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Land Use & Environmental Planning Certificate
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Planning professionals come from a variety of backgrounds: social science, natural science, engineering and even the humanities, facilities and interior design. Regardless of students' background, the UC Davis Extension Land ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Solar Energy Certificate
- College of the Canyons (CA)
The college's solar energy technician certificate program will include 13 units of instruction spread over three courses that can be completed in two to three semesters. The courses are ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Solar Energy Technician Certificate
- Lansing Community College (MI)
This certificate is intended to prepare students to work as an entry-level solar energy technician. Solar energy technicians are involved in various aspects of the installation and maintenance of all ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainability Certificate
- Bay State College (MA)
In this certificate program, students will explore the dynamic relationship between humans and their environment from cultural, economic, historical, literary, social, scientific, and technology perspectives, as well as acquire foundation ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainability Certificate
- San Diego City College (CA)
The Sustainability Certificate offers an interdisciplinary, theorical, philosophical and practical approach for students to enter into the academic and/or professional fields related to sustainability. Students gain skills to critically ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Agriculture Certificate
- Central Carolina Community College (NC)
The Sustainable Agriculture curriculum is designed to provide the entrepreneurial and technical skills necessary to manage a profitable,environmentally sound, community based small farm or agricultural business. Course work includes ...
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Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
JCCC's sustainable agriculture (market farming) entrepreneurship program helps students realize their dreams of opening their own sustainable agriculture businesses. Farmers who grow produce on the side, depending on crops ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Agroecology certificate
- Triton College (IL)
Designed for learners who wish to gain an appreciation and practical skills to use sustainable practices that will positively influence the quality of natural ecosystems and human environment.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Business Professional Certificate Program
- Aquinas College (MI)
Aquinas College's Fall 2010 Professional Certificate Program in Sustainable Business will offer business owners and professionals an opportunity to learn about sustainable business perspectives, practices and change strategies. The ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Food & Farming Certificate
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The 15-credit Certificate in Sustainable Food and Farming was developed in response to growing student demand and emerging job opportunities. This online program has been particularly attractive to the fastest ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Food Production Certificate
- Triton College (IL)
Designed for learners who wish to focus on how to produce nutritional food crops and methods to overcome the availability of fresh and nutritious food produce.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Livestock Systems Certificate
- Central Carolina Community College (NC)
The Sustainable Agriculture curriculum is designed to provide the entrepreneurial and technical skills necessary to manage a profitable, environmentally sound, community based small farm or agricultural business. Course work includes ...
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Sustainable Local Foods Farming Certificate
- John Wood Community College (IL)
JWCC's new Sustainable Local Foods Farming program provides courses and hands-on training in sustainable fruit and vegetable production, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Students gain the practical skills and knowledge needed ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Skills Certificate
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The aim of this certification is to enhance students’ sustainability education by providing them with practical one-credit courses offered as supplements to standard courses across all majors. These popular courses ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Trails Certificate
- Fleming College (ON)
Gain insight into best practices related to the design, construction and maintenance of trails. Learn about and apply techniques that can enhance, rehabilitate and protect trails and greenways. Interpretive studies ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sustainable Vegetable Production Certificate
- Central Carolina Community College (NC)
The Sustainable Agriculture curriculum is designed to provide the entrepreneurial and technical skills necessary to manage a profitable, environmentally sound, community based small farm or agricultural business. Course work in ...
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Undergraduate Certificate in Environmental Studies
- Ohio University (OH)
The Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Certificate supplements the coursework for an existing major with an interdisciplinary study of the biophysical environment and the complex interactions between humans, other organisms, and the ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainable Community Development
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
The SCD certificate combines theory with practice. Certificate students gain a broad knowledge base while applying concepts and practices taught by top professionals in the field. Guest speakers, group work ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Undergraduate Environmental Planning Certificate
- San Jose State University (CA)
Students in the certificate program in Environmental Planning develop the knowledge and skills needed to successfully carry out planning and development activities with consideration of the environmental impacts and a ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Wind Energy Certificate
- University of Iowa (IA)
A new interdisciplinary undergraduate certificate in wind energy has been developed to meet the emerging market needs. The Certificate in Wind Energy integrates course work and faculty expertise from the ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Wind Turbine Technician Certificate
- Lansing Community College (MI)
This certificate is intended to prepare students to work as an entry-level wind turbine technician. Wind turbine technicians are involved in various aspects of the installation and maintenance of all ...
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Major University Towns Seek University Partners to Improve Energy Efficiency in Off-Campus Rental Housing
- City of Bloomington (IN)
In Bloomington (pop. 83,565), where 75% of Indiana University’s 40,000+ students live off-campus, the impact is tremendous. Two-thirds of local housing units are rentals, making it exceedingly ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Takeaways from UConn at COP21
- University of Connecticut (CT)
Now that we’ve had a month or so since our return from Paris to reflect, what are the key takeaways from UConn’s first-ever participation in the UN’s ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Top Ten AASHE Bulletin Stories of 2015
- AASHE (MA)
To celebrate the campus sustainability community’s accomplishments in 2015, AASHE has compiled a list of the 10 most clicked AASHE Bulletin stories in 2015.
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Guest Post: UConn COP21 Update
- University of Connecticut (CT)
Gazing out at the cacophony of asphalt, metal, and concrete, an inner conflict is brewing. As the scenes of Connecticut civilization blur by the bus window on the first leg ...
