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Bike to Breakfast at Utah State University
- Utah State University (UT)
It rained. It snowed, and Aggies biked. Utah State University Dining Services served more than 100 breakfasts to people who arrived on bicycles on April 20, 2022 as a part …
- Posted April 25, 2022
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The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Principles of Responsible Management Education Report
- University of Iowa (IA)
The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business became signatories of the Principles of Responsible Management Education. As part of that commitment, the college reports on progress every two years.
- Posted Jan. 13, 2022
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Saving the Campus Farm: One Approach to Leveraging Institutional Support for a Campus Farm Space
- Butler University (IN)
Although there has been a dramatic increase in the number of campus farms in the past thirty year, most farms serve as co-curricular resources or have limited use in formal …
- Posted Jan. 13, 2022
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What's Missing? Reconsidering the Key Competencies in Sustainability Education
- University of Dayton (OH)
This presentation looks at the core competencies shaping the curriculum in sustainability programs, and which may impact accreditation processes for those programs in the future. An overview of the various …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Integration of the SDGs Across Curricular / Co-Curricular Programs: Shared Best Practices
- Furman University (SC)
- George Mason University (VA)
- Mount Holyoke College (MA)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Using Local Food Systems and Justice Issues to teach Sustainability
- Eureka College (IL)
For two years, I have taught an upper-level seminar in Environmental Studies on Local Food Systems and Justice issues that also meets a gen ed requirement for undergraduates in Sustainable …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Preparing a Faculty Cohort to Facilitate Internal Curriculum Integration Workshops
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Dallas College (TX)
An increasing number of colleges & universities are working to integrate sustainability & social justice into the curriculum. This often involves faculty development workshops led by external facilitators. In-house efforts, …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Transformational Education or Transforming Education?
- University of South Dakota (SD)
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
In order to mobilize a just transition, transformation in how we think, act and our sense of being in the world envisioning a holistic approach of head, hands and heart. …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Sustaining the Mainstreaming of Climate Change Frameworks/Knowledge as University Core Curriculum
- University of Buea
Education and learning have powerful potential in fostering knowledge, skills and competences for action towards climate change mitigation. This study focuses on examining the role of mainstreaming and sustaining climate …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Sterling College: Southwest Field Semester
- Sterling College (VT) (VT)
Students participating in class in the Southwest Field Semester of Sterling College, a 12-credit course that provides students 84 continuous days in the field and affords them an immersive learning …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2021
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Sterling College: Wetland Ecology
- Sterling College (VT) (VT)
Wetland ecology students at Sterling College visit all the major wetland types occurring in Vermont. At the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge they learn about managing wetland habitat for migratory birds …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2021
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Sterling College: Field Ecology at The Farm Between
- Sterling College (VT) (VT)
Students enrolled in Field Ecology explore plant systems and insect populations at Sterling's instructional site at The Farm Between in Jeffersonville, Vermont, with Dr. Laura Spence, Dean of Academics.
- Posted Aug. 30, 2021
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Citizen science sustainability at the University of Tasmania
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
As part of her paid internship through the Sustainability Integration Program for Students (SIPS), Zoe Bucher-Edwards organised a wild pollinator count with the University of Tasmania's entemologist and PhD Candidate …
- Posted Aug. 19, 2021
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Integrating racial equity, social justice, and sustainability through general education learning outcome assessment
- University of Utah (UT)
In 2014, the University of Utah administration received a poignant letter from a group of passionate students suggesting that granting an undergraduate degree to any student without ensuring that they …
- Posted May 26, 2021
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Virtual Energy Treasure Hunt Event
- Suffolk County Community College (NY)
In April 2021, Suffolk County Community College hosted our first US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Treasure Hunt Event. The DOE describes the Treasure Hunt as “One of the best …
- Posted May 26, 2021
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Equity, Diversity, Justice, Inclusion Task Force, Catawba College
- Catawba College (NC)
The Equity, Diversity, Justice, and Inclusion (EDJI) Task Force at Catawba College aims to build a campus community where all members thrive by working to cultivate critical conversations and practices …
- Posted May 25, 2021
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Addressing Food and Housing Security among NC State University Students
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Since February 2018, when a report on student hunger and homelessness on NC State University's campus was released, the campus community has generated increased resources for students, conducted ongoing research …
- Posted May 21, 2021
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SUNY Broome Virtual Earth Fest
- SUNY Broome Community College (NY)
Equity: The Greatest Opportunity for the Sustainability & Climate Movements?
