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Developing partnerships with students around energy use: the role of energy literacy
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Carbon reduction and climate change are key agendas in UK higher education (HE), as they are internationally. Existing research has highlighted the importance of developing partnerships for sustainable development in ...
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Mission Sustainable Challenge: A Platform for Collaboration!
- Santa Clara University (CA)
The Mission Sustainable Challenge was the fruit of collaboration among Santa Clara University staff, faculty and students that culminated in 176 members of the university community taking a daily sustainability ...
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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 ...
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The Birth of a Bike Share: Channeling Collaboration and Resource Sharing Towards Program Implementation
- College of Charleston (SC)
Efforts to integrate sustainable initiatives across college campuses have been catalyzed though establishing sustainability offices. However, it often takes a collaboration of multiple campus stakeholders to complete and sustain a ...
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Modeling Equity Through Collaboration: A Co-Directed Office
- Connecticut College (CT)
The typical hierarchical structure of any office or department at a college or university has one leader with a chain of responsibility and reporting running down from that person. For ...
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Managing Campus Politics to Build a Sustainability Coalition
- DePauw University (IN)
On many campuses, energy and initiative for sustainability efforts begins with faculty and students. The path forward from that initial enthusiasm inevitably requires collaboration with senior administration and, given the ...
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Collaborative Intersections for creating campus change
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The Evergreen State College has a long history of actively pursuing cross-divisional collaborations and integration of student projects with campus operations. Past collaborations resulted in the formation of the campus ...
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Collaboration & Compromise: Alternatives to a Bottled Water Ban
- Portland State University (OR)
The call to ban bottled water sales on college and university campuses is growing stronger across the country, with 24 institutions listed by AASHE as having a ban in place ...
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SCU CLASP-Hero Projects: A Collaborative Immersion Production
- Santa Clara University (CA)
In 2012, the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University and "voluntourism" company Hero Projects partnered to create the CLASP (Co-creative Leadership and Sustainability Program) Alaska Immersion trip. The ...
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Tying Together Tradition and Core Values to Share Your Message and Foster Connections
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Your institution has unique attributes that help define your organizational culture. Understanding this culture can be a critical key ingredient to help spread your sustainability message. This session will demonstrate ...
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What Are We Advancing? Advancing Sustainability in Higher Education: Integration of the University and College Development Office
- California Polytechnic State University (CA)
The pressing need to develop more financially, environmentally and socially sustainable institutions creates an opportunity to advance the next philanthropic era in higher education – one that promotes a more comprehensive ...
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Zero waste as a supply chain challenge: the importance of partnerships
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
This presentation will discuss the successes and challenges of Penn State’s initiative to move its Athletics facilities toward zero waste, and the story of how silos had to be ...
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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 ...
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Collaboration and Communication Across the Administrative Divide
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Colleges and Universities often struggle with change and innovation. In a fiscal climate of decreasing funding, changes requiring large capital investments are frequently met with skepticism at best and may ...
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Libraries as Partners In Creating and Supporting Campus Green Teams
- University of Utah (UT)
Getting green teams started on campus can seem an impossible challenge. Campus libraries by their very nature are set up to interact and connect with colleges, departments, centers, divisions and ...
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Libraries as Partners Around the University Table
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of Florida (FL)
- University of Nevada Las Vegas (NV)
The university table where sustainability campus initiatives and academic programs are discussed is relatively busy. Seats are filled by representatives from academic and student affairs; buildings and grounds; housing services ...
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Warren Wilson College Sustainable Dining Policy: A Strategic Partnership Case Study
- Warren Wilson College (NC)
This case study presentation will delve into the collective research and actions by Warren Wilson College (WWC) students, staff, and Sodexo employees to create a resilient and adaptable dining service ...
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Engaging Campus Constituents: Using Partnerships to Increase Behavior Modification Awareness & Action
- University of Southern Mississippi (MS)
The Office of Sustainability and University Libraries formed a partnership on the main campus of The University of Southern Mississippi dedicated to increasing awareness of sustainable practices through a phased ...
