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Good practice in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the UK: Case Studies

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is described by UNESCO as enabling us to address present and future global challenges and create more sustainable and resilient societies by changing the way ...

• Posted April 17, 2017
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Universities and the Sustainable Development Future: Evaluating Higher-Education Contributions to the 2030 Agenda

Since the mid-1970s, a series of international declarations that link environment and sustainable development to all aspects of higher learning have been endorsed and signed by universities around the world ...

• Posted April 17, 2017
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Post-Sustainability and Environmental Education: Remaking Education for the Future

• Lakehead University (ON)

This book provides a critique of over two decades of sustained effort to infuse educational systems with education for sustainable development. Taking to heart the idea that deconstruction is a ...

• Posted March 28, 2017
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STARS & Beyond: Adventures of an Embedded Librarian in the Campus Sustainability Office

• University of Utah (UT)

Webinar [30 mins], presented by Amy Brunvand for the American Library Association Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) on 3/9/17. Amy Brunvand, an academic librarian at the University of Utah ...

• Posted March 15, 2017
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Higher Education in the World: Towards a Socially Responsible University: Balancing the Global with the Local

The 6th Higher Education in the World Report deals with the dual responsibilities of universities at local and global scale, exploring the potential conflict, or intrinsic difficulties, in addressing both ...

• Posted March 14, 2017
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Campus as a Living Laboratory for Sustainability Resources

• Princeton University (NJ)

Google doc with links to general resources, scholarly works, STARS data, and campus' websites for case studies on Campus as (Living, Learning) Lab for sustainability. Please feel free to suggest ...

• Posted March 2, 2017
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AASHE Award Winner Webinar - Using a Design Competition to Expand Bee Habitat On and Off-Campus

• University of Manitoba (MB)
• AASHE (PA)

BEE / HOUSE / LAB was an international design competition at the University of Manitoba that resulted in innovative bee houses built, installed around campus and used for research. The reasons for ...

• Posted March 2, 2017
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Sustainability as competitive advantage in higher education in the UK

• University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)

This paper draws on a series of five ESRC-funded seminars held between 2006 and 2008 on 'Sustainability as competitive advantage in higher education in the UK'. We sketch the background ...

• Posted March 1, 2017
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Towards a Real-world Laboratory: A Transdisciplinary Case Study from Lüneburg

• Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Real-world laboratories have gained currency in transdisciplinary sustainability research. Establishing real-world laboratories by means of a transdisciplinary process offers promising prospects since it fosters trust among the participants and leads ...

• Posted Feb. 20, 2017
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Energy and development: the role of academia in education, research, and technological cooperation for sustainability

Over the last decades, the interest of the international community for the multiple interconnections among energy, environment, and society has widely increased. Today, the close link between energy and development ...

• Posted Feb. 17, 2017
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AASHE Award Winner Webinar - Developing Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Strategies Through Student Research

• University of Houston (TX)
• University of Michigan (MI)
• AASHE (PA)

Student groups at the University of Houston and University of Michigan have developed strategies for energy efficiency and water conservation on campus through research.

At the University of Michigan, a ...

• Posted Feb. 16, 2017
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Ethics in Higher Education: Values-driven Leaders for the Future

The values and virtues practised in universities heavily influence the leaders of the future, but outside the limelight of excelling education institutions there is a concerning violation of good practises ...

• Posted Feb. 14, 2017
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How to walk the talk? Developing actions for sustainability in academic research

• Dalhousie University (NS)
• Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels Region)

Sustainability in higher education is a growing field of reflection and practice, yet integrating sustainability and academic research (as a distinct pillar of academia – next to education, societal service and ...

• Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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Evolution and structure of sustainability science

• Indiana University Bloomington (IN)

The concepts of sustainable development have experienced extraordinary success since their advent in the 1980s. They are now an integral part of the agenda of governments and corporations, and their ...

• Posted Feb. 6, 2017
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The Role of Transacademic Interface Managers in Transformational Sustainability Research and Education

• Arizona State University (AZ)

Working towards sustainable solutions requires involving professionals and stakeholders from all sectors of society into research and teaching. This often presents a challenge to scholars at universities, as they lack ...

• Posted Feb. 1, 2017
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Utilizing international networks for accelerating research and learning in transformational sustainability science

• University of Tokyo
• Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
• Stellenbosch University (Western Cape)
• Lund University
• Maastricht University
• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (DF)
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• Arizona State University (AZ)

A promising approach for addressing sustainability problems is to recognize the unique conditions of a particular place, such as problem features and solution capabilities, and adopt and adapt solutions developed ...

