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Collaborative Studio Re-Imagining Wood Design and Construction
- University of Arkansas (AR)
In the face of new and shifting demands for sustainable practices imposed upon the building industry and the world of design, wood is gaining popularity as a biodegradable and renewable …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Rookies, Newbies, Imposters, & Not-Yet-Experts: Navigating Newness, Isolation, and/or Competence for Sustainability Professionals in Higher Education
- Marquette University (WI)
This informal, semi-structured networking meeting is meant to keep that conversation going and allow for additional introductions and engagement. All are welcome, even if you did not attend the earlier …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Financing Models of Campus Charging Infrastructures For Electric Vehicles
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
California is always a leader in mitigating and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in coordination with our climate change mitigation policies as outlined in AB32. UC Berkeley, one of the …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The Risk and Potentiality of Engaging with Sustainability Problems in Education—A Pragmatist Teaching Approach
- Ghent University
This article engages in the discussion about education's role in relation to sustainability problems, a debate characterised by a tension between two legitimate concerns: a concern about the instrumentalisation of …
- Posted April 22, 2021
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Civil and Environmental Engineering (MS)
- Clarkson University (NY)
Clarkson University offers graduate level courses in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Following the completion of a 30-credit program with both a thesis and non-thesis option, students can go on to …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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MS in Ecology & Environmental Sciences
- University of Maine (ME)
The University of Maine has established itself as a center of excellence for interdisciplinary graduate-level training in ecology and environmental sciences. This program combines an experienced and enthusiastic faculty, modern …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Natural Resources (MNR)
- Oregon State University (OR)
The Oregon State University Master of Natural Resources (MNR) program is an interdisciplinary program designed for natural resources professionals. This 45-credit program is delivered entirely online through Oregon State Ecampus …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Environmental Science (M.S.)
- Hampton University (VA)
The Master of Science in Biology with a focus on Environmental Science at Hampton University offers advanced study in environmental biology. The program emphasizes research and prepares students for doctoral …
- Posted April 23, 2025
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Environmental Science and Technology (MS)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
The Environmental Science and Technology Masters program involves require classes in statistics, ecology, soils, and hydrology.
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Community Planning (MCP)
- Auburn University (AL)
The community planning program is concerned with the use of land, protection of the environment, public welfare, the design of public spaces and infrastructure, and the economy.
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental Science (Masters)
- Miami University (OH)
Prepare students for immediate employment as a professional in environmental science and sustainability. We emphasize problem solving, project management, and communication skills.
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Networking Meeting for Californians
- California State University, Chancellor's Office (CA)
Come join with other campus sustainability advocates from California. This is a chance to catch up with peers and discuss topics specific to the California context.
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Student-led AASHE STARS Outreach to Integrate and Coordinate Sustainability Efforts Across Campus
- California State University, Fresno (CA)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
The Central Valley experiences unique and extremely complex problems. We produce almost a quarter of the nation's food but also contain half of the state's failing water systems. California as …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Water Audit: Campus Housing Residence Halls Restrooms
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
This project was set to evaluate the student residence restrooms of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) East and West campuses and to provide viable solutions to any problems. …
- Posted Aug. 29, 2018
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Transforming the Future of Finance Through Student Engagement
- Bentley University (MA)
- Harvard University (MA)
- Northeastern University (MA)
- Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
This session will discuss the growth and proliferation of student-managed investment funds pursuing sustainable investing strategies, as well as the growth of sustainable investing curriculum development. Speakers will highlight examples …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Water Conservation Makes Cents at Vanderbilt University
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
VU has retrofitted 492 low-flow faucets, low-flow toilets and waterfree urinals resulting in the savings of ~9.1 million gallons of water and $64,000 annually. Additionally, VU captured nonpotable water infiltrating …
- Posted June 21, 2010
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Solar power, horticulture and culinary arts integration project
- Metropolitan Community College (NE)
Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., is committed to being a center of sustainable education. MCC's approach to sustainability is comprehensive: we work on campus, in classrooms and in the …
- Posted May 10, 2013
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Greening a College Vehicle Fleet
- Luther College (IA)
While wind turbines and co-generation heating plants easily capture the attention of college and university sustainability coordinators and facilities managers, often college vehicle fleets aren't sufficiently considered as candidates for …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Broadening the Boundaries of Campus: How Far Should Sustainability Go?