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Sustainability Officer and Faculty Members Collaborations on Advancing Sustainability Across the Curriculum
- Empire State College (NY)
“Sustainability officer” is a fairly recent position at campuses across the nation. Although this position has a variety of titles and is housed in different departments at different campuses, it ...
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Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Sustainability Education: Institutional and Intragroup Challenges and Opportunities
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
In order to most effectively contribute to creating adaptive and resilient socio-ecological systems appropriate for an uncertain future, educators must develop transdisciplinary sustainability education praxis. This presentation is about collectively ...
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Stronger Together: Collaboration Opportunities for Campus Diversity Officers and Campus Sustainability Officers
- Cornell University (NY)
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- Yale University (CT)
- McGill University (QC)
Campus diversity and inclusion departments educate and engage students, staff and faculty to promote inclusion, diversity and equity. Campus sustainability departments educate and engage students, staff and faculty about how ...
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Sustain U: Centralizing the University Community Around Sustainability
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Sustainability has always had a presence on the Carnegie Mellon campus, but not one widely acknowledged. Students and staff often pass by the Solar Decathlon house or the recycling room ...
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Creating Cross-Campus Collaborations: Transforming Curriculum, Empowering Students
- Central College (IA)
Cool things can happen when campus silos are breached and faculty members get to know and start collaborating with directors of facilities, grounds, and food service to empower students. This ...
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A Comprehensive Framework for Driving Sustainability Collaboration Through Athletics
- Davidson College (NC)
Many athletic departments and teams have sustainability initiatives. However, few have comprehensive programs using sustainability in athletics to drive adaptation of practices and awareness building throughout campus, alumni and surrounding ...
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Institutionalizing Sustainability in University Residence Life
- Santa Clara University (CA)
This presentation will provide a model for how to institutionalize and build resilience for sustainability in residence life at your university by adapting to and utilizing existing structures and positions ...
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Hands on Sustainability: Leveraging Green Revolving Funds to Ignite Collaboration
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
Utilizing case studies of Green Revolving Funds (GRF) participants will work together in small groups to develop a pitch to campus decision-makers to start and manage a GRF. Groups will ...
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Terms of Empowerment: How to inspire enthusiasm and decentralize accountability
- Yale University (CT)
When a campus sustainability program first starts, the imperative is to effectively to develop brand recognition. Once sustainability is a firmly established concept on a campus, programming can generally shift ...
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Igniting Innovation through Sustainable Collaboration
- Denison University (OH)
Denison University, like many liberal arts institutions, seeks to educate students holistically so that they may become discerning moral agents and active citizens in a democratic society. To that end ...
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Sustainabillity by Collaboration: Partnering Facilities with Instruction
- Sierra College (CA)
Sierra College utilizes a unique partnership between the facilities and instructional divisions to provide high-level workforce development training for students while expanding the college's renewable energy portfolio. The Energy ...
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Building Diverse Stakeholders - Multi-Stakeholder Approach
- Sierra Youth Coalition (QC)
The building of a multi-stakeholder process often distinguishes a successful initiative from a failure. Meaningful communication with all stakeholders ensures the most effective results. Using role playing, this workshop will ...
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A Case Study of the Green Council: Students Building a Movement through Collaboration
- Temple University (PA)
This session will provide a case study of how a university can maximize student engagement in sustainability issues through the creation of an eco-friendly coalition of student organizations. The university ...
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Beyond Operations: Collaborating Across Campus to Change Food Culture
- Williams College (MA)
Effect culture change on campus with sustainable food programming. Learn how the Williams College Sustainable Food & Agriculture Program introduces diverse student organizations, campus offices, and academic departments to sustainable ...
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Collaborative Approach to Understanding Faculty Research and Course Offerings
- Appalachian State University (NC)
As part of Appalachian State University's commitment to sustainability, a faculty inventory was conducted to determine the nature and extent of research, scholarly activity, and creative production that are ...
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A Collaborative Approach: Community Waste Management at Carleton College
- Carleton College (MN)
Successful waste management should engage and involve the entire campus community. Through the Community Waste Program, we collaboratively sought to provide composting in academic and administrative campus buildings, reduce the ...
