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Understanding Food Waste at Johnson County Community College: A Multi-Method Approach

• Johnson County Community College (KS)

Food waste and food insecurity are vastly different, yet inextricably linked, social, economic, and environmental problems which afflict societies throughout the world. This study contributes to the literature on individual ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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Chartwells Higher Education Curates Sustainable, Plant-Based Pop-Up Stations for Vegan Options

• Northeastern University (MA)
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (MD)
• University of North Florida (FL)
• Chartwells Higher Education (NY)

Chartwells Higher Education is continuing their ongoing commitment to sustainability with the introduction of new plant-based options on campus. Vegan Awareness Month, which is in November, provided the perfect opportunity ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the University Curriculum

• University of Edinburgh

The Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability established a curriculum review pilot project to identify teaching related to the Sustainable Development Goals in the Business School’s curriculum.

During this ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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Community College Sustainability Guidebook Webinar

• University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College (HI)
• National Council for Science & the Environment (DC)
• Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (MD)

This webinar will describe the particular challenges and opportunities of teaching sustainability at community colleges. SCC advisory board member Krista Hiser will present a sneak preview of the forthcoming Community ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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Living Earth Festival 2018: MA‘O Organic Farms

• Leeward Community College (HI)
• University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)

This video, taken at the Living Earth Festival in 2018, highlights efforts by MA'O Organic Farms in Waianae, Hawaii to uplift the local community through employment opportunities and local ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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Inside The New School's University Center: Students Foster Sustainable Behavior

• The New School (NY)

A class of students from Parsons The New School for Design's School of Art, Media, and Technology spent a fall semester working on projects that build upon the sustainability ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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UC Berkeley Move Out Programming 2020 - Safety During COVID-19

• University of California, Berkeley (CA)

The UC Berkeley 2020 Student Move Out Coalition, in partnership with the City of Berkeley and UC Berkeley's Government & Community Relations office, compiled and created resources allowing for ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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Doing Good While Doing Your Job – Moving Toward a Circular Economy (during this time of Coronavirus)

• Stony Brook University (NY)
• AASHE (PA)
• Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (DC)
• Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (DC)
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Brought to you by the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) and its members – a network of higher education associations with a commitment to advancing sustainability within their constituencies and ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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No budget? No mandate? No problem! Sustainability from the Inside-out

• San Mateo County Community College District Office (CA)
• AASHE (PA)

Establishing a sustainability program is new, exciting and often arduous. Sustainability professionals, especially in higher ed, however, have proven resilient, resourceful and audacious despite lacking resources and organizational buy-in. At ...

• Posted May 21, 2020
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Student's Club Revolutionized the Meaning of Green at a Community College!

• Cedar Valley College - DCCCD (TX)

There was a mayor change at Cedar Valley College’s (CVC) Sustainability Office this academic year. All the Sustainability Awareness events were developed and delivered by the Student’s Green ...

• Posted May 20, 2020
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Greenspace Sustainability Design Town Halls and Make-A-Thon: A model for empowering campus communities to lead the design of sustainable spaces and places

• University of Central Florida (FL)

A team of students at the University of Central Florida (UCF) (Orlando, Florida) led a partnership between UCF Student Government, the UCF Office of Sustainability Initiatives, and UCF Landscaping and ...

• Posted May 20, 2020
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Determinants of pro-environmental behavior: A comparison of university students and staff from diverse faculties at a Swiss University

• KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• ETH Zurich (Zurich)
• École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

In the context of an initiative to become a carbon neutral campus, an online survey (N = 1864) of students, scientists, and administrative and technical staff of the Swiss Federal Institute ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Does higher education prepare students to bridge divides in today’s democracy?

• Western Washington University (WA)

Recent political events serve as a reminder that American society comprises groups with divergent visions for the future and mutually incompatible ideas of how to achieve those futures. Despite this ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Interdependencies of Culture and Functions of Sustainability Governance at Higher Education Institutions

• University of Vechta
• Freie Universität Berlin

Sustainable development practices in higher education institutions are diverse, with regard not only to the types of challenges that have to be addressed, but also to the forms of sustainability ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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The Role of Universities in Sustainability-Oriented Competencies Development: Insights from an Empirical Study on Polish Universities

• Cracow University of Economics/Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie (UEK) (Kraków)

The growing importance of sustainable development constitutes a challenging trend for education. Universities create study programs and organize extracurricular activities in order to prepare future generations of professionals as well ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Evaluating the implications of Stakeholder's role towards sustainability of higher education

• Montpellier Business School (Montpellier)
• OP Jindal Global University (Haryana)
• Symbiosis International University (Maharashtra)