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Guest Post: Bonjour from UConn @ COP21
- University of Connecticut (CT)
We have finally arrived in Paris at the UN’s 21st annual international climate summit or Conference of the Parties (aka COP21). After a 3-hour bus ride from Storrs to ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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AASHE Attends the White House’s American Campuses Act on Climate Round Table
- AASHE (MA)
On Nov. 19, I joined college and university executives, student leaders, nonprofit representatives and Obama administration officials at the American Campuses Act on Climate Round Table organized by the White ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Opportunity - Upcoming White House Day of Climate Action to Feature Campus Climate Leadership
- AASHE (MA)
On November 19th, the White House and the State Department will bring together leadership from higher education institutions, including school administrators and student leaders, to collectively call for action on ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Collaborating for the Future of Higher Education Sustainability
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
- AASHE (MA)
Last week Julian Keniry from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Jaime Van Mourik from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Tim Carter from Second Nature and I came together ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Natural Area Stewardship as Part of Campus Sustainability
Despite a growing body of evidence that spending time in nature through leisure, stewardship, and related activities is critical to the healthy development of humans and can lead to pro-environmental ...
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Universities, Colleges and Students Mobilize for Paris Climate Action
- AASHE (MA)
The time to address climate change is now. AASHE believes the higher education community is poised to find and implement solutions to the drastically changing climate patterns that are sure ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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2015 Sustainable Campus Index
- AASHE (MA)
The 2015 Sustainable Campus Index highlights top-performing colleges and universities in 17 areas, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The Index also highlights best practices ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Getting Your Green Revolving Fund to Revolve
- Efficiency Vermont (VEIC) (VT)
In 2011, in partnership with the Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI), my colleagues and I led a statewide campaign to promote the adoption of green revolving funds (GRF) at Vermont’s ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Campus Transport Management: Trip Reduction Programs on College, University and Research Campuses
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute (BC)
Campus Transport Management programs are coordinated efforts to improve transportation options and reduce trips at colleges, universities and other campus facilities. TDM tends to be particularly effective and appropriate in ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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2015 Higher Education Sustainability Staffing Survey
- AASHE (MA)
AASHE has been conducting a survey of campus sustainability staff since 2008. This report presents the results of the 2015 Higher Education Sustainability Staffing Survey. It examines the nature of ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Preaching to the Choir
- Baylor University (TX)
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: 97 percent of climate scientists agree that we are the main reason the planet is warming at an alarming rate and if ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The Benefits of Sustainable Purchasing
- Green Seal (DC)
The credits in the AASHE Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) program can serve as a road-map to more sustainable purchasing policies. Green purchasing can benefit higher education campuses ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The Power of Sustainable Purchasing
- Green Seal (DC)
Summer marks the beginning of the new fiscal year on many campuses - this is a good time to do some housecleaning and review your purchasing policies. Green purchasing is an ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Learning Through Eating: Bringing Campus Dining Operations into an Introductory Environmental Science Course
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Sustainability initiatives in higher education often flourish as the result of cross-functionality of teaching, research, and operational staff. At the University of Wisconsin - Madison, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Resources ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Is STARS Worth the Investment? Furman University’s Point of View
- Furman University (SC)
After devoting much of the past fifteen months to painstakingly completing Furman’s first Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) 2.0 submission, while juggling myriad other professional and ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Environmental Fixes + Urban Problems
- The New School (NY)
Social preservation and the preservation of nature have for too long been treated as separate matters but when looked at as a holistic system, operating under market-driven devices, it is ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Ten Tips for Students to be Sustainable on Earth Day and Beyond
- AASHE (MA)
Happy Earth Day to everyone! To commemorate this important day we are highlighting the impact students can have to advance sustainability efforts at their institution and reduce their individual carbon ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Listening Project Report: Recap
- AASHE (MA)
Through the ongoing Listening Project (LP), the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is working to instill a listening culture throughout our programs and operations. However ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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AASHE Visits England at the EAUC Conference
- AASHE (MA)
- Environmental Association for Universities & Colleges (EAUC) (Gloucestershire)
I was proud to represent the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) at the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) annual conference at the University ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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AASHE’s Board Retreat Insight
- AASHE (MA)
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) held a board retreat in early March at Stanford University. At the retreat we honed in on AASHE's ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The Role of Collaborative Review in Achieving STARS Platinum
- Colorado State University (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
Colorado State University (CSU) has become the first institution to earn a Platinum rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). This achievement highlights the continuous improvement that ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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University of Iowa and Balfour Beatty Partner to Deliver Unique Sustainability Programs
- University of Iowa (IA)
On-campus student housing project “Aspire at West Campus” opened its’ doors to students in August of 2014, a new housing partnership formed between AASHE Member University of Iowa (UI) and ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The AASHE Collaborative Vision Tree – A Study in Creative Assessment and Feedback Processes
- Portland State University (OR)
- AASHE (MA)
To build a resilient sustainability movement in higher education, we need to bring together diverse perspectives and work to design collaborative solutions. This paradigm shift includes refining the processes by ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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A rainwater system for the University of Washington construction materials laboratory
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
University of Washington Construction Materials Laboratory (CML) is an instruction laboratory where undergraduate students of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the College of Built Environments (CBE ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Climate Change Resiliency: Campus Microgrid Feasibility Study
- Middlebury College (VT)
Background: The submitted research paper "Campus Microgrid Feasibility Study" is the result of a combination of learning opportunities that evolved into the final product. It began in summer 2014 at ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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