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Incorporating Organic and Agroecological Approaches into the University Curricula: The Iowa State University Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture
- Iowa State University (IA)
Organic agriculture has expanded to a $13 billion industry in the United States in 2005, continuing the nearly decade-long trend of 20% annual growth. Despite the growth in organic agriculture ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Development of a Year-round Student Organic Farm and Organic Farming Curriculum at Michigan State University
- Michigan State University (MI)
How do you teach community supported agriculture (CSA) principles, small-scale organic farming, and local food issues at a major land grant university and develop related small-scale farming research and outreach ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Development of Organic and Sustainable Agricultural Education at the University of California, Davis: A Closer Look at Practice and Theory
- University of California, Davis (CA)
In the mid-1970s, University of California, Davis, students concerned about the environmental and social consequences of modern agriculture were interested in exploring the practice and theory of “alternative” agriculture. These ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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PACES: A Physical Activity Campus Environmental Supports Audit on University Campuses
- University of Florida (FL)
- Kansas State University (KS)
- Purdue University (IN)
- South Dakota State University (SD)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Central Office (NJ)
- Syracuse University (NY)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- East Carolina University (NC)
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- West Virginia University (WV)
- University of Maine (ME)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
Purpose. This study evaluated the policy and built and recreation environmental supports for physical activity on 13 university campuses.
Design. Environmental audit survey.
Setting. Thirteen U.S. universities, 2009.
Subjects ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Evaluation of the Food Store Environment on and Near the Campus of 15 Postsecondary Institutions
- University of Florida (FL)
- Tuskegee University (AL)
- Kansas State University (KS)
- Purdue University (IN)
- South Dakota State University (SD)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Central Office (NJ)
- Syracuse University (NY)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- West Virginia University (WV)
- University of Maine (ME)
Purpose. This study evaluated the food stores on and near postsecondary campuses varying in institutional size.
Design. The design of the study is an environmental audit survey.
Setting. Fifteen U ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Menu Psychology to Encourage Healthy Menu Selections at a New Jersey University
- Montclair State University (NJ)
The objective of this research was to investigate whether merchandizing strategies could encourage college students to make healthy foodservice menu selections. Two hundred sixty-six Montclair State University, New Jersey, students ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Local foods in a university setting: Price consciousness, product involvement, price/quality inference and consumer's willingness-to-pay
- University of South Carolina (SC)
The current study looks at the relationship between price consciousness, product involvement, price/quality inference, and consumer's willingness-to-pay related to local foods in a university foodservice environment. The study ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Educating ethical designers
In recent years, there has been an increased focus on bringing sustainability into design education. The focus of such education, however, mainly concerns providing design students with the knowledge and ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Sustainable food systems at urban public universities: A survey of 21 universities
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Wayne State College (NE)
Urban communities are challenged by the conventional food system in diverse ways. To mitigate these challenges, a growing sustainable food system (SFS) movement mobilizes existing resources—including public institutions—to ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Applying Anthropology to the Campus Dining System: Reflections on Working with Community Food Assessments and the Real Food Challenge
- Oregon State University (OR)
When the Oregon Food Bank began conducting Community Food Assessments in 2009, they enlisted graduate students in Oregon State University's (OSU) applied anthropology program to examine the impact of ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Campus Sustainable Food Projects: Critique and Engagement
- Emory University (GA)
Campus sustainable food projects recently have expanded rapidly. A review of four components—purchasing goals, academic programs, direct marketing, and experiential learning—shows both intent and capacity to contribute to ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Re-visioning agriculture in higher education: the role of campus agriculture initiatives in sustainability education
The number of colleges and universities with campus agriculture projects in the US has grown from an estimated 23 in 1992 to nearly 300 today with possible increased numbers predicted ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Designing sustainable agriculture education: Academics’ suggestions for an undergraduate curriculum at a land grant university
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Historically, land grant universities and their colleges of agriculture have been discipline driven in both their curricula and research agendas. Critics call for interdisciplinary approaches to undergraduate curriculum. Concomitantly, sustainable ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Master of Agriculture (M.Agr.) in Agricultural Sciences – Integrated Resource Management Specialization
- Colorado State University (CO)
The online Master of Agriculture in Integrated Resource Management is a multi-disciplined program, blending animal science, business, range science, ecology, wildlife, policy, and human resources. This allows students to understand ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Student Sustainability Advisory Committee Materials
- University of Central Florida (FL)
A webform was created for an easily accessible application that allowed for extensive outreach. The application did not require any paper usage and allowed for easy organization. The application did ...
