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Sustainable New Product Development for Ten Thousand Villages, a Fair-Trade Social Enterprise: Empowering Women and Economic Development through Problem-Based Service Learning
- Florida State University (FL)
Abstract – Universities have an important role in advancing sustainable development by educating future professionals. As an effective approach to scaling sustainability education, the author implemented a problem-based service-learning (PBSL) project ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Campus Zero Waste Program: Toward a Better Understanding of Zero Waste Program Success
- University of Florida (FL)
This research is a part of my dissertation and I have used AASHE Data to look into Zero Waste programs in HEIs
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Campus foodscapes as sites of transformation: mapping policy and projects in US universities envisioning just, sustainable and healthy food systems
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Globally universities have expanded their mission beyond teaching and research: recognising their broader responsibilities to their students, communities and civic neighbours, and to sustainable operations and infrastructure. This research considers ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
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US Society for Ecological Economics
- United States Society for Ecological Economics (PA)
The United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE) provides a venue for intellectual exchange and collaboration on issues related to the theory, policy, and implementation of sustainability. The society consists ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
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UBC’s Sustainability Open Data: Research, Learning and Operations
- University of British Columbia (BC)
- AASHE (MA)
The Sustainability Hub – a central unit at UBC focused on collaboration – have created a new open data platform to share sustainability performance metrics, increase transparency, support teaching, learning, operations on ...
- Posted May 25, 2023
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Differential Vulnerability to Extreme Heat Events Among the UC Campuses: A quantitative analysis of social vulnerability to extreme heat in communities surrounding UC Campuses
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Extreme heat events are becoming more frequent, intense, and longer as a result of global climate change. Individual characteristics and conditions amplify exposure and impact of extreme heat events. I ...
- Posted May 24, 2023
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Choose to Reuse
- Boston University (MA)
- ARAMARK at Boston University
Boston University’s Choose to Reuse program, offered at seven retail dining concepts in the George Sherman Union, provides students staff, and faculty the choice between ordering their meal on ...
- Posted May 23, 2023
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Air Travel Offset Program
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
In July 2021, the University of Pennsylvania enacted a University-wide travel sustainability policy that created the Climate Impact Offset (CLIO) charge to pay for projects that offset the carbon impacts ...
- Posted May 23, 2023
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Sustainability Week at USFQ
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
In honor of Earth Day, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) hosted the first Sustainability Week from April 17 to 21, with various activities carried out for the institution and ...
- Posted May 22, 2023
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EcoArt Entertainment
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Wearing upcycled costumes, Brooklyn based Artichoke Dance Company performs as part of Campus Earth Day 2023. Artichoke Dance are EcoArtists and Environmental Activists. They are known for performances paired with ...
- Posted May 22, 2023
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EcoArt Entertainment
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Wearing upcycled costumes, Brooklyn based Artichoke Dance Company performs as part of Campus Earth Day 2023. Artichoke Dance are EcoArtists and Environmental Activists. They are known for performances paired with ...
- Posted May 22, 2023
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Reducing Energy in the Campus Theatre Complex
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Rudder Theatre Complex (RTC) supports a large variety of campus events. Whether it is a Broadway show or new student and family orientation session, the RTC experiences high usage year-round ...
- Posted May 22, 2023
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KAUST SDG Highlight Report 2021/2022
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Makkah)
The KAUST SDG Highlight Report 2021 & 2022 features major projects, programs, and initiatives that have been set up or have been continuously running at KAUST across three broad categories ...
- Posted May 18, 2023
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Keep CUP the good work! Is sustainable consumption a promise or all talk?
- Iowa State University (IA)
- Starbucks (WA)
Plastic waste has now spread to every corner of the globe. To avoid wreaking additional havoc on our world, wholesale change is needed. Collaboration, creative rewards, forward-thinking businesses, and consumer ...
- Posted May 18, 2023
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Cooking with Purpose – Empowering Food-insecure College Students to “Take Back Cooking” for Climate Mitigation, Nutrition and Budget Benefits!
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- AASHE (MA)
Food pantries on college campuses have a wide variety of food choices with a wide variety of cost, nutritional, and greenhouse gas impacts. In an effort to encourage food-insecure students ...
