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A Six Mile-Long Living Laboratory: Publishable Student Research to Foster Sustainability and Resilience in Austin’s Waller Creek

• University of Texas at Austin (TX)

Over the past decade, a comprehensive approach to research in Waller Creek—the urban stream that bisects The University of Texas at Austin—was developed by faculty in the College ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Resilience Planning

• Boston University (MA)
• Cornell University (NY)
• Smith College (MA)

This work initiates an inventory of good practices and introduces a theoretical framework for the assessment of resilience planning in order to guide and support institutions of higher education in ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Cross-Campus and Community Collaborative Bikeshare

• Champlain College (VT)
• University of Vermont (VT)

Champlain College and UVM played an integral role in advancing the timeline of bringing bikeshare to Chittenden County. With almost 75% of active Greenride members being affiliates of UVM and ...

• 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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The McGill Staff Engagement Ladder

• McGill University (QC)

Between 2016 and 2019, the McGill Office of Sustainability developed four separate engagement programs to increase collective sustainability actions for staff, students, and faculty. The programs were strategically developed to ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Dollar Coffee Club

• University of Montana- Missoula (MT)

The intent of the Dollar Coffee Club (DCC) is to leverage the powerful appeal of one dollar coffee to incentivize customers to participate in sustainability efforts through a quid pro ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Demystifying Sustainability Behaviors on College and University Campuses: A Mixed Methods Analysis

• State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)

In response to the growing threat posed by climate change, colleges and universities are implementing interventions to engage students and employees with achieving sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Earth Week at Portland Community College - Rock Creek Campus 2019

• Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus (OR)

Carolina de Aguair Martins, Associated Students of Portland Community College Sustainability & Eco Justice Program Specialist, lead a team of energetic students group to create a sculpture to bring attention ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Learning Garden construction at Portland Community College's Cascade Campus

• Portland Community College (OR)

Portland Community College Staff and students teamed up to plant a new learning garden on Portland Community College's Cascade campus. Learning gardens already exist at three of PCC's ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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The Chemistry Behind Composting

• Harper College (IL)

Harper College Facilities Management partnered with Harper’s Chemistry Department to begin a compost collection and research program on campus. Compost bins were built in-house on Harper’s grounds for ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Our Solar Potential

• University of Saskatchewan (SK)

Farm the Sun with Us is a term project led by students working on an assessment to determine the feasibility of implementing a campus solar farm. The project continues to ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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#LoveAMug: Reinvigorating a Reusable Mug Program

• Princeton University (NJ)

In 2003, Princeton University Campus Dining (CD) introduced a 25 cent reusable mug discount in retail operations. Over the years, the program became stagnant and was applied to an average ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity on Campus - Niagara College's BioBlitz Program

• Niagara College Canada (ON)

The Niagara College BioBlitz program is part of a continuous focus at Niagara College on experiential learning and providing the opportunity to students and the community to use the campus ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Students of Color Environmental Conference

• University of California, Berkeley (CA)

The first ever Students of Color Environmental Conference (SCECon) was intended to bring together students of color from across California to connect and build with local environmental justice activists. This ...

• 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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Creating a focused Departmental Sustainability Plan for Residence Life

• Texas A&M University (TX)

In 2018, the Department of Residence Life at Texas A&M University sought a new avenue to promote sustainability within the institution and, more specifically, their individual department. Working with Ayers-Saint ...

• 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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UC Irvine’s Transition from a Bio-Diesel to Electric Transit Fleet

• University of California, Irvine (CA)

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is the first college campus in the nation to transition to a fully-electric bus fleet. The student-funded and student-operated Anteater Express campus shuttle service ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Climate Change Escape Room

• Harvard University (MA)

In April 2019, the Resource Efficiency Program (REP) constructed and staffed a climate change themed escape room. Each minute in the room equated to four years of climate change impacting ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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STARS Report as a Framework for Campus Sustainability.

• The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)

The Eco Rep program at the University of Texas at Dallas expanded campus sustainability efforts by using AASHE STARS reporting as a framework for new student run initiatives and projects ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Creating a Culture of Sustainability Through Energy Conservation at Abilene Christian University

• Abilene Christian University (TX)

Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a diverse, welcoming, academically rigorous community redefining what it means to be a Christian university in the 21st century. Our faith-based education goes beyond academics ...

