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Saint Mary's College Earth Day Vegetable Plant Giveaway

  • Saint Mary's College of California (CA)

Saint Mary's College's half-acre garden, The Legacy Garden, is a source of fresh fruits and vegetables on campus for students, staff and faculty. The garden also hosts an annual vegetable …

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Saint Mary's College of California Dining Hall Photo

  • Saint Mary's College of California (CA)

Saint Mary's College iconic Oliver Hall serves all on-campus students as well as staff, faculty and campus visitors. In 2022, Saint Mary's College switched its food service provider to the …

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Saint Mary's College of California Dining Hall Photo

  • Saint Mary's College of California (CA)

Saint Mary's College iconic Oliver Hall serves all on-campus students as well as staff, faculty and campus visitors. In 2022, Saint Mary's College switched its food service provider to the …

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Notre Dame makes historic compensation investment, surpassing $75 million

  • University of Notre Dame (IN)

Landscape crew managing greens in front of the golden dome

The photo above was taken at Lo’i Kalo Park on Oahu, Hawai’i, with Ola Niuhelewai Peer Mentors harvesting kalo.

Ola Niuhelewai

  • University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College (HI)

“Ola Niuhelewai!” Niuhelewai Lives! Ola Niuhelewai is a five-year project (10/1/2020 to 9/30/2025) entirely funded by a U.S. DOE Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program Title III Grant. The …

Dynnika, a Navajo student majoring in public health with an emphasis on environmental health at the University of Arizona, is president of American Indian Student Initiatives. This student-run organization helped install solar panels throughout Navajo Nation, providing clean and renewable energy to families.

Ensured Tuition Coverage for Native American Undergraduates

  • University of Arizona (AZ)

The new University of Arizona Native Scholars Grant program, the first of its kind for a public Arizona university, guarantees that tuition and mandatory fees for Native, Arizona Resident, undergraduate …

Participants at the 2023 Wilkes Climate Summit, University of Utah

Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy, University of Utah

  • University of Utah (UT)

New Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy - University of Utah announced in August 2022 the creation of the interdisciplinary Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy to promote …

SUNY ESF campus in Syracuse, N.Y.

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Students working with campus-grown food at the Yale Farm

Sustainable Food Production at Yale

  • Yale University (CT)

Yale is being recognized as a Top Performer in the category of Diversity & Affordability in the 2023 SCI.

Yale researchers examining a subject in the Yale Science Building lab.

Yale university Researchers

  • Yale University (CT)

Yale is being recognized in the 2023 SCI as a Top Performer in Research.

ETEC building at the University at Albany

ETEC building at UAlbany

  • University at Albany (NY)

Aerial photo of the ETEC (Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship Complex) LEED Platinum certified building at the University at Albany. The building houses our Departments of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Department …

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Agora Pond

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The natural amphitheater, with its pond, has been landscaped to preserve biodiversity, and is a popular place for the Université de Sherbrooke community.

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Back to school

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The start of the new academic year at the Université de Sherbrooke is an opportunity for the university community to take advantage of the campuses and its beautiful nature in …

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Student on the Main Campus

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Université de Sherbrooke, nicknamed the “Green University”, provides its community with various extraordinary green spaces.

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Main Campus from the air

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Université de Sherbrooke, nicknamed the “Green University”, offers its community a wide range of opportunities to take advantage of Quebec's natural beauty.

10,000-gallon rainwater cistern

10,000-gallon rainwater cistern

  • Muhlenberg College (PA)

Terrace showing outline of Fahy Commons 10,000-gallon rainwater cistern.

rainwater harvesting control and filtration system

Rainwater harvesting control and filtration system

  • Muhlenberg College (PA)

Rainwater from the Cistern is treated and used for toilet flushing.

The roof of UVM's George D. Aiken Center, A LEED Platinum building, is comprised of eight small "watersheds," six of which are planted with flats of vegetation. Faculty and students use the roof and its drainage water to test stormwater management strategies.