- Posted April 27, 2016
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Smooth(ie) Pedal-Power at Southern Oregon University's Earth Week Transportation Options Grill-Out
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Southern Oregon University Bike Program and ECOS volunteers cheer on a student who's "crushing it" on the bike blender! ECOS- the Ecology and Sustainability Resource Center of SOU hosted ...
- Posted April 27, 2016
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Earth Day at the University of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
At the Earth Day fair, we hosted a free succulent planting for students that posted "5 sustainable selfies" with the hashtag #MySustainableU. The planters were donated from the ReUse program ...
- Posted April 27, 2016
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Indiana University Celebrates Earth Day
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Indiana University celebrated Earth Day 2016 by engaging students in creating a rain garden. The installation of a rain garden outside the IU Student Recreational Sports Center began April 15 ...
- Posted April 27, 2016
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Portland Community College Sustainability: We're all in this together
- Portland Community College (OR)
Published on Mar 30, 2015
Sustainability at Portland Community College
Visit pcc.edu/sustain
Video produced by the PCC Office of Sustainability and the PCC Video Production Unit
Producers: Michael ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Managers’ Views on Ethics Education in Business Schools: An Empirical Study
- California Lutheran University (CA)
- Reykjavik University (Reykjavik)
More and more scholars are expressing their apprehensions regarding the current state of management education. The increased number of corporate scandals has fueled their concerns that training students to have ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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The Role of Gender and Age in Business Students’ Values, CSR Attitudes, and Responsible Management Education: Learnings from the PRME International Survey
- Macquarie University (NSW)
As demand grows from various stakeholders for responsible management education (RME) in business schools, it is essential to understand how corporate social responsibility (CSR) and RME are perceived by various ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Beyond the Curriculum: Integrating Sustainability into Business Schools
This paper evaluates the ways in which European business schools are implementing sustainability and ethics into their curricula. Drawing on data gathered by a recent large study that the Academy ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Educating Responsible Managers. The Role of University Ethos
The current economic crisis is forcing us to reflect on where we have gone wrong in recent years. In the search for responsibilities some have looked to Business Schools and ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Understanding Responsible Management: Emerging Themes and Variations from European Business School Programs
- Fielding Graduate University (CA)
- Nova Southeastern University (FL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
Our literature review reveals a call for changes in business education to encourage responsible management. The Principles for Responsible Management Education were developed in 2007 under the coordination of the ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Integration of sustainability in planning and design programs in higher education: evaluating learning outcomes
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Louisville (KY)
Although sustainability has a growing presence in the planning and design professions, little guidance is available on how to incorporate sustainability into planning and design education programs. Sustainability can be ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Embracing Social Sustainability in Design Education: A Reflection on a Case Study in Haiti
Sustainable design issues are complex and multi-faceted and need integration in the education of young designers. Current research recommends a holistic view based on problem-solving and inter-disciplinary work, yet few ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Higher Education in a Sustainable Society: A Case for Mutual Competence Building
This book addresses the following question: What is a sustainable society, and how can higher education help us to develop toward it? The core argument put forward is that the ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Sustainability Education in the Interior Design Curriculum
- Western Carolina University (NC)
Interior design education is by nature as transdisciplinary as sustainability education. Design students learn about environment-human behavior relationships through holistic, systems-based means, encompassing the fundamental components of sustainability. A model ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Minor in Sustainable Design
- Pennsylvania College of Technology (PA)
This minor requires 6 courses, including Building Materials I, Sustainability: Building and Living Green, Passive Design and BIM, and 3 sustainable design minor electives.
