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Inspire Just & Sustainable Behaviors via Your Biggest Influencer: Sports
- Texas A&M University (TX)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
- Honeycomb Strategies (CO)
This session seeks to educate and inspire sustainability professionals to partner with their athletics departments to improve sustainability systems and motivate fans to enhance their personal sustainability behaviors at home ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Engaging Students Beyond Individual Sustainability Action
- California State University, Fresno (CA)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
- Tufts University (MA)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
Students have boundless energy and passion, but often express frustration that many sustainability solutions place emphasis on individual action and/or their efforts do not make a significant impact on ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Who is the Post-Landfill Action Network?
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
The Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN) was founded in 2013, by a group of college students. These students witnessed a systemic waste problem on their campus and developed the first student-led ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Small Actions, Massive Impact: Fighting Waste on Your Campus 101
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
Getting involved is a big step! This is an excellent session to attend if you are interested in starting a project to address waste systems on your campus but aren ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Finding Your Point of Intervention
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
In the zero waste community, there’s been a longstanding debate about whether individual action vs. collective action prompts the most effective change. What is your stance? How do you ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Alumni & Student Engagement: Building Relationships and Career Pathways
- Elon University (NC)
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Green LMN LLC (NJ)
Now, more than ever, students need support finding professional development opportunities and career pathways. Connecting alumni to students expands opportunities for students to engage in meaningful sustainability work and can ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Composting: Community Based Solutions to Food Waste & Climate Challenges
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Food loss and food waste are global challenges; an estimated 40% of food in the U.S. is wasted. Food waste is directly related to food insecurity, poverty, and the ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Greek Sustainability: Leveraging Change, Empowering Leaders
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Students have been organizing chapter houses to host a "Green Chair" or also popularly known as "Green Greek Reps". We will share our resources, strategy, and recent academic year's ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Augsburg University’s Local Food Initiative: Student-Designed, Locally-Sourced
- Augsburg University (MN)
In 2020, Augsburg University’s Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship launched Augsburg Local, a campaign to leverage Augsburg University’s purchasing power to support local businesses. Purchasing at Augsburg ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Creating a Sustainability Survey: From Development to Assessing Impact
- Yale University (CT)
Are you interested in gaining a better sense of the sustainability needs and interests of your community? Is your institution seeking points in STARS? In this session, the Yale Office ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Measuring the Perceptions of Sustainability Initiatives
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Our study collected the perceptions of sustainability initiatives at Texas State University from the campus community which includes, all faculty, staff, and students. This study will use the collected data ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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A Student-led Process for University Carbon Footprinting
- Michigan Technological University (MI)
Students at Michigan Technological University have been calculating the institution’s carbon footprint for over 20 years as part of a project-based academic course. We will share the contours of ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Coping with Change: Responding to the Great Sustainability Resignation
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
How can we resiliently adapt and navigate a sustainable path forward for ourselves and our institutions? As baby boomers retire, COVID-inspired resignations soar, corporate sustainability hiring is on the rise ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Twenty Years In: What Impact are Sustainability Peer Education Programs Making?
- Champlain College (VT)
- Tufts University (MA)
Since the founding of the first “Eco-Reps” program at Tufts University in 2001, many campuses created similar sustainability peer education programs. While there have been internal program evaluations of these ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Using Reflective Structured Dialogues (RSD) to Support STARS Collaboration and Performance
- Dallas College (TX)
Dallas College’s Sustainability Office will share how they use the tools and techniques of Reflective Structured Dialogues (RSD) to build effective communication and internal support for STARS reporting. The ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Energy and carbon reduction - A total holistic approach by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been actively implementing various energy reduction efforts to promote sustainability and reduce its carbon footprint. The university recognizes the importance of energy conservation and has ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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EarthFest 2023
- Cleveland State University (OH)
EarthFest is an annual event thrown by Cleveland State's Office of Sustainability. The mission of EarthFest is to celebrate Earth Day by engaging students, faculty and staff to create ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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The Working Farms Fund: Partnership to Build a Sustainable Local Food System and Support a Diverse New Generation of Farmers
- Emory University (GA)
- The Conservation Fund (GA)
Emory University has partnering with the national non-profit The Conservation Fund (TCF) to support a diverse new generation of farmers in rural Georgia and help build the local food supply ...