- Posted May 18, 2023
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A 6 step strategy to run measurable zero waste campaigns
- Zabble (CA)
Instead of conducting one-time or infrequent waste audits, we will share an alternative paradigm to reach concrete milestones towards your institution's zero waste journey. We will share best practices ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Black and Brown Bodies in Green Spaces. How to Create Structural Change in the Zero Waste Movement
- Generation Conscious, Inc. (NY)
Join G.L. Genco as he shares his story on the founding of Generation Conscious and how he builds networks and power for intentionally exploited communities. Through this discussion, he ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Achieving zero-waste targets: residential & retail takeout dining
- USEFULL (MA)
This is a conversation to discuss the challenges and opportunities with takeout food packaging on campus.
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Educating the Scientific Community to Adopt Sustainability
- My Green Lab (CA)
Engaging scientists in sustainability efforts has long been proven to be an effective way of reducing the environmental impact of laboratories. By implementing actions to improve sustainability, scientists experience a ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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State of the Association
- AASHE (MA)
This is AASHE's annual member meeting where you can hear from AASHE leadership on highlights of the year, plans for the future, and ask questions of the board and ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Energy Equity (Climate Justice): Cultivating Community Engagement Pathways for University-Community Collaboration
- GreenerU (MA)
University and community collaborative partnerships can have an important role in advancing climate justice. By collaborating with community leaders, the university can foster improved community relations and provide viable pathways ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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SDSN USA: A Network for Advancing the SDGs Through Collaboration
- United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (NY)
This networking meeting will be an opportunity for attendees interested in, researching, and/or implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of 17 goals to be ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: April Anson
- San Diego State University (CA)
- University of Oregon (OR)
"Nature will heal when we heal the white supremacist vision of nature as an object to be extracted, resource to be mined, concept to racialize, sacrifice, make killable." Dr. April ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: Kumi Naidoo
- Thunderbird School of Global Management (AZ)
- University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
"We need to go beyond the solo approach and work together and lend our voices across all sectors: environmental, human rights, health, education, etc. Only our collective voice will be ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: Jessica Thomas
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
"I’ve had the opportunity to work in academia for about 15 years now, and I have never seen anything that really captures the imagination and inspires students like B ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: Jason Hickel
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona)
"Given the stakes of the crisis we face, we need to tell more honest, accurate stories about what’s happening to our planet and who is responsible for it." Dr ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: Elizabeth Popp Berman
- Bard College (NY)
- University of Michigan (MI)
"When our political values align with those of economics, we should embrace the many useful tools it has to offer. But when they conflict, we must be willing to advocate ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Lightning Talks: Public Outreach & Engagement
- Grand Valley State University (MI)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- My Green Lab (CA)
- University of Strathclyde
This session consists of 3 15-minute Lightning Talk sessions related to campus operations. The Lightning Talks are: Climate Neutral Districts - scalar city and region collaboration to drive climate action in ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Weaving for Resilience: Indigenous Knowledge and Place-based Learning in Sustainability Education
- University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College (HI)
Sustainability education, post-Covid, stands at the crossroads of a decision: do we return to the way things were? Or do we do something different? As communities learn to build back ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Organizing for a Sustainable Athletics Rating System
- Texas A&M University (TX)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- Honeycomb Strategies (CO)
In recent years, collegiate athletic programs have implemented a wide variety of sustainability initiatives. These initiatives include zero waste and carbon neutral games, fan outreach and education, LEED-certified stadiums and ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Warming Hearts and Homes: Implementing Community Winterization Programs
- Furman University (SC)
- University at Albany (NY)
- University of Maine (ME)
- Williams College (MA)
Curious about starting a community winterization program at your school? Wondering how to coordinate all the logistics? Want to learn what the benefits could be for your school? Join Dr ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Are Waste Audits a Waste of Time? An Introduction to Brand Audits
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
Have you heard of a brand audit? Learn from PLAN Campaign Director Young about the success of brand audits vs. their traditional counterpart, waste audits, in creating accountability for waste ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Demonstration Gardens as Informal Education Strategies in Rehabilitation Efforts
- Missouri Southern State University (MO)
Use of demonstration plots showcasing native forbs and grasses in public green spaces or along well-traveled paths can be helpful in increasing awareness of beneficial plant species. Signage can be ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Campus-Community Partnerships: Building Food Sovereignty and Fostering Collaboration
- Lafayette College (PA)
This session will explore how Lafayette College has succeeded and failed at building campus-community partnerships to address food sovereignty with an opportunity for participants to explore their own campus-community engagement ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: Tyson Yunkaporta
- Deakin University
- Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) (Queensland)
"All humans evolved within complex land based cultures over deep time to develop a brain with a capacity for over 100 trillion neural connections of which we now only use ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: Amali Tower
- University of Miami (FL)
- Climate Refugees (NY)
"We’ve got to approach climate displacement as a human security issue and not a border security issue." Amali Tower is a refugee and migration expert and the Founder and ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Can Colleges and Universities Become Bioregional Regeneration Learning Centers?
