AASHE Campus Sustainability Hub

A Climate Change Module for Introduction to Sociology Classes

• University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

Best selling Introduction to Sociology textbooks typically cover climate change only briefly and only very late in the semester. This module is designed to aid sociology faculty in adding a ...

• Posted Dec. 6, 2019
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Student Summit Opening Keynote with Varshini Prakash

• Sunrise Movement (DC)

Varshini Prakash is the executive director and co-founder of Sunrise Movement, a movement of young people working to stop climate change, take back our democracy from Big Oil, and elect ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Closing Keynote with Bill McKibben - Author, Environmentalist, Activist

• 350.org (NY)

In his heartfelt, hopeful talks, McKibben offers realistic approaches to saving our planet, as individuals, certainly, but also as thoughtful members of a mobilized group. When it comes to building ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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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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Faculty Sharing Success Stories of Teaching with Paul Hawken's Book DRAWDOWN

• Fort Hays State University (KS)
• Project Drawdown (CA)

CALLING ALL FACULTY: Have you taught with Paul Hawken's best-seller book 'Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming'?? Bring your stories to share during this ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Learn to Lead the World Climate Simulation, a Mock UN Climate Negotiation

• University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)

Learn to lead a World Climate Simulation - a mock United Nations (UN) climate negotiation meeting - on your campus or community. As a facilitator for the World Climate Simulation, you will ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Mobilizing higher education to respond to the climate crisis - Part 2

• Swarthmore College (PA)
• University of Hawaii System Office (HI)

Building on the conversations in Part 1 of this session, this session will introduce participants to innovative work taking place at several institutions (Clark University, University of Hawaii, Swarthmore College ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Mobilizing higher education to respond to the climate crisis - Part 1

• Swarthmore College (PA)
• University of Hawaii System Office (HI)

This special, experiential session is for faculty, staff, and students who are ready to call on higher education to face the realities of climate disruption and to prepare our communities ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Let’s Take the Climate Back

• AASHE (PA)
• Interface Global (GA)

According to research conducted by Interface and Net Impact, 95% of climate experts believe that it is possible to reverse global warming and 91% of young leaders agree. The reason ...

• Posted Nov. 13, 2019
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Identifying effective climate change education strategies: a systematic review of the research

• University of Florida (FL)

Increased interest in climate change education and the growing recognition of the challenges inherent to addressing this issue create an opportunity to conduct a systematic review to understand what research ...

• Posted Nov. 6, 2019
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Climate Change Garden at Cornell University

• Cornell University (NY)

The Climate Change Garden at Cornell University, a permanent campus installation that demonstrates the impact of climate change on plant growth in New York state. Planning for the climate change ...

• Posted Aug. 1, 2019
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Cornell Climate Change Demonstration Garden

• Cornell University (NY)

Climate Change Garden - The Cornell University Climate Change Garden is a permanent campus installation that demonstrates the impact of climate change on plant growth in New York state. Planning for ...

• Posted Aug. 1, 2019
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Distributed leadership: Building capacity for interdisciplinary climate change teaching at four universities

• University of New South Wales (NSW)
• University of Wollongong (New South Wales)
• Murdoch University (Western Australia)
• University of Tasmania

Purpose – Interdisciplinary approaches to climate change teaching are well justified and arise from the complexity of climate change challenges and the integrated problem-solving responses they demand. These approaches require academic ...

• Posted July 19, 2019
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Diversifying the U.S. Climate Movement: Four Interviews

• Antioch University, New England (NH)

Climate change is having devastating impacts in the United States, and people of color are disproportionately harmed. In this study, I interviewed four experts on diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...

• Posted May 20, 2019
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Hope and Empowerment: Navigating Grief, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Through Train-the-Trainer Workshops

• Portland Community College (OR)
• Portland State University (OR)
• Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network (GPSEN) (OR)

In these times of accelerating change, environmental crises, and social injustices, we are bombarded with negative news that can numb and overwhelm the spirit. How can we build hope and ...

