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Developing Sustainability Internships Through an Employer Relations Lens: A Pilot
- The College of Saint Scholastica (MN)
A brief talk on how grant funding and new academic programming in sustainability fostered a pilot to increase experiential learning opportunities. This session presenter is not a subject matter expert ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Skill Development Workshops for Impact at UC Berkeley‚ Green Initiative Fund
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Established in 2007, The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) at UC Berkeley provides funding, via grants, for projects that improve and support UC Berkeley's campus sustainability efforts. TGIF allocates funds ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Building Campus-Community Relationships and Resilience
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- Precipitate, PLLC (MN)
Located in Northern Minnesota, Bemidji State University (BSU) operates within a dispersed, rural, and diverse community. Bemidji State staff and faculty will be joined by planning consultant Precipitate to share ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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TAMU Urban Farm United (TUFU) Campus Food Forest Serves Aggies in Need
- Texas A&M University (TX)
The TAMU Urban Farm, TUFU for short, is a new concept organization on the campus of Texas A&M University (TAMU), whose mission is “Grow to Serve”. The project was made ...
- Posted May 15, 2020
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Student Approved Projects on Campus: What Could Go Wrong and What Could Go Right?
- Western Michigan University (MI)
Like many universities, Western Michigan University has instituted a grant to fund student-led sustainable change on campus. What sets Western Michigan University apart, however, is that the allocations of these ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) at UC Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
SERC is a collaborative space to strengthen the collective effectiveness of the sustainability community, and provides resources for students to actualize their vision of a more equitable, socially just, and ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Composting for a Greener Campus: the Texas State University Bobcat Blend program
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Bobcat Blend is a faculty managed, student-run and grant-supported research and teaching-oriented waste management campus composting program at Texas State University. The goals of the organization are to teach students ...
- Posted May 2, 2018
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Black Hills Food Hub: rural food hubs serving a wider demographic
- Black Hills State University (SD)
Black Hills State University (BHSU) and Spearfish community partners are seeking to create a culture that supports and values local food in order to expand the reach and depth of ...
- Posted May 22, 2017
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Making Local, Healthy, Sustainable Delicious: The How-To Guide for Foodservice Operators
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The How-To Guide for Foodservice Operators is a manual for restoring real food and regional food systems to the right place in our society. The guide documents UMass Dining’s ...
- Posted May 22, 2017
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UTA CARES: Open Education and Open Pedagogy for Sustainable Future and Resource Conservation
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
Reducing the cost of a college education is a frequent topic in higher education circles. Some colleges and universities such as UT Arlington have been trying to find other ways ...
- Posted May 16, 2017
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Greening Federal Grants: Why there is a need to connect efficiency to federal funding for research at universities
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
This webinar will includes two parts: PART 1: The Department of Energy (DOE) will provide an overview of the DOE Smart Labs Accelerator Program which was launched at the 2016 ...
- Posted May 4, 2017
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University of Chicago New Construction Procurement Case Study: Securing Your Investment in Sustainability
- University of Chicago (IL)
- Second Nature (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Seventhwave (WI)
Join AASHE and Second Nature for an in-depth look under the hood of the University of Chicago’s innovative procurement approach to establish a measurable energy performance requirement in their ...
- Posted March 7, 2017
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Race & Ethnicity as a Barrier to Opportunity: A Blueprint for Higher Education Equity
Young Invincibles released its latest report, Race & Ethnicity as a Barrier to Opportunity: A Blueprint for Higher Education Equity. The report takes an in-depth look at the disproportionate challenges ...
- Posted March 7, 2017
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Establishing a Sustainability Grant Fund to Promote Sustainability Related Research for Students and Faculty
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) established the Sustainability Grant Fund (SGF) to promote and encourage sustainability-related research at TRU and within the broader community. The SGF provides up to $100,000 ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Morris Model: Catalyzing Community Resilience, Energy Conservation and Clean Energy Planning and Action
- University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)
The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) has demonstrated a successful planning approach with partners across the state to build climate resilience into the consciousness and planning efforts of the city ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Composting for a Greener Campus: the Texas State University Bobcat Blend program
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Bobcat Blend is a faculty managed, student-run and grant-supported research and teaching-oriented waste management campus composting program at Texas State University. The goals of the organization are to teach students ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Union College's Presidential Green Grants: Empowering our community to make a more sustainable world
- Union College - NY (NY)
Our greatest resource as an institution is the creativity and energy of our community. Union College’s Presidential Green Grant (PGG) program leverages this creativity and energy by supporting novel ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Lowell Canal Bridges TIGER Grant: Campus-Community Partnerships Leveraging Transformative Change
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) is a fast growing university nestled within our host community of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell enjoys an authentic urban character structured ...
- Posted June 9, 2016
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Black Hills Food Hub
- Black Hills State University (SD)
Black Hills State University (BHSU) and Spearfish community partners are seeking to create a culture that supports and values local food in order to expand the reach and depth of ...
- Posted June 3, 2016
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Community Garden 2.0 – transcending silos on campus and in the community
- Northern Kentucky University (KY)
Northern Kentucky University (NKU) has joined forces with local stakeholders to create a network of community gardens on campus and within the surrounding community. The network is comprised of fifty ...