• Posted Jan. 31, 2017
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Green Chemistry: The missing element in chemistry education

• Beyond Benign (MA)

Green Chemistry Education Webinar Series: A new webinar series for chemistry faculty and students highlighting relevant and important topics in green chemistry education.

Presented by: Dr. John C. Warner Founder ...

• Posted Jan. 30, 2017
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Success in Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research

• University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

The complexity of sustainable development and societal transitions require both analytical understandings of how coupled human-environment systems function and transdisciplinary science-to-practice approaches. The academic discourse has advanced in developing a ...

• Posted Jan. 30, 2017
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Neoliberalism, new public management and the sustainable development agenda of higher education: history, contradictions and synergies

This paper explores the ideological and the practical relationship between neoliberalism and New Public Management (NPM) and the sustainable development agenda of western higher education. Using the United Kingdom and ...

• Posted Jan. 30, 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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Should we quit our jobs? Challenges, barriers and recommendations for interdisciplinary energy research

• University of Southern California (CA)
• University College Dublin, National University of Ireland

Many plea for a better integration of social sciences in energy research, which would imply more comprehensive interdisciplinary energy research. We argue that in order to achieve this, institutional barriers ...

• Posted Jan. 23, 2017
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An in-depth literature review of the evolving roles and contributions of universities to education for sustainable development

Universities have been consistently considered significant contributors to the pursuit of regional sustainability initiatives for over two decades. The composite nature of sustainable development (SD) has appointed Universities to critical ...

• Posted Jan. 18, 2017
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Civic Labors: Scholarly Activism and Working-Class Studies

Labor studies scholars and working-class historians have long worked at the crossroads of academia and activism. The essays in this collection examine the challenges and opportunities for engaged scholarship in ...

• Posted Jan. 13, 2017
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Communicating sustainability: student perceptions of a behavior change campaign

• University of Arizona (AZ)
• University of Calgary (AB)

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This paper aims to investigate the impacts of a science-based environmental communication campaign at a university dining hall. The impacts are assessed in terms of student attitudes toward sustainability ...

• Posted Jan. 13, 2017
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Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom: Approaches, Methods and Projects

This book gathers inputs from a variety of researchers in the field of sustainable development across the UK, from business and economics, to arts and fashion, administration, environment and media ...

• Posted Jan. 9, 2017
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Sustainability at Central Oregon Community College

• Central Oregon Community College (OR)

The paper of "Sustainable Development at Central Oregon Community College" was written to influence board members, faculty, and students who were enrolled or employed at the college to consider small ...

• Posted Jan. 9, 2017
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Center for Climate Preparedness & Community Resilience

• Antioch University, New England (NH)

Antioch’s Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience delivers applied research, consulting, education and training. The Center's approach is solutions-oriented, pragmatic, participatory, and inclusive, and based on best ...

• Posted Dec. 16, 2016
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Factors encouraging sustainability integration into institutions of higher education

• University of Malaya

In view of the mountainous evidence on destruction of environmental quality and societal well-being as a consequence of rapid economic development, sustainability has gained vast attention from the community and ...

• Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Student Research and Projects Conducted Through a Campus as a Living Lab Program

• Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
• Indiana University Bloomington (IN)

This panel will reflect on best practices for undergraduate research and course-based projects designed to advance student learning while generating collaborations that benefit university academics and operations. Two case studies ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Climate Leadership Network Carbon Offset Projects Networking

• Clarkson University (NY)
• Second Nature (MA)

This networking meeting will focus on the development of carbon offset projects for colleges and universities. An advisory group formed after a networking session at last year's AASHE conference ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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LEED Lab Live; Curricula in O+M Application

• Colorado State University, Pueblo (CO)
• The Catholic University of America (DC)
• University of California, Merced (CA)
• American University in Cairo (Cairo)

A Market Need, A Curricular Solution: For the past few years, a laboratory course called LEED Lab, created at The Catholic University of America in partnership with USGBC, designed to ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Teaching sustainability as an interdisciplinary subject: An effective model

• George Mason University (VA)

Sustainability is not a scientific issue or an environmental issue. It presents enormous challenges to human and natural systems and entails political, economic, legal, and ethical dimensions. Instructors who teach ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Community-based teaching and research: Sustainability-focused case studies from Portland State University

• Portland State University (OR)

Portland State University's faculty and students routinely go beyond the campus and put into practice the University's motto, 'Let knowledge serve the city.' This panel examines case studies ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Sustainability Literacy Test: Can universities & colleges be sure they are producing sustainability literate graduates?

• KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux)

The Sustainability Literacy Test was created to help higher education institutions, companies and any organization around the world ensure that they are producing graduates or work with employees with awareness ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Research - Climate Nexus: The Difficult Questions Facing Progressive Institutions Today.

• Case Western Reserve University (OH)
• Cornell University (NY)
• Princeton University (NJ)
• Buro Happold (NY)

As universities are tackling climate commitments focused on Scope 1 and 2 emissions, they are facing difficult decisions on capital investments in existing and new building stock and infrastructure to ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Teacher preparation for Education for Sustainable Development: A participatory video research in Canada

• McGill University (QC)

This presentation will discuss a study that examines prospective teachers' understanding of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and competencies in relation to teaching sustainability concepts in K-12 settings in Quebec ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Wicked Problems in Sustainability Initiative - Creating and Supporting a Multi-Institution Course Community

• Engineers for a Sustainable World (CO)

Creation or replication of multidisciplinary courses with real-world context is limited by technical and economic constraints at many institutions. Efforts that connect multiple institutions to multidisciplinary resources can enable success ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Human Natural Resource Endowment: Measuring a Fundamental Human Right

• University of Arkansas (AR)

In this presentation, a new measure of the fundamental human right to an equitable portion of Earth's natural resources is defined. The Human Natural Resource Endowment (HNRE) is determined ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Fair Trade Recycling Operations

• Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)

While the Responsible Recycling (R2) standard has been criticized for its flexibility regarding exportation, our team has been able to connect with R2 certified operations that exemplify how the exportation ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Creating Resilient Communities: Climate Change and the Power of Public/University Research Service Learning Partnerships

• University of Virginia (VA)

New research and bold actions are essential as climate change and sea level rise threaten coastal communities. According to NASA, 53% of the US population lives near the coast. How ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Transferrable Student-Led Procurement Research: Partnering with Office Depot to Create Change at Willamette University

• Willamette University (OR)
• Office Depot, Inc. (TX)

The presenters discuss a student-led research project at Willamette University, transferrable to other universities buying supplies from Office Depot or similarly large suppliers that likely provide comprehensive data on institutional ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The power of perception: evaluating sustainability contradictions as a tool for culture change

• Princeton University (NJ)

For a variety of reasons, behind the scenes operational dimensions of sustainability are often prioritized on campuses above the more challenging social and cultural dimensions. But arguably the most important ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Sustainable Energy: Research and Innovation to Commercialization at the University of Missouri

• University of Missouri (MO)

In addition to leading research and innovation in alternative energy, University of Missouri has demonstrated a commitment to sustainable energy by taking discoveries to applications in the real world. In ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Developing a Campus-wide Sustainability Assessment

• Colorado State University (CO)

This presentation will describe a dissertation project from Colorado State University that examines individuals' knowledge of sustainability in relation to the concepts of the Triple Bottom Line; economic sustainability, environmental ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Making the Case for the Living, Learning Lab & Quantifying Ecosystem Services: IU Bloomington's Tree Inventory

• Indiana University Bloomington (IN)

Indiana University Bloomington initiated a campus-wide geographic information systems tree inventory effort in the spring of 2015. The tree inventory data is housed through ArcGIS online and led primarily by ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Establishing a Sustainability Grant Fund to Promote Sustainability Related Research for Students and Faculty

• Thompson Rivers University (BC)

Thompson Rivers University (TRU) established the Sustainability Grant Fund (SGF) to promote and encourage sustainability-related research at TRU and within the broader community. The SGF provides up to $100,000 ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Illustrating the 'Criterion Problem': How Starting With the End in Mind Gets us There

• Missouri State University (MO)

Virtually every sustainability problem begins with human thinking and behavior. While this may seem obvious, psychologists are rarely involved in the conception, development, delivery, or evaluation of real world attempts ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Measuring Undergraduate Students' Learning Over Time

• James Madison University (VA)

The Environmental Stewardship Reasoning and Knowledge Assessment (ESRKA), a validated, 50-question test with good reliability, is being used to measure undergraduate students' learning over time at a large, public university ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Integrating Resilience Across the Campus and the Curriculum: The Climate Change Risk and Resilience Open Lab

• Plymouth State University (NH)

Within higher education sustainability efforts have integrated resiliency by creating a new generation of climate commitments that combine existing pledges to reduce carbon emissions with new frameworks for engaging stakeholders ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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HydroCats: Research and Citizen Science Applications for Water Harvesting

• University of Arizona (AZ)

From its inception, University of Arizona HydroCats has been structured on community involvement and off-campus project development. This year, HydroCats interns have expanded the program's role in Tucson neighborhoods ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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