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Florida International University - Institute of Environment - Everglades Research
- Florida International University
The Institute of Environment at Florida International University has more than 200 investigators who conduct research in over 60 countries and are members of national and international advisory organizations. Students …
- Posted July 2, 2025
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Florida International University - Institute of Environment - Everglades Research
- Florida International University
The Institute of Environment at Florida International University has more than 200 investigators who conduct research in over 60 countries and are members of national and international advisory organizations. Students …
- Posted July 2, 2025
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University of Tasmania research on climate impacts on biodiversity
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
University of Tasmania is a leader in climate action and research as demonstrated in being ranked #1 in Climate Action of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings from 2022-2024. Researchers …
- Posted June 6, 2025
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Penn Vet Semi-Annual BioBlitz
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) celebrated our Earth by exploring the biodiversity around our campus with its semiannual "BioBlitz." Community members from the university, the …
- Posted May 5, 2025
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Biodiversity
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Biodiversity
- Posted April 3, 2025
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Catawba College: Ornithology & Preserved Wetlands
- Catawba College (NC)
Dr. Joe Poston takes ornithology students for a walk in Catawba College's Fred Stanback Jr. Ecological preserve.
- Posted July 29, 2024
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Mirror Lake at The Ohio State University
- The Ohio State University (OH)
In November 2013, the university began exploring ways to make the lake more sustainable. The restoration returns Mirror Lake to a more natural and sustainable state — closer to its …
- Posted July 25, 2024
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McGill University Biodiversity Festival 2023
- McGill University (QC)
McGill’s first Biodiversity Plan was launched in Sept. 2023, with a celebrations held on the downtown and Macdonald campuses, as well as the Gault Nature Reserve. The Biodiversity Festival featured …
- Posted July 23, 2024
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Concordia University's Earth Week BioBlitz
- Concordia University
Concordia community members gathered on Loyola campus to participate in the 2024 City Nature Challenge (BioBlitz). This is an international competition encouraging citizen scientist to help out the scientific community …
- Posted April 30, 2024
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Moving Towards Increased Biological Diversity on Campus Through Environmental Stewardship
- Radboud Universiteit
Moving towards higher sustainability on campuses is the priority in the majority of university agendas. However, when it comes to biodiversity loss, many people tend not to recognize the urgency …
- Posted June 15, 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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Creation of a Pollinator Garden at Farmingdale State College
- State University of New York at Farmingdale (NY)
In the Spring of 2023 Farmingdale State College's Office for Sustainability partnered with the college's Horticulture department to design an on-campus pollinator garden. The site is currently a 100 square …
- Posted May 8, 2023
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Mohawk College Native Seed Orchard
- Mohawk College (ON)
This summer WWF-Canada, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, provided grant funding for Mohawk College to implement a Seed Orchard project to increase biodiversity on campus! By sharing the seeds …
- Posted Aug. 1, 2022
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Biodiversity BS
- University of Guelph (ON)
Discover the exciting field of biodiversity science through U of G's Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO). BIO is leading global efforts to understand the unity and diversity of all life …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Ecology and Conservation
- University of Queensland (QLD)
The Ecology and Conservation major focuses on the relationships between plant and animal species in their natural environments. It considers how environmental change and human activities affect their populations, and …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Conservation Biology
- University of Queensland (QLD)
This program provides a comprehensive education in the ecosystems and evolutionary potential of the world's flora and fauna. High-level coursework covers all aspects of biodiversity and conservation, environmental philosophy, national …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Conservation Biology Minor
- Clark University (MA)
Environmental biologists explore the ways in which organisms evolve and interact with one another and their environments. Levels of exploration can range from molecular evolution and genomics to ecosystem level …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Bachelor of Biology
- Université du Québec à Montréal (Québec)
This program revolves around the biology of the environment and biodiversity. During the first two years, the student acquires knowledge about living beings and their diversity; the different levels of …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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BS Ecology & Biodiversity
- University of Denver (CO)
The Ecology and Biodiversity major focuses on topics in the life sciences at the organismal and ecosystem levels. It is intended for students interested in graduate programs in ecology, conservation …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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MS Biodiversity & Land-Use Planning
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway (Co. Galway)
This part-time course extends over 24 months and runs in two-year cycles continuously from September through to the end of August of the second year. The modular course is devoted …
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Teaching Environmental Sustainability while Transforming Study Abroad
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Environmental issues are of especially great importance to younger individuals, such as university students. Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are a proven methodology for transforming short-term study abroad to yield …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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The Future of Life on Earth: A Case for Academia’s Role in Advancing Conservation and Biodiversity to Address Climate and Human Health
- Harvard University (MA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (MA)
In a January 2021 executive order addressing the climate crisis, President Joe Biden committed the U.S. to an ambitious conservation goal: to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and coastal …
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Biodiversity Assessment for Non-Biologists: Tools for Completing the STARS Credit
- University of Dayton (OH)
Are you intimidated by the STARS Biodiversity Assessment credit? If so, you're not alone. Thirty percent of STARS reporters do not complete this credit. And yet biodiversity loss and habitat …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Principia College students routinely participate in multidisciplinary internships that challenge them to develop solutions to complex problems, such as biodiversity loss.
