AASHE Campus Sustainability Hub

Food at the University of Michigan: A Report Developed for and Supported by the U-M President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality

• University of Michigan (MI)

This report was compiled during the academic year of 2019-2020 for the University of Michigan (U-M) President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality by the Food Internal Analysis Team. Through its ...

• Posted Nov. 17, 2021
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Zero-Waste Philosophy Implementation at a University: Initial Steps in Addressing Student Perception

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WI)

Zero waste is a conceptual philosophy that provides a holistic, sustainable approach to addressing and remedying the consequences of a throw-away mentality. The main goal of the zero-waste philosophy is ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Keys to Safer Disinfection in a COVID Environment

• University of Virginia (VA)
• Healthy Schools Campaign (IL)

Sustainability in higher education often follows a top-down approach, focusing on student enrichment and project-based solutions. What has been missing is the willingness to consider who has been left out ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Leveraging the Buying Power of Universities for Sustainable Procurement and Market Transformation

• Boston University (MA)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
• University of California, Office of the President (CA)
• Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (DC)

College campuses are seeking to use purchasing power to drive sustainability goals, yet lack the leverage, as single institutions, to shift supplier behaviors. This session will begin with the compelling ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Using the Real Food Database in Food Procurement

• Real Food Challenge (MA)

What food products are Real? Which vendors are verified as fair, ecological, and/or humane? Now, institutions can find out through the Real Food Database! Compiled from years of research ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Who Made Your T-Shirt & Why Should You Care? What You Need to Know About University Ethical Sourcing

• Sumerra (OR)

You wear the same mascot-clad t-shirt to every home football game. It's a valuable good luck charm, but what value did the factory worker who made your t-shirt get ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Looking ahead to 2030: Updating the University of California Sustainable Food Policy

• University of California, Office of the President (CA)
• University of California, Berkeley (CA)

In 2009, the University of California (UC) developed a goal to meet 20% sustainable food by 2020, asking each UC campus to integrate sustainable food into their menus while remaining ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Product Selection and Design that Prioritize People and Planet

• Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (CA)

Green and healthy buildings require selecting products that are safe for humans and the environment. As we transition from our current take-make-waste linear systems into models that enable greater cycling ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Resilient Recycling- Build a Strong Recycling Program Against Market Forces and Beyond Good Behavior

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)

Contamination, 'wish-cycling', and global market changes are shaking the very foundation of recycling. The barriers to recycling and zero-waste are not just in marketing & campus behavior, but rather they ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Innovation in Food System Funding - The New England Food Vision Prize for New England Campuses

• Sodexo USA (MD)
• Henry P. Kendall Foundation

In order to challenge and empower campus dining programs to become instruments of change in farm to institution, the Henry P. Kendall Foundation launched a new type of food system ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Achieving University Circularity in 2050

• Ayers Saint Gross (MD)
• CannonDesign (NY)
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation

It's 2050 and the world's civilizations have successfully implemented 100% recycled materials, 100% material waste diversion, 100% renewable energy-fueled systems and perpetual environmental regeneration. Within the design field ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Transforming Your Supply Chain for a Sustainable Future

• Aramark (PA)
• Better Food Foundation (DC)
• Harvest Table Culinary Group (PA)

Developing a resilient food system is a crucial task for de-escalating and reversing the interrelated social and ecological crises unfolding as a result of industrial scale animal agriculture. Universities and ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Good Food, Good Data, Big Impact: Innovative Approaches to Capturing Farm to Institution Impact

• Michigan State University (MI)
• Real Food Challenge (MA)

Interest in purchasing and serving local foods in campus dining continues to grow, but documenting and quantifying the benefits and impacts of these purchases, including for local producers, is challenging ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Just Transition: To a Circular Economy

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Moving from our current extractive economy to a regenerative economy is no longer a question of how but a question of how quickly'. Learn ways to help your institution transition ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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How the University of California is Evaluating the Sustainability of Supplier Supply Chains

• University of California, Office of the President (CA)
• University of California, Los Angeles (CA)

What is the best way to measure the social and environmental sustainability of suppliers and their long supply chains that are located in and across multiple countries? This panel will ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Comparison of Single-Use and Reusable Food Packaging Using a Life Cycle Assessment Approach

• Michigan Technological University (MI)

This report was prepared by students at Michigan Technological University as part of the Consumer Product Manufacturing and Green Campus Enterprises to illustrate life cycle and sustabnibility by comparing single-use ...

• Posted Oct. 22, 2021
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Water Bottle Refill Station, McGill, Downtown Campus

• McGill University (QC)

As part of the 2019 Refill McGill campaign, the sale of water bottles was banned on campus. During the course of the campaign, over 30 water fountains were installed or ...

