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Haul It to the Hall with Redbirds

  • Illinois State University (IL)

“Haul It to the Hall Program" is one of the successful environmental stewardship initiatives that play a vital role in cultivating a sustainable culture and advancing sustainability efforts at Illinois …

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Zero Waste Hero: Developing a Self-Paced Certification Program for Students

  • University of Texas at Austin (TX)

Social media, tabling events, signage , and classroom presentations….how else can we direct students to information about zero waste on campus that they can engage with and refer to throughout …

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Implementing an Undergraduate Sustainability Requirement at the University of Iowa

  • University of Iowa (IA)

Join us to gain insight into how the University of Iowa was able to create and implement a campus-wide undergraduate course requirement for sustainability. This effort Began in the College …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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When Things Feel Out of Control: Engaging Undergraduates in Climate Emotions Research

  • Wells College (NY)

Engaging undergraduate students in place-based ethnographic research helps develop their efficacy and confidence as sustainability change makers. Faculty at Wells College are mentoring teams of undergraduate researchers conducting a multi-year, …

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Sustainable Choices, Sustainable Futures: Empowering Students Through an Online Training

  • University of Southern California (CA)

The USC Office of Sustainability launched an online Student Sustainability Training module in April 2023. The 45-minute training allows students to explore how global sustainability imperatives connect to USC’s Assignment: …

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Sustainability Skills for Knowledge Workers in Tertiary Education

  • Mahidol University (Bangkok)

In this project, we designed a comprehensive training project aiming at equipping staff members at our higher education institution with essential sustainability skills. In today's world, environmental, social, and economy …

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Cross-disciplinary Curriculum and Programing That Supports Innovative Sustainable Solutions

  • Fashion Institute of Technology (NY)

The implementation of new approaches and technologies is paving a pathway forward for the fashion and related industries to reduce impact on our global ecosystem. This conversation will showcase the …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Reporting the Institution’s Impact on Climate Change & Sustainability Reporting

  • American University in Cairo (Cairo)

In 2012, the American University in Cairo (AUC) was one of the first higher education institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to produce a Carbon Footprint …

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From Ideas to Action: Using the STARS Reporting Process to Develop a Strategic Plan

  • Brailsford & Dunlavey (DC)

Congratulations! You’ve completed a STARS Report! Now what?! The value of the STARS reporting process is more than earning a STARS Rating. Relationships built, data collected, and key insights highlighted …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Global Standards Sustainability Reporting for Higher Education

  • University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
  • ISOS Group

Higher education has a unique role to lead sustainability innovation across our campuses nationally and internationally. Reporting can help universities and organizations understand and manage their positive and negative impacts …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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In Pursuit of Platinum: Trust and Change (on a Timeline)

  • George Washington University (DC)

In June 2020, the GW Board of Trustees Task Force on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Responsibility published a report stating the university’s commitment to taking swift and decisive action …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Early Career Sustainability Professionals Support and Networking

  • California State University, San Marcos (CA)
  • Endicott College (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)

As new professionals continue to move into the field of sustainability, and as this is the first in-person AASHE Conference held in the last 3 years, it is important to …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Mining for SDG Gold in Higher Education Curricula

  • Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)

Our research aimed to assess how Ramapo College of New Jersey teaches sustainable development goals and highlight areas that require improvement. In order to do this, we analyzed over 2300 …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Successfully Supporting Students: A Space to Share Ideas on Effectively Managing Student Workers

  • Elon University (NC)

Many sustainability offices rely on student workers to help drive their overall mission through education, programming and more. What structures work well to manage these students? How do we as …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Developing Climate Hope, Antidotes for Climate Anxiety

  • Dartmouth College (NH)

In our line of work, we’re all familiar enough with climate anxiety and grief–it’s easy enough to despair amidst the daily slew of depressing headlines, after all. Couple this with …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Developing Campus-Community Sustainability Internship Programs

  • University of Florida (FL)

Creating connections between college campuses, community organizations, and businesses is vital for strengthening networks and developing sustainability projects that benefit people and planet. The Active Learning Program provides University of …

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A Relationships-First Model for Zero Waste Coalition Building

  • George Washington University (DC)

Committed to reaching Zero Waste? It cannot be done alone! Achieving this ambitious milestone requires complete cooperation across all areas of an institution, especially those responsible for the greatest share …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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SustainEDU: Empowering Ecuador's Campuses for a Greener Tomorrow