- Principia College (IL)
Truett Sparkman, an environmental studies major with a minor in sustainability at Principia College, has a passion for the management and conservation of complex ecosystems threatened by inadequate policy regimes. …
- Posted Sept. 8, 2021
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Monarch Nursery Program
- Dawson College (QC)
The flowers of the Dawson College Ecological Peace Garden and naturalized rooftops are part of a nectar corridor for monarchs flying over Montreal. College students and staff have been rearing …
- Posted Aug. 25, 2021
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Citizen science sustainability at the University of Tasmania
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
As part of her paid internship through the Sustainability Integration Program for Students (SIPS), Zoe Bucher-Edwards organised a wild pollinator count with the University of Tasmania's entemologist and PhD Candidate …
- Posted Aug. 19, 2021
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Redefining Environmental Aesthetics at Emory University
- Emory University (GA)
- Re:wild Your Campus (TX)
Emory defines sustainability as relating to the quality of life, emphasizing the necessity of community health, wellbeing, and happiness. In approaching sustainability, Emory has created a comprehensive strategy to foster …
- Posted May 26, 2021
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Prairie Grass Restoration Project
- Grinnell College (IA)
- Re:wild Your Campus (TX)
Located in central Iowa, Grinnell College, once a prairie itself, is now indistinguishable from any other college, its land covered in swaths of fresh cut, herbicide-coated sprawling green lawns. In …
- Posted May 26, 2021
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Crum Woods ROW Restoration
- Swarthmore College (PA)
Project Name: Crum Woods Sewer Line Right of Way (ROW) Restoration Name: Chelsea Semper Project Mentors: Jeff Jabco and Lars Rasmussen Project Board Members: Jake Grossman, Sue MacQueen, Chloe Klaus, …
- Posted May 21, 2021
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Biodiversity and Conservation Biology (BS/MS)
- University of Connecticut (CT)
Students enrolling in this program as undergraduates earn a joint B.S.-M.S. degree through an integrated 5-year curriculum. Students who already hold a Bachelor of Science degree can earn the non-thesis …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Humber College - Learning by Leading
- Humber Polytechnic (ON)
Learning by Leading™ Program is based on the idea that students learn best by taking leadership in helping to solve real-world problems. The Humber Arboretum was selected as the only …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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Biodiversity in the Campus Landscape: A Meta-Evaluation of Landscape Metrics and Rating Systems
- Smith College (MA)
In the context of globally dwindling biodiversity, Smith College is in the process of developing a new Landscape Master Plan. This research analyzed approaches to landscape management rating systems and …
- Posted May 15, 2020
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What Links Climate Change, Biodiversity, Water, and Food Systems? Population
- Bellevue College (WA)
- Center for Biological Diversity (AZ)
Human population growth is a main driver of environmental degradation. According to Dr. Wynes (2017) in 'The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions' …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Native Bee Conservation: Bridging the Gap Between Research, Sustainability, and Educating the Public
- Central College (IA)
Approximately 85% of flowering plants depend on animals for pollination. Bees, one of the most important pollinator groups, not only enable reproduction of most wild flowering plants, but also play …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Biodiversity, Conservation and Policy (MS)
- University at Albany (NY)
A minimum of 30 graduate credits is required for the master's degree, at least 18 of which must be in biology. Students entering the program with a degree in biology …
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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A Six Mile-Long Living Laboratory: Publishable Student Research to Foster Sustainability and Resilience in Austin’s Waller Creek
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Over the past decade, a comprehensive approach to research in Waller Creek—the urban stream that bisects The University of Texas at Austin—was developed by faculty in the College of Natural …
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity on Campus - Niagara College's BioBlitz Program
