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Webinar: Working with Advancement and Alumni Relations to Engage Alumni
- Lafayette College (PA)
- Lehigh University (PA)
- University of Virginia (VA)
- AASHE (PA)
Many sustainability practitioners seek to engage alumni in various ways – fundraising, expertise, guest speakers, jobs/internships and mentorship for students. Lehigh University and the University of Virginia’s Office for ...
- Posted Dec. 5, 2019
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Whole-Campus Behaviour Change: Lessons from a Decade of Green Impact
- National Union of Students
Sustainability professionals know they need to engage their campus communities in sustainability but behavior change continues to be a challenge. Green Impact is a staff engagement and student development program ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The World Climate Simulation: A Tool to Motivate Science-Informed Climate Action on Your Campus
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
Are you looking for a tool to get students engaged, excited, and motivated to take science-informed action on your campus? This workshop will give you hands-on experience with the World ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Pursuing Zero Waste Goals Through Student-Led Projects
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Implementing a closed loop waste processing system at University of California, Berkeley is of high priority to achieving the campus' and the larger UC system's goal of reaching Zero ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Small Changes Make a Big Impact: Sustainability Matters with Today's Students
- Boxed Water is Better (MI)
In today's environment, there is more discussion than ever about sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic and single-use aluminium. However, there is even more confusion about what steps each of ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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A Zero Waste Campus is Possible!
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
In this workshop we will facilitate a discussion around how students can lead specific efforts to solve waste issues on their campuses. We start with a short presentation on the ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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NASPA Meet-Up
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Celebrating a recent partnership between NASPA (Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education) and AASHE, this networking session will provide a space for student affairs practitioners to connect with colleagues, share ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Leveraging Funding to Provide Student Experience and Community Enrichment
- Furman University (SC)
Would you like to learn how to provide consistent funding for a resilient student fellowship program? We have some thoughts and experiences to share. Furman University, a liberal arts school ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities of Collegiate Farming
- Colgate University (NY)
The Colgate Community Garden was started in 2011 by Green Thumbs, a student group that works to manage and promote the activities of the garden. The purpose of the garden ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Sustainable Energy Education Through Demonstration (SEED) in Secondary Education
- State University of New York at Geneseo (NY)
Sustainable Energy Education through Demonstration (SEED) is a ten-week program that educates students on the mechanics of renewable energy production and the value of these energies in combating climate change ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Green STEAM: Rocket Fuel for a Sustainable Economy
- Moraine Valley Community College (IL)
- Oakton Community College (IL)
- Joey FineRhyme (IL)
For decades, the environmental movement has been trying to infuse sustainability into the mainstream ethos. While the science is irrefutable, most people are not moved by science alone. One example ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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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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Combating Food Insecurity Through Sustainable Student-Led Initiatives
- Baldwin Wallace University (OH)
This case study will include information on the efforts of staff, faculty, and students to eliminate food insecurity among students on Baldwin Wallace's campus. The project began about three ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Pursuit of Delicious, Carbon-Friendly Food
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
This year, with customer health and the environment in mind, Cal Dining defined their vision statement as 'serving delicious food that happens to be nutritious and sustainable', understanding that serving ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Big Red Eats Green: Empowering Students to Engage in their University Food System
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
This presentation will share the details of an established, multi-year endeavor that focuses on the relationship between students and the university food system. An event that celebrates and showcases that ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Incorporating Stakeholder Values: Assessing Renewable Energy Options at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
To determine options for renewable energy development and procurement, the Campus Sustainability Office at Portland State University (PSU) turned to it's Living Lab program to engage students in this ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Strategies for Engaging Students in Meeting Operational Sustainability Goals
- Dartmouth College (NH)
- Middlebury College (VT)
Many colleges and universities either have or strive to develop sustainability plans or goals that are implementable, while still allowing them to achieve their educational mission. At Dartmouth College, Middlebury ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Developing Effective Collaboration Among Students, Staff and Faculty to Advance Sustainability
- Connecticut College (CT)
For sustainability efforts to truly make lasting change on our campuses, we need support from students, faculty and staff. Each of these groups holds different power and influence on the ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Blueprints for Breaking Silos: Pathways to Engage Faculty, Staff and Students in Campus Living Labs