- Posted May 16, 2023
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Tiffany Jurge plans Soup and Substance collaboration with SCITC
- Central Michigan University (MI)
- Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (MI)
Central Michigan University (CMU) presents Soup and Substance events through the Office for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (OIDEI) for students, faculty, staff and community members. Soup and Substance events ...
- Posted May 15, 2023
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Soup and Substance: Anishinaabek Food Sovereignty
- Central Michigan University (MI)
- Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (MI)
Central Michigan University (CMU) presents Soup and Substance events through the Office for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (OIDEI) for students, faculty, staff and community members. Soup and Substance events ...
- Posted May 15, 2023
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Meghan VanDamme leads composting initiative at CMU
- Central Michigan University (MI)
Meghan VanDamme and Central Sustainability collaborated with Facilities Management and CMU Residence Life to erect a compost drop-off at Northwest Apartments. The drop-off promotes sustainability by offering an opportunity for ...
- Posted May 15, 2023
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Ava Brewer uses student-athletes as sustainability advocates for CMU
- Central Michigan University (MI)
Central Sustainability coordinator Ava Brewer created a video promoting sustainability at CMU using student-athletes as sustainability advocates. The video will play at football, men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling ...
- Posted May 15, 2023
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Central Sustainability, CMU Professor Hope May and Cora di Brazza Foundation lead Peace Flag Raising at CMU
- Central Michigan University (MI)
On April 21, 2023, Central Sustainability, Central Michigan University Professor Hope May and the Cora di Brazza Foundation collaborated to present CMU’s annual Peace Flag Raising ceremony. This year ...
- Posted May 15, 2023
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Diverting Food Waste and Educating the Campus Community with Solar Powered Compost Kiosks at Illinois State University
- Illinois State University (IL)
The Illinois State University Compost Kiosks provide a model for other institutions in diverting food waste and reducing single-use plastic while educating and engaging the campus community in the act ...
- Posted May 15, 2023
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The State of Renewable Energy In Higher Education
- AASHE (PA)
- Coho Climate Advisors (MD)
This slide deck identifies and summarizes important renewable energy trends in higher education so that campuses can learn from each other as they transition to renewable energy. It is based ...
- Posted May 12, 2023
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Pregnant and Parenting Students Belonging and Thriving Framework
- California Polytechnic State University (CA)
- AASHE (PA)
College success for pregnant and parenting students has important implications for racial, ethnic, and economic equity in higher education. Among students of color, one in three black students, one in ...
- Posted May 11, 2023
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Auburn University Earth Day 2023
- Auburn University (AL)
Earth Day is an annual event created to celebrate the environment and demonstrate support for environmental protection. More than one billion people in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities ...
- Posted May 10, 2023
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Auburn University Earth Day 2023
- Auburn University (AL)
Earth Day is an annual event created to celebrate the environment and demonstrate support for environmental protection. More than one billion people in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities ...
- Posted May 10, 2023
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Auburn University Earth Day 2023
- Auburn University (AL)
Earth Day is an annual event created to celebrate the environment and demonstrate support for environmental protection. More than one billion people in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities ...
- Posted May 10, 2023
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The Week: The New Playbook for Climate Mobilization
- The Week
The Week is a climate mobilization tool that anyone can pick up and use, for free, to create courageous conversations about climate breakdown, and what we as a society can ...
- Posted May 10, 2023
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Creation of a Pollinator Garden at Farmingdale State College
- State University of New York at Farmingdale (NY)
In the Spring of 2023 Farmingdale State College's Office for Sustainability partnered with the college's Horticulture department to design an on-campus pollinator garden. The site is currently a ...
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Curriculum Self-Assessment Rubrics
- University of Michigan (MI)
This brief document offers several rubrics to assess courses, syllabi and individual units based on principles of sustainability- and social justice pedagogy, including community connections, cultural relevance, and more.