- Niagara College Canada (ON)
The Niagara College BioBlitz program is part of a continuous focus at Niagara College on experiential learning and providing the opportunity to students and the community to use the campus …
- Posted May 17, 2019
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How to Measure Procedural Knowledge for Solving Biodiversity and Climate Change Challenges
- University of Göttingen
To cope with biodiversity and climate change challenges, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) needs to emphasize knowledge that considers multiple perspectives. Optimizing teacher education requires knowledge about the prerequisites of …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Teaching Methods in Biology Promoting Biodiversity Education
- University of Turku
- University of Oulu
The aim of this qualitative survey was to investigate what kind of teaching methods have been used in biology to promote biodiversity education (BDE) and how the methods support biodiversity …
- Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Rising to the Global Biodiversity Challenge: A New Model at the University of British Columbia (UBC)
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
With the world's 6th mass extinction underway, we are in the midst of a critical historical juncture. In a time characterized by rampant urbanization, climate change and disconnection between citizens …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Undergraduate Certificate in Biodiversity Conservation and Management
- Florida International University (FL)
he Undergraduate Certificate in Biodiversity Conservation and Management draws on areas of strength within the Department of Earth and Environment and the Department of Biological Sciences (College of Arts and …
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Making Climate Commitments into Climate Action
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
The Climate Action Implementation Plan (CAIP) is the sustainability action plan for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The UIC Climate Commitments, announced in April 2016, form the basis …
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability
- Columbia University (NY)
The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability is dedicated to the development of a rich, robust and vibrant world within which we can secure a sustainable future. Through a diverse …
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Greener Grant Week! Earth Week 2018
- Suffolk County Community College (NY)
A week of Earth Day Events!
Students watched a seed library demonstration and then were able to take home whichever seeds they pleased. They also planted sunflower seeds. Volunteers for …
- Posted April 30, 2018
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Restoring our Lake
- University at Buffalo (NY)
The North Shore of Lake LaSalle is currently a non-vegetated section of shoreline. Erosion has left steep slopes, exposed soil, and undercut shorelines. Beginning in late April of 2018 a …
- Posted April 25, 2018
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The Role of University Campuses in Reconnecting Humans to the Biosphere
- Stockholm University
In this paper, we explore the potential for integrating university campuses in a global sustainability agenda for a closer reconnection of urban residents to the biosphere. This calls for a …
- Posted April 17, 2018
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Joining Forces to Restore Urban Woodland and Reconnect Students with Nature: A Model for Campus-Community-Commerce Collaboration
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
The Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project brings campus, community, and business together to achieve on-the-ground conservation results, enhanced awareness of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and behavioral change that supports sustainability. Working …
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Middlebury College Land Conservation at Bread Loaf
- Middlebury College (VT)
Middlebury's conserved lands around the Bread Loaf campus provides a scenic backdrop for numerous activities.
- Posted Oct. 20, 2017
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Middlebury's Bread Loaf Mountain Campus and Surrounding Conserved Lands
- Middlebury College (VT)
Middlebury College's 2100 acres of conserved land is surrounded by Green Mountain National Forest land. Middlebury's conserved lands are enjoyed by participants of its summer programs at the Bread Loaf …
- Posted Oct. 20, 2017
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