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Warming Hearts and Homes: Implementing Community Winterization Programs
- Furman University (SC)
- University at Albany (NY)
- University of Maine (ME)
- Williams College (MA)
Curious about starting a community winterization program at your school? Wondering how to coordinate all the logistics? Want to learn what the benefits could be for your school? Join Dr ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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COVID, Climate Action Plans and Resiliency in Davis, California: Leveraging a Town-Gown Relationship
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- City of Davis (CA)
UC Davis and City of Davis sustainability staff will share how the city and campus have repeatedly leveraged our college town-gown relationship for mutual benefit and support, and helped us ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Leveraging Town Gown Relationships to Promote Community Sustainable Development Initiatives
- Denison University (OH)
Colleges and Universities are uniquely positioned to leverage resources to drive sustainable development initiatives in their respective communities. These efforts can and should be mutually beneficial to the school and ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Building Your Campus Energy Workforce: Opportunities for Students, Faculty and Staff
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
- United States Department of Energy (DC)
Energy efficiency and renewable energy are exploding with interest from students while colleges and universities across the country are working to rapidly deploy both solutions. How can these interests be ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Webinar: Greenspace Town Halls and Make-A-Thon
- University of Central Florida (FL)
- AASHE (MA)
This event is part of the AASHE Award Winner Webinar Series, featuring a presentation of the Student Sustainability Leadership Award winning project.
This webinar will outline the Greenspace Sustainability Design ...
- Posted March 25, 2021
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Rooted in Community: Collaboration with Local Land Trusts
- Davidson College (NC)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)
As higher education institutions, and specifically sustainability offices, seek to broaden and deepen collaboration with local organizations, the land trust community is a natural partner. In many cases, both the ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Campus-based Climate Resiliency Field Study Program
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of Sustainability collaborated with academic and operational partners to create a field study program that focused on campus climate resiliency. The experiential learning program ...
- Posted Aug. 5, 2019
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The role of higher education institutions in sustainability initiatives at the local level
- University of Passo Fundo
- Allegheny College (PA)
- Università di Verona
- Università di Bologna
- University of Latvia
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Belgrade
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Universities are central players and important economic actors in many regions, and many of them are, in general, nationally and internationally active in respect of matters related to sustainable development ...
- Posted June 25, 2019
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Field Guide for Urban University-Community Partnerships
- University of Virginia (VA)
Over the past three decades, American universities and colleges have witnessed a surge in activities oriented around their civic and social purposes. From the signing of the first Campus Compact ...
- Posted April 4, 2019
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The University, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Civic Engagement: Toward Civic Engagement 3.0
- SUNY Buffalo State (NY)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
This essay analyzes and syntheses key theories and concepts on neighborhood change from the literature on anchor institutions, university engagement, gentrification, neighborhood effects, Cold War, Black liberation studies, urban political ...
- Posted Jan. 11, 2019
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Sustainability University–Community Partnerships: Lessons for practitioners and scholars from highly sustainable communities
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Missouri State University (MO)
As local communities face increasing pressure to address environmental concerns, town–gown partnerships are one avenue for improving environmental conditions and sustainability planning for the future. Partnerships between community leaders ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Sustainability and Civic Engagement: A Communications Engagement and Education Plan
- Bridgewater State University (MA)
Across the United States primarily on a town or city basis, the increasing public awareness and understanding of the detrimental impact of human activity on the environment is fostering the ...
- Posted March 22, 2018
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University-Local Government Collaborations on Sustainability
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Climate change can be effectively addressed at a local, rather than national, scale. Cities and universities represent the centers of commerce and culture, as well as the world's population ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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From Gown to Town: Bringing the Benefits of Solar Energy to the Community
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
- Midwest Renewable Energy Association (WI)
- Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (VA)
- Institute for Sustainable Communities (VT)
Solar energy programs present a unique opportunity between colleges and their communities. We'll explore three areas where collaboration on and off campus are making a difference, including programs that ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Teaming Up To Fight Blight and Promote Sustainability: An Academic-Governmental Collaboration for Sustainable Development
- Albany Law School (NY)
- University at Albany (NY)
This article describes a town-gown collaboration in the capital region of New York State between two academic institutions, Albany Law School and the University at Albany, and two city governments ...
