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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 ...
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Queens College Is Reducing Plastic Water Bottle Use
- City University of New York, Queens College (NY)
As part of our college's efforts to reduce single-use plastics on campus, our ongoing sustainability initiative includes the removal of older water fountains and installation of water bottle filling ...
- Posted May 2, 2022
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Evaluation of an informational and behavior change program to increase students' self-reported energy conservation
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
- State University of New York at Brockport (NY)
A systematic evaluation of a program, consisting of sustainability education, self-management strategies, and feedback, to decrease college students' energy use was conducted. During treatment, the experimental group showed increased self-reported ...
- Posted Feb. 28, 2018
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A Campus Sustainability Map Organized by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
"Designing a map is not a trivial task." (1) This session discusses the purpose, process, and outcomes of developing a campus sustainability map. However, as we will demonstrate, while designing ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Collective Impact: Results from a Multi-Campus Farm to College Pilot Program
- University at Albany (NY)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
- State University of New York at Oswego (NY)
This initiative involved four state colleges working with a statewide partnership of agricultural, public health and economic development interests who are working with food service providers on these campuses. The ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Summer 2016 - St. John's University upgraded 41,000 lamps and 6,000 fixtures to LED
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
In Summer 2016, St. John's University invested $1.4 million to upgrade 41,000 lamps and 6,000 light fixtures to LED technology. Highlights of the project include:
- Utility ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Urban Forestry Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Urban Forestry minor will provide students with the opportunity to better understand complex human-dominated ecosystems where trees and people coexist in close proximity. Understanding and attempting to manage this ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Environmental Management Bachelor of Technology
- State University of New York at Cobleskill (NY)
The four-year Bachelor of Technology in Environmental Management program educates students in the skills and technological applications critical to conserving biodiversity and natural resources in a dynamic and challenging global ...
- Posted March 13, 2018
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16 Billion Trees Fell Last Year, Is Anyone Listening?
- TreeZero Paper (GA)
Poster will detail impacts and risks of deforestation; opportunities for reducing paper use and example of easy solution to add to your sustainability efforts to reduce impact on deforestation, climate ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Princeton Student Climate Initiative
- Princeton University (NJ)
On the Friday night after midterms week, seven Princeton undergraduates gathered in the Pace Center for Civic Engagement to talk climate change legislation. Decked in hoodies, sweats, and mismatched socks ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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SUNY New Paltz Pivots from Plastic Bottles to Aluminum Cans to Move Beyond Plastics
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
In the fall of 2020, Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS), which contracts on behalf of SUNY New Paltz for beverages to be distributed through vending machines and the dining services contractor ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2021
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Native Peoples & the Environment Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Native Peoples and the Environment minor is available to all ESF undergraduates. The interdisciplinary suite of courses provides students with a cohesive introduction to Indigenous cultures, worldviews and knowledge ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Biomaterials Engineering (PhD)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Various composites incorporating materials derived from bioresources such as lignocellulosics are critical to the future of sustainable development. This research area is focused toward training students on the design and ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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2 MW Denton Road Solar Array
- Skidmore College (NY)
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (NY)
- WGL Energy (VA)
- Dynamic Energy (MA)
Skidmore College contracted with Dynamic Energy to develop a 2-megawatt solar array located on 8 acres of College property about one mile from its main campus. The array consists of ...
- Posted Jan. 2, 2018
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Student Sustainability Fund
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Green Campus Initiative (GCI) and ESF have set up a fund to pay for student driven projects on campus. An individual undergraduate or graduate student, a group of graduates ...
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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A Residential Green Rep Program: The Case for a Program Hosted in Residence Life
- State University of New York at Cortland (NY)
At SUNY Cortland, our student Green Representatives program is run out of the Residence Life office and has been since it's inception in 2008. Each residence hall is paired ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Getting Real About Climate Change: Grading Your University on What It's Actually Doing
- The City College of New York (NY)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
We've been graded by our schools all our lives - now, we're going to grade them. Is your school doing its part to end the climate crisis, or is ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Implementing sustainability education with undergraduate business courses, A case study
- Alfred State College (NY)
The purpose of this submission is to discuss experiential learning related to strategic management and environmental sustainability. The paper outlines one case of implementing project-based sustainability education within the BUAD ...
