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Designing Menus for the Future: Sustainable Food Purchasing, Student Activism and Food Footprints
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
- Friends of the Earth (DC)
This interactive discussion explores real world strategies for shifting school menus toward food that is healthy, local and sustainable, including methods for evaluating environmental impacts of food choices. With on ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Towards Inclusive Sustainability: Fostering Solidarity in Environmental Work On and Off Campus
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
On the University of Arizona campus, the social justice (SoJo) committee of the student government-sponsored program Students for Sustainability works on projects that raise awareness for environmental justice issues; promote ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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University at Buffalo-Sustainability Month 2017
- University at Buffalo (NY)
At UB, Earth Day is celebrated all month, with dozens of sustainability events highlighting our commitment to critical issues like climate neutrality and publicly funded science.
- Posted May 3, 2017
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Civic Labors: Scholarly Activism and Working-Class Studies
Labor studies scholars and working-class historians have long worked at the crossroads of academia and activism. The essays in this collection examine the challenges and opportunities for engaged scholarship in ...
- Posted Jan. 13, 2017
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What the bleep?
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
This year's conference focuses on solutions in surrounding communities and the world. This assumes that 'higher education (HE) institutions have been modeling sustainable solutions on their campuses for many ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Student Activism for Community Energy Efficiency: Harnessing ENERGY STAR Activities and Resources for the Public Good
- American University (DC)
As part of an annual elective course in Sustainable Design, American University (AU) graduate students in the Global Environmental Politics program in the School of International Service undertake a real-world ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Student Activism with Sustainability in Higher Education across Canada
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
The purpose of this case study is to share the results of the Sustainability and Education Policy Network's research with student sustainability leaders from six higher education institutions in ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Raising Student Voices: Student Action for University Community Investment
- University of San Francisco (CA)
- Wesleyan University (CT)
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- Loyola University New Orleans (LA)
- Fordham University (NY)
- Duke University (NC)
- American University (DC)
- University of Chicago (IL)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- Responsible Endowments Coalition (PA)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
This report from The Democracy Collaborative and the Responsible Endowments Coalition seeks to connect struggling communities to local institutional wealth through engaging student activism. The report profiles three administration-led initiatives ...
- Posted Aug. 1, 2016
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Collective action competence: an asset to campus sustainability
- Duke University (NC)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to operationalize theories of social learning and collective action for campus sustainability practitioners at higher education instititions (IHEs) to enhance their work, and ...
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Institutional Framework for Student-Led Sustainability Initiatives
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC) is a self-sustaining committee within the Association for Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN), otherwise known as UNL’s Student Government. The framework of ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Raise Your Voice: Environmental Justice at Capilano
- Capilano University (BC)
The idea for this event was to have an open idea sharing and focusing event regarding sustainability and environmental justice on campus. It was a chance to bring students together ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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The Class of 2000 Report: Environmental Education, Practices and Activism on Campus
The aims of this report are twofold: to provide basic information and ideas which will enhance the understanding of environmental education, practices and activism on campus; and to develop action ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Taking the University to Task: For many colleges and universities, environmental studies are no longer just academic
- Worldwatch Institute
This article provides an overview of the campus sustainability movement in 1998, with a focus on student activism and engagement.
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Social Justice Organizing Program
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (PA)
The Social Justice Organizing (SJO) program at RRC trains rabbis to be Jewish leaders in bringing about a socially just, environmentally sustainable and spiritually fulfilling society. It is the first ...
- Posted April 12, 2016
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Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education
In the last twenty years, higher education in the United States has been eroded by massive reliance on temporary academic labor—professors without tenure or the prospect of tenure, paid ...
- Posted March 11, 2016
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Voices from Minnesota's Youth Climate Movement: Organizing at the Intersection of Climate Change & Social Justice
- Grand Aspirations (MN)
- Macalester College (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (MN)
- Will Steger Foundation (MN)
- Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MN)
This panel discussion will feature stories from 6 vibrant Minnesota youth organizations working at the intersection of climate change and social justice. Across the state, youth are leading campaigns and ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campus Sustainability in Christian Higher Education: Symbolic Value Claims or Substantive Organizational Change?
- Carroll University (WI)
Environmental activism about climate change and sustainability-related issues is increasing on conservative Protestant campuses in the U.S. Highly religious Christian students are engaging their peers to increase sustainability awareness ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Investing in a Cooler Planet: the movement to divest colleges and universities from fossil fuels and reinvest in the new economy
- Carleton College (MN)
Since 2011, when campaigns first started popping up at a handful of colleges, the fossil fuel divestment movement has exploded onto the college activism scene and beyond. There are currently ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Finding Carrots - engaging others in sustainability
- National Union of Students
Sustainability is engaging, empowering & enabling, but sometimes getting other people on board is a bit like herding cats – frustrating, resource intensive, and with no one correct way of ensuring ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sowing Seeds: An academic-corporate collaboration to bring ‘real food’ to campus.