This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between academic optimism and sustainability of higher education. The intervening role of extra role behavior and internal branding is also examined. The data ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Authentic leadership towards sustainability in higher education – an integrated green model

• Montpellier Business School (Montpellier)
• OP Jindal Global University (Haryana)
• Symbiosis International University (Maharashtra)
• Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

Purpose Sustainability in higher education has drawn the attention of various scholars. However, to date, very few studies have examined the human side of green employee behaviour towards sustainability. Thus ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Students’ perceptions of HEI regarding environmental sustainability – a comparative analysis

• Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Coimbra)

Purpose This paper aims to compare the environmental sustainability practices at the campus operations between two Portuguese higher education institutions (HEIs) at different stages of the implementation of an Eco-School ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Herbicide-Free LMU

• Loyola Marymount University (CA)
• Herbicide Free Campus (CA)

The project represented in this case study is Herbicide-Free LMU, a campaign I started at LMU under Herbicide-Free Campus. With a slow beginning as the sole campaign leader, I worked ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Committing UC Berkeley to the Strongest Plastic Ban in the Country

• University of California, Berkeley (CA)
• CALPIRG Students (CA)

CALPIRG Students, a student-run public interest nonprofit, ran and won their campaign to commit UC Berkeley to eliminate all non-essential single-use plastic by 2030. This is the strongest plastic ban ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Housing Sustainability Assistants - Compost Pilot

• Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Carnegie Mellon University’s Housing Sustainability Assistants team supported a 4-week composting pilot within on-campus housing to ensure successful composting implementation in the future. The student team was tasked with ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Herbicide-Free Campus: UCSB

• Herbicide Free Campus (CA)

This project sought to reduce synthetic herbicide use on the UC Santa Barbara Campus. There were three main aspects of this project: meeting with groundskeepers, passing resolutions in the student ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Sustainable Food and Dining: Swat2Go 2019-2020 Final Report

• Swarthmore College (PA)

The Swat2Go reusable container pilot program was developed to avoid and reduce waste through the implementation of this reusable container pilot program. Over the course of the last year, this ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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St. Lawrence University Green Café Farm To Table Course

• St. Lawrence University (NY)

St. Lawrence University's student-run Green café class is a collaborative and multi-stakeholder venture with Dining Services, Seed to Table (student food justice club), undergraduates from across disciplines, and three ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Expanding Sustainability: University of California, Santa Cruz’s Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program featuring the “Intersections Between Diversity & Environment” course

• University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

The UC Santa Cruz Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program (DICP) educates staff, faculty, and graduate students to undertake in-depth examinations of how we, through recognizing and understanding of our differences ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Final Project Report: Crum Woods

• Swarthmore College (PA)

Purpose of the Project: To increase student, faculty, staff, and community member engagement and safety in Crum Woods, as well as continue to implement the 10-year Crum Woods Restoration and ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Swarthmore President's Sustainability Research Fellowship - Increasing Opportunities for Involvement with the Office of Sustainability

• Swarthmore College (PA)

Purpose: To increase engagement with sustainability on campus by thinking about ways to improve existing internships, imagining new ways for students and student groups to get involved, and utilizing our ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Engaging campus and beyond: The Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series

• University of Northern Iowa (IA)

The Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series (ALDLS) was established in 2018 with the goal of engaging the University of Northern Iowa community, providing opportunities throughout the academic year to interact ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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STARS: A Student Reports for Duty

• Swarthmore College (PA)

Project Name: STARS Name: Jasmine Xie Project Mentors: Carr Everbach, Brenna Leary Project Board Members, Faculty Advisor, and Sustainability Sage: Jason Martin, Andy Feick, Pattie Kim-Keefer, Sibelan Forrester, Heather Hassel-Finnegan ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Palo Alto College Community Garden

• Palo Alto College (TX)

The Palo Alto Community Garden opened in October of 2019 as a space to grow food, cultivate community, and improve food security for the greater Palo Alto Community.

• Posted May 18, 2020
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The Free Store: A centre for re-use & recycling at the University of Ottawa

• University of Ottawa (ON)

The University of Ottawa’s Residences had a problem with waste. Large dumpsters would fill with valuable and reusable items every spring and fall when students moved out. These items ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Building Trust and Community: The Transformative Experience of the Green Revolving Fund at Agnes Scott College

• Agnes Scott College (GA)
• Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
• Second Nature (MA)
• City of Decatur (GA)

Agnes Scott College initiated the college’s Green Revolving Fund (GRF) in 2011 as a practical solution to a common challenge shared by colleges and universities that have committed to ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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COVID-19 & Sustainability Discussion: Recap & Reflection