- Posted May 23, 2016
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Natural Resources Management (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Natural Resources Management (NRM) program is structured to introduce students to a wide range of renewable natural resources (soils, water, vegetation, wildlife, recreation), while maintaining substantial flexibility for student-centered ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Biomaterials Engineering (MS, MPS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Various composites incorporating materials derived from bioresources such as lignocellulosics are critical to the future of sustainable development. This research area is focused toward training students on the design and ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Optimizing and Designing Waste Diversion Programs
- New York University (NY)
Typical universities waste streams – often including residential, classroom and office spaces – are varied and require multifaceted protocols to optimize the handling and diversion of materials from landfills. This briefing will ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Best Practices for Solar PPAs
- State University of New York at Cortland (NY)
- Dallas College (TX)
Solar energy is now economically feasible in many states of the U.S. The question is who pays for the solar panels? The costs of design, installation, operation and maintenance ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Culture Clash: Art, Electrons, Teaching, Research, and Engagement Meet at the Solar Strand
- University at Buffalo (NY)
The University at Buffalo's 750 kilowatt Solar Strand, brought to life by world-renowned artist Walter Hood, reflects a transformative vision that defines the future of sustainability. Its approach moves ...
- Posted June 29, 2012
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Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility
- Brown University (RI)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
We characterize rates of intergenerational income mobility at each college in the United States using administrative data for over 30 million college students from 1999-2013. We document four results. First ...
- Posted Jan. 30, 2017
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Get in the Zone: A New Training Model to Build Environmental & Social Consciousness
- New York University (NY)
How do you foster dialogue about sustainability and the impacts on climate change on your campus? In 2019, NYU's Office of Sustainability began developing a Green Zone training to ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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A Cap-and-Trade Model for RIT Commuters
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
As climate change awareness grows, several U.S. colleges and universities are tracking their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and have signed the American and University Presidents Climate Commitment (AUPCC), pledging ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Solar PV as a mitigation strategy for the US education sector
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA)
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is an important strategy to de-carbonize the energy sector in the United States and to reduce the health, environmental, and climate change damages associated with the production ...
- Posted May 15, 2019
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Lake Management (MS)
- State University of New York at Oneonta (NY)
SUNY Oneonta's M.S. in Lake Management curriculum trains students to become effective water resource management professionals. This innovative program blends scientific training in aquatic biology, limnology and quantitative ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2018
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Sustainability Management (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Sustainability Management is an online Bachelor of Science completion program, ideal for those who have or will soon earn an Associate's degrees in an applicable field, or equivalent credits ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Environmental Resources Engineering (MS, MPS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The mission of the Environmental Resources Engineering Department is to engage in teaching, research and service to advance environmental resources engineering practices and meet the needs of the world. Faculty ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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NYU's Bike Share Program: From Student Grant to Reality
- New York University (NY)
A case study on the implementation and operation of NYU's Bike Share program. How it became a University wide initiative from a Green Grant awarded to NYU students, which ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Lighting the Way to Energy Savings
- New York University (NY)
Are you bewildered by the lighting options available? As LED's start to enter the mainstream many institutions are contemplating whether to make the switch from traditional fluorescent and incandescent ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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WTF Reduction! Waste, Technology and Facebook; Utilizing Social Media, Technology and Outreach to Effect Behavioral Change
- State University of New York at Oswego (NY)
- University of North Carolina, Asheville (NC)
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Fill it Forward (ON)
This panel will discuss the use of social media and technology and how it can be applied it to various re-use and waste reduction programs. Partnered with Cupanion, these three ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Global warming in the minds of Mexican higher education students: an exploratory study
- Purchase College - State University of New York (NY)
- Universidad de Sonora (Sonora)
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 is at the core of many sustainability initiatives on Mexican higher education institutions (HEIs). Yet, progress to SDG 13 and the entire 2030 Agenda ...