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Integrating Sustainability and Social Justice Concepts Across the Curriculum
- University of Michigan (MI)
This brief document offers matrices that show how sustainability and social justice concepts such as community and equity can be integrated across disciplines. With this document, instructors can take steps ...
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Franklin University Switzerland’s ACT Program: A Case Study in Stakeholder Carbon Markets for College Campuses
- Franklin University Switzerland (Ticino)
At Franklin University Switzerland, Academic Travel (“AT”) has historically been the university-funded activity that generates the greatest amount of carbon emissions by the Franklin community each year. In order to ...
- Posted May 8, 2023
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CSU Channel Islands Teaches About Sustainable Land Management During Earth Month
- California State University, Channel Islands (CA)
CSU Channel Islands kicked off Earth Month celebrations with an event focused on targeted grazing and its use as a sustainable land management strategy. The event included a presentation from ...
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Arbor Day & Earth Month Tree Planting at CSU Channel Islands
- California State University, Channel Islands (CA)
Students, staff, faculty, and community members came together to plant 20 trees on the CSU Channel Islands campus to celebrate Arbor Day and Earth Month 2023.
- Posted May 8, 2023
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USC Office of Sustainability tabling
- University of Southern California (CA)
Staff from the USC Office of Sustainability table at an Earth Month event on campus.
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Building an Embedded Sustainability Approach
- TAFE Gold Coast - Robina Campus (QLD)
The TAFE Queensland Robina Campus has been purpose-built to lead the way as a sustainable vocational education and training (VET) provider across Australia. The campus was designed from the ground ...
- Posted May 5, 2023
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WashU Earth Day Festival
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
WashU School of Medicine held the 2023 Earth Day Festival, which included a free bike tune up for all employees and students, a farmers market, and sustainable vendor showcase. The ...
- Posted May 5, 2023
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U of Washington Earth Day Fair
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The 2023 Earth Day Exhibitor Fair at the University of Washington.
- Posted May 5, 2023
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U of Washington Earth Day Fair
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Kort Maeda of the University of Washington's Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) tables at a UW 2023 Earth Day Fair.
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Earth Day Summit at Franklin University Switzerland
- Franklin University Switzerland (Ticino)
The Green Office Sustainability Programs at Franklin University Switzerland hosted an Earth Day Summit showcasing multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to sustainability. By bringing together a wide diversity of academic and ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Rider University Earth Day Event
- Rider University (NJ)
Eco-Reps that work for the Office of Sustainability that also conduct plant research in our campus greenhouse grew pollinator friendly plants to sell at our Earth Day event. With a ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Hope College Students and Holland State Park Beach Cleanup Event
- Hope College (MI)
Hope College students partnered with local high school student leaders to host their annual (spring and fall) community cleanup event at Holland State Park. Together they collected nearly 102 pounds ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Rice University Earth Day Festival 2023
- Rice University (TX)
The Administrative Center for Sustainability & Energy Management (ACSEM) hosted in partnership with the Betty & Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, the Rice Climate Alliance, and the BIOS 322 class an ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Campus RainWorks Challenge
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
The Campus RainWorks Challenge is a green infrastructure design competition for American colleges and universities that seeks to engage with the next generation of environmental professionals, foster a dialogue about ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Enhancing Students’ Environmental Skills Through A Solid Waste Sustainability Hub
- University of South Alabama (AL)
The objective of this project is to establish a solid waste sustainability hub that promotes environmental stewardship and education by focusing on waste reduction, recycling, reuse, and rethinking. A team ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Arbor Day Tree Planting Ceremony at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
UNL celebrated Arbor Day with two tree plantings on both city and east campuses. UNL has a strong history of sustainable tree management and was one of the first universities ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Earthstock Block Party at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
UNL's Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN) student government hosted the ninth annual Earthstock celebration throughout the month of April. Earthstock is a month-long celebration of ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Northwestern Bird Watching Walk
- Northwestern University (IL)
The campus community was invited to join in experiencing the birds that call our campus home as well as those migrating through. An introduction to bird watching and some tips ...
- Posted May 2, 2023
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