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A Framework for Evaluation: Determining Criteria and Indicators for Effective Higher Education Programs Focused on Environmental Sustainability

  • North Carolina State University (NC)

An increasing number of colleges and universities in the United States are restructuring courses and research programs to focus on long-term use and maintenance of resources and protecting these resources ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Promoting Sustainable Business Practices by Teaching Business Principles to Environmental Scientists

  • University of Idaho (ID)

This presentation will report on a newly created course (spring 2008) to teach business principles to environmental science students. The course introduces the environmental scientist to how environmental sustainability is ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Applying Environmentally Preferable Purchasing to a Community Library System

  • University of Illinois, Springfield (IL)

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) came about in the 1990's to improve the purchasing habits of the federal government. Since that time, requirements for incorporating EPP at the federal level ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Environmental Action Component in Sustainability Coursework: Service Learning in the Syllabus

  • University of Texas at Austin (TX)

In 2007, a new module for service learning in sustainability education at UT Austin was implemented. Known as the Environmental Action Component (EAC), the module dynamically included environmental community service ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Students Teaching Students (STS) Courses: Supporting Peer Education on Emerging Environmental Themes

  • University of Vermont (VT)

Courses designed and taught by students on emerging environmental themes have been offered at the University of Vermont since 1985 through Environmental Studies. Students Teaching Students (STS) is presented as ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Economics and Environment Network

  • Australian National University

The Economics and Environment Network (EEN) at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra was established in 2002 by the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES), now part of ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Research Center for Environmental Economics

  • Heidelberg University

The Research Center for Environmental Economics is the focal point of environmental research and teaching of the Department of Economics (Alfred-Weber-Institute). It consists of a number of individual researchers and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Research Group in Energy, Innovation & the Environment

  • University of Vigo

Formed in 2004, the Research Group's priorities are in the field of innovation, energy and the environment, resulting in more than one hundred articles.

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Institute for the Economy and the Environment

  • University of St. Gallen

The institute's research focuses on strategic sustainability management and the development and implementation of sustainablilty innovations.

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Harvard Environmental Economics Program

  • Harvard University (MA)

HEEP is a university-wide initiative addressing today's complex environmental challenges and is based in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy

  • North Carolina State University (NC)

The Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy (CEnREP) advances environmental solutions for North Carolina and the nation by providing leadership in research and outreach, and by training of the ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Global Development and Environment Institute

  • Tufts University (MA)

The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE – pronounced "gee-day") was founded in 1993 to combine the research and curricular development activities of two Tufts programs: the Program for Sustainable Change ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Integrative Environmental Research

  • University of Maryland, College Park (MD)

The Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER) at the University of Maryland addresses complex environmental challenges through research that explores the dynamic interactions among environmental, economic and social forces and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Finance Center

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)

The Environmental Finance Center works to enhance the ability of governments and other organizations to provide environmental programs and services in fair, effective and financially sustainable ways.

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Gund Institute for Environment

  • University of Vermont (VT)

The Gund Institute for Environment mobilizes scholars and leaders to understand and solve critical environmental issues.

From its home at the University of Vermont, the institute accelerates research and connects ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education & Research

  • Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

The Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research was established in 2004 with the generous support of Lowell and Jan Steinbrenner to change the way the world thinks and acts ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center

  • George Mason University (VA)

The Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center (PEREC) is one of the key components of George Mason University’s new Potomac Science Center. PEREC focuses on Potomac River restoration and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Global Environmental Education

  • Hamline University (MN)

For over two decades, teachers, students, community leaders, and concerned citizens have come to the Center for Global Environmental Education for inspired learning and outstanding educational resources. The Center's ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education

  • New York University (NY)

The Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education was established in 2000 in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University to promote environmental literacy and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Princeton Environmental Institute

  • Princeton University (NJ)

Founded in 1994, the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) is the interdisciplinary center of environmental research, education, and outreach at Princeton University. Our mission is to advance knowledge and to develop ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Canadian Centre for Environmental Education

  • Royal Roads University (BC)

The Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO Canada) and Royal Roads University have formed a partnership to create the Canadian Centre for Environmental Education. Geared towards both Canadian and international ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Environmental Education & Sustainability

  • Western Kentucky University (KY)

The WKU Center for Environmental Education and Sustainability (CEES) has been in existence at WKU for over 25 years. The Center works with formal and non-formal educators from preK through ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Environmental Resource Management

  • University of Texas at El Paso (TX)

The Center for Environmental Resource Management provides university-wide leadership and coordination for environmentally-related research, education, and outreach activities. The CERM vision is to become a regional "think tank" for achieving ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Australian Centre for Environmental Law

  • Australian National University

The Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL) was established in 1992 to create a critical mass of environmental law and policy expertise. Since its inception, ACEL has established itself as ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Marine & Environmental Law Institute

  • Dalhousie University (NS)