• 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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Addressing Compost Contamination Through Systems Thinking

• University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)

Discover UW-Madison’s compost collection journey! The UW-Madison (UW) began composting its food scraps at its agricultural research station just off campus in 2009. Since then, the UW has overcome ...

• Posted May 15, 2019
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Reducing Energy Waste via Occupant Behavior: The Role of the Individual in Climate Change Solutions

• University of Colorado Boulder (CO)

This study aims to achieve energy waste reductions via the rewiring of human habits as opposed to using technology. In public spaces like university campuses, individuals often remove themselves from ...

• Posted May 15, 2019
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Putting Japanese Youth into Practice: Japanese Student Campus Practices and Sustainability

• University of Sheffield

Practice theory has been increasingly employed to deepen understanding of how everyday life is conducted, including the question of how our daily activities might evolve in more sustainable directions (Shove ...

• Posted May 15, 2019
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British Columbia (BC) Cool Campus Challenge

• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BC)
• University of British Columbia (BC)
• Selkirk College (BC)
• Thompson Rivers University (BC)
• Simon Fraser University (BC)
• University of British Columbia Okanagan (BC)

The BC Cool Campus Challenge (the Challenge) was launched in 2019 as a province-wide energy conservation challenge led by five post-secondary institutions in British Columbia, Canada. This was the first ...

• Posted May 13, 2019
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Healthy Beverage Initiative: UBC Drinks Tap Water

• University of British Columbia (BC)
• University of British Columbia Okanagan (BC)

Bottled beverages are packaged in single-use plastic & often loaded with sugar. They're harmful to both our environment and our health.

UBC launched a Healthy Beverage Initiative (HBI) to ...

• Posted May 13, 2019
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San Bernardino Community College’s Journey to sustainability and achieving Zero Net Energy

• Arup (NY)
• San Bernardino Community College District (CA)

In San Bernardino Community College District (SBCC) pursuit to lead the journey in sustainability, SBCC committed itself back in 2010 to a “Sustainability Plan”. This commitment started at its Crafton ...

• Posted May 13, 2019
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University of Pittsburgh Student Office of Sustainability

• University of Pittsburgh (PA)

The student office of sustainability was created in 2015, before the university of Pittsbugh had a campus wide sustainability office, which opened in 2018. Not only was the student office ...

• Posted May 13, 2019
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UMCycle Bike Kiosk and Cycle Plaza

• University of Manitoba (MB)

The UMCycle Bike Kiosk offers a four-season community bike shop where University students, faculty, staff and surrounding community can come together to get their bikes serviced; connect with other cycle ...

• Posted May 13, 2019
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Sustainability awareness, attitudes and actions: A survey of pre-service teachers

• Memorial University of Newfoundland (NL)
• King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

The purpose of this study was to survey the awareness, attitudes and actions of Thai, pre-service, industrial-education teachers (N=390) regarding economic, social and environmental sustainability. Survey items were derived ...

• Posted May 10, 2019
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How freshmen perceive Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

• University of Bayreuth

Concepts of 464 university freshmen towards Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) were analyzed. Responses were classified into seven main categories: ‘ecological aspects’, ‘ecological problems’, ‘economical aspects ...

• Posted May 10, 2019
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Suffolk County Community College's Earth Day Events

• Suffolk County Community College (NY)

Suffolk County Community College, hosted a week long earth day celebration. Activities ranged from a beach clean up at our local state park, to an earth day yoga class, to ...

• Posted May 8, 2019
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CSUN Celebrates Earth Month!

• California State University, Northridge (CA)

To celebrate Earth Day, many campus departments partnered to provide hands-on and immersive events and workshops to students, creating long-lasting impressions about the effects of climate change. Campus-wide initiatives to ...

• Posted May 8, 2019
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Assessment of knowledge and awareness of “sustainability” initiatives among college students

• Lamar University (TX)

Campus sustainability is essential for any university. Campus sustainability denotes the potential of the university to develop new ideas regarding sustainability through research, teaching, and practices. It necessitates improved academic ...