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SUNY Broome Earth Fest Lecture – Saturday, April 24th Schedule of Events: 10:00 am: Reducing Household Waste, Chris Burger, …
- Posted April 30, 2021
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UCCS Food Next Door | Farm Subscription Program
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
The Food Next Door Farm Subscription Program strives to help fight hunger, promote food access, boost food literacy, and support regional farmers and ranchers in our community.
- Posted April 21, 2021
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Sustainability in Higher Education: What More Can Universities Do?
- QS Quacquarelli Symonds
This report details the key findings from the QS Environmental Concerns Survey conducted in August 2019. The survey - which was completed by more than 3,700 prospective international students looking …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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“I teach it because it is the biggest threat to health”: Integrating sustainable healthcare into health professions education
- Monash University (VIC)
Background Steering planetary and human health towards a more sustainable future demands educated and prepared health professionals.
Aim This research aimed: to explore health professions educators’ sustainable healthcare education (SHE) …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Exploring emerging learning needs: a UK-wide consultation on environmental sustainability learning objectives for medical education
- University of Bristol
- University College London (London)
- University of Hull
- Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (Oxford)
Objectives: This study aimed to engage wide-ranging stakeholders and develop consensus learning objectives for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
Methods: A UK-wide consultation garnered opinions of healthcare students, healthcare educators …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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It’s Time for Medical Schools to Introduce Climate Change Into Their Curricula
- George Mason University (VA)
- Georgetown University (DC)
- University of California, San Francisco (CA)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NY)
Climate change presents unprecedented health risks and demands universal attention to address them. Multiple intergovernmental organizations, health associations, and health professions schools have recognized the specific importance of preparing physicians …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Education for sustainable health care: From learning to professional practice
- University of South Dakota (SD)
- University of Calgary (AB)
- Hochschule Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
- Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NY)
A number of planetary boundaries, including climate change as a result of greenhouse gas emissions, has already been exceeded. This situation has deleterious consequences for public health. Paradoxically, 4.4% of …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Why use indicators to measure and monitor the inclusion of climate change and environmental sustainability in health professions’ education?
- Bond University (Queensland)
- The University of Notre Dame Australia (WA)
Currently, health professionals are inadequately prepared to meet the challenges that climate change and environmental degradation pose to health systems. Health professions’ education (HPE) has an ethical responsibility to address …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Fulfilling a new obligation: Teaching and learning of sustainable healthcare in the medical education curriculum
- Imperial College London
Aims: Leading the growing international recognition of the need for sustainability in healthcare delivery, the UK medical regulator has mandated that newly qualified doctors must be able to apply the …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Rethinking health professions’ education leadership: Developing ‘eco-ethical’ leaders for a more sustainable world and future
- Bond University (Queensland)
- Swansea University
In this commentary, we discuss health professions’ education (HPE) leadership in relation to planetary health emergencies, suggesting that an ‘eco-ethical leadership’ approach is highly relevant. Building on both traditional and …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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12 tips for teaching environmental sustainability to health professionals
- Monash University (VIC)
- The University of Newcastle (NSW)
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Background: As recognition of the health impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges increases, so too does the need for health care professionals to practice healthcare sustainably. Environmental sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Faculty development and partnership with students to integrate sustainable healthcare into health professions education
- Georgetown University (DC)
- University of California, San Francisco (CA)
- Imperial College London
There is an urgent need for health professionals to address the impacts of accelerating global environmental change. Healthcare faculty therefore have to educate the rising generation of health professionals in …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Towards a sustainable future with education?
- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
The call for a kind of education which can contribute to a sustainable future has resulted in the “education for sustainable development” (ESD) campaign. What is implied here is that …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Building new foundations: the future of education from a degrowth perspective
- Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie
Considering education in the context of making and unmaking sustainable futures, a growing relevance is attributed to the role of shared beliefs or mental infrastructures which shape the way people …
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Exploring just sustainability across the disciplines at one university
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh (NY)
- University of Vermont (VT)
We examined The University of Vermont’s new sustainability requirement for undergraduates through the lens of just sustainability. We found that sustainability courses are proposed in diverse disciplines. Regardless of discipline, …
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Training tomorrow's environmental journalists: Assessing the extent of environmental-themed training in college-level journalism programs
- Penn State Brandywine (PA)
While the scale of the environmental problems facing the planet mean that effective environmental journalism is now more important than ever, the environmental beat can be extremely challenging for journalists. …
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Critical Sustainabilities: Negotiating Sustainability’s Discursive Maze in the Classroom
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
“Sustainability” features in numerous discourses, each of which frames the issue according to its particular worldview(s). Thus there is no singular sustainability conception, but multiple sustainabilities that compete with one …
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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From Linear Industrial Structures to Living Systems: A Design Shift in Education for Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
If sustainability is to be an integral part of rethinking education organization, it is necessary to redesign mental models that shape present curricular structures. Assumptions underlying the design of most …
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Building capacity for societally engaged climate science by transforming science training
- University of Arizona (AZ)
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
A major barrier to achieving wide-spread progress on planning for impacts from climate change is the lack of trained scientists skilled at conducting societally-relevant research. Overcoming this barrier requires us …
- Posted Jan. 12, 2021
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Central New Mexico Community College, Main Campus Detention Basin
- Central New Mexico Community College (NM)
Photos # 1 & 2 Description: This detention basin slows and filters stormwater that drains from a large parking lot located at CNM Main Campus, near University Avenue. It also …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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Central New Mexico Community College Westside Campus Solar Array & Energy Storage System
- Central New Mexico Community College (NM)
Contractors commission the tracking equipment at the Westside Campus Solar Array & Energy Storage System. Students in the CNM Electrical Trades Photovoltaic Concentration Program stand by to learn. It was …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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UMass Amherst Clean Energy Corps
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Clean Energy Extension students review and photograph architectural plans for an elementary school they are assessing, as well as present their findings.
- Posted Oct. 15, 2020
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Unity College Sustainability Science Curriculum
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
Sustainability science is at the heart of everything we do at Unity College because to us, nothing is more important than the mark we make on this planet.
Sustainability science …
- Posted Oct. 15, 2020
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CSU Monterey Bay - Laundry to Landscape
- California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)
CSU Monterey Bay implemented a pilot laundry to landscape project that is connected to 8 washing machines. The greywater is filtered and then distributed to adjacent landscaping. The project was …
- Posted Oct. 15, 2020
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Connecting Diversity with Sustainability - Penn State Overview
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
The Educational Equity Green Team was invited by Penn State’s Sustainability Institute to present a webinar connecting sustainability with diversity as part of the Green Bag Lunch Series on March …
- Posted Oct. 8, 2020
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Living Earth Festival 2018: MA‘O Organic Farms
- University of Hawaii Leeward Community College (HI)
- University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)
This video, taken at the Living Earth Festival in 2018, highlights efforts by MA'O Organic Farms in Waianae, Hawaii to uplift the local community through employment opportunities and local produce. …
- Posted May 28, 2020
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Swarthmore President's Sustainability Research Fellowship - Increasing Opportunities for Involvement with the Office of Sustainability
- Swarthmore College (PA)
Purpose: To increase engagement with sustainability on campus by thinking about ways to improve existing internships, imagining new ways for students and student groups to get involved, and utilizing our …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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Engaging campus and beyond: The Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series
- University of Northern Iowa (IA)
The Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series (ALDLS) was established in 2018 with the goal of engaging the University of Northern Iowa community, providing opportunities throughout the academic year to interact …
- Posted May 18, 2020
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The James Madison University Student Assessment Initiative
- James Madison University (VA)
Between 2009 and 2020, JMU implemented a comprehensive collection of student assessments and used the results to significantly advance sustainability efforts. Three question sets were, and continue to be, administered …
- Posted May 15, 2020
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Competencies and Pedagogies for Sustainability Education: A Roadmap for Sustainability Studies Program Development in Colleges and Universities
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
Sustainability studies educators in colleges and universities must identify and teach the knowledge, skills, and abilities their graduates will most need to advance sustainability while confronting perhaps the most serious, …
- Posted Feb. 3, 2020
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Ohio State Energy Partners Hosts Smart Campus Challenge
- The Ohio State University (OH)
The first Smart Campus Challenge, presented by Ohio State Energy Partners ENGIE and Axium Infrastructure, concluded with all six finalists winning $144,000 dollars, combined, for their project proposals to make …
- Posted Aug. 1, 2019
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Roux Center Tour Guides
- Bowdoin College (ME)
During the busy opening weekend of Bowdoin's first LEED Platinum Building, The Roux Center for the Environment, sustainability tours were provided by Bowdoin EcoReps, identifiable by their green sash.
- Posted July 30, 2019
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Sustainability and Business Education
- Babson College (MA)
This document was created as an AASHE project to: * Highlight the value of sustainability in the business field * Encourage increased presence of sustainability in business education
- Posted June 13, 2019
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