UVM_rooftop and interior

  • University of Vermont (VT)

A class on stormwater management meets on the roof of UVM's George D. Aiken Center

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Historical garden

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

Since 2018, a professor specializing in cultural food history and his students from the Department of History of the Université de Sherbrooke have established a historical garden on the university …

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Programs in sustainable mobility

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Université de Sherbrooke is firmly committed to sustainable mobility and has implemented a wide range of programs in this area. For example, its student community enjoy free access to …

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Outdoor learning experience

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

Outdoor learning experience offered by the Centre for Environmental and Sustainable Development Studies of the Université de Sherbrooke.

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Deer on the Main Campus

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Main Campus of the Université de Sherbrooke is adjacent to the Mont-Bellevue Park, and benefits from its multiple ecosystems. The Mont-Bellevue Park, which covers an area of 202 hectares, …

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Carbon neutrality for the Université de Sherbrooke

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

Université de Sherbrooke redoubled efforts and achieved carbon neutrality in spring 2022, 8 years ahead of its 2030 target. Emissions reduction efforts include purchasing renewable natural gas, installing heat pumps …

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Implementation of an ambitious energy efficiency program

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Université de Sherbrooke has taken advantage of a period of growth from 2002-2003 to 2020-2021 to roll out an ambitious energy efficiency program on its campuses, aiming to reduce …

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Energy efficiency : the Creative Studio

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

In the last 20 years, construction and major renovation projects of the Université de Sherbrooke have included high-performance energy efficiency measures that reduced the energy consumption of the buildings by …

Honolulu Community College: Micronesian weaving class to create sustainable plates and baskets

Honolulu Community College: SCI 2023

  • University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College (HI)

Student success and wellbeing initiative - Funded by a US Department of Education grant through 2025, the Ola Niuhelewai Program at University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College aims to increase …

UNH Sustainability Fellowship 2023 Cohort Gathers at the Launch Event

University of New Hampshire - 2023 Sustainable Campus Index

  • University of New Hampshire (NH)

Sustainability fellowship - The Sustainability Fellowship at University of New Hampshire pairs undergraduate students and post-baccalaureates (grad students and recent grads) from UNH and universities across the United States with …

Each year, the CCU campus community come together a campus wide plant

John Brong Planting Day at CCU

  • Coastal Carolina University (SC)

Each year, the CCU community will comes together for a day of service to honor the life of the late John Brong, who served as the CCU greenhouse manager for …

Sustain Coastal staff and volunteers hand-sort materials after each home football game as part of its zero-waste operations

Zero Waste Football (Horizontal and Vertical Image)

  • Coastal Carolina University (SC)

Every Chanticleer home football game is a zero-waste initiative. The goal of this effort is to divert as much waste as possible from each CCU home football game. We do …

HKUST also has one of the largest-scale Solar Power Systems in Hong Kong

HKUST the First to Launch New ESG Investment Policy for its Net-Zero Carbon Goal

  • Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (Hong Kong)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) became the first university in Hong Kong to make a pledge to eliminate investments in fossil fuels, with a concrete environmental, …

A fall bike ride was held at Central Community College-Hastings. Riders used the bicycles available on campus and rode to the wind turbine two miles to the south.

Central Community College-Hastings Fall Friday Bike Ride

  • Central Community College (NE)

CCC's environmental sustainability office held a bike ride from the Hastings Campus to the wind turbine in 2020. The activity was to stress the importance of alternate transportation and to …

CCC's environmental sustainability office members conduct demonstrations with Nebraska elementary school students at the sustainabililty pavilion on opening day at the Nebraska State Fair.

Central Community College, Sustainability Pavilion at Nebraska State Fair

  • Central Community College (NE)

Members of the CCC environmental sustainability office welcomed some 300 Nebraska elementary school students to the sustainability pavilion on opening day, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.

CCC Environmental Sustainability Director Ben Newton conducts a tour of the pollinator garden at the Grand Island Campus.