The Marine & Environmental Law Institute (MELAW), located in the vibrant port city of Halifax, is internationally recognized for excellence in marine and environmental law teaching and research. MELAW is ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Centre For Law & the Environment

  • University of British Columbia (BC)

The Centre seeks to establish a network of scholars and policymakers from a variety of disciplines, professions, and institutions throughout the world. Only by sharing knowledge across many walks of ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law

  • University of Auckland

The NZCEL conducts legal and interdisciplinary research into environmental law and governance, including its conceptual foundations, implementation and enforcement. New Zealand’s environmental legislation is among the most advanced in ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Centre for Law and the Environment

  • University College London (London)

UCL’s Centre for Law and Environment was established to provide a focal point for the Faculty’s outstanding expertise and academic strength in the field of the environment and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Environmental Law and Land Use

  • Loyola University New Orleans (LA)

Loyola’s Center for Environmental Law brings together dedicated students, inspiring professors, expert lawyers, and active members of the community to study and respond to the Gulf Coast’s most ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Land Use Law Center

  • Pace University (NY)

Established in 1993, the Land Use Law Center is dedicated to fostering the development of sustainable communities and regions through the promotion of innovative land use strategies and dispute resolution ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment

  • University of California, Los Angeles (CA)

The Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment is the leading law school center focused on climate change and other critical environmental issues. Founded in 2008 with a generous ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Energy and Environmental Security

  • University of Colorado Boulder (CO)

An interdisciplinary research and policy center at CU-Boulder Law School, Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) works to develop practical strategies and solutions for moving international society toward a ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

  • University of Colorado Boulder (CO)

Serving the people of the American West, the nation, and the world through creative, interdisciplinary research, bold, inclusive teaching, and innovative problem solving in order to further true sustainability for ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Law Center

  • Vermont Law School (VT)

Founded in 1978, the ELC serves as the hub for a wide-range of activities, including classes, faculty, research centers and institutes, conferences, lectures, and other special programs. At the ELC ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Environmental Law & Policy

  • Yale University (CT)

The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, a joint undertaking between the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale Law School, seeks to incorporate fresh thinking ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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CEER: Center for Environmental and Energy Research

  • Alfred University (NY)

The Center for Environmental and Energy Research (CEER) at Alfred University is a multidisciplinary research and education program. CEER utilizes Alfred's expertise in ceramic engineering, materials science/engineering, and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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California Institute for Energy and Environment

  • University of California, Berkeley (CA)

California has set itself far-reaching, fast-tracked goals for energy efficiency and stemming climate change — goals that can lead the way to new thinking and practices around the globe. But how ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Energy and Environmental Research Center

  • University of North Dakota (ND)

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is a unique organization dedicated to providing practical, pioneering solutions to the world’s energy and environmental challenges. The EERC was officially founded ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

  • Stanford University (CA)

The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment is working toward a future in which societies meet people’s needs for water, food, health and other vital services while protecting and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Fixes + Urban Problems

  • The New School (NY)

Social preservation and the preservation of nature have for too long been treated as separate matters but when looked at as a holistic system, operating under market-driven devices, it is ...

  • Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Making Inroads for Learning to be Green: Audubon International Partners with AASHE

  • Audubon International (NY)

For over 25 years, Audubon International (AI) has worked with partners to make development more sustainable and to educate their patrons, staff and community members how to improve environmental quality ...

  • Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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AASHE Student Diary Series: Seeing Like a Planet

  • University of Michigan (MI)

On December 7, 1972 – at 5:39 a.m. EST to be exact – astronauts on the Apollo 17 mission took a photograph that transformed how we saw our home, Earth ...

  • Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Shifting from Saying to Doing: Evaluation of an Environmental Course Designed to Create Environmental Change Agents

  • Tufts University (MA)

This study evaluated a semester-long environmental course designed to enable students to become environmental change agents. Sixteen undergraduate students self-selected into the program course, which integrated social science-focused materials with ...

  • Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum

To prepare today's students to meet growing global environmental challenges, colleges and universities must make environmental literacy a core learning goal for all students, in all disciplines. But what ...

  • Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The Green Campus: Meeting the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability

This sustainability anthology explores the meaning of genuine environmental sustainability—in global and local terms—while profiling excellent campus environmental programs. The book offers guidance and inspiration to campus leaders ...

  • Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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The relationship of pedagogy and students' understanding of environment in environmental education

  • University of Technology Sydney

This study has two main findings. First, the pedagogy of environmental education has strong classification and framing (after Bernstein 1971) that supports the objectification of the environment. Second, there is ...

  • Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Establishing the new College of the Environment at the University of Washington

  • University of Washington, Seattle (WA)

The overarching objective in establishing the College of the Environment was to create an organization with the necessary scale and diversity of educational programs, research, and intellectual capacity to positively ...

  • Posted June 30, 2010
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