- Posted Oct. 20, 2017
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Stanford raises environmental standard for Middle Plaza project following concerns
- Stanford University (CA)
Following concerns raised by a local nonprofit, Stanford agreed to raise environmental standards for its Middle Plaza Project in Menlo Park. The new 8.4-acre mixed-use project will include 215 ...
- Posted Oct. 11, 2017
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Building commitment to sustainability through habitat restoration: A case study of Valley Forge Christian College
- Valley Forge Christian College (PA)
This sustainability initiative was created to improve the campus habitat for wildlife and to motivate students to begin new sustainability initiatives. A habitat restoration and educational outreach plan called “Habitat ...
- Posted Sept. 28, 2017
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Immerse in Your Watershed: Problem-Based, Service Learning for Undergraduate Sustainability Education
- Maharishi University of Management (IA)
This case study describes a problem-based and service learning module in which undergraduate students participated in a community-based project. Students joined a group consisting of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), public ...
- Posted Feb. 20, 2017
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Creating sustainable cities through knowledge exchange: A case study of knowledge transfer partnerships
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of knowledge transfer partnership (KTP)as a means for universities to generate and exchange knowledge to foster sustainable cities ...
- Posted Feb. 8, 2017
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University’s multi-scale initiatives for redefining city development
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present the varied roles played by the University of Lódz (UL) in maintaining and restoring the natural capital of a city as ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2017
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A geographic approach to facilitating local climate governance: From emissions inventories to mitigation planning
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
It is increasingly recognized that municipal and regional scale governments play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. While universities possess many resources that ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Municipal collaboration for carbon footprinting: Syracuse, New York case study
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Purpose
The City of Syracuse, New York, has undertaken energy conservation measures over the past decade. In 2011, the city completed a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory that serves as the ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Universities and Climate Change Mitigation: Advancing Grassroots Climate Policy in the US
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- ICF International (VA)
While US climate change mitigation policy has stalled at the national level, local and regional actors are increasingly taking progressive steps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Universities are poised ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Does the Gown Help the Town? Examining Town–Gown Relationship Influence on Local Environmental Sustainability in the United States
- Missouri State University (MO)
A US municipality environmental sustainability index, the OSSPI (Opp-Saunders Sustainability Practices Index), found an overwhelming percentage of top-ranked sustainable cities were home to higher education institutions. While this may be ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Community support for campus approaches to sustainable energy use: The role of “town–gown” relationships
- American University (DC)
- Cornell University (NY)
Across the United States, universities are grappling with challenges associated with adopting approaches to more sustainable energy use. One approach has been to develop energy-related projects in their local, host ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Wearing Dual Town-Gown Hats: Catalyzing Ambitious Action as Elected Officials & Sustainability Professionals
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
The US and China made history by ratifying the Paris Agreement, signed by 196 countries in December at COP21 (or the Paris 2015 Climate Conference). President Obama said,'our willingness ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Setting the World Aflame: Town-Gown Collaboration through Solar Spring Break
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
UC Berkeley partners with GRID Alternatives' Solar Spring Break to engage students during spring break in the installation of solar panels for underrepresented communities. This partnership provides communities with access ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Yale University Town-Gown Collaboration on Sustainability
- Yale University (CT)
Yale University has embarked on its third sustainability strategic planning process with a fresh emphasis on connecting with the City of New Haven community, among additional priorities. Three distinct programs ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Combining forces: Fostering sustainability collaboration between the city of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia
- University of British Columbia (BC)
Purpose - This paper describes the sustainability partnership between the City of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia (UBC) and, in particular, the co-curricular Greenest City Scholars graduate student internship ...
- Posted Nov. 1, 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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Serenity "Soul"-ar: A Campus-Community Collaboration in North Philadelphia
- Swarthmore College (PA)
Serenity Soular is a campus-community partnership between community leaders in North Philadelphia and a group of faculty and students at Swarthmore College. Committed to keeping the ‘soul’ in sustainability, our ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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The Transition to Resilience: A Comparative Case Study of Two Communities
- Berea College (KY)
- Oberlin College (OH)
- University of Kentucky (KY)
This dissertation examines the question of how communities understand their risk related to global economic and environmental problems and how communities respond to those risks. Specifically, using comparative case study ...