• Posted May 20, 2019
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Diversifying the U.S. Climate Movement

• Antioch University, New England (NH)

People of color are poised to reach 50% of the United States population by 2046, yet they continue to be underrepresented in environmental organizations. This report summarizes the barriers for ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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This Way to Climate Action at Chico State

• California State University, Chico (CA)

Students at CSU, Chico used the Cal-Adapt climate tools to forecast the future climate for the City of Chico, Butte County, and CSU, Chico, and project the climate impacts to ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Climate Change Escape Room

• Harvard University (MA)

In April 2019, the Resource Efficiency Program (REP) constructed and staffed a climate change themed escape room. Each minute in the room equated to four years of climate change impacting ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Interdisciplinary Responses to Climate Change in the University Classroom

• Husson University (ME)

This case report describes a novel bridge course developed by the authors, entitled, What If They're Right? Individual Responses to Climate Change. The course challenges university students to experiment ...

• Posted May 7, 2019
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International perspectives on the pedagogy of climate change

• Purchase College - State University of New York (NY)
• University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
• Prince Sultan University (Riyadh)
• Universidad de Sonora (Sonora)
• University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

Education is key to the advancement of environmental sustainability. Climate change education is a complex topic where a number of factors play key roles. One such factor, namely the ongoing ...

• Posted April 29, 2019
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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements: A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus

• University of Rome Tor Vergata

The progressively emerging concept of urban resilience to climate change highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation measures, and the need to integrate urban climatology in the design process, in ...

• Posted April 29, 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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Changing evangelical minds on climate change

• Dallas Baptist University (TX)
• Houghton College (NY)
• Tyndale University College & Seminary (ON)

One quarter of Americans self-identify as evangelical and a strong majority of these reject human-induced climate change. Can one lecture on climate science from a Christian perspective change their minds ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Climate Change & Energy Focus (BA in Human Ecology)

• College of the Atlantic (ME)

• Effectively advocating for renewable energy and implementing local projects require a range of knowledge and skills. The College of the Atlantic's interdisciplinary curriculum makes it possible to gain a ...

• Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Teaching the health impacts of climate change in many American higher education programs

• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)

Climate change is the greatest threat to global health today and it challenges professionals in many disciplines. Most American university programs lack courses covering the rising deaths and illnesses from ...

• Posted Jan. 11, 2019
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Geography, Climate and Environmental Change Specialization (MS)

• Indiana University Bloomington (IN)

Requirements are the same as for the M.S. in Geography, with the additional requirements of a minimum of 9 graduate credits in the field of climate and environmental change ...

• Posted Dec. 13, 2018
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Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Graduate Minor

• Indiana University Bloomington (IN)

The graduate minor will instruct students in theories and methods that combine the physical and social sciences on human dimensions of global environmental change (HDGEC). The curriculum will familiarize students ...

• Posted Dec. 13, 2018
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The influence of instruction, prior knowledge, and values on climate change risk perception among undergraduates

• Auburn University (AL)
• Michigan State University (MI)
• North Carolina State University (NC)
• University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
• University of British Columbia (BC)

We evaluated influences on the climate change risk perceptions of undergraduate students in an introductory Earth Science course. For this sample, domain‐specific content knowledge about climate change was a ...

• Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Climate Lab: Taking the Gloom out of the Doom

• University of California, Office of the President (CA)

Let's face it - thinking about climate change and sustainability - and what to do about these pressing issues - can be downright depressing. People don't want to hear about starving ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Learning from our Future: Engaging Youth in Climate Justice

• University at Buffalo (NY)

How do we build a truly inclusive climate justice movement that values every voice and experience? Engage young people. They have a lot to say, and are eager to say ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Climate Memes: Undergraduates Making Climate Data Go Viral

• University of California, Irvine (CA)

On Earth Day 2017, Climatepedia boothed in Pershing Square at the March for Science-Los Angeles. Students from the University of California, Irvine branch of the organization displayed their signs at ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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All We Need is Political Will: Empowering Students on Civic Engagement on Climate Change

• Juniata College (PA)
• University of Pittsburgh (PA)
• U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
• Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)

At this critical time in our nation's history, the need to transition to a clean energy economy and a just and equitable society is more urgent than ever. Young ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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What if They're Right: Teaching and Responding to Climate Change in the Classroom

• Husson University (ME)

Our course, What If They're Right? Individual Responses to Climate Change, addressed, through both philosophical and scientific lenses, responses to climate change in order to empower students to better ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Worry & Hope: Results from a Focus Group Study on Students and Sustainability Curriculum

• University of Hawaii System Office (HI)

The University of Hawaii used a focus group study across ten campuses to better understand student perspectives on global and local environmental issues, climate change, and sustainability, and how these ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Planning and Implementing a University-Wide Curriculum Disruption to Teach About Climate Justice