  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ (Pichincha)

This session will contribute to HEIs and campus sustainability professionals in settings where formal sustainability planning and institutional frameworks are nascent, providing insights on how to foster sustainability networking, leverage …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum Masterclass

  • Georgetown University (DC)
  • Spelman College (GA)

Drawing from her experiences as president of Spelman College and Mount Holyoke College as well as her research on race and education, Dr. Tatum will speak about the opportunities for …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Storytelling for Change: Imagining a more just and sustainable future

  • Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (WA)

Many of the institutions we work for and/or lead are driven by their desire to make the world a better place. As communications professionals who help them tell their stories, …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Let’s Play Carbon Crunch – A Game for Climate Action Planning

  • Colorado State University (CO)

Trying to reduce your institutions carbon emissions? Play ‘Carbon Crunch’ – a game of strategy, risk, collaboration, chance, and innovation. Tasked with achieving your university's carbon reduction goals, you and …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Hot Topic: Heat Waves & Cool Campuses Planning for Climate-Resilient Communities

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
  • University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
  • Yale University (CT)

Join this session to network with colleagues from around the country and discuss ways we can effectively prepare for heat in this changing climate. As temperatures rise, schools in the …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Shared Support Services as a Strategy for Promoting Sustainability at CSU Campuses

  • California State University, Chancellor's Office (CA)

At the CSU, our unit's work impacts the lives of more than half a million students across the CSU system as well as more than 55,000 faculty and staff. One …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Advancing Sustainability in Higher Education: Two Proposals

  • American Council on Education (DC)
  • Global Council for Science and the Environment (MD)

Sustainability curriculum is rapidly evolving and expanding across higher education: in Gen Ed, through the AASHE Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum, in the creation of new degrees and certificates, …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Making the Most of External Sustainability Assessments: Comparing STARS, UIR and QS

  • Arizona State University (AZ)

At Arizona State University (ASU), we consider external assessments a critical tool for measuring and advancing our sustainability progress. However, we also understand the challenges of managing, navigating and interpreting …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Facilitation for Organizational Change

  • Boston University (MA)
  • Trust (MA)

One of the most important, yet often underappreciated, skill sets of any profession is the ability to be a strong group meeting facilitator. The role of a facilitator is the …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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A Collaborative Approach to Scale Climate Action In Boston

  • Boston University (MA)
  • Emerson College (MA)
  • Boston Green Ribbon Commission (MA)
  • Trust (MA)

Rapidly changing regulations that limit carbon emissions from large buildings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Boston require adjustments to energy procurement, building plans, and site management …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Leveraging STARS to Advance your Sustainability Goals and strategies

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
  • GreenerU (MA)

AASHE STARS inventorying, analysis, and submission is a lengthy and complex process—one that can be all-consuming for an institution. But one of the purposes of STARS is to provide a …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Best Practices for Tracking Sustainability Program Metrics at SMCCCD

  • San Mateo County Community College District Office (CA)

The California Community College Chancellor's office recently issued sustainability standards and tracking guidelines to all CA CCDs. This session delves into how the San Mateo County Community College District effectively …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Exploring Novel Methods of Sustainability Outreach

  • University of Maryland, College Park (MD)

Over the past decade, the University of Maryland, College Park, Office of Sustainability established a legacy of successful outreach and engagement initiatives. Thousands of students, staff, and faculty have received …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Next Level Sustainability Integration and Elevation

  • Duke University (NC)

Climate and sustainability are topics at our institutions that stretch across disciplines, interconnect operations and academics, cross campus boundaries, reach into the community, and around the world. As Duke University …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium Meet Up

  • Bentley University (MA)
  • Boston University (MA)
  • Tufts University (MA)

Take some time to connect or reconnect with sustainability student leaders across various colleges and universities. Hosted by three board members for the Annual Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium, this networking …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Where Teaching and Learning Happens Matters: Sustainability Education Outside the Classroom

  • Elon University (NC)

In the context of higher education, the significance of where teaching and learning happens is often assumed or taken for granted. To be sure, service-learning, study away, and community-based learning …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Hubs for Action: Visualizing Sustainability Data to Engage and Empower

  • Yale University (CT)
  • University of British Columbia (BC)