- Posted June 1, 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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A New Course: How Innovative University Programs Are Reducing Driving on Campus and Creating New Models for Transportation Policy
Universities and colleges across the country are taking steps to encourage their communities, students, faculty and staff to decrease their reliance on personal vehicles. These efforts are working well – saving ...
- Posted March 29, 2016
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Fast Food Waste Streams and Zero Waste Goals: Opportunities at the Interface of Town and Gown
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Commercial districts near campuses often cater to students, offering fast and inexpensive food. Single use food service items, including containers, napkins, straws, yogurt and boba cups, bags and boxes, clog ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Town Gown Sustainability: How to Develop a Vibrant Partnership
- DePauw University (IN)
DePauw University and Greencastle, Indiana have historically not had a great "town-gown" relationship. That’s changing, and one of the reasons is because of their sustainability partnerships. After beginning to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Symbiotic Sustainability: Oberlin Town and Gown Collaboration
- Oberlin College (OH)
College towns across the country are facing growing economic, social, and environmental challenges. A shared vision to build a more sustainable community between city and college leaders can be a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Pursuing Impact: PSU’s Sustainable Neighborhood Initiative
- Portland State University (OR)
Portland State University (PSU) takes its role as an urban-serving university seriously. For decades, PSU has been nationally recognized for our commitment to “Let Knowledge Serve the City” by engaging ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Infiltrating Sustainability Into City Government
- Indiana State University (IN)
The Indiana State University Institute for Community Sustainability partnered with Mayor Duke Bennett of the City of Terre Haute to add sustainability to the city’s vocabulary by placing a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating a Sustainable Community Together
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
‘Town – Gown’ collaborations, initiated around sustainability challenges, seem to be re-defining Happy Valley, with big impacts on both Penn State and the Commonwealth. Sustainable Communities Collaborative (SCC) is an initiative ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Water Conservation and Pollution Mitigation at the Source: A Cooperative Town-Gown & Private Sector Mission for a Sustainable Future
- Appalachian State University (NC)
With less than one percent of accessible freshwater on Earth available for drinking water, there is a critical need to conserve and recycle water. In addition, municipal water and wastewater ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bridging the Town Gown Gap: A Case Study of Civic Engagement and Sustainability
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
For most of us in higher education, service is typically seen as a second class activity worth little note; a burdensome but necessary duty to participate in a campus committee ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Greater Carlisle Project – a College/Community Collaboration for Sustainability
- Dickinson College (PA)
Taking inspiration from The Oberlin Project, Dickinson College convened a series of meetings from November 2012 through March 2013 with members of the Greater Carlisle community for conversations about creating ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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How a Sustainability Office Can Transform Town/Gown Relationships
- Ball State University (IN)
- University of Chicago (IL)
Universities have long struggled with town/gown relationships, typically employing a community relations office to be its face and defender in the community. However, sustainability offices have a unique role ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Town-Gown Sustainability Partnerships: How to leverage efforts for mutual support & improved relations.
- Northwestern University (IL)
How can institutions of higher education partner with host cities to further sustainability efforts? From a landfill gas-to-energy project to a community reuse sale to a Green Ribbon Committee campuses ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Beyond the Internship: Using Sustainability to Improve Town Gown Relationships
- Agnes Scott College (GA)
Universities and the towns they live in function as separate entities, often coexisting without coming together to solve key issues they both face. Institutions of higher learning and the infrastructure ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Leading the Way: How CUNY is shaping sustainability in NYC
- The City University of New York (NY)
As this nation's largest urban university, the City University of New York (CUNY) plays a transformational role in New York City's sustainable future with an educational footprint that ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships for Net Zero: CSU's Collaboration in Fort ZED
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Brendle Group (CO)
Colorado State University (CSU) is a key partner in making "FortZED," an initiative to turn downtown Fort Collins, Colorado and the campus of CSU into the largest net zero energy ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships for Change: The Nova Scotia Community Emissions Challenge
- Acadia University (NS)
As part of the Arthur Irving Academy for the Environment's mandate to foster sustainability both on campus and in the community an emissions reduction outreach program targeted to Nova ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnering with Local Government to Promote Sustainable Development
- Randolph College (VA)
Research partnerships between colleges and local government can be an effective way to promote sustainability at the community level. This project applied principles of conservation development to the analysis of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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