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Intersections of Food Waste, Hunger, and Spectrums of Homelessness, Abuse, and Addiction
- University of Utah (UT)
- Chartwells Higher Education (NY)
Homeless adults have disproportionate rates of chronic diet-related diseases, food security, rates of obesity, as well as co-morbidities such as diabetes. The outlook is even worse for children and youth ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Performing at a Higher Level - Healthy Buildings for Your Campus
- Agnes Scott College (GA)
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
- JLL (IL)
University campuses offer a unique opportunity to drive progress at the intersection of sustainability, education, public health, and the built environment. This session will explore how one institution is leveraging ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Anabel’s grocery “for students, by students"
- Cornell University (NY)
We love our Cornell University community so much! Thank you for all your encouragement and support this past week--it means the world to us. We worked tirelessly to make Anabel ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
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Anabel’s grocery is “for students, by students
- Cornell University (NY)
Come celebrate the end of the semester with Anabel's Grocery in Stocking Hall. Come relax and prepare for quick cheap meals you can make when you're busy studying ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
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Anabel’s grocery is a low cost grocery “for students, by students”.
- Cornell University (NY)
Anabel’s grocery is a low cost grocery provider on Cornell’s central campus that is “for students, by students”.
- Posted July 31, 2018
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Anabel's Grocery
- Cornell University (NY)
Anabel's Grocery student run grocery sells quality food.
- Posted July 31, 2018
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Western's Mental Health Walk-in Clinic
- Western University (ON)
Western University, in collaboration with the University Students' Council (USC), the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS), King's University College and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) offer a crisis ...
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Introduction to Sustainable Living
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
My proposal for the 2018 Student Sustainability Leadership Award is for a course that I was able to develop at UCLA designed to help students learn knowledge and skills that ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Growing Healthy Kids: The Intersection of Health, Justice, and Sustainability
- Trinity University (TX)
The Pollinator Education Action and Sustainability (PEAS) program, is an extension of Trinity University's Biology department. The mission of PEAS is to establish native pollinator sanctuaries in urban areas ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Growing Fresh Air to Sustainably Support the Indoor Campus Environment
- New York University (NY)
Introducing plants into work and study spaces on campus can have numerous benefits for the wellness of those who occupy these places. Bringing people closer to plants can also reinforce ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Ten Years of Including Wellness in the Sustainability Model
- Bemidji State University (MN)
Bemidji State University's Sustainability Office created a unique model for sustainability that includes a wellness component. The mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health of every person matters. Reducing anxiety ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Foundations of Sustainability
- Colgate University (NY)
Foundations of Sustainability is an interactive discussion seminar facilitated by the Colgate University Office of Sustainability Green Raider Interns that students may take to engage in conversations about sustainability and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Advancing Sustainability Through Health and Wellness Partnerships
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
Thomas will highlight key partnerships between the Office of Sustainability and Human Resources at Washington University (WashU): the expansion of a Community Supported Agriculture program that encourages students and employees ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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W&M Park Rx
- College of William & Mary (VA)
Madelyn Phillips, a Student Park Ambassador for the Campus Park Rx program at William & Mary, prescribes time outside to her fellow students with the goal of improving mental and ...
- Posted Oct. 20, 2017
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Healthy Herd Team Facilitators
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
The Healthy Herd Wellness Group at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a staff-developed and managed program that goes well above and beyond a typical wellness initiative. The award-winning program incorporates nutrition ...
- Posted Oct. 12, 2017
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Integrating health and sustainability: the higher education sector as a timely catalyst
Higher education is an influential sector with enormous potential to impact positively on health and sustainability. The purpose of this paper was to explore its emergent role as a key ...
- Posted June 20, 2017
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State University of New York at Cortland Habitat for Humanity Sustainable Living Workshop
- State University of New York at Cortland (NY)
The SUNY Cortland Habitat for Humanity Club hosted a sustainable living workshop where participants learned about and made items they can use in the own homes to promote a more ...