• Posted May 7, 2019
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‘Student Switch Off!’: how do university students respond to a corporate-sponsored pro-environmental social marketing campaign?

• University of York
• University of Birmingham
• Queen Mary University of London

Sponsorship in pro-environmental social marketing campaigns has received limited academic attention within a higher education (HEI) context. This study examines how multi-level variables, i.e. individual (general environmental attitudes), organisational ...

• Posted May 7, 2019
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College Campus as a Living Laboratory: Scrubbing Scales, Saving Trees, Engaging Students

• University of Kentucky (KY)

Opportunities for meaningful engagement of college students in their campus communities rarely focus on tree health, and even less frequently address insect pests. Tree Campus USA certification typically involves service-learning ...

• Posted May 7, 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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Personal waste management in higher education: A case study illustrating the importance of a fourth bottom line

• Pennsylvania State University (PA)

Purpose This paper aims to propose a quadruple bottom line approach for higher education leaders who must decide whether to accept sustainability initiatives that do have not have a business ...

• Posted May 7, 2019
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Survey Study on Attitudes to Multi-Dimensional Sustainable Development with U.K. MSc Students

• Swinburne University of Technology

As reflected in the sustainable development goals (SDGs), sustainable development is a multi-dimensional concept integrating political, ethical, economic, and other factors. Reports from the United Nations (UN) Decade of Education ...

• Posted May 6, 2019
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Formation and Function of a Collegiate Athletics Sustainability Committee

• Georgia State University (GA)
• Seattle University (WA)
• University of Florida (FL)

Institutions of higher learning may be considered dual-identity organizations because of the perceived distinctiveness between universities’ academic and athletic missions. One way in which these barriers can be weakened is ...

• Posted May 6, 2019
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Aim2Flourish: Introducing Chicago to the Circular Economy

• Loyola University Chicago (IL)
• Rheaply, Inc (IL)
• United Nations Foundation (NY)

This article highlights how Rheaply is introducing the circular economy, resource sharing, and waste diversion into business models. In this article, Aim2Flourish, the world’s first higher-education, student-run curriculum aimed ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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Central Community College Earth Month 2019

• Central Community College (NE)

Central Community College hosted Earth Month events across 4 of its college locations throughout the month of April. Events included expos with local organizations and student projects, a highway cleanup ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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University of Vermont Earth Week

• University of Vermont (VT)

University of Vermont Eco-Reps hosted their annual Earth Week from April 22-26. The theme of the week was POI: Points of Intervention. PLAN: Post Landfill Action Network came to UVM ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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Up-Cycled Art

• University of Vermont (VT)

University of Vermont Eco-Reps held an Up-Cycled Art Exhibit as part of our Earth Week. Students were tasked with creating art out of up-cycled objects. The opening reception ended off ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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Earth Day Fair at Northwestern University

• Northwestern University (IL)

At the inaugural Earth Day Fair, the sustainNU team celebrated their ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year award and shared how they conserve energy. Over 200 people attended the fair ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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Low Carbon Footprint Dinner - Univ. of Oregon

• University of Oregon (OR)

During Earth Week the University of Oregon hosted a "Low Carbon Footprint" dinner, featuring foods that have lower carbon emissions from production through to waste. Low Carbon Footprint options were ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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Recycolution Fashion Show

• California State University, East Bay (CA)

An Earth Week fashion show in partnership with Pioneers for H.O.P.E, raising awareness on the impacts of fast fashion, conscious consumerism, and resources for clothing needs. All ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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DIY Succulent Planters

• California State University, East Bay (CA)

Students plant their own water friendly succulent to take home and watch grow. Encouraging sustainable landscaping and awareness about water conservation efforts.

• Posted May 5, 2019
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Sul Ross State University Undergraduate and Graduate Research Symposium - Earth Day 2019

• Sul Ross State University (TX)

Sul Ross State University's second annual undergraduate and graduate research symposium was held on Earth Day, April 22, 2019, with special recognition awarded to those presenting on sustainability-related topics ...

• Posted May 5, 2019
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