• The New School (NY)

From February 26-March 2, 2018, The New School will invite all 14,000 faculty, staff, and students to participate in a university-wide curriculum disruption entitled 'Disrupt Climate Injustice.' This means ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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The Role of Campuses in Driving Climate Resilience Planning

• Dickinson College (PA)
• University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
• University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)
• Second Nature (MA)

As impacts from climate change intensify, a growing number of initiatives are emerging to increase resilience locally and globally. Campuses across the US are stepping up to prepare for climate ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education

• Harvard University (MA)
• Western Michigan University (MI)
• University of Helsinki

This open access book explores the key dimensions of a future education system designed to enable individuals, schools, and communities to achieve the twin twenty-first century challenges of sustainability and ...

• Posted Oct. 23, 2018
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Climate adaptation planning in the higher education sector

• RMIT University

Purpose There is a growing interest in climate change action in the higher education sector. Higher education institutions (HEIs) play an important role as property owners, employers, education and research ...

• Posted Oct. 23, 2018
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California State University East Bay Climate Action Plan 2018

• California State University, East Bay (CA)

Cal State East Bay made a commitment to climate neutrality when President Morishita signed the Carbon Commitment (formerly the American Colleges and Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment) in January 2015. Once ...

• Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Climate Change and Health Certificate

• Yale University (CT)

This 18-week, online program for public health professionals and other learners is designed to equip you with the knowledge and proven strategies needed to increase your community’s resilience to ...

• Posted June 13, 2018
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Tackling it Together: A Framework for Assessing Climate Vulnerability in the Pioneer Valley

• Smith College (MA)

In Western Massachusetts, stakeholders are engaging with vulnerability in different ways. While some are planning at the campus and city levels, others have engaged only in areas specific to their ...

• Posted May 21, 2018
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First Application of UN-Toolkit to a Collegiate Climate Action Plan

• San Diego State University (CA)

The United Nations Guiding Principles for Climate Action Planning Toolkit: City-Level Reviews was re-engineered to allow for the applicability and utilization towards university-level climate action plans. Through tailoring the eight ...

• Posted May 11, 2018
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Climate Change and the Canadian Higher Education System: An Institutional Policy Analysis

• University of Rochester (NY)
• University of Saskatchewan (SK)

Climate change is a pressing concern. Higher education can address the challenge, but systematic analyses of climate change in education policy are sparse. This paper addresses this gap in the ...

• Posted May 8, 2018
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Learning for Biosphere Security in a Crowded, Warming World

• University of Northern British Columbia (BC)

Among all the pressing needs for educational innovations that humanity faces today, arguably the most imperative is the need to elicit the learner's active involvement in a 'Great Transition ...

• Posted May 8, 2018
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Towards Transformative Social Learning on the Path to 1.5 Degrees

• Wageningen University
• Rhodes University
• University of the Witwatersrand

This paper provides insights into learning orientations and approaches that encourage change and transformation on the path to achieving the 1.5 degree C target. This literature review of the ...

• Posted May 8, 2018
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Ontario Helping Colleges and Universities Fight Climate Change

• Fairtrade Canada (ON)
• Niagara College Canada (ON)
• Sheridan College (Ontario) (ON)
• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (ON)
• Upper Canada College (ON)
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (ON)

Ontario is investing in colleges and university campuses to improve energy efficiency while also fostering student involvement. Ontario is helping fund green projects such as installing energy-efficient windows, high-efficiency boilers ...

• Posted May 8, 2018
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Facilitating a World Climate Negotiation Simulation

• University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
• AASHE (PA)

The World Climate Simulation has been run with over 35,000 people in nearly 80 countries to enable people to experience the dynamics of the UN climate negotiations. Join this ...

• Posted April 26, 2018
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Climate Change and Art: Transparency with Miguel Barros

• Bow Valley College (AB)

To celebrate Earth Day 2018, the BVC Green team, Intercultural Centre, International Education, and Iniikokaan Aboriginal Centre at Bow Valley College partnered to host artist Miguel Barros' work Transparency, depicting ...

• Posted April 26, 2018
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Climate Change Minor

• Cornell University (NY)

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and dozens of courses at Cornell explore the many facets of a warming world – from impacts on farming ...

• Posted April 12, 2018
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Climate Change Minor

• Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)

The Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University seeks to maintain a team of engaged professionals from a range ...

• Posted April 12, 2018
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