- Alma College (MI)
Alma College, like many small, liberal arts institutions, is tucked away among the rural small towns that surround it. These campuses serve as cultural centers for the community, but what …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Regionally Organizing for Sustainability, South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium (SMHEC)
- Moraine Valley Community College (IL)
A regional consortium of 12 higher education institutions, representing non-profit, private, for-profit and four year and two year universities and colleges organized a 2-day workshop bringing 100+ participants from multiple …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Meeting Greenhouse Gas Reductions by Implementing a Comprehensive Energy Management Strategy
- Williams College (MA)
- Woodard & Curran, Inc. (ME)
Whether your campus is a signatory to the ACUPCC, subject to state GHG emission reduction goals, or is simply committed to reducing the overall campus carbon footprint, reducing GHG emissions …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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IGEN Career Pathways: Building Partnerships to Prepare Learners for High-Skill and High-Demand Green Jobs
- College of Lake County (IL)
- Heartland Community College (IL)
Discover how the Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) Career Pathways Initiative, a collaboration of 17 Illinois community colleges, will develop, share and implement more than 30 online-hybrid associate degrees and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Mind the gap- what we have to learn from students (who study abroad)
- Augsburg University (MN)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Yale University (CT)
Study abroad is often recalled as one of the most pivotal and transformative experiences in a college student's life. Aside from Freshman orientation, a student traveling abroad is perhaps the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Beyond Offsets: Innovative approaches to achieving and exceeding our climate commitments
- Amherst College (MA)
- Hampshire College (MA)
- Smith College (MA)
- Williams College (MA)
- Living Routes, Inc. (MA)
Climate change is a defining issue of our time, and colleges and university are leading the way by setting ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets. Many of us are even striving …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bringing the Circular Economy to Research
- Rheaply, Inc (IL)
It is estimated that 2% of the world's global plastic waste is linked to laboratory waste- some 6 million tons of waste annually. Given the the existing tools available to …
- Posted Dec. 6, 2019
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Education for sustainability using a campus eco-garden as a learning environment
Purpose - This paper aims to explore stakeholder perspectives of the role of a campus eco-garden in education for sustainability (EfS). It will combine the perspectives to highlight a powerful …
- Posted Feb. 13, 2017
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Education for sustainable development through business simulation games: An exploratory study of sustainability gamification and its effects on students' learning outcomes
- Università della Svizzera Italiana
- UCS Ulrich Creative Simulations
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is gaining increased attention in tertiary education. According to the literature, ESD affects not only the content of education, but also its process and outcomes. …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Student Involvement in Supporting the Carbon Commitment at UNC Asheville
- University of North Carolina, Asheville (NC)
This session will explain steps to take toward climate action on a university campus. In a UNC Asheville course entitled "Communicating Climate Change," a group of students led an initiative …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Strategic leadership for sustainability by higher education: the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment
- Greenland Enterprises (MA)
Higher education has a strong influence in shaping the mental models of many of society's professionals and leaders and is a critical leverage point in creating a sustainable society. The …
- Posted Aug. 6, 2018
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Additionality: How to Ensure Your Renewable Electricity Procurement Strategy Has Real Climate Impact
- University of Dayton (OH)
Many higher education institutions are pursuing active decarbonization programs to demonstrate climate leadership. A key element in these programs is eliminating the climate impact of an institution's electricity procurement, which …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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MEng in Biological & Environmental Engineering
- Cornell University (NY)
The Master of Engineering (MEng) is a professional degree program in the department of Biological and Environmental Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. The …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Johnson County Community College Student Sustainability Committee
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
As a broadly effective, innovative, engaging, and replicable project, Johnson County Community College’s Student Sustainability Committee [the SSC, the Committee] is a compelling and powerful tool for developing student leadership …
- Posted May 18, 2017
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Transforming a Rust Belt Community: The Sustainability Campus
- Indiana State University (IN)
Indiana State University and community partners collaborate on the development and implementation of a visionary comprehensive plan for the development of a Sustainability Campus, which transforms abandoned, formerly residential blocks …
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Permaculture and Community at WCSU
- Western Connecticut State University (CT)
The Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies is a unique partnership between Western Connecticut State University and The Jane Goodall Institute, a private non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife …
- Posted May 2, 2018
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Tufts University EarthFest 2021
- Tufts University (MA)
On Friday, April 23rd, 2021, the Tufts Office of Sustainability and the Tufts Eco-Reps organized many sustainability-related student organizations at Tufts to offer an in-person, Covid-safe event. EarthFest has historically …
- Posted April 29, 2021
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Sustain U: Centralizing the University Community Around Sustainability
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Sustainability has always had a presence on the Carnegie Mellon campus, but not one widely acknowledged. Students and staff often pass by the Solar Decathlon house or the recycling room, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Project Management for Sustainability Offices to Keep Moving Forward
- University of Florida (FL)
- University of Southern Maine (ME)
Whether you're a single-person operation, have a team of staff members, or have a group of fantastic student volunteers or interns, we are all facing more requests for our time …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Sustainable Menstruation: Making Periods Sustainable and Accessible to all
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
- California State University, San Marcos (CA)
Did you know that the average menstruating person throws away 1200 menstrual care products during their time in college? Disposable menstrual care products are wasteful and costly, especially for students …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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The failure of non‐binding declarations to achieve university sustainability: A need for accountability
- RMIT University
Purpose
This paper aims to assess the impact and value of non‐binding agreements or declarations in achieving sustainability in universities.
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A case study of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology …
- Posted May 9, 2016
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Sustainable Development MS
- University of Sussex (Sussex)
University of Sussex Sustainable Development MSc program is designed to show students how to cultivate social and technological innovation theories into successful policies and practices. Skills learned in this program …
- Posted June 20, 2018
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The Ohio State University Sustainability Goals Development Project
- The Ohio State University (OH)
In November 2015, The Ohio State University announced the establishment of sustainability goals to guide the university as it develops durable solutions to the challenges of sustainability and in evolving …
- Posted May 16, 2017
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Fighting Irish, Fighting Food Waste: Converting Food Waste into Energy at Notre Dame
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
Nearly 40% of all food in the United States goes uneaten, and 95% of all wasted food winds up in the landfill. At Notre Dame, food and hospitality is a …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Rise of H2Ottawa
- University of Ottawa (ON)
In 2010, the University of Ottawa (hereafter, UO) banned the sale of single-use water bottles. UO decided that the sale of this product ran contrary to their commitments to environmental, …
- Posted May 15, 2019
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The Sustainable City Year Program: A Radically Simple Way to Change Campus and Community
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) at the University of Oregon (USA) is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative effort to radically alter the function of a University to meet the sustainability challenges of …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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MA in Sustainability
- Harvard University (MA)
Gain insight into critical environmental factors affecting air, water, climate, and ecosystems. In this master’s degree program, students learn to evaluate and design practices, technologies, and systems that bring sustainable …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Environmental Studies in Planning (MES)
- University of Waterloo (ON)
This program is designed for people with interests in applied research, policy and planning practice. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary and integrative approaches to planning and research practices.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Bioresource Engineering (MS)
- McGill University (QC)
The Bioresource Engineering program (BREE) is interdisciplinary, being founded on an integration of engineering with the biological sciences. Bioresource Engineering includes the design, construction, operation, maintenance, remediation and upgrading of …
- Posted April 12, 2018
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STARS Town Hall
- California State University, Chancellor's Office (CA)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- AASHE (MA)
This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to participate in a high-level discussion about potential improvements to STARS. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Implementing an Undergraduate Sustainability Requirement at the University of Iowa
- University of Iowa (IA)
Join us to gain insight into how the University of Iowa was able to create and implement a campus-wide undergraduate course requirement for sustainability. This effort Began in the College …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Campus Salvage Move-Out Collection and Donation Program
- Coastal Carolina University (SC)
Campus Salvage is Coastal Carolina University's collection and donation program designed to divert unwanted items from the landfill when students move-out at the end of the year. The project is …
- Posted June 10, 2015
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