO)
A case-study of the University Of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC) Sustainability Initiatives. Included are areas of Waste Reduction Strategies, Energy Management,Green Purchasing,Transportation,Grounds Management,Green Buildings, Funding, Education and Community-Based Social Marketing. …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Buildings: Utilizing BOMA BEST (Green Globes EB in Canada) to Enhance the Sustainable Operations of Your Campus
- University of Alberta (AB)
As part of The University of Alberta´s institutional Sustainability Plan we build all our new buildings to LEED or Green Globes standards. But as we operate and manage ± 200 …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Funding Campus Sustainability with Student Green Fee Grants: Campus Collaborations are Greater than the Sum of their Parts
- Georgia Southern University (GA)
Georgia Southern University's Center for Sustainability is partly funded by a $10 student fee, proposed by students. The fees finance a grant program that has funded >$650,000 (37 grants) over …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Developing Effective EcoReps: Organizational Structure and Management
- Princeton University (NJ)
Are you looking to expand your campus circle of influence or create a self-sufficient student team? Princeton University's Office of Sustainability will share its expanding EcoReps team model and how …
- Posted Feb. 27, 2025
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Tinkham Veale University Center - A Beacon of Student Activity and Sustainability at Case Western Reserve University
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- Perkins+Will (NY)
In 2011 Case Western Reserve University and Perkins+Will began the process that would ultimately result in the completion of the Tinkham Veale University Center. Both CWRU and Perkins+Will brought strong …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Academic mobility in the Anthropocene era: a comparative study of university policy at three New Zealand institutions
- University of Otago (Otago)
- University of Auckland
Anthropogenic climate change is a wicked problem, requiring fundamental behavioural and technological responses now, in the Anthropocene, a term denoting the current era of human dominance of biological, chemical and …
- Posted May 9, 2016
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What's in Your Paper? Organizational Fiber Consumption and the Purchasing Decisions that Drive it
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Institutions of higher education (HEI) today often pursue sustainability in a holistic manner, integrating sustainability into their day to day operations as well as their long-term strategic plans. One challenge …
- Posted May 25, 2021
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Transitioning to Green: Implementing a Comprehensive Environmental Sustainability Initiative on a University Campus
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Environmental sustainability has become increasingly relevant to institutions of higher education. However, change in higher education is described by scholars as slow and difficult. This makes it complicated to effectively …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Towards Place-based Engagement in the University District of Portland
- Portland State University (OR)
The City of Portland's EcoDistrict Initiative is an emerging concept for modeling sustainable development within the Portland Metro region. The EcoDistricts Initiative is a multi-sectoral collaboration which seeks to "use …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement and Student Activism at Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF
- The Ohio State University (OH)
On April 1, 2015, Syracuse University announced that it would divest its $1.18 billion endowment from fossil fuels. Shortly thereafter, its partner institution, SUNY-ESF, made the same commitment. These moves …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Stimulating student’s pro-environmental behavior in higher education institutions: an ability–motivation–opportunity perspective
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
- Women University Swabi
- Hefei University of Technology
The slow and inadequate environmental performance of higher education institutions is attracting the consideration of researchers toward a behavioral change of teachers and students rather than just concentrating on learning …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Conceptualizing a Cutting Edge Sustainability Program
- Harvard University (MA)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
- Yale University (CT)
Since sustainability programs are still relatively new, there is considerable debate on what are the most salient factors that contribute to an effective campus sustainability program. It is clear that …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Kaua'i Community College - Ho'ouluwehi: The Sustainable Living Institute of Kaua'i
- University of Hawaii Kauai Community College (HI)
Kaua'i Community College ("KCC") created Ho'ouluwehi: The Sustainable Living Institute of Kaua'i to bring the college and island community together in a place-based approach to cultural, economic, environmental and social …
- Posted July 11, 2012
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Destination Green: Its Within Reach
- University at Albany (NY)
Transportation choices will continue to play an important role in the development of a carbon neutral society. Like many other institutions, single occupancy vehicles account for the third largest piece …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Going Green with TDM: Developing, Marketing and Evaluating a Transportation Demand Management Program
- Stanford University (CA)
To meet the university's goal of no net new peak hour commute trips over the course of the next 15 years and as part of an over campus effort to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Refining and Assessing Workshops for Infusing Sustainability across the Curriculum
- University of Scranton (PA)
While the call for curricular attention to sustainability has been made often and widely, real obstacles exist to infusing sustainability issues across the curriculum. Faculty development seminars have been an …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting Community Partnerships with Curriculum to Strengthen Sustainability Education
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
- Virginia Tech (VA)
This session will discuss the role of community partnerships (CP) for strengthening sustainability education at the University of St. Thomas (UST), a liberal arts university, and Virginia Tech (VT), a …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Adaptable model for assessing sustainability in higher education
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Many universities have started to measure sustainability, and many tools have been developed to assist them in this process. For universities at an early stage of sustainability implementation, choosing a …
- Posted July 25, 2018
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One World One Water (OWOW) Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship
- Metropolitan State University of Denver (CO)
Metropolitan State College of Denver is now the home of an exciting new water institution - the One World One Water (OWOW) Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship. (Faculty …
- Posted June 15, 2012
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Environment and Society Minor
- Syracuse University (NY)
The Environment and Society (E&S) minor examines the social dimensions of environmental issues and sustainability. Through a range of interdisciplinary course offerings, it seeks to foster environmental literacy and citizenship …
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Sustainable Hospitality Symposium: Central California Coast Community Partnership Links "new" Event Standards to Economic Development
- California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)
A new model for collaboration under the umbrella of the Institute of Innovation and Economic Development (IIED) was used to create a robust conference. Participants included: five different colleges, government …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Academic Language for Sustainability Economy
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
Co-creating the sustainability economy depends on the ability of up and coming generations to grasp opportunities to successfully address sustainability issues confronting our world. An authentic teacher preparation program features …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Take the SDGs Global with Education Abroad & International Services
- Texas A&M University (TX)
This session will examine the powerful synergy between sustainability initiatives and global programs. Presenters will demonstrate the impact of forging strategic alliances between your sustainability office and key players like …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Assessing sustainability on Chinese university campuses: Development of a campus sustainability evaluation system and its application with a case study
- Zhejiang University
- Tongji University
With the vigorous promotion of national policies and funds, green campus construction is booming in Chinese universities. It's in great need to develop an evaluation system, as a long-term mechanism, …
- Posted May 7, 2019
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Faith-Based Institutions Connecting Mission, Values and Traditions for a Just, Sustainable Future
- University of Dayton (OH)
Religious organizations are a potentially strong ally for achieving global sustainability, since 85% of people globally identify with a religion, and the majority of the world's educational organizations have faith-based …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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