Sustainability staff from Yale University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) present a panel-style Field Report on creating sustainability data hubs and data dashboards, each with robust sustainability open …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Navigating Successful Co-Production of Campus-as-Lab Initiatives

  • Princeton University (NJ)
  • University of Calgary (AB)

Universities and colleges are critical sources of knowledge and learning, but have often been siloed from and inaccessible to other communities and industries (and other forms of knowledge). Academic work …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Campus as Classroom: Learning for Sustainability Leadership

  • Smith College (MA)

This session introduces an integrative pedagogy for learning about sustainability, where 1) the campus functions as a learning space; 2) learning is organized around authentic problems, whether emerging from an …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Transitioning to 100% Renewable Energy While Balancing Cost, Risk, and Sustainability

  • Davidson College (NC)
  • Coho Climate Advisors (MD)

In 2022, Loyola University Chicago executed one of the largest retail renewable energy contracts in higher education in North America. The contract will result in the construction of the Double …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Sustainability Curriculum Integration Discussion

  • Santa Clara University (CA)
  • Western Washington University (WA)

How do we integrate sustainability into the curriculum? What are the best practices for teaching sustainability? How are the key competencies for sustainability assessed? This networking session is for those …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Decolonizing Compost

  • University of the Incarnate Word (TX)

This presentation describes how composting has been integrated into the Sustainability Studies curriculum at my institution and its pedagogical benefits. We have on-site composting in our community gardens, and we …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Grounding Sustainability Education in Self-compassion and Radical Hope

  • University of South Dakota (SD)

We define sustainability as asking the questions, “What kind of world do we want?” and “How can we effect change to create that world?” A goal of this framing of …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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The UTRGV Graduate Sustainability Research Fellowship

  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Graduate Sustainability Research Fellowship (GSRF) was designed to support student scholarship, present intentionally visible contributions to sustainability in research, and exemplify UTRGV’s …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Climate Action Implementation: Governance Approaches for Climate Implementation

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
  • University of California, Office of the President (CA)

Colleges and universities across the globe have set very ambitious targets for climate action ranging from steep mitigation goals of zero carbon, to ensuring a resilient campus and preparing for …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Zero Waste Tailgates: Creating a ripple effect of change….and having fun along the way!

  • Illinois State University (IL)

The Illinois State University Office of Sustainability hosted a “Zero Waste Tailgate” before each home football team for the last two seasons. Each tailgate was located in a prominent tailgating …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Beyond the Concepts! What Faculty Need to Feel Ready to Teach Sustainability in the Classroom

  • Seneca Polytechnic (ON)

It can be argued that for faculty, infusing sustainability across one’s curriculum is as much a deeply personal act as it is a collective academic endeavour. Teaching sustainability is multivalent …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Foundational Ethics for Peer-to-peer Education Design

  • Concordia University (CA)

The urgent need for collective response to the climate crisis has increased the value of peer-to-peer education in post-secondary schools. However, strategies for implementation vary across institutions with little standardization. …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Building Climate Resilience and Centering Equity: Case Studies from the University of California

  • Stanford University (CA)
  • University of California, Office of the President (CA)
  • University of California, San Diego (CA)
  • Introba

Equity-Centered climate-resilient planning is a vital component of responding to the challenges posed by a changing climate. The University of California (UC) system has taken a proactive approach to developing …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Engaging Public Health Students in Environmental Justice Through a Collaborative Art Project

  • Mercer University (GA)

Background. Environmental justice issues may be new to undergraduate public health students. While they are enthusiastic to learn about and engage in environmental justice issues they often do not know …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Campus Decarbonization Through Comprehensive Energy Retrofits

  • College of the Atlantic (ME)

Over the last two years, College of the Atlantic has reduced our buildings' fossil fuel consumption and the resulting scope 1 carbon emissions from our buildings by 50%/square foot campus-wide. …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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How to Achieve 70% Carbon Footprint Reduction for Minimal Cost and Beyond

  • University of Toledo (OH)

The University of Toledo has achieved approximately 70% carbon footprint reduction, saves millions in energy costs, and has one of the lowest energy usages in the region. This technical presentation …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Menuing toward Net Zero: Coolfood Meals and Emissions Targets

  • Aramark (PA)

Food systems are estimated to contribute over 1/3 of overall annual greenhouse gas emissions. In an effort to address this, Aramark has implemented Coolfood Meals, a low carbon menu labeling …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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