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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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UCF Sustainability Initiatives
- University of Central Florida (FL)
At Sustainability Initiatives, we seek to create an environment where ideas are freely shared, partnerships are formed and solutions are uncovered in the pursuit of environmental, economic and social sustainability ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Eco Hawks: Sustainability @ UIowa
- University of Iowa (IA)
Climate change is the greatest issue of our time and sustainability is the solution. Here at the University of Iowa, a place that provides services to not only Iowans but ...
- Posted April 22, 2016
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Transforming Higher Education: A Practical Plan for Integrating Sustainability Education into the Student Experience
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
This paper introduces a comprehensive plan for integrating sustainability education into the practices of nearly any college or university. Best practices in sustainability education including green orientation, first year education ...
- Posted April 21, 2016
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Sustainability, Energy and Environment Fellows Program
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
Why is true sustainability so hard to achieve? Behind every environmentally friendly practice is a web of consequences, trade-offs, feedbacks, and barriers — and this undergraduate minor administered by the Institute ...
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Campus sustainability governance in Canada: A content analysis of post-secondary institutions’ sustainability policies
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Dalhousie University (NS)
Purpose
This paper aims to provide an overview of a content analysis of sustainability policies from Canadian post-secondary education institutions. The paper reports findings on the orientations to sustainability evident ...
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Campus Sustainability Leadership Professional Certificate Program
- University of Vermont (VT)
Professional Certificate in Campus Sustainability Leadership
As we stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, colleges, universities, and other institutions must play a critical role in developing innovative ...
- Posted April 11, 2016
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"Seeing Systems" Discussion Activity on Peace, Justice and Sustainability Issues
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
Active, personally relevant learning is at the heart of an effective education. This discussion
activity takes students and other campus participants through a process of exploring sustainability through small group ...
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Powering A Bright Future Discussion Activity on Energy Issues
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
Active, personally relevant learning is at the heart of an effective education. This activity takes students and other campus participants through a process of exploring sustainability through small group discussion ...
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Food, Ethics and Sustainability Discussion Activity
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
Active, personally relevant learning is at the heart of an effective education.
This activity takes participants through a process of exploring sustainability
through small group discussion and personal reflection designed ...
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Systematic Change Through Reciprocal Partnerships
- Connecticut College (CT)
The Office of Sustainability at Connecticut College has demonstrated its commitment to community change in its collaborative support for the New London County Food Policy Council (NLCFPC). The NLCFPC is ...
- Posted April 6, 2016
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Internal Carbon Accounting at a Small Liberal Arts College
- Vassar College (NY)
As colleges and universities pursue greenhouse gas reductions, it has become clear that some
approach is necessary for putting a price on carbon emissions and communicating that cost to energy ...
- Posted April 6, 2016
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North D Compost Pilot
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA)
After conducting a waste audit of the North Apartment Residential Complex in October of 2014, it was found that approximately 27% of the trash stream consisted of food waste and ...
- Posted April 6, 2016
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Sustainable Development Primer for Higher Education Presidents, Chancellors, Trustees and Senior Leaders
- Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) (PA)
This primer describes the sustainability related, crucial roles and tasks for presidents, trustees and senior leadership and explains how sustainability is a robust national trend in higher education. The primer ...
- Posted March 30, 2016
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Tailgate Waste Diversion
- University of Southern California (CA)
USC Sustainability and Facilities Management Services are partnering to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill on campus during football tailgates. Student facilitators educate tailgaters on how to ...
- Posted March 11, 2016
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State of Sustainability: 10 Things to Know About Colorado State University
- Colorado State University (CO)
Colorado State has a long history as one of the nation’s most sustainable universities, but now CSU is the first university in the world to ever have its sustainability ...