• Posted Aug. 30, 2021
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SCI 2021: University of Utah Geothermal Contract

• University of Utah (UT)

Long-Term 20 MW Geothermal Power Purchase and Rate Tariff Leadership: The long-term 20 MW Geothermal Power Purchase and Rate Tariff Leadership project began supplying the University of Utah with 20 ...

• Posted Aug. 30, 2021
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Managed Print Program at American University

• American University (DC)

SCI 2021 Feature: Ditching Desktop Printers

A campus-wide Managed Print Program at American University is streamlining the print process and reducing costs associated with energy usage and waste. Since this ...

• Posted Aug. 23, 2021
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Lehigh, Lafayette, Muhlenberg and Dickinson Join Forces for Unprecedented Renewable Energy Project

• Dickinson College (PA)
• Lafayette College (PA)
• Lehigh University (PA)
• Muhlenberg College (PA)
• CustomerFirst Renewables (MD)

In February 2020, Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Muhlenberg College and Dickinson College announced a partnership to purchase renewable energy as a collective. Together, the four schools will purchase the largest ...

• Posted July 15, 2021
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Higher Education’s Crucial Role: Building a Sustainable and Circular Economy

• Barnard College (NY)
• Association of College and University Housing Officers - International (OH)
• APPA: Leadership in Educational Facilities (VA)
• Society for College and University Planning (MI)
• AASHE (PA)
• Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (IN)
• Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (DC)
• U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
• Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) (PA)
• Rheaply, Inc (IL)
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Join this webinar to learn how the circular economy* can help shape better procurement decisions and ways in which you manage your campus, facilities and supply of goods and services ...

• Posted July 1, 2021
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Closing Keynote Speaker George Bandy: AASHE 2013

• Interface, Inc (GA)

George Bandy, VIce President for Sustainability at Interface provides closing remarks at the AASHE 2013 Conference in Nashville, TN.

• Posted June 4, 2021
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Climate Friendly Cooling Pledge and New Regulations Affecting Universities: Opportunities and Implications

• Bard College (NY)
• Yale University (CT)
• AASHE (PA)
• Project Drawdown (CA)
• The Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (DC)

Action is needed now by college staff in facilities, EHS, sustainability, student life, business offices, auxiliary services, housing, dining, planning, and procurement. Changes within all these staff areas to manage ...

• Posted June 3, 2021
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20 MW Solar Energy Purchase

• University of Utah (UT)

The University of Utah has made a PPA of 20 MW of off-site solar energy in Huntington, UT, set to begin delivery in early 2022. The University of Utah’s ...

• Posted May 25, 2021
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20MW Geothermal Power Purchase

• University of Utah (UT)

The University of Utah, through a partnership with Cyrq Energy and Rocky Mountain Power, has made a groundbreaking geothermal energy purchase. This contract will supply the University of Utah with ...

• Posted May 25, 2021
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What's in Your Paper? Organizational Fiber Consumption and the Purchasing Decisions that Drive it

• Pennsylvania State University (PA)

Institutions of higher education (HEI) today often pursue sustainability in a holistic manner, integrating sustainability into their day to day operations as well as their long-term strategic plans. One challenge ...

• Posted May 25, 2021
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Durham Tech Break Free From Plastics

• Durham Technical Community College (NC)
• The Student PIRGs (OR)

Student leaders at Durham Tech Community College, worked with the Student PIRGs in NC to run and win a campus campaign to Break Free From Plastics in order to protect ...

• Posted May 21, 2021
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How Brandeis reduced our food carbon footprint over 20% in its first sustainable dining program

• Brandeis University (MA)

This case study reviews how Brandeis harnessed the RFP and contracting process for a new dining vendor in 2019-2021 to make huge and first-ever strides in sustainability in our dining ...

• Posted May 18, 2021
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Webinar: Cleaning for Health: Using Natural Aqueous Ozone as an Alternative to Traditional Cleaning Chemicals

• University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
• AASHE (PA)

Please join us for this informative, lively discussion on the benefits of using natural aqueous ozone to clean higher education facilities instead of traditional chemical-based cleaners. Three highly knowledgable presenters ...

• Posted April 29, 2021
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Behavioral Strategies To Ditch Desktop Printers

• AASHE (PA)
• Root Solutions (CA)

Replacing individual desktop printers with shared ‘multi-function’ printers (MFPs) is one of the most impactful ways campuses can reduce paper use. It also generates a suite of other benefits, including ...

• Posted March 26, 2021
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SUNY New Paltz Pivots from Plastic Bottles to Aluminum Cans to Move Beyond Plastics

• State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)

In the fall of 2020, Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS), which contracts on behalf of SUNY New Paltz for beverages to be distributed through vending machines and the dining services contractor ...