- Posted May 1, 2017
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Earth Day 5k
- DePauw University (IN)
DePauw students, faculty, staff and community residents participated in a free Earth Day 5k at the DePauw Nature Park. What made this 5k green? Participants were given race bibs created ...
- Posted April 28, 2017
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Campus Connections: Sustainability and Wellness
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Wellness is an important aspect of any sustainability movement. A focus at colleges and universities on social aspects of sustainability, such as wellness, leads to collaboration and partnerships that are ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Is Everybody Present? Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and a Creative Curriculum to Teach Sustainability, Healthful Eating, and Stress Reduction
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
Mindfulness based training and practice is an effective tool promoting resilience, positive health outcomes and awareness of those around us and connection to all living things. This sustainable approach reinforces ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Student wellbeing : handbook and practical tools to help French campuses
- Graines de Changement
In 2012, the network Campus Responsables concluded a partnership to display interactive plays within campuses regarding studend alcohol consumption. In 2013, the network published a practical guide about stutent wellbeing ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainability, Dignity and Higher Education
- Widener University (PA)
Sustainability discourse in higher education seldom considers human dignity as an institutional objective or a means to achieve it. Dignity embodies subjects as diverse as health care, imprisonment, privacy, education ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Creating Conscious Cultures through Mindfulness
- Princeton University (NJ)
Better known for its ability to benefit people personally, mindfulness is increasingly being linked to encouraging sustainable behaviors that could lead to more conscious, compassionate cultures. Participants will learn why ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Verdant, Active, Elder-Centered Climate Resilience: Climate-Hardy Community Building For All, Via Senior Centered Programming
- Maryville College (TN)
American communities lag in efforts to respond to climate change stressors, with large gaps found in programs targeting a growing, vulnerable population - the elderly. Expected to nearly double in their ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Bikes@Naz: A Sustainable Wellness Program
- Nazareth College (NY)
Bikes@Naz is one of the best Bike Share programs in the country. With over 60 bicycles, we also have one of the largest programs. Bikes@Naz was founded on ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Well-Being and Higher Education: A Strategy for Change and the Realization of Education's Greater Purposes
- Association of American Colleges and Universities (DC)
The newest release from Bringing Theory to Practice, Well-Being and Higher Education, explores the multiple connections of well-being to higher education and why those connections matter—for the individual lives ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Get Healthy! ACG Health & Wellness Center
- The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)
The ACG Health & Wellness Center offers Health Services, Wellness Coaching. Its Mission is based on the truth that lies in the idea of balancing the mind, body and spirit ...
- Posted Sept. 15, 2016
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American College of Greece Athletics
- The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)
A heated, Olympic size, eight lane swimming pool affords a breathtaking view of the mountain, soccer field, Aghia Paraskevi, and city of Athens. During the winter, the pool is enclosed ...
- Posted Sept. 15, 2016
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Fitness Center
- The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)
Making time for exercise is easy at The American College of Greece. With multi-purpose rooms, easily accessible workout equipment, class schedules and operating hours scheduled into the evening, the entire ...
- Posted Sept. 15, 2016
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Seattle University Wellbeing & Work Initiatives
- Seattle University (WA)
The LiVE (Lead, Inspire, Value, and Enrich) wellness program at Seattle University is designed to reward employees for taking the small steps that lead to healthy habits. Employees can earn ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2016
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Transylvania University Big Green Get Around
- Transylvania University (KY)
Faculty, staff and students participated in a variety of low or no-carbon activities during Transylvania University's Big Green Get Around
- Posted Sept. 14, 2016
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Sustainable Happiness, Living Campus, and Wellbeing for All
- Dawson College (QC)
- Cape Breton University (NS)
There is a definite and heartening movement afoot in many education circles. The widespread recognition that formal education is destined for sweeping changes begins with redefining its very purpose. This ...