- Otterbein University (OH)
- Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice (OH)
Daniel Wahl, in his manual-for-the-future DESIGNING REGENERATIVE CULTURES, calls for colleges to become “bioregional learning and research centers” in order to best make use of our expertise for addressing the ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Students Taking on Oil & Petrochemicals Fellowship
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
PLAN’s Students Taking on Oil and Petrochemicals (STOP) Fellowship supports students that attend universities in Appalachia, a region threatened by an impending petrochemical buildout. This year-long fellowship provides students ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Regional Decarbonization Framework (RDF) - Integrated Long-Term Planning from San Diego County
- San Diego County (CA)
The global scientific consensus is unequivocal: the world is in the midst of a climate crisis and our window to meaningfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions is closing. In order to ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Co-Learning Partnerships & Carbon Management in Denmark & Canada
- University of Northern British Columbia (BC)
- Aarhus University
Businesses are increasingly interested in carbon management as a climate change mitigation tool. They want to respond to climate policy targets aimed at keeping global warming within a two-degree centigrade ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Keynote: Peter Kalmus
- University of British Columbia (BC)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (MD)
"I’ve realized that the main impact of reducing our emissions isn’t the emissions reduction itself: by modeling change, we tell a new story of what’s possible, shifting ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Editor-in-Chief on Current Research and Authorship Opportunities
- Northeastern University (MA)
Dr. Venkatesan, Editor-in-Chief of Sustainability and Climate Change, discusses some of her recently published work in the Journal, as well as current Journal Calls for Papers and author contribution opportunities.
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Strategies to Decrease the Environmental Impact of Office Printing
- Clover Imaging Group (IL)
In this session, you will learn about the different kinds of office printer cartridges, their environmental impact, and how the sustainability footprint of imaging devices can be improved by implementing ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Carbon Offsetting: Using high-impact carbon credits to further your sustainability goals
- Patch (CA)
The latest IPCC report recognizes carbon removal as critical to addressing climate change, but the voluntary carbon market today often leaves institutions of higher education out of the picture as ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Divestment and its Effects on Enrollment: A Win-Win?
- University of the Incarnate Word (TX)
In the burgeoning field of research on university divestment campaigns, much has been written about the motivations, validity, and outcomes of divestment movements at campuses in North America and the ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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High Impact Inclusion and Sustainability
- University of the Fraser Valley (BC)
This interactive session discusses the convergence of inclusion work and sustainability. It acknowledges how legacies of inequity contribute to the climate crisis and articulates why diversity and inclusion are critical ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Hemispheric University Consortium Campus Sustainability Initiative
- University of Miami (FL)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
We will present data gathered from the working groups experience in applying STARS in their respective campus. Real life pictures and short testimonials will give a taste to the audience ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Sustainability Reporting in HEIs in Latin America: Lessons Learned From the Equator
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have become actively engaged in assessing, addressing and implementing practices to drive sustainability solutions within the academic and research communities and with external stakeholders. Sustainability research ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Making the Case: Raise Funds, Cultivate Donors, & Position Sustainability as a Strategic Priority
- Stanford University (CA)
- Swarthmore College (PA)
Want to raise money for sustainability?! Come learn how to partner effectively with advancement officers to “make the case” to raise funds for sustainability at colleges and universities. Learn about ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Implementing a Proxy Carbon Price (Carbon Pricing 201)
- Cornell University (NY)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- Smith College (MA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
This live session builds upon the on-demand session "Determining a Proxy Carbon Price (Carbon Pricing 101)" which is in an introduction to carbon pricing and will help you decide how ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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