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Building Science and Sustainable Design (BS)
- Pennsylvania College of Technology (PA)
The Bachelor of Science degree in Building Science and Sustainable Design promotes a healthier, more energy efficient way to build which reduces negative environmental impacts and slows the depletion of ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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National Sustainable Structures Center
- Pennsylvania College of Technology (PA)
NSSC (formerly the Weatherization Training Center) was established in 1985 as a result of a partnership between Penn College and the PA Department of Community & Economic Development. NSSC’s ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Institute for Sustainable Design
- Cooper Union (NY)
The Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design seeks to provide the greater Cooper Union community—architects, engineers and artists—with the cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills that are necessary to create ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Celebrating Earth Day One Bite at a Time
- Indiana State University (IN)
On Earth Day at ISU, Sodexo closes one of our dining halls and has an outdoor picnic instead, where students can use their meal plans for a lunch featuring ingredients ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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A Culture of Sustainability at the University of Montana
The University of Montana Office of Sustainability and ASUM Sustainability Center partnered with a student production company, KPCN, to produce a video that represents the grassroots culture of sustainability at ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Going Geothermal At Ball State University
- Ball State University (IN)
Ball State University has created the nation’s largest ground-source, closed-loop district geothermal energy system, benefiting the statewide social, economic and environmental context.
The system’s implementation demonstrates that geothermal ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Spring FARMal at American University
- American University (DC)
Spring FARMAL, Co-hosted by the AU Community Garden and Office of Sustainability, celebrated Earth Day with a screen on the green of "Plant This," outdoor crafts and activities, local food ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Stock Images for Waste Signs
- Babson College (MA)
Cut-out images with transparent backgrounds of various items for use in recycling, trash, and compost informational materials.
Images created by Connie Hsu and Sheen Hui for the Babson College Sustainability ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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Shifting Diets for a Sustainable Food Future
- World Resources Institute (DC)
Installment 11 of Creating a Sustainable Food Future shows that for people who consume high amounts of meat and dairy, shifting to diets with a greater share of plant-based foods ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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How not what: teaching sustainability as process
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Ever since the word “sustainability” entered public discourse, the concept has escaped definition. The United Nations has christened the years 2005–2014 “The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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The Class of 2000 Report: Environmental Education, Practices and Activism on Campus
The aims of this report are twofold: to provide basic information and ideas which will enhance the understanding of environmental education, practices and activism on campus; and to develop action ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Greening the Campus: Institutional Environmental Change at Tulane University
- Tulane University (LA)
This study explores the barriers to institutional change at Tulane University and attempts to develop ways to overcome them. The central conclusion is that the inability for Tulane to make ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Taking the University to Task: For many colleges and universities, environmental studies are no longer just academic
- Worldwatch Institute
This article provides an overview of the campus sustainability movement in 1998, with a focus on student activism and engagement.
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Food Scraps Composting on College/University Campuses: A Step-by-Step Guide
- FOR Solutions, LLC (NJ)
In "Food Scraps Composting on College/University Campuses: A Step-by-Step Guide", you will learn:
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How to select the proper technology for composting on your campus.
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How to implement that technology ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Food Scraps Composting Laboratory
- Kean University (NJ)
Kean University in New Jersey installed a rotary drum composter to process pre and postconsumer food waste from campus dining facilities.
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Spires, plateaus and the infertile landscape of Education for Sustainable Development: re-invigorating the university through integrating community, campus and curriculum
- Queen's University Belfast
Education for and research on sustainable development are currently not well served by the modern university, particularly in the UK. While there is rhetoric about supporting more interdisciplinary research and ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Educating for sustainability: A double-edged sword?
- San Francisco State University (CA)
Evidence from three sections of an undergraduate Business, Government and Society (BG&S) core course suggests that heightened awareness of corporate and executive wrong-doing vis-a-vis the natural environment, and/or emphasis ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Missing links: gender and education for sustainable development
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Focusing on the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, this paper argues for a gender-sociologically, and ecologically sensitive approach to the complex range of issues raised by environmental concerns. The ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Whose emergencies and who decides? Insights from emergency education for a more anticipatory Education for Sustainable Development
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Education in humanitarian crises (i.e., emergency education) plays an increasingly important role not only given ongoing crises, but also potential future crises which could be triggered by climate change ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Understanding the connections between double bind thinking and the ecological crises: implications for educational reform
This paper examines several reasons most professors of education are unable to recognise that the ecological crises require more than technologies that have a smaller ecological footprint. First, there is ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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As the heating happens: Education for Sustainable Development or Education for Sustainable Contraction?
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
There is widespread consensus within the international scientific community that global warming is happening and that its causes are primarily anthropogenic. Future histories anticipate massive environmental and social upheaval unless ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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