• Posted Feb. 24, 2021
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20% Discount on Preserve Products for AASHE Members

• Preserve (MA)

AASHE members can receive a 20 percent discount on Preserve products through the online store. Preserve products range from food storage to tableware and personal care all made from 100 ...

• Posted Jan. 28, 2021
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3D Printer Safety: A Guide for Institutions of Higher Education to Support Indoor Air Quality & Human Health

• Chemical Insights (GA)

Thanks to the development of affordable, compact, and user-friendly 3D printers, consumer use is booming, particularly in institutions of higher education. 3D printers have become a valuable tool in classrooms ...

• Posted Jan. 28, 2021
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10% Discount on PRESERVE® 2 Go - Reusable To-Go Containers for AASHE Members

• Preserve (MA)

AASHE members can receive a 10 percent discount on Preserve 2 Go reusable to-go containers. P2Go durable and reusable clamshell containers are made in the USA with more than 50 ...

• Posted Jan. 28, 2021
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Reducing Dining Emissions: An Analysis of Beef and Milk Substitutions

• Smith College (MA)
• AASHE (PA)

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 specific foods varies ...

• Posted Jan. 28, 2021
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Desktop Printer Removal and the Transition to Managed Multi-Function Printers: Benefits and Case Studies

• Root Solutions (CA)

This document was designed to introduce higher ed staff to the topic of printer consolidation, with an emphasis on the many sustainability and other benefits (especially cost savings) of replacing ...

• Posted Dec. 29, 2020
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Urban and Metropolitan Universities: The Transformative Power of Anchor Institutions

• Democracy Collaborative (DC)

'Urban and Metropolitan Universities: The Transformative Power of Anchor Institutions' focuses on the role of urban and metropolitan universities as anchor institutions in their community to address long standing inequities ...

• Posted Oct. 23, 2020
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Ontario Tech University - Solar Panels

• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (ON)

Ontario Tech University’s long-established reputation as a post-secondary leader in conservation and green community-building has achieved a Gold rating from AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS ...

• Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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Cal State East Bay Embraces System-wide Single-use Plastics Policy

• California State University, East Bay (CA)

The California State University system passed a new system-wide policy in 2019 that applies to all 23 CSU campuses in banning the institutional purchase of all single-use plastics. Plastic straws ...

• Posted Oct. 14, 2020
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Half Off Subscription to Green Building & Design (gb&d) Bimonthly Magazine for AASHE Members

• gb&d (IL)

As an AASHE member, you are entitled to half off ($30 value) of gb&d’s bimonthly magazine. gb&d began more than 10 years ago, when its founder set out to ...

• Posted Sept. 17, 2020
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COVID-19 and Sustainability Resources

• Princeton University (NJ)

The Office of Sustainability has compiled this list of resources to support Princeton University students, faculty and staff as they navigate challenges related to sustainability and COVID-19 at this moment ...

• Posted Sept. 11, 2020
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A Holistic Approach and Model for a Sustainable Food System

• Harvard University (MA)
• AASHE (PA)

The Harvard Office for Sustainability (OFS) convened a multi-disciplinary committee of world-renowned faculty to translate their research into action on campus to create a more sustainable food system that contributes ...

• Posted July 9, 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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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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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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Diversity Food Services: Leading the Way on Socially and Environmentally responsible Campus Dining in Canada

• University of Winnipeg (MB)

The University of Winnipeg Campus Sustainability Office would like to nominate Diversity Food Services for an AASHE Campus Sustainability Achievement Award.

Diversity Food Services is a joint venture of the ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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The relationship between moral competences and sustainable consumption among higher education students

• NEOMA Business School (Rouen)
• Comillas Universidad Pontificia (Madrid)

Despite claims of the importance of students developing moral competences in the context of Education for Sustainable Consumption, the literature lacks a systematic perspective that empirically assesses the association between ...

• Posted May 13, 2020
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Green Chemistry and Environmental Management Systems: Relationships, Synergies, Advantages and Barriers of Joint Implementation at Universities

• Universidad San Jorge

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) based on international standard ISO 14001 are recognized as a tool to improve the environment and the sustainability of organizations. Green Chemistry (GC) seeks to reduce ...

• Posted May 13, 2020
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Sustainability and procurement practices in higher education institutions: Barriers and drivers

• University of Passo Fundo
• University of Winchester
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• Universidade federal de Santa Maria
• University of the Aegean (Lesvos)
• Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

A review of the literature reveals the scant research on sustainable procurement in the public sector, and in particular higher education institutions (HEIs). In this context, this paper aims to ...

• Posted May 13, 2020
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How mindfulness training cultivates introspection and competence development for sustainable consumption

• Arizona State University (AZ)
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between introspection and key competencies for sustainable consumption (KCSCs). It investigates whether mindfulness training can cultivate the ability to introspect and stimulate ...

• Posted May 11, 2020
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