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A New Era of Sustainability: CEO reflections on progress to date, challenges ahead and the impact of the journey toward a sustainable economy.
This report describes the results of a survey of 766 United Nations Global Compact member CEOs. Findings include:
- 93 percent of CEOs see sustainability as important to their company’s ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Responding to environmental challenges: an initial assessment of higher education curricula needs by Australian planning professionals
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Environmental planning education has become crucial given the projected implications of climate change for human settlements and nature. However, despite the identified importance of educating planners with regards to sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Education for Sustainability, Graduate Capabilities, Professional Employment: How They All Connect
- RMIT University
Education for Sustainability (EfS) has an intimate relationship with professional employment as we seek to develop graduates who will take EfS values and understanding into their workplaces to build a ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Connecting curriculum, capabilities and careers
- RMIT University
Purpose
The reported research aims to examine the extent to which sustainability capabilities have been delivered by a specific example of Education for Sustainability (EfS) and Education for Sustainable Development ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Educating the Aware, Informed and Action-Oriented Sustainable Citizen
- University of Iowa (IA)
The Introduction to Sustainability course at the University of Iowa seeks to educate the aware, informed and action-oriented sustainable citizen. A phenomenographic analysis and retrospective pretest were utilized to determine ...
- Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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2015 National Solar Jobs Census
- George Washington University (DC)
The Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census 2015 is the sixth annual update of current employment, trends, and projected growth in the U.S. solar industry. It found that ...
- Posted Feb. 1, 2017
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Energy Efficiency Jobs in America
This report finds that energy efficiency is a massive employer with 1.9 million jobs nationwide and thousands of jobs in each and every state. The report, based on U ...
- Posted Jan. 30, 2017
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Clean Jobs America: A comprehensive analysis of clean energy jobs in America
In this comprehensive analysis of clean energy and clean transportation jobs, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) finds that more than 2.5 million Americans now work in clean energy at businesses across ...
- Posted Jan. 27, 2017
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The Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investments Across America
- The Pew Charitable Trusts (DC)
Despite a lack of sustained policy attention and investment, the emerging clean energy economy has grown considerably - extending to all 50 states, engaging a wide variety of workers and generating ...
- Posted Jan. 27, 2017
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Educating for Sustainability: 2017 Sustainable Campus Best Practices from ISCN and GULF Universities
- International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) (MA)
This report, which was released in conjuction with the 2017 World Economic Forum, contains case studies on educating for sustainability provided by 30 members of the International Sustainable Campus Network ...
- Posted Jan. 27, 2017
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Energy challenges: isolating results due to behavior change
- Allegheny College (PA)
Purpose
Approximately 700 colleges and universities have committed to climate neutrality, which will require significant reductions in energy consumption. This paper aims to explore the effectiveness of an Annual Energy ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2017
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Sustainability in Higher Education: How Does the Process of Campus Greening Trigger Adaptive Social Learning
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The purpose of this dissertation was to answer the research question: Does the presence of a balance of social, economic, and ecological dimensions during an implementation of campus greening trigger ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2016
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Do sustainability projects stimulate organizational learning in universities?
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the preparation of a sustainability report and a large‐scale energy‐saving campaign with regards to their role for organizational learning ...
- Posted Dec. 16, 2016
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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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An Economic Analysis of a University Educational Cafeteria Composting Program—Bobcat Blend
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
At Texas State University, a cafeteria-composting pilot program was established in which students source-separated their organic waste at one of the food courts while the program educated students on the ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Learning the Language of Executive Leadership to Increase Sustainability's Value
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Purdue University (IN)
With higher education facing ongoing budget cuts, top to bottom reviews of programs and policies, and critical questions regarding the value of a college education, we must be able to ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Finance 201: Financial Analysis and Your Campus Projects
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
- Second Nature (MA)
Campus sustainability professionals must frequently build the business case for their work. While they are well versed in environmental issues, knowledge of financial terms may be necessary to write a ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Beyond the Campus: Developing Students into Employable Graduates
- Lehigh University (PA)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Recent research suggests that 87% of employers give positive weight to sustainability skills when making hiring decisions. The concept of 'green careers' continues to expand as a professional niche including ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Preparing Students for Life Beyond the Campus through Integrative Learning and Employability Coaching
- University of South Carolina (SC)
Pressure is mounting for colleges to graduate students in four years with jobs. As professionals in higher education, how do we help students turn content into currency? The answer: integrative ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainability at Work: careers that make a difference
- Routledge
Building upon the SURF Framework developed by the author, this presentation explains how people in a plethora of sectors can have impact on the quadruple bottom line: environment, economy, society ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Obama, Bill Gates to lead major effort to spur spending on climate research
- The Washington Post (DC)
This article describes the launch of two separate initiatives to invest billions of dollars in clean energy research and development. "Mission Innovation” is a commitment by countries - including United States ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016
- United Nations Environment Programme
This report tracks private and public investments in renewable energy, including research and development funding. Key findings in relation to R&D funding include:
- Research and development spending on renewable energy ...
- Posted Nov. 14, 2016
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Sustainability Science in a Global Landscape
This report describes a bibliometric analysis of the sustainability science research landscape between 2009 and 2013. Key findings include:
- Research on sustainability has grown almost twice as fast as research ...
