Conference Presentations
Introduction
AASHE’s database of conference presentations includes thousands of abstracts and presentation materials from AASHE’s annual Conference & Expo as well as presentation materials from other sustainability in higher education conferences.
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Getting to "I Do"- Exploring Engagement with a Distributed Student, Staff and Faculty Population
- Southern New Hampshire University (NH)
While every campus is unique in developing engagement programs geared to their culture and population, common challenges and strategies exist. Hearing new perspectives can spur your own creativity and help …
- Posted March 3, 2025
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Solutions Stage - Ecotone Renewables: Building a World Without Waste
- AASHE (MA)
- Ecotone Renewables (PA)
Join us as we introduce Ecotone Renewables and our flagship products, the ZEUS biodigester and Soil Sauce fertilizer. Ecotone Renewables is partnered with higher education institutions in the Northeastern USA …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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BIG10 & Friends Sustainability Networking Meeting
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
This networking session will allow members of the BIG10 & Friends Sustainability Network to gather in person and discuss lessons learned, successes, and next steps in a variety of initiatives …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Accelerate Connections: Speed Networking for Sustainability Professionals
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
The "Speed Networking for Sustainability Professionals" session is designed to quickly and effectively connect participants, helping them expand their professional networks in a dynamic setting. Ideal for sustainability experts, researchers, …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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California Sustainability in Higher Education Meetup
- Santa Clara University (CA)
This session is for faculty, students, and staff from California's higher education institutions to discuss current and relevant sustainability initiatives.
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Campus as Lab Managers, Coordinators and Faculty
- Duke University (NC)
Find your "Campus as Lab" people! Want to meet others in a similar role and "talk shop" about using your institution's infrastructure and operations for applied student learning? Come say …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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IRA and Resources Discussion Community of Practice
- Boise State University (ID)
The IRA and Resources Discussion Community of Practice is a space where higher-education professionals and partners can gather to discuss how to utilize the Inflation Reduction Act. This session will …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Health-Promoting Campus Networks Meet-Up
- Auburn University (AL)
This session aims to gather participants from campuses that have joined a country-based Health-Promoting Network and/or discussed the adoption of the Okanagan Charter. The session will briefly review information on …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Creating Sustainable Connections: Pre-Conference Networking using Liberating Structures
- AASHE (MA)
Kickstart your conference experience by attending an engaging and interactive session designed to foster meaningful connections among early-arriving attendees through the dynamic and inclusive approach of Liberating Structures.
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Senior Leaders Forum
- AASHE (MA)
The intention of this session is to connect senior sustainability change agents who have roles and/or responsibilities similar to yours to: Create a space for senior professionals to build and …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Supporting Early Career Professionals & Strengthening Networks
- California State University, San Marcos (CA)
This Supporting Early Career Professionals and Strengthening Networks meeting will provide new professionals in the field of sustainability the opportunity to make meaningful connections with their peers and other leaders. …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Engaging our Emotions for Climate Anxiety Programming
- Reed College (OR)
- University of Oregon (OR)
Climate anxiety is prevalent among those who study and work in sustainability in higher education. The stress, anxiety, guilt, and other difficult emotions we face as sustainability practitioners have the …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Wrangling ePTDs and Making Friends: Planning, Policy, & Infrastructure for e-Bikes and e-Scooters on Campus
- Tufts University (MA)
Students and employees utilize electronic personal transportation devices (ePTDs) like e-bikes and e-scooters as an inexpensive form of sweat-less transportation. Their relative portability makes it easy to bring them inside …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Navigating Fleet Electrification at Three Urban Campuses
- Boston University (MA)
- Harvard University (MA)
Three Boston-area institutions share their experiences transitioning their campus fleets to electric vehicles. Although BU, Harvard, and MIT are all in varying stages of EV transition, all have stated commitments …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Reducing Transportation Emissions: Climate Action & Mobility Justice
- California State University, Fullerton (CA)
The transportation sector is the largest source of climate pollution in the U.S. California has a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, and bold action is required for Cal State …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Brackish Water Los Angeles: An Exhibition Field Report
- California State University, Dominguez Hills (CA)
Brackish Water Los Angeles is an art and research project housed at California State University Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) University Art Gallery, co-directed by Aandrea Stang and Debra Scacco. Part of …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Who's Afraid of Goods & Services? Prioritization in a Vast Scope 3 Category
- Yale University (CT)