• Emory University (GA)
• Portland Community College (OR)
• Swarthmore College (PA)
• The New School (NY)
• University of Missouri (MO)
• AASHE (PA)

During the month of April, AASHE will be leading a discussion series for our community to engage with one another to talk through opportunities and challenges related to COVID-19 and ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Sustaining a Student-Led Environmental Movement at San Diego State University: Leveraging Collaboration to Create an Environmentally Sustainable Endowment

• San Diego State University (CA)

As the global economy grows, environmental activists increasingly work towards more environmentally sustainable investing practices, especially at higher education institutions. As Sustainability Commissioner (2019-2020) at San Diego State University (“SDSU ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Reducing Smith College’s Dining GHG emissions: An analysis of beef and milk substitutions

• Smith College (MA)

The life cycle of food is responsible for over a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through production, processing, distribution, and waste. The environmental impact of food varies by ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Solar Microgrid Investment in the US: Financial Modelling Challenges for a University Based Project

• California State University, San Marcos (CA)

Unlike economies that are still experiencing growth, established markets like the United States have a difficult time generating returns with large upside potential for investors. If an exceptional return is ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Questionnaire survey on consciousness and behavior of students to achieve SDGs in Kyoto University

• Kyoto University

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), consisting of 17 goals and 169 targets regarding the economic, social and environmental objectives to achieve global sustainable development by 2030, have received considerable attention not ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Pitt Hydroponics

• University of Pittsburgh (PA)

Pitt Hydroponics is a student group that is dedicated to the education of Pitt students in hydroponic practices, the outreach to local communities, and the research and creation of small-scale ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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The James Madison University Student Assessment Initiative

• James Madison University (VA)

Between 2009 and 2020, JMU implemented a comprehensive collection of student assessments and used the results to significantly advance sustainability efforts. Three question sets were, and continue to be, administered ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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“#ACGGoesPlasticFree Campaign: ACG Cares for a plastic-free future!”

• The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)

The #ACGGoesPlasticFree Campaign is an ongoing project that was launched in July 2018 by the ACG Center of Excellence for Sustainability (CES) which operates under the Office of Public Affairs ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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No Food Left Behind: A free text service to reduce food insecurity and food waste

• University of California, Merced (CA)

No Food Left Behind is a free text messaging service that connects students, staff and faculty at the University of California, Merced to events that might have food leftover. People ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Loyola University Chicago's Student-run Biodiesel Lab

• Loyola University Chicago (IL)

The Searle Biodiesel Lab is a student-run initiative within Loyola University Chicago’s Institute for Environmental Sustainability (IES). Since 2007, the lab has produced biodiesel and BioSoap(Loyola’s all-natural ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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How to Start a Green Greeks Club on Any Campus

• Arizona State University (AZ)
• Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus (AZ)

Historically, Greek Life and Sustainability Organizations have been disconnected from each other on college campuses. This is the odd reality despite the fact that the two groups share many of ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Sustainability Activation Program at the University of Dayton

• University of Dayton (OH)

The Sustainability Activation Program (SAP) is a peer-to-peer education program which takes a holistic and human rights oriented approach to sustainability education on campus and in the community. It began ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Vision 2020 Climate & Sustainability Action Plan (2017-2020)

• McGill University (QC)

Vision 2020: Climate & Sustainability Action Plan 2017-2020 (hereinafter ‘Vision 2020’ or the ‘Action Plan’)—McGill’s second sustainability strategy and the first to incorporate climate action—institutionalized concrete initiatives ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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UVA’s Equity & Environment Fund: Catalyzing student-driven, intersectional projects that connect and advance the work of community leaders

• University of Virginia (VA)

Historically, many UVA student-led projects focused on the environmental issues of sustainability, without much connection or thought to how these projects connect or address social or equity issues. To help ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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PSRF Final Project Report: Climate Community

• Swarthmore College (PA)

Mission

The Climate Community President’s Sustainability Research Fellowship (PSRF) project is dedicated to generating an engaged and purposeful climate community at Swarthmore College. This means breaking the mold of ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Infusing Sustainability into the Curriculum at Swarthmore College

• Swarthmore College (PA)

Note that the full final report for this project is attached as a file at the end of this report. Please view for full in depth explanation of the project ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Building campus capacity for the SDGs: a case study of the SDG Summit conference

• University of Calgary (AB)

The SDG Summit is an annual training conference at the University of Calgary that is focused on engaging youth with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through immersive opportunities for learning ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Swarthmore College Sustainability Research: Equitable Zero Waste

• Swarthmore College (PA)

A year long research project developed by students to help and develop an equitable zero waste mindset and framework of thinking.

• Posted May 15, 2020
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