- Posted March 3, 2016
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Connecting Sustainability with Design and Construction: The Project Managers Professional Development Program
- Ohio University (OH)
The Office of Sustainability at Ohio University realized there was a disconnect between our office and others on campus that play direct roles in the sustainability of the institution. In ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Professor Sustainability Coordinator': Maximizing the Potential of the Multiple Roles of the Sustainability Professional
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
Question: Where does the line between full-time Sustainability Professional and Faculty Member teaching about sustainability begin? Answer: There is no line! This case study presents a successful model for strengthening ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How Sustainability Directors Can Bring Simple Innovations to Campus
- Colby College (ME)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Staples Business Advantage (MA)
- Kimberly-Clark Professional (GA)
An interactive panel discussion on how Sustainability Directors can set SMART sustainability objectives and implement simple solutions across campuses to achieve their goals. From office furniture to paper towel selection ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Old Dogs, New Tricks: Lessons Learned While Shifting Roles In The Higher Education Sustainability World
- California State University, East Bay (CA)
- Gonzaga University (WA)
Sustainability in higher education continues to grow as a career, academic pursuit, and institutional priority. As more schools hire and retain sustainability professionals to coordinate programs, incumbents for new or ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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What should a Specialty Certification for Higher Educational Sustainability Practitioners look like?
- Oakland Community College (MI)
- International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) (OR)
This highly interactive session is focused on collecting input from participants on a specialty certification for a sustainability practitioner in higher education. The session will begin with an overview of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Professional Skills in Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The practice of professional sustainability requires critical competencies that focus on teamwork, communication, project management and stakeholder engagement. A one-credit hour course which highlights these critical professional competencies in sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Officers: The Dream, The Sometimes Harsh Reality, The Reasons You Want Us on Your Leadership Team (Video Shoot!)
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Vanishing budgets, departmental silos, outdated policies, lack of training, lack of access to decision-makers, skewed perceptions of what our jobs entail sustainability officers face serious challenges in the highly dynamic ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Finance 101: How can Campus Sustainability Officers and Business Officers Speak the Same Language?
- Second Nature (MA)
Campus sustainability professionals must frequently build the business case for campus sustainability projects. While they are well versed in environmental issues, communication strategy, and other planning skills, greater knowledge of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Pre conference Officer's Workshop - Leadership Essentials - Strategic Planning
- Stanford University (CA)
This workshop will focus on one of the key leadership and professional development skills - strategic planning. 'Strategic direction' is referred to as directions to position an organization to be successful ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Philosophy, Blisters, Sustainability: Deep Thinking and Dirty Hands
- Wright State University (OH)
The typical recruiter doesn’t use a line like, roll up your sleeves, come work on our campus to entice students to select their school but with an increased emphasis ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Captain of the Canoe: Leading a 1 Man Office with FREE Digital Resources
- St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY)
You’re either at a very small school with one person departments or at a lean institution where it’s hard to get additional help to run your unit. Either ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Officers’ Workshop: Essential Facilitation Tools & Technology to Advance Communication Skills, Leadership, and Project Management on Your Campus
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
- University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)
Having strong facilitation skills enables sustainability staff and leadership to engage their communities in designing and implementing successful programs. From effectively facilitated meetings to purposeful project designs, these skills are ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Young Sustainability Professionals in Higher Ed. Networking Lunch
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Indiana State University (IN)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
As you walk the halls of your college or university do other employees sometimes mistake you for a student? Were you hired by your alma mater to continue working on ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustaining and Growing Yourself as a Professional in a Changing Workplace, Building a Community of Change
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
- Clean Air-Cool Planet (NH)
- Trust for Sustainable Development (BC)
The workshop is presented in two parts. Part one will briefly review the current research on workplace dynamics and gender roles. Participants will respond to a series of questions which ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Modeling Equity Through Collaboration: A Co-Directed Office
- Connecticut College (CT)
The typical hierarchical structure of any office or department at a college or university has one leader with a chain of responsibility and reporting running down from that person. For ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Want to be a Sustainability Professional? Lessons from Recent Graduate Sustainability Program Alumni & Experienced Professionals
- Lipscomb University (TN)
Abstract: Due to the relatively recent phenomenon of sustainability professions and the recent emergence of Master of Science or MBA degrees with an emphasis in sustainability, unique insights will be ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Flash Strategy Workshop: Moving From Reactive to Proactive in 60 Minutes
- Dartmouth College (NH)
- GreenerU (MA)