- Gonzaga University (WA)
Sowing Seeds: An academic-corporate collaboration to bring ‘real food’ to campus. Integrating sustainability into the academic curriculum can often present challenges to classroom instructors immersed in a traditional academic setting ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Students & Climate Change Intervention: Investment Office Insights
- University of British Columbia (BC)
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (NY)
Focused on campuses with the intention of mobilizing student activists, late in 2012 a "divest from fossil fuel" campaign was begun. Most faith and values-driven institutional investors were attentive to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creativity, Movement, & New Leadership: A Model for Collaboration
- Portland State University (OR)
Imagine a campus where leaders felt supported in their leadership, and where new ideas were not challenged but encouraged. By building a coalition of student leaders from across the campus ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Science, Collaboration, and Sustainable Change
- Portland State University (OR)
Take Back the Tap is a national campaign spearheaded by nonprofit Food and Water Watch but run by students on college campuses across the nation. Portland State administration continues to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Activism to Catalyze Campus Sustainability
- University of Hawaii at Hilo (HI)
Students hold a tremendous amount of power on both their campuses and their greater communities. When students make their voices heard through nonviolent actions, collaboration, and activism, social and sustainable ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fossil Fuel Divestment: A Growing Student-led Movement for Climate Justice
- Brandeis University (MA)
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
- Responsible Endowments Coalition (PA)
- Green Century Capital Management (WI)
Launched on just a handful of campuses in 2011, the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign has expanded exponentially in just a few short months - escalating the demand for bold climate action ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Winning Real Change Through Goal-setting and Strategy
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
Real Food Challenge is a student-driven organization that has shifted over $50 million in campus dining budgets at toward just and sustainable food sources. With thousands of affiliated students at ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Students Leading the Campus Climate Movement: Tackling Challenges and Engaging Possibilities
- Second Nature (MA)
Students aren't just organizing events or acting as sustainability interns in the campus sustainability movement - they are leading the climate leadership revolution through regional organizing, collaboration with faculty, staff ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Go Green and Go Home! How College Administrators are Investing in the Future by Communicating with Sustainability Activists
- Bridgewater State University (MA)
- Global Spark (WA)
Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Tar Sands Action...this year has seen an explosion of social justice activism that continues to ignite public imaginations. This presentation looks at how colleges ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Overcoming Silos in Student Activism
- University of Oregon (OR)
How do students break isolation between campus activists to create authentic and affective collaboration? Our university houses 106 student groups, each focused on a unique issue. Yet even with such ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Activism that Pays: How Student Social Entrepreneurship Can Revitalize Your Campus
- New York University (NY)
Student clubs and organizations can be a useful platform for getting students involved, but is this traditional model of engagement limiting student capacity? This workshop, aimed at students and sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fracking with Higher Education: Student Activism and Mobilization in the National and Local Context
- New York University (NY)
What does the modern student movement look like on today's college campuses? How do they mobilize, communicate, and orchestrate their action? What are their tactics? Sit-ins? Boycotts? Petitions? Facebook ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Breaking The Circle Of One: Am I The Only One On This Campus Who Believes In Sustainability?
- Seneca Polytechnic (ON)
As our educational institutions continue to grow and demands on our resources (both physical and non-physical) increase, it can feel like sustainability takes a back seat to what is perceived ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community organizing for energy conservation: The Power Police
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The Power Police is a project of the Energy Efficiency Student Alliance (EESA) and Energy Management. The Power Police install powerstrips, timers, and light switch stickers in consenting offices during ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bombing Detroit: Activist Architecture as a Pedagogical Model
- Lawrence Technological University (MI)
Are traditional models of architectural practice still viable in cities mired in physical, psychological, and economic crisis? Are Universities initiating programs that educate students in a manner that allows them ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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SD Wind Energy: The Need for Public Activism
- American University (DC)
Wind energy has the potential to significantly reduce United States carbon emissions and to provide an economic stimulus for rural America. South Dakota has one of the largest wind energy ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Activism Leads the Way to Clean Energy at Green Mountain College
- Green Mountain College (VT)
On April 22, 2010, Green Mountain College opened a new biomass facility to replace the power station that previously burned number six fuel oil. This new facility will reduce greenhouse ...
- Posted June 14, 2010
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