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The Sustainable City Year Program: A Radically Simple Way to Change Campus and Community
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) at the University of Oregon (USA) is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative effort to radically alter the function of a University to meet the sustainability challenges of ...
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Developing an Integrated MBA and MPA Curriculum to Spur Innovative and Collaborative Solutions for Sustainability
- Presidio Graduate School (CA)
Intractable social and environmental problems increasingly call for collaborative solutions across the public and private sectors. Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco has offered a Masters in Business Administration (MBA ...
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A Recipe For Success: Collaboration and the Sustainability Master Plan Process
- College of Saint Benedict (MN)
At last, the Sustainability Office is created and has facilitated a few highly effective initiatives on campus that have saved money, resources, and created more equity! The Sustainability Council meets ...
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Getting the Word Out
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
Universities do a great job of educating their students in their chosen fields of study. Why is it then that it can be such a challenge to educate students, faculty ...
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Building Alumni Engagement in Campus Sustainability Initiatives
- Yale University (CT)
As stated on the front cover of its Sustainability Strategic Plan, "Success depends on the active contribution of every member of the Yale community." The Yale Office of Sustainability prioritizes ...
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Improving Collections Efficiencies through Departmental Collaboration
- Appalachian State University (NC)
During these challenging economic times, it is important that colleges and universities find ways in which they can operate more efficiency, often with less resource availability. Appalachian State University has ...
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The Role of Food Service Workers in Campus Sustainability Programs
- Occidental College (CA)
- UNITE HERE (DC)
Higher education institutions are at the forefront of a movement to reform the food system by promoting sustainable practices at campus cafeterias and dining services.
Yet the central role of ...
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Challenges to Greening Your Campus Facilities Discussion
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
Are you a champion for greening facilities on your campus? More energy efficient buildings? Better access to alternate transportation? More green space around and in between your buildings? Greener purchasing ...
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Campus Collaboration toward Sustainable Food Service
- Emory University (GA)
- Ithaca College (NY)
- Pomona College (CA)
Sustainability in Food Service is a fairly new topic in higher education and it is being addressed in a variety of ways. Dining Services consumes large quantities of campus energy ...
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Student Summit Leadership Development Collaboratory
- Portland State University (OR)
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
Our Collaboratory will begin with an introduction to "Developing Your Leader-ful Presence". This portion of our workshop will engage participants in a dialogue about the Leadership Maturation Journey which will ...
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Maximizing Reuse and Recycling Diversion Opportunities Through Campus Partnerships
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
This presentation describes a case study of a significant reuse and recycling intervention at UC Berkeley that was successful largely due to the heavy collaboration between student organizations and various ...
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Small Campuses, Big Impacts: Making Sustainability Work in Smaller, Liberal Arts Schools
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Earlham College (IN)
- Furman University (SC)
- Luther College (IA)
In this panel presentation, teaching faculty and sustainability staff from several smaller, liberal arts schools will discuss the challenges and lessons learned in implementing sustainability across the curriculum, the co-curriculum ...
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Collaborating with Campus Recreation Departments: How Students and Sustainability Directors Can Engage Campus Recreation in Sustainability Efforts
- Oregon State University (OR)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Sonoma State University (CA)
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
Campus recreation departments and student recreation centers have become one of the largest hubs for student activities on campuses in recent years. In addition to often serving 50-90% of the ...
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Beyond Efficiency to Embedded Sustainability
- Clarke University (IA)
Program Abstract: Sustainability offers the physical plant administrator tremendous opportunities to increase the profile of her/his department. It also offers a significant new dimension to her/his leadership role ...
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Collaborative Research as a Pedagogical Tool: Using Surveys and Interviews as a Way to Teach Sustainability on Campus.
- Emory & Henry College (VA)
Recognizing that campus culture is a primary driving force of energy consumption on a college campus, Emory & Henry College sought to better understand what students and faculty know about ...
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From WTF! to WTSF! Working Towards a Sustainable Future at SCC
- St. Charles Community College (MO)
Saint Charles Community College (SCC) is now moving toward a culture of sustainability. Two years ago the campus had no plan for promoting sustainability. Through the formation of Team Green ...
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