Central Community College-Grand Island Pollinator Garden

  • Central Community College (NE)

CCC Environmental Sustainability Director Ben Newton conducts a tour of the pollinator garden at the Grand Island Campus.

Water Resources Institute, in partnership with Cornell Sustainable Action, the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis in the College of Human Ecology and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, have begun informing students and Ithaca residents vis sculptures around campus in the Year of Water.

Year of Water

  • Cornell University (NY)

Water Resources Institute’s Year of Water – an educational effort to inform students and Tompkins County residents.

Solar panel-topped ponds under construction at the Cornell Experimental Pond Facility.

Scientists study solar panel-topped ponds

  • Cornell University (NY)

Reseach into preserve agricultural land for crops and conservation lands for wildlife, place floating photovoltaic panels on lakes, rivers and reservoirs.

Green line rolling through Northeastern University's Boston Campus

Green line rolling through Northeastern University's Boston Campus

  • Northeastern University (MA)

Northeastern University is centrally located to the commuter rail, subway, buses, and bike share. As a result, 95% of students take sustainable modes of transportation to class.

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Adaptive measures

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Program for the Integration of Students living with Disabilities of the Université de Sherbrooke is designed to assist students with disabilities or learning disabilities succeed in their university studies …

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FIEUS

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Student Investment Fund of the Université de Sherbrooke (FIEUS) is a responsible fund for close to one million dollars for the benefit of the University. It is managed by …

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Women in Engineering

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Faculty of Engineering of the Université de Sherbrooke aims to increase the number of women in its programs and to promote greater diversity, so that everyone is better represented …

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Graduation

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Université de Sherbrooke is a large humane university, which aspires to become an exemplary environment in terms of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Closeness, welcome, accessibility and openness to others …

Mandela Washington Fellows gather for an opening reception on Uris Terrace.

Young African Leaders find inspiration, confidence at Cornell

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Cornell Einaudi Center and Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy welcomed 25 of Africa's most promising emerging public management leaders to campus this summer for a six-week leadership …

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Collaborative approach

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The collaborative structure in place at the Université de Sherbrooke in sustainable development, which is headed by the Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development, mobilizes a team of 40 persons working …

The Wardrobe student group provides free professional clothing for students through free pop-up events and rental services, so any student can pursue any opportunity.

Free professional wardrobe(s)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Cornell Wardrobe, a student-run organization, The Wardrobe provides attire for ‘any student, any opportunity

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Rainwater retention

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

Rainwater from the stormwater network of the Université de Sherbrooke supply the rainwater collection basins, the ponds and the stream of the park named the Heart Campus. Heart Campus improves …

Native students at Cornell collaborate with Cornell Botanic Gardens and students from its Learning by Leading program to create a healing and honoring medicinal garden in front of Akwe:kon, the nation's first university residence hall established to celebrate American Indian culture and heritage

Nation's first university residence hall established to celebrate American Indian culture and heritage

  • Cornell University (NY)

American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program

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The Welcome Bazaar

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

Since 2016, the Université de Sherbrooke has organized the Welcome Bazaar, an event that promotes peer-to-peer exchange within the university community and thus encourages the use of second-hand goods. The …

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Dark Sky Reserve

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

Université de Sherbrooke is one of the partners in the project “Fight against light pollution : Towards the first Dark Sky Reserve in an urban environment around the Mont-Bellevue Park”. …

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Staff Day

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The Université de Sherbrooke Staff Day is an annual development day organized for all employees. Several sports (on the picture : yoga), social, and cultural activities are held with the …

iber Science and Apparel Design, and a multidisciplinary team of Cornell chemists and engineers have created a way to break down old polyester clothing and reuse some of its compounds to make a variety of new products - and to disrupt the cycle of textile waste proliferation.

Research, Upcycled Textile

  • Cornell University (NY)

Upcycled polyester.

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Ruche campus

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

A student beekeeper from the Ruche Campus student group of the Université de Sherbrooke checks the condition of one of the campus hives. Made up of student volunteers, Ruche Campus …

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