In our role as sustainability professionals, we serve as organizational change agents. At the same time, we have many “balls in the air” and we “wear many hats” in our ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Officer and Faculty Members Collaborations on Advancing Sustainability Across the Curriculum
- Empire State College (NY)
“Sustainability officer” is a fairly recent position at campuses across the nation. Although this position has a variety of titles and is housed in different departments at different campuses, it ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Stronger Together: Collaboration Opportunities for Campus Diversity Officers and Campus Sustainability Officers
- Cornell University (NY)
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- Yale University (CT)
- McGill University (QC)
Campus diversity and inclusion departments educate and engage students, staff and faculty to promote inclusion, diversity and equity. Campus sustainability departments educate and engage students, staff and faculty about how ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Starting Over: Strategies for Building a New Sustainability Program
- Alfred State College (NY)
- University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
In this session, three professionals with long experience in the campus sustainability movement who in the past several years started jobs at institutions that were just beginning the journey to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Beyond Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities at the Growing Edge of Campus Sustainability
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- Warren Wilson College (NC)
- Western Michigan University (MI)
Over the past 15 years, sustainability has grown from obscurity to a mainstream higher education phenomenon. The field’s maturity was evident in three questions raised during informal conversations at ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Preventing Burnout in an Age of Permanent Crisis
- New York University (NY)
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." -Audre Lorde
As we care for ourselves, we become more effective activists and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Officers Workshop: Leveraging Leadership for Campus Sustainability
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
- Environmental Leadership Program (MD)
This workshop will focus on strengths-based leadership and systems thinking for the sustainability professional. Participants will map your own personal and professional strengths while considering how those strengths can move ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Breaking into the Sustainability and Higher Education Profession
- Northwestern University (IL)
After speaking with numerous sustainability coordinators and directors, it has become clear that this emerging field brings in creative, hardworking, and versatile professionals from varying backgrounds. This is both exciting ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Combining Sustainability and Environmental Health and Safety Offices
- New Mexico State University, Grants (NM)
Environmental Health and Safety Office is the perfect department for Office of Sustainability to partner with. Cross campus collaboration in Facilities and Services is a natural fit for these two ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Officers 1.0 to 2.0 Toolkit: Strategic and Sane Workload Management of People, Projects, and Programs on Your Campus
- Baylor University (TX)
- Duke University (NC)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
- University of Vermont (VT)
Sustainability staff are involved in many initiatives at a time, and often these are run in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. The Sustainability Office version 1.0 consisted of one staffer--it ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Officers Workshop: Leveraging Leadership for Campus Sustainability - Breakout Session 1
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
- Environmental Leadership Program (MD)
This workshop will focus on strengths-based leadership and systems thinking for the sustainability professional. Participants will map your own personal and professional strengths while considering how those strengths can move ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Unbound
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- AASHE (MA)
A sustainability transformation will require a radical change in the educational paradigm that shapes higher education. Dialogue, interaction and active exploration during this Advanced Track will challenge sustainability education: its ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community of Practice for Cocurricular Sustainability Program Coordinators
- Portland State University (OR)
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
This session is designed to catalyze cocurricular sustainability program coordinators as they transition from the AASHE conference experience back to their institutions. Through a Community of Practice format, the focus ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Collaborating with Campus Recreation Departments: How Students and Sustainability Directors Can Engage Campus Recreation in Sustainability Efforts
- Oregon State University (OR)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Sonoma State University (CA)
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
Campus recreation departments and student recreation centers have become one of the largest hubs for student activities on campuses in recent years. In addition to often serving 50-90% of the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Networking Meetup Lunch for Sustainability Professionals in Higher Education
- New York University (NY)
- University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)
Among the huge number of attendees at the AASHE Conference, this is an opportunity to enjoy a working lunch for full-time higher education sustainability professionals specifically. Attendees will have a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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AASHE Member Meeting, hosted by AASHE Board of Directors
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The Board of Directors will give an update on AASHE activities during the past year and will provide members with an open forum for the discussion of topics relevant to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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I Am Here Now Because of...And This is Where I Want to Be Next...
- Middlebury College (VT)
Sustainability is a profession and a passion for most of the people who come to an AASHE conference. We are, on balance, despairing optimists, utopian idealists, cold-eyed realists, manic-depressive mover ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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