- Posted April 29, 2022
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Sustainability as a provocation to rethink management education: Building a progressive educative practice
- University of Guelph (ON)
- York University
- Wilfrid Laurier University (ON)
An important aim of critical management education is to stand in critique of mainstream educative practice, while engaging in ideas of new possibility and proposals for alternative action. Opportunities for ...
- Posted Feb. 1, 2017
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Environmental Science (BS)
- State University of New York at Brockport (NY)
Through a curriculum with a common core in the disciplines of biology, ecology, chemistry and geology, and a focused track, environmental science majors develop the conceptual knowledge and technical skills ...
- Posted Aug. 2, 2019
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Geology Track II Environmental Earth Science BS
- State University of New York at Oswego (NY)
Geology investigates the origin, history, composition and structure of the Earth, enabling professional geologists to survey earthquakes and volcanoes; find oil, gas and mineral resources; develop land-use plans; monitor rivers ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Environmental Resources Engineering (PhD)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The mission of the Environmental Resources Engineering Department is to engage in teaching, research and service to advance environmental resources engineering practices and meet the needs of the world. Faculty ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World
The most important discoveries of the 20th century exist not in the realm of science, medicine, or technology, but rather in the dawning awareness of the earth's limits and ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Distinguishing collaboration from contribution in environmental research
- University at Buffalo (NY)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
In this paper, we distinguish contributory from collaborative approaches to interdisciplinary environmental research. A characteristic feature of the collaborative approach is that emphasis is placed on the process of collaborative ...
- Posted May 8, 2017
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The Nuts & Bolts of Adapting the UO’s Sustainable City Year Program
- University of Oregon (OR)
In 2010, the New York Times called the University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) “perhaps the most comprehensive effort by a U.S. university to infuse sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Literacy Competencies: Creating Bridges between Classroom Learning and Sustainability Management
- New York University (NY)
My paper draws on my experiences as a member of the faculty and Associate Director of Curriculum to promote sustainability in a large, decentralized university in an urban area. As ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Pilot-to-Institutionalization Methodologies for Campus Community Greening Funds
- New York University (NY)
A sharply increasing number of universities have implemented Campus Community Greening Funds (CCGFs) which offer students, and sometimes staff and faculty, modest funding for campus sustainability initiatives. This briefing will ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Master in Design Studies: Energy & Environments
- Harvard University (MA)
Energy and Environments proposes an architectural agenda for energy in order to tackle 21st century ecological challenges. Upturning the conventional definition of "sustainable design. " which tends to privilege efficiency and ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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The Post Carbon Neutrality Story: A Student Perspective on how to Pursue Meaningful Peer Engagement
- Colgate University (NY)
In 2019, Colgate University became the first university in New York, and one of the first in the country, to achieve carbon neutrality. While the road to carbon neutrality was ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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NYU LEED NC Pre-Certification Strategies: Opportunities for Streamlining the Green Building Certification Process
- New York University (NY)
A Student Technical Assistance Team of NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate' Center for the Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) was engaged to evaluate four current NYU LEED for New Construction ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Environmental Attitudes of Community College Students Concerning Age, Gender, and Race
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
Many studies have shown the mental, physical, and academic benefits of environmental education to students. Equally important, environmental education can develop our students into more environmentally minded citizens. However, we ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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On-Campus Composting: How to Start, Evolve, and Overcome Challenges
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Fort Lewis College (CO)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
- Western Michigan University (MI)
- AASHE (MA)
Is your campus considering starting an on-site composting program, but doesn’t know where to start or which system to choose? Or does your campus want to grow its program ...
- Posted July 16, 2020
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Climate Adaptation & Resiliency in Colgate’s 2013 Campus Master Plan
- Colgate University (NY)
Changing weather patterns due to climate change are beginning to have profound impacts on campus operations and budgets while also disrupting the academic mission, study behaviors, and overall quality of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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