Has your institution struggled with choosing which categories within “Purchased Goods and Services” and “Capital Goods” to focus your efforts on? This session aims to help you assess this, not …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Building Circular Systems of Food Waste Management: A Research Approach Toward Empowering Campus and Community
- Iowa State University (IA)
This project will identify college campuses that have a food waste management program and examine the connections between the program and surrounding community, capitalizing on the benefits that each party …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Maximizing Resources: A Deep Dive into Surplus Management Strategies
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Explore the dynamic world of surplus property management in higher education with Laura and Lindsey as they present a comprehensive analysis of their initiatives at California State University, Sacramento, and …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Audit Waste Streams: Reduce Cost, Increase Diversion and Reuse
- University at Albany (NY)
- Binghamton University (NY)
This session introduces the processes for implementing rolling waste audits to track contamination in diverted waste streams and how to establish asset reuse programs; reducing waste, cost, and emissions. This …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Supplier Engagement: A Critical Step in Decarbonizing University Procurement
- Stanford University (CA)
This session will review Stanford's Climate-Friendly Supplier Engagement Program, which launched as a pilot in 2023 to collect precise sustainability data from top suppliers, develop supplier ratings using a detailed …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Zero Waste by X? (Part 2) Proposing the Plan
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
This is Part 2 of a two-part workshop series at #AASHE24 to navigate the challenges and opportunities with developing a campus-wide strategic visioning and planning process for college campuses looking …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Zero Waste by X? (Part 1) Facilitating the Vision
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
This is Part 1 of a two-part workshop series to navigate the challenges and opportunities with developing a campus-wide strategic visioning and planning process for college campuses looking to achieve …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Student-Facing Reuse Programs
- Pomona College (CA)
This session will describe several reuse programs that are run by student employees through Pomona College's Sustainability Office. The checkouts program employs three students and makes reusable dishes available for …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Don’t let Your Data go to Waste – Leveraging Waste Data to Meet Your Goals
- Boston University (MA)
- Emerson College (MA)
- Stanford University (CA)
Although waste data is a critical component of meeting waste goals, it is often not collected, analyzed, or understood to discover opportunities for operational and behavioral waste improvements. Stanford University, …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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A Campus Beyond Plastic
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
Plastic has taken on an almost ubiquitous presence in our daily lives. While eliminating single-use plastics is not an overnight task, it is also not an impossible one! With some …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Zero Waste Campuses
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
- Pomona College (CA)
- University of Southern California (CA)
This is a meetup for all students, staff, companies, and professionals that are working on campus Zero Waste efforts. Whether you're helping your campus achieve Zero Waste goals, or focusing …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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New Research: Campus Trends With Indoor Waste Diversion Practices
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- Busch Systems International Inc. (ON)
Over the last decade a growing number of colleges and universities have reorganized how they collect waste from academic and administrative areas of campus to improve their diversion rates. Anecdotal …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Networking Discussions About Implementing Centralized Collections & Bin Standards
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- Busch Systems International Inc. (ON)
Innovative steps like standardizing waste bins and signage and shifting responsibility for personal waste from custodians to individuals in offices and classrooms have been shown to improve diversion and reduce …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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People Power and AI: Leveraging Zero Waste Technologies for Universities
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
- Georgia State University (GA)
The push towards achieving zero waste is becoming increasingly vital in combating environmental degradation and fostering sustainable practices as most universities have Zero Waste goals that are fast approaching deadlines. …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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How-to Certify a Zero Waste Building
- Boston University (MA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In this session, Boston University & University of California Berkeley will provide an in-depth technical lab on how to certify a building zero waste: from building design to TRUE certification. …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Lessons Learned in Eliminating Single-Use Plastics
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
The University of California has ambitious goals to eliminate the distribution of single-use plastic containers in its food service operations, including disposable food service ware and beverage containers, by 2024. …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Cultivating Resilience: Compost, Education & Community Empowerment
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Organic waste reduction and diversion are two of the easiest approaches to mitigate climate change and address global warming. Converting organic waste into compost provides a pathway to reduce the …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Composting for Sustainability - Food Scraps and Organics Management on Campus
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
- Swarthmore College (PA)