- Posted June 21, 2016
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Avoiding Chemical Flame Retardants on Campus
- Harvard University (MA)
Harvard University’s Sustainability Plan, created in partnership with faculty, students, and staff, is rooted in a sustainable development vision focused on enhancing community and individual well-being within and across ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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Stressed Out? Sustainability and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
We will examine how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training can be a powerful tool for enhancing both the well-being of everyone on campus and sustainability education. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bike Commuting Counts! Rewarding Bicycle Transportation with ZAP
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Dero Bike Rack Co. (MN)
Traffic congestion, obesity, and environmental conservation are receiving critical attention both nationwide and globally. North American institutions of higher education are at the forefront of efforts to understand and ameliorate ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Including Mental and Physical Wellness in the Sustainability Model
- Bemidji State University (MN)
It is unique to include 'wellness' as a component of sustainability. This presentation will describe the visual model we have been using at Bemidji State University since 2009. In this ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability in the Workplace: Integrating Sustainability into the Curriculum of Human Resources and Industrial Relations
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Organizations throughout the world are shifting to sustainable practices. They recognize that their long-term success depends not only on their economic performance, but also on their social and environmental performance ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Healthy Green Campus: Using Evidence Based Approaches to Integrate Health and Well-being into Campus Sustainability
- Harvard University (MA)
- Silent Spring Institute (MA)
The latest research in sustainable development is focused on human health and well-being as a driving force of holistic sustainability efforts, and Harvard University sees this as a critical topic ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Self-Care, Resiliency and Emotional Intelligence Into Your Sustainability Career and Advocacy
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Sustainability issues have reached a critical peak of importance. We need all hands on deck to address the urgent goals of environmental justice by utilizing the best political and personal ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Connecting Health and Sustainability at Macalester College
- Macalester College (MN)
Typically health and sustainability are considered separate topics at colleges with separate missions and staff. This presentation will highlight how the Sustainability Office and wellness staff have collaborated at Macalester ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Including Wellness in the Sustainability Model: A five-year case study
- Bemidji State University (MN)
It is unique to include “wellness” as a component of sustainability. This presentation will describe the visual model we have been using at Bemidji State University since 2009. My introduction ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Constructed Places, Contemplation and Wellness
- University of Virginia (VA)
Mindfulness and other contemplative practices are beginning to thrive in college classrooms and campuses across the country. The quest for health and wellness is a priority for students living in ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustaining Self: Prioritizing Personal Well-Being
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
Sustainability professionals need to do a better job of taking care of themselves. Far too many in our field routinely push themselves to an emotional and physical limit, due largely ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Advancing Student-Led Community-Based Health Equity Research: CPHE
- Portland State University (OR)
Since 2009, the Community Partnership for Health and Equity (CPHE), an interdisciplinary group of students, faculty, and community leaders, has focused on promoting social sustainability in the Portland, OR metropolitan ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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At the Intersection of Wellness and Sustainability is your Worksite
- Lane Community College (OR)
This workshop will define the links between worksite wellness and sustainability. Employees spend a large portion of their daily lives at work. Workplace wellness is a key element in the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Practice! Applied Yoga for a Just and Sustainable World
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
Learning about the dire conditions of the world through sustainability studies can be an overwhelming and painful process for college students. For the past several years, I have been experimenting ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability, aging, and human rights: Interconnections and inclusion for the classroom and beyond
- Indiana State University (IN)
The idea that the future is in the hands of our young people has become somewhat of a truism in sustainability dialogue. As a society, we are fortunate that our ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Big Green Get Around: An Alternative Transportation Challenge
- Transylvania University (KY)
At Transylvania University, The Big Green Get Around (BGGA) is a partnership between the Offices of Sustainability and Health and Wellness that encourages people to engage in physical activity by ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability & Wellness Month: A replicable outreach campaign to encourage healthy, sustainable behaviors on campus.
- University of Virginia (VA)
The University of Virginia’s Hoo’s Well wellness team partnered with the Office for Sustainability to develop an outreach campaign to encourage behavior changes that benefit people and the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Happiness: A Vital Part of Sustainability
- University of Michigan (MI)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that, “We need a new economic paradigm that recognizes the parity between the three pillars of sustainable development. Social, economic and environmental well-being are ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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