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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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Developing the Student Anchor Engagement Framework
- Drexel University (PA)
Modern urban and metropolitan universities are increasingly obliged to recognize their role as anchor institutions. These same institutions of higher education (IHEs) also have a responsibility to educate students to ...
- Posted April 30, 2019
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Leadership of Heart and Mind: Examining the Mind and Skill Sets of Student Sustainability Leadership
- University of New England (ME)
- University of Southern Maine (ME)
The purpose of this comparative case study was to deepen the understanding of post-secondary student sustainability leaders’ motivations and identify the skills they have employed in order to inform the ...
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Connecting Social and Natural Ecologies Through a Curriculum of Giving for Student Wellbeing and Engagement
- Australian National University
- University of Canberra
Using hermeneutic phenomenology to aid the reader ‘experience’ the data collected, this study reports on 18 college students, 4 staff members and the author's trip to a remote island ...
- Posted April 29, 2019
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The 5E Model of Environmental Engagement: Bringing Sustainability Change to Higher Education through Positive Psychology
- Tel Aviv University
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
What is the role of universities in advancing sustainability? This paper delineates a unique program for promoting sustainability that was applied in Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB). The unique characteristics of ...
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Expanding Student Engagement in Sustainability: Using SDG- and CEL-Focused Inventories to Transform Curriculum at the University of Toronto
- University of Toronto (ON)
- London School of Economics and Political Science
The Expanded Student Engagement Project (ESE) has developed three comprehensive inventories which aim to increase student knowledge of sustainability-related course content and increase student engagement in on- and off-campus, curricular ...
- Posted March 15, 2019
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AIM2Flourish: An Experiential SDGs-Assignment for Students
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
The UN SDGs are the world’s must-do list by 2030, and we need every student, everywhere to identify themselves as Global Goals leaders. Now in its third year, the ...
- Posted Feb. 14, 2019
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Most Likely to Succeed: Tips for Students when Developing Sustainability Initiative Proposals
- Trinity University (TX)
The presentation offers 8 tips for constructing comprehensive plans to build a foundation for success, the key elements of a proposal, and campus stakeholders to consider when developing a proposal.
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Dollars are Flying Out of Your Green Fund! Does that Equal Success?
- Texas A&M University (TX)
The Aggie Green Fund was established at Texas A&M University in 2011 and remains a resource for students to lead green initiatives. Areas of success and improvement in the utilization ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Four Steps for Leading Impactful Environmental Change On-Campus
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Campus Environmental Center at University of Texas at Austin explains their strategy for encouraging student-led activism. They describe their steps as: build a motivated community, create a strategic plan ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Aggie Eco-Reps: Engaging students in sustainability initiatives
- Texas A&M University (TX)
The Aggie Eco-Reps at Texas A&M University began as a recycling initiative in 2010; today the program has grown to 80 members. The goal of the Aggie Eco-Reps is to ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Sustainability Competition and Interactive Map
- University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)
This project was developed to accomplish grant deliverables focusing on campus education surrounding sustainability initiatives and upgrades to Illinois electrical infrastructure. The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Office of ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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UT Farm Stand: A Campus-Scale Model for Sustainable Food Production
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
At the University of Texas, UT Farm Stand offers an innovative campus-scale model for a sustainable food production system. This student-run program depicts the unique tale of farm to market ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Driving Food Reconnection at Arizona State University through Collaboration between USP and Aramark
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Aramark Higher Education (PA)
Surveys conducted at Arizona State University dining locations indicate that the vast majority of customers care about using natural resources responsibly and make a conscious effort to only take what ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Empowering Student Leaders to Create a Zero Waste Food Court
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- Aramark Higher Education (PA)
In order to divert 95% of solid waste from the landfill, UCI Hospitality & Dining (HDS) and Aramark collaborate with Social Ecology Field Study interns, Campus as a Living Lab ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Academia as a Platform for Student Sustainability Action on Campus and in Your Community
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
Students at the University of Pittsburgh have been driving environmental and sustainability changes on campus and in the Pittsburgh community for more than a decade through classes designed to engage ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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STARS Reporting as an Undergraduate Educational Opportunity
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
The University of Illinois, a STARS Gold Campus, has a strong focus on expanding its campus sustainability efforts. Since our 2017 report, administrators have made an increased effort to align ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Organizational Transitions and Continuity in a University Setting
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
Turnover is the cardinal issue that plagues collegiate organizations because of the ever changing minds of the student population as well as the traditional four year system of undergraduate education ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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How a Team of Student Ambassadors Can Amplify and Accelerate Wins for a Small Sustainability Staff
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
Facing the Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals of campus sustainability work with small offices can feel impossible; however, despite having a small staff, college and university sustainability offices can effect real ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability Student Engagement Through the use of Online Platforms
- Colorado State University (CO)
This 30-minute presentation will cover two successful student engagement campaigns run at Colorado State University that primarily relies on custom online platforms. These engagement campaigns have been run for multiple ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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WCUPA Student Brandywine Project
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The Student Brandywine Project was a student led half-day workshop to engage West Chester University students in helping design, implement, evaluate, and improve the various environmental, social, and economic sustainability ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Becoming a 'spokes' person for campus sustainability: The smoothie bike & other outreach efforts.