- University of Southern California (CA)
- University of Vermont (VT)
Composting is nature's climate champion. From soil fertility to carbon sequestration to nurturing biodiversity and energy generation, the management of food scraps and organic waste has come a long way …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Tackling Scope 3 in any Universities Supply Chain
- American University (DC)
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Aramark (PA)
- Persefoni (AZ)
Scope 3 is a global blind spot for most universities, as well as most organizations. Scope 3 - Category 1 - Purchased Goods and Services - provides universities with a …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Keynote: Peggy Shepard
- WE ACT for Environmental Justice (NY)
"Every community has the right to a clean environment, and you do not need to be an environmental champion or a climate justice leader to embrace that value. So I …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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How Can Higher Ed Leverage Its Strengths to Support our Communities to Act on the Climate Crisis
- University of Calgary (AB)
How can universities and colleges leverage their strengths to support our communities to act on the climate crisis? This presentation will share insights from Mobilizing Alberta- a five-year project with …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Pairing Sustainable Systems Major and Technical Assistance Program to Achieve Wins
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
This session discusses collaborations between a Sustainable Systems Management Major and a technical outreach program (Minnesota Technical Assistance Program -MnTAP) to provide opportunities for sustainability undergraduate students to gain experiential …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Sustainable Buffs in the Neighborhood: City of Boulder Invests in Students and Climate
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
For over 25 years the Environmental Center has been funded by the City of Boulder to provide student jobs in peer to peer outreach on energy, water, and waste conservation. …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Going Beyond Schoolhouse Rock: Sustainability and Public Policy
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
Whether they live and breathe policymaking or not, sustainability professionals have varying levels of interaction with government and public policy. Collaborating intentionally with government on common interests can provide value …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS) Networking Session
- Rice University (TX)
- Texas A&M University (TX)
This is a networking meeting for Texans and other parties interested in the Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS) to connect and discuss campus sustainability topics unique to the …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Sustainability Institutes and Labs: From Research to Real-World Impact
- Harvard University (MA)
Campuses have been centers of producing ground-breaking research on critical topics for centuries. Some have succeeded in disseminating that information in a way that catalyzes action, while other research papers …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Keynote: Shaun Harper
- University of Southern California (CA)
Shaun Harper is one of America’s most highly respected diversity, equity, and inclusion experts. He is a Provost Professor in the Rossier School of Education, Price School of Public Policy, …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Keynote: David W. Orr
- Arizona State University (AZ)
David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics emeritus at Oberlin College and currently serves as a Professor of Practic at Arizona State University. …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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It's Time to Address Financed Emissions From University Endowments
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
As the urgency of climate change grows, universities and other higher education institutions are increasingly accounting and reporting their annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Hundreds of higher education institutions participate …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Benchmarking Sustainability in Endowment Investing: Where Are We Now?
- California State University, Chancellor's Office (CA)
- Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
Transparency and disclosure around endowment investments have been at the forefront of conversations on university campuses in 2024. As students and faculty press universities for greater clarity on their investments, …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Green Grounds Networking Session
- Re:wild Your Campus (TX)
Join Re:wild Your Campus for a networking session for schools interested in greening their grounds management practices - this includes reducing pesticide usage, increasing native plantings, and integrating organic practices …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Greening Grounds: Case Studies for Organic Grounds Management
- Harvard University (MA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- Re:wild Your Campus (TX)
Most colleges and universities use some level of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers to maintain campus grounds. With hazardous impacts to human and environmental health, it is time that schools recognize …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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AI Innovations for Sustainable Higher Education: Strategies and Success Stories
- Woxsen University
Join us for an enlightening session delving into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in advancing sustainability within higher education. Our presentation, "AI Innovations for Sustainable Higher Education: Strategies …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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TASTE Food: The Automated Scope 3 Tool for Tracking Emissions From Food
- Stanford University (CA)
Currently, estimating purchased food emissions requires time intensive methods and cost prohibitive software which are limited to estimating emissions based on spend. To improve this process, The Automated Scope 3 …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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