- Posted May 26, 2016
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Student sustainability grants for research, scholarship, projects and travel at Ohio State
- The Ohio State University (OH)
For the first time, Ohio State's sustainability offices are jointly managing a grants program for student projects in the areas of energy, environment and sustainability. The program helps to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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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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The Evolution of a Campus as a Living Lab Grant Program
- California State University, Chancellor's Office (CA)
This session will introduce the California State University Campus as a Living Lab Initiative, the grant program designed to support sustainability in the curriculum. With two years of experience running ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Challenge Grants - Leveraging diverse funding sources to secure $100,000 for interdisciplinary projects at UK
- University of Kentucky (KY)
The Sustainability Challenge Grant program was designed to engage multidisciplinary teams from the University community in the creation and implementation of ideas that will promote sustainability by simultaneously advancing economic ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Art & Design Students Collaborate with University and Community to Mitigate Birdstrikes on Campus Buildings
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Summary: We present an innovative, grant-funded partnership between the university department of Art & Design, department of Writing Studies, Office of Sustainability, UMD Facilities Management, local wildlife rehabilitators, and local ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community Partnerships: Celebrating Poets, Painters, and Projects
- Delta College (MI)
Utilizing the campus and the community environment can create an engaging experience for teaching and learning and can serve as an invitation for partnership and participation. Off The Page: A ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Energy Fee Grant Program: Making campus more sustainable - one project at a time
- Western Washington University (WA)
The Green Energy Fee Grant Program is a Western Washington University grant program that enables the campus community to apply for funding to implement sustainable initiatives on campus. The Green ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student sustainability grants for campus projects at Ohio State
- The Ohio State University (OH)
All across America, institutions struggle to expand programming and to provide meaningful learning opportunities to their students during times of shrinking budgets, increasing costs and reduction of state support. Oftentimes ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Book: A Written and Visual Arts Publication Celebrating Sustainability Through Creative Action
- Delta College (MI)
Utilizing the campus and the community environment can create an engaging experience for teaching and learning and can serve as an invitation for partnership and participation. A unique, grant-funded venture ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Farm to Institution New England: Successes & Lessons Learned in Institutional Local Food Procurement
- Skidmore College (NY)
- Farm to Institution New England (VT)
After several years of farm to institution projects and initiatives in the northeast, there have been many successes and many important lessons learned. This panel will highlight the ways that ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Aggie Blue Bikes; How AmeriCorps Grants Can Bring Bicycle Lending to Your Campus
- Utah State University (UT)
Aggie Blue Bikes (ABB) is Utah State University’s (USU) premier bicycle lending, education and advocacy program; its mission is to get more people on more bikes, more often. Throughout ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Analysis of Successes, Failures, and Characteristics of an Established Campus Sustainability Granting Program
- New York University (NY)
In 2011, our university conducted the first full operational analysis of its campus sustainability granting program, one of the most established such programs in the nation. Our program offers grants ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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WKU-Habitat for Humanity Integrated Green Infrastructure Statewide Demonstration Project
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
This session will demonstrate a grant-funded University partnership statewide demonstration project that will use low impact development (LID) and Light Imprint techniques as part of a planned medium density green ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 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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Sustainability Collection Development Policy Report
- University of Utah (UT)
In May 2012, the Marriott Library received grant funding from the Chevron Corporation to conduct an audit of the Library’s collection development policies as they relate to sustainability. Out ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Operational Analysis: Green Grants Program
- New York University (NY)
This Operational Analysis is an overall description of how New York University's Green Grants Program is functioning, including how well the program supports its stakeholders, grantees, staff and how ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Comparative Analysis of Campus Greening Grant Programs at U.S. Post-Secondary Institutions
- New York University (NY)
This document compares New York University's Green Grants program with twelve similar campus sustainability granting programs within the United States. It has been prepared as part of an internal ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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University of Kentucky Sustainability Challenge Grant Program
- University of Kentucky (KY)
The University of Kentucky Sustainability Challenge Grant program was designed to engage multidisciplinary teams from the University community in the creation and implementation of initiatives that will promote sustainability by ...
- Posted June 19, 2015
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UA Compost Cats: Students Creating Community Partnerships to Turn Garbage into Gardens and Foster Local Food Security
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Located 60 miles from the largest, landlocked port for food in North America, the student-run Compost Cats program has now forged partnerships with the City of Tucson, San Xavier Co-op ...
- Posted April 12, 2014
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A Unique Hawaiian Learning Approach to Sustainable Living, Island-wide
- University of Hawaii Kauai Community College (HI)
A three prong approach to providing students with campus and community-wide learning at the UH Kauai Community College encompasses and concurrently implements:
1) Curriculum review ongoing, applying the General Electric ...
- Posted March 28, 2014
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Centennial Solar Panel System
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Engineers for a Sustainable World (CO)
The Centennial Solar Panel System (CSPS), a 17 kW solar photovoltaic array at Northwestern University, is a partner project between Engineers for a Sustainable World and the Northwestern Sustainability Fund ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Building Institutional Capacity for Sustainability Teaching, Research and Engagement at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation challenge grant of $25 million, awarded to Portland State University in September 2008, was the largest gift in Portland State University's ...
- Posted June 30, 2010
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Installing Occupancy Sensors at Missouri State University Residence Life and Services
- Missouri State University (MO)
Residence Life and Services at Missouri State University received a grant from City Utilities of Springfield, MO to install occupancy sensors on all lights in community and public restrooms, common ...
- Posted June 17, 2010
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