- University of Georgia (GA)
- University of British Columbia (BC)
Presenters will share pathways, frameworks, and methods for engaging diverse faculty, staff, and students in using the campus as a living laboratory through examples of impactful research collaborations from the ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Award Winner Session: Demystifying Sustainability Behaviors on College and University Campuses
- Onondaga Community College (NY)
Strategies that focus on influencing student and employee sustainability-related behaviors can play an important role in achieving campus sustainability and climate action goals. Although campus sustainability practitioners recognize the value ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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5 Engagement Lessons I Wish I Knew as a Campus Sustainability Officer
- LINK Strategic Partners (DC)
Engagement is at the core of sustainability. Without proper buy-in from campus stakeholders, sustainability efforts are temporary at best, and damaging to progress at worst. Unfortunately, the work of sustainability ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Developing a Student Engagement Strategy for AASHE
- AASHE (PA)
Students are the driving forces for change on many campuses, yet they are often not aware of or utilizing the resources provided by AASHE. In order for AASHE to continue ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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How to Engage Students to Get More Done
- Bentley University (MA)
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- Tufts University (MA)
- Williams College (MA)
As institutions of higher education, we know that engaging students is a top priority - plus it enriches the work we do every day by bringing in fresh ideas, energy and ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Changing Behavior and Measuring Impact Through EcoChallenge: Campus Case Studies
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
We know that our unsustainability issues are urgent and vast. If we are to create a society and an economy that are sustainable and regenerative, educational institutions need to simultaneously ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Fostering Student Engagement and Learning Through Campus Gardens
- State University of New York at Geneseo (NY)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
Leah McCord, AmeriCorps VISTA member serving at the University of Tennessee Office of Sustainability, will share her office's experience of proposing and implementing the Grow Lab. The Grow Lab ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Living Planet @ Campus: Graduating Post-Secondary Students with Skills to Lead in Sustainability
- Fleming College (ON)
- Niagara College Canada (ON)
- University of Windsor (ON)
- World Wildlife Fund (DC)
This panel discussion will provide an open dialogue on the benefits and challenges to meaningfully engaging student sustainability leaders on campus, and highlight how World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada's ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Harnessing the Power and Passion of Others: Four Approaches to Sustainability Engagement
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Western Washington University (WA)
This session will focus on new and different approaches used to engage students, staff, faculty, and other community members in sustainability efforts. In the first half of the session, representatives ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Linking Infamous History and Sustainability - 50 Years Since the 1969 Cuyahoga River Fire
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- Cuyahoga Community College (OH)
- Kent State University (OH)
2019 marks 50 years since the last and most well-known time the Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969. Much has changed for the better in Cleveland and across the United ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The Sustainable Development Goals: Needs and Challenges for Student-Led Implementation
- University of British Columbia (BC)
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework is meant to provide a universal roadmap to end poverty and engage nations across the globe on common global issues. Student-led activation ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Reinvigorating Your University's Sustainability Commitment
- Southern New Hampshire University (NH)
While some universities have established sustainability offices, others may have a structure in place, but greater support is needed from faculty, students, and administrators. This presentation will describe the efforts ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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STARS as a Meaningful Student Learning Opportunity
- Weber State University (UT)
- Westminster College - Utah (UT)
- Williams College (MA)
Engaging students in the STARS process can provide valuable student learning and ease the data collection burden on sustainability staff. This interactive panel discussion offers examples and lessons learned from ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Preparing for Campus Sustainability Month 2019
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System Office (KY)
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- AASHE (PA)
October is Campus Sustainability Month! Join this webinar to gain ideas and inspiration for how you can leverage #CampusSustainabilityMonth to engage and inspire incoming students and other campus stakeholders to ...
- Posted Aug. 22, 2019
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Ohio State Energy Partners Hosts Smart Campus Challenge
- The Ohio State University (OH)
The first Smart Campus Challenge, presented by Ohio State Energy Partners ENGIE and Axium Infrastructure, concluded with all six finalists winning $144,000 dollars, combined, for their project proposals to ...
- Posted Aug. 1, 2019
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University of Richmond - 2019 SCI
- University of Richmond (VA)
This photo is to be considered for University of Richmond's highlight in the 2019 Sustainability Index.
- Posted July 25, 2019
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Engaging Students with University Sustainability Indicators
- Tulane University (LA)
- AASHE (PA)
The webinar will explore ways of engaging students and faculty with university sustainability indicators and assessments, such as AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), suggesting that asking ...