- Posted Nov. 7, 2016
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UCSB and Campus Sustainability Group Come to Agreement
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
This article describes an agreement regarding University of California, Santa Barbara's Long Range Development Plan between the University and Sustainable University Now (SUN), a coalition of community organizations). The ...
- Posted Nov. 1, 2016
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Harvard to limit greenhouse gas emissions in new Allston construction
- Harvard University (MA)
This article describes Harvard University's agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new buildings constructed on its Allston campus. The agreement between the University and the Executive Office of ...
- Posted Nov. 1, 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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Columbia Announces Deal on Its 17-Acre Expansion Plan
- Columbia University (NY)
This article describes an agreement relating to the Columbia University's plans to expand its campus in Harlem. Among other things, the university committed to contribute $20 million to start ...
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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A Guide for Applied Sustainability Learning Projects: Advancing sustainability outcomes on campus and in the community
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Portland State University (OR)
- AASHE (MA)
This guide provides a step-by-step framework for how a new or existing applied learning for sustainability program can be systematically designed, built and scaled around two interconnected goals:
- Providing students ...
- Posted Oct. 8, 2016
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Employer attitudes towards, and skills for, sustainable development
- National Union of Students
- Higher Education Academy (York)
This report describes the results of an online survey of employers in the U.K. about sustainable development. Overall, employers believed the range of skills for sustainability to be important ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Leadership Skills for a Sustainable Economy
Based on a survey of sustainability staff at member companies of The Prince of Wales’s Mayday Network on Climate Change and also member companies of Business in the Community ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent
This Harvard Business Review article describes a survey conducted by Bain & Company showing that "sustainability is an increasingly important factor in attracting and managing talent." Roughly two-thirds of 750 ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Supporting Solar Energy through a Student-Financed Renewable Energy Initiative
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- Second Nature (MA)
- Midwest Renewable Energy Association (WI)
The "Solar University Network: Innovation in Solar Energy Finance & Development" case study series highlights higher education investment in solar energy projects. The purpose of these case studies is to ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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College hopefuls look for green universities
- USA TODAY (VA)
USA Today reports that "the nation's college-bound students are increasingly looking for green - and no, that doesn't mean just money."
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Sustainability now key selling point for business schools attracting students
The Guardian reports that "students are now demanding business courses include sustainability on the syllabus."
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Framing Sustainability for the Free, Frugal, and Fit & Fabulous
- Utah State University (UT)
Selling Utah State University students on a new ‘Blue Goes Green’ fee to fund sustainability projects on campus has involved connecting sustainability with the students’ desires for freedom, saving money ...
- Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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College Hopes & Worries Survey Reports
- The Princeton Review (MA)
Every year, The Princeton Review surveys thousands of college applicants and their parents about their perspective on the admissions process. For many years, this survey has included a question related ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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Sustainability, meet Doug Flutie
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
This post reviews the available research on how campus sustainability impacts student recruitment, including surveys of incoming students by many individual institutions. It makes the case that campus sustainability is ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2016
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The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2008
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
This survey of entering students at four-year institutions in the US finds significant support for green initiatives among incoming students. Almost a third of entering freshmen (29.5 percent) reported ...
- Posted Aug. 18, 2016
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Economic feasibility of campus-wide photovoltaic systems in New England
- University of New Haven (CT)
Compared to the national average residential retail electricity price, Connecticut (CT) had the 4th highest electricity price in the country with 19.23 cents/kWh in September 2015, nearly 50 ...
- Posted Aug. 3, 2016
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A Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Marketing University Sustainability Credentials
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
- St. Lawrence University (NY)
- Ithaca College (NY)
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
- Bradford University (West Yorkshire)
- Northland College (WI)
- College of the Atlantic (ME)
- University of Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire)
This paper explores the potential recruitment and retention benefits arising from the marketing of University of Plymouth’s sustainability credentials. It attempts this by:
- reviewing academic and professional literature on ...
- Posted June 27, 2016
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More colleges using green as selling tool
- USA TODAY (VA)
USA Today reports that "universities and colleges across the country are increasingly putting on the green to attract students who are serious about environmental issues."
- Posted June 27, 2016
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As colleges add green majors and minors, classes fill up
- USA TODAY (VA)
Colleges are rapidly adding new majors and minors in green studies, and students are filling them fast.
- Posted June 23, 2016
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First-year student attitudes towards, and skills in, sustainable development
- Higher Education Academy (York)
This report on student attitudes towards, and skills in, sustainable development describes the results of an online survey of 5,763 first-year higher education (HE) students, across all four UK ...
- Posted June 23, 2016
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Sustainabiliy Impact Fund
- Northwestern University (IL)
This project is a student-led initiative to allow Northwestern alumni to donate to supporting sustainability initiatives on our campus. Titled the Sustainability Impact Fund, this initiative includes directed fundraising efforts ...
- Posted June 11, 2016
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Community engagement and education on energy and water conservation
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
Our capstone Sustainability class students at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) performed over twenty energy and water audits on local businesses in 2016. Each student was required to write up ...
- Posted June 11, 2016
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UW Admissions Modernization and Paper Reduction
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
After years of planning, the University of Washington’s Admissions Office switched to paperless digital admissions process for most prospective students in 2015, with plans to expand it to all ...
- Posted June 11, 2016
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UW–Madison Receipt Reduction Project
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Over a span of two years, teams of students, faculty, and staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison eliminated mandatory receipt printing at campus dining centers, restaurants, markets, and cafes ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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