- Ohio University (OH)
Ohio University, like many universities nationally, has been affected by budget and staffing streamlining. Campus services and departments, like the Office of Sustainability, were profoundly affected. However, presidential strategies and ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Position your Student Sustainability Committee as a Leadership Training Opportunity
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- AASHE (PA)
Johnson County Community College’s Student Sustainability Committee is our campuswide student sustainability leadership group. The Committee, formed in 2011 as part of a student-led initiative for a dollar-per-credit hour ...
- Posted Oct. 25, 2018
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Enhancing student engagement in business sustainability through games
- University of Worcester
This paper aims to explore the value students place on the sustainable strategies game (SSG) which seeks to improve student engagement in business sustainability through enhanced game-based learning. This game ...
- Posted Oct. 23, 2018
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If We’d Known Then: Lessons in Sustainability Engagement
- AASHE (PA)
- MacEwan University (AB)
- National Union of Students
In 2012 MacEwan University entered an unique and innovative partnership with the National Union of Students (NUS) to be the first non-UK university to run the award winning Green Impact ...
- Posted Aug. 23, 2018
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Reduce the Juice: How to Run a Waste Sprint
- University of London
This communications plan aims to assist universities that are looking to run residence hall sustainability engagement program. It’s designed for running a waste reduction sprint, but could be used ...
- Posted May 30, 2018
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University of Northern Colorado Student Leadership for Environmental Action Fund (Student LEAF)
- University of Northern Colorado (CO)
Student LEAF is a student driven environmental action fund run by a committee of 7 students advised by one faculty and one facilities staff member.
The mission of Student LEAF ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Sustainability Activation Program at the University of Dayton
- University of Dayton (OH)
The Sustainability Activation Program (SAP) is an innovative, large scale, and peer-to-peer education program that began in October of 2016 with the intent to better educate our student body about ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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RU Sustainable event series
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
RU Sustainable events are designed with the purpose of bringing together faculty, students, and staff to engage with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). As described on the ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self Summit Series - Advancing Education for Sustainable Development Through Research and Practice
- James Madison University (VA)
The Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self Summit Series is a multi-year, multi-institution initiative that promotes transformative teaching, training, and learning in research and practice (www.jmu.edu/summitseries). The innovative ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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The U-Challenge at Texas A&M
- Texas A&M University (TX)
- Johnson Controls, Inc (WI)
- Siemens Industry, Inc. (IL)
The U-Challenge is a semester-long research competition for students that has evolved over the past two years to encompass both graduate and undergraduate teams from all majors. Student teams of ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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UC Merced's 1st Annual Earth Month Celebration
- University of California, Merced (CA)
Earth Month was an opportunity for UC Merced organizations and departments as well as Merced Community members to come together in an effort to increase student engagement with our campus ...
- Posted May 17, 2018
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Students' Perception of and Engagement with Sustainability at Humber College
- Humber College (ON)
ProjectSustainability aims to explore Humber College students’ perception of sustainability, and their engagement with the Office of Sustainability - including the effectiveness of current sustainability initiatives, as well as improvement and ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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UCLA Earth Day Fair
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
Students commune on campus green space to celebrate mother nature and advocate for various initiatives led across campus.
- Posted April 24, 2018
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Earth Day Garden Preperation
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
Earth Day celebration incorporates Academic Service Learning for students to work in the Student Community Garden on the Queens Campus. During the growing season, student workers maintain, harvest and transport ...
- Posted April 23, 2018
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