- Posted June 13, 2019
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Scaling the Ladder: Engagement Programs as Tools for Sustainability
- McGill University (QC)
- AASHE (PA)
Using examples from McGill University, this webinar covers how practitioners can use the ladder of engagement can turn small changes into meaningful, collective action. While there is often a debate ...
- Posted May 23, 2019
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U-Bikes and Cyclab at Princeton University
- Princeton University (NJ)
Princeton University's U-Bikes and Cyclab programs work to support sustainable development on campus. The U-Bikes programs takes abandoned bikes collected by Public Safety and repairs and reuses them in ...
- Posted May 22, 2019
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How Students Can Achieve Campus Sustainability: The Sustainability Climate Initiative Fund
- University of Utah (UT)
Edmond Andrews, the University of Utah Sustainability Climate Initiative Fund (SCIF) Manager, explains what SCIF is and how it works.
The Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF) is the University of ...
- Posted May 22, 2019
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The Pyramid of Action: A Multifaceted Approach For Deeper Engagement
- California State University, Chico (CA)
With many environmental issues overwhelming students today, it can be paralyzing. So, AS Sustainability utilized the “Pyramid of Action” strategy in semester-long campaigns, leading students from awareness, behavior change, education ...
- Posted May 20, 2019
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Leveraging student leadership to build campus capacity for Sustainable Development Goals implementation: a case study on the University of Calgary’s Sustainable Development Goals Alliance.
- University of Calgary (AB)
The Sustainable Development Goals Alliance (SDGA) is a student-led organization at the University of Calgary which seeks to improve campus and community collaboration towards the implementation of the seventeen Sustainable ...
- Posted May 20, 2019
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Coalition building to create university-wide change
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus (NJ)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark Campus (NJ)
Two years ago, we formed the Rutgers Sustainability Coalition, a student-led group of representatives from about 20 student organizations working together to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We ...
- Posted May 20, 2019
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A New Zero Waste Goal for Division 1 Football Games
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Lauren Lichterman, the Operations and Sustainability Coordinator for Intercollegiate Athletics at The University of Texas at Austin, is not one to stop and rest on her laurels. She used a ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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University Student Sustainability Conference
- Universidad de Chile (Region Metropolitana)
The CEUS Congress (for its acronym in Spanish) is a space for convergence of young leaders from all over the country, where discussions are held on the different topics of ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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McHenry County College Composts! (Finally!)
- McHenry County College (IL)
Composting has been a goal of the MCC Board of Trustees approved Sustainability Strategic Plan since 2012 and 2015. Based on a waste audit done several years ago, MCC’s ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Chandler-Gilbert Community College Food Waste Recycling Project
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College (AZ)
- Maricopa County Community College District Office (AZ)
The CGCC Food Waste Recycling Project is a grant-funded campus-wide ongoing collaborative project that offers deep, cross-disciplinary, experiential student learning via an innovative solution for CGCC’s food and green ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Eating Green
- Harvard University (MA)
I created a guide to plant-based eating for students on Harvard's campus. Unfolding over the course of several months, this pamphlet translated into 2,000 hard copies and a ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Reaching Beyond the Green Population
- AASHE (PA)
- Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)
The world of sustainability offers something for everyone. Sadly many people on campus assume sustainability is just for environmentalists. Sustainability students, faculty, and staff would love to reach a broader ...
- Posted May 16, 2019
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Student Engagement in Sustainability at Northern Illinois University
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
The Environmental Studies department and student community at Northern Illinois University have been engaged in a variety of sustainability initiatives. However, even with this focus on sustainability NIU does not ...
- Posted May 7, 2019
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The Dallas County Community College District Booth Won an Award at EarthX!
- Brookhaven College - DCCCD (TX)
- Cedar Valley College - DCCCD (TX)
- Dallas County Community College District System Office (TX)
- Eastfield College - DCCCD (TX)
- El Centro College - DCCCD (TX)
- Mountain View College - DCCCD (TX)
- North Lake College - DCCCD (TX)
- Richland College - DCCCD (TX)
In Dallas TX, we have the biggest annual celebration of Earth Day! At Fair Park EarthX hosted a three day celebration with more than 135,000 attendees, 679 exhibitors and ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Aligning Equity, Engagement, and Social Innovation in Anchor Initiatives
- University of San Diego (CA)
Drawing on cultural studies and the practice of engaged learning and scholarship, this paper proposes a cultural approach to institutional transformation, which we argue necessarily follows anchor partnerships. The authors ...
- Posted April 30, 2019
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