Conference Presentations
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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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Diversifying the Budgetary Resources for Your Campus' Sustainability Program
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Where does the budget for your campus Sustainability Programs come from? On most campuses, these Offices and Efforts are funded by a department or solely with savings. Learn how to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Solar Bus Stop Rises in Student Learning Opportunity
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (NC)
The project started in 2004 when a faculty member from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (AB Tech), filled out a purchase order and sent away for an aluminum frame bus stop. …
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Who Knew Becoming NABCEP Certified Could Have a Social Justice Component?
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (NC)
Who knew becoming NABCEP Certified Could Have a Social Justice Component?
This presentation will outline the procedures of how to become NABCEP certified for the entry Level PV and Solar …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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College & University Recycling Coalition Annual Business Meeting Lunch
- College & University Recycling Coalition (DC)
Join CURC's steering committee for our annual business meeting luncheon. Grab lunch from conference catering and bring your plate to our meeting for a brief update on CURC's status and …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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WaterShed: the University of Maryland's Winning Solar Decathlon 2011 Entry
- Ayers Saint Gross (MD)
WaterShed is the net-zero home inspired by the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem that won the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011. The student-designed, student-built home features constructed wetlands, a modular …
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UMACS Networking Session
- Bemidji State University (MN)
Get together with students, faculty, and staff from the Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS). Discuss progress and challenges at your institution.
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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YERT - Your Environmental Road Trip
- Blue Lens, LLC (PA)
Bill McKibben says about YERT, "Here's a trip you'll wish you'd taken, and you'll be glad you get to watch!" Join us for the 60-minute educational cut of the YERT …
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Analysis of Actual Energy Savings for Variable Flow Fume Hoods
- Boston University (MA)
Fume hoods are recognized as one of the major factors that result in high energy use in laboratories. To reduce their impact, many laboratories in industry and academia utilize variable-air-volume …
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Sustainability On a Rooftop: Dining, Operations and Academics Unite
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
The Green Roof at the newest campus dining center was collaborative in design/construction and continues to be a living example of successful campus partnerships in sustainability. The green roof and …
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The Campus Re-Store Comes Into Its Own: Sustainability Meets Entrepreneurship
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
The university's Re-Use store makes variety of items available to students in a unique retail format based on the sustainable theme of re-use and resource conservation. Items are available on …
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Moving Forward: Better Bike Accommodations for a More Sustainable Campus
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
Under the umbrella of Institute for Sustainability at California State University Northridge (CSUN), a campus commuting survey of 2,264 randomly selected faculty, staff, and students in 2010 showed that 62% …
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Sustainability assessment tools on French campuses: The Green Plan
- Campus Responsables
The workshop will begin with an introduction of the french sustainability asessment framework in higher education called « Green Plan ». The Green plan enables french campuses to assess sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Ohio Delegation Gathering of AASHE Attendees
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
Ohio delegation lunch gathering of AASHE attendees
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Christian Perspectives and Approaches to Sustainability in Higher Ed
- Center for Environmental Leadership (CA)
More and more Christian institutions of higher learning are starting to embrace sustainability, and as they do a nexus of faith and practice issues arise. This workshop is devoted to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Food in Your Campus Community
- CoFED (NM)
The session will be focused on sharing experiences of our different campus food services and food options, and sharing the work CoFed have been engaged in to make change. The …
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Shaping Perceptions of Sustainability: The Role of Post-secondary Coursework
- College of Charleston (SC)
This paper will gauge the role post-secondary academic instructions play in shaping student perceptions of the concept of sustainability. A comprehensive, web-based survey of College of Charleston students asked respondents …
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Creating Sustainable Dining Options: Barriers and Hopeful Solutions for Feeding Hungry Students
- College of Charleston (SC)
The presenters share their experience with analyzing the College of Charleston's (SC) current student dining options. Currently there is minimal institutional and contractural support for sustainable dining options, such that …
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Sustainable Concordia: 10 Years of Transformation Toward Sustainability
- Concordia University (CA)
Sustainable Concordia (SC) is a multi-stakeholder, consensus-based organization with the mission to transform Concordia University into a socially and ecologically sustainable institution. Over the past ten years, this university sustainability …
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Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium: Regional Networking Lunch
- Cornell University (NY)
Join the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) for a lunch time regional networking event. Founded in 2004, each year NECSC has convened over 80 institutions of higher education from the …
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Exploring Faculty Conceptualizations of Sustainable Universities Through the Use of Q Methodology
- Dalhousie University (NS)
The Sustainability in Higher Education literature reveals the highly subjective nature of thinking about what it means to be a sustainable university. We used Q methodology to explore how faculty …
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Transitioning To Impact: From Classrooms To Careers In Sustainability
- Davidson College (NC)
This presentation introduces Davidson College's new Sustainability Scholars program and examines how it successfully transitions students from the classroom into sustainability careers. Sustainability Scholars are undergraduate students who address critical …
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Re-envisioning Our Physical World to Fit Our Community's Needs Through the Use of Human Movement
- Delta College (MI)
Human movement can teach us about our physical world and present options for using our environment to fill our needs for teaching, learning, working, and engaging with our community. How …
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Seeing the Campus Through the Trees: Transforming Campus Sustainability Through the Tree Campus USA Program
- Denison University (OH)
Most everyone agrees that trees are an integral part of any college campus. Trees can be a common unifier among campus stakeholders and a springboard to promote campus sustainability initiatives. …
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Student Summit Keynote Given by Billy Parish
- AASHE (MA)
Billy Parish is Co-Founder and President of Solar Mosaic, a solar investment marketplace, and Co-Author of Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money & Community in a Changing World. In 2002, he …
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Inspiring Undergraduate Excellence with Direct and Meaningful Engagement
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
This presentation demonstrates the power of significant engagement in conservation, sustainability, and social justice, as a motivator for undergraduate excellence. Two courses at The Evergreen State College will serve as …
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Environmental studentship program as strategy to reach Sustainable University objective
- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
One of the most important challenges of sustainable universities is to incorporate the environmental issues in education curriculum and research and in campus design. Federal University of Uberlândia, in Brazil, …
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Glória Campus of Federal University of Uberlândia: Planning a Sustainable Campus with Public Participation
- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
Federal University of Uberlândia, in Brazil planned a sustainable campus for his expansion, with a participatory process that involves professors, students and administrative staff. The "Câmpus Glória" project crossed all …
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Implementing Change Through a Systems Approach to Sustainability
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
Consider the difficulty a rider faces in trying to get an elephant to change to a new path as opposed to continuing to follow a well-worn and less rigorous path. …
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Empowering Students to Build a Pipeline of Sustainable Solutions
- Focus the Nation (OR)
This session will examine successful strategies to meaningfully engage students that harnesses their youthful idealism in a pragmatic way, promotes campus and community sustainability goals, and develops the skills they …
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Framing your Focus: Networking to Increase Impact
- Focus the Nation (OR)
This networking session will guide participants in assessing what resources are available on their campus and in their community to help establish a project or to increase impact of an …
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It IS Easy Being Green: Promoting Campus Sustainability as a Student Leader
- Grand Valley State University (MI)
There are three components to the Triple Bottom Line: environmental, social and economic. When separated, they are just that, but when these three components are equally emphasized, sustainable transformation for …
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AASHE Member Meeting, hosted by AASHE Board of Directors
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The Board of Directors will give an update on AASHE activities during the past year and will provide members with an open forum for the discussion of topics relevant to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building More Sustainable Communities Through Agriculture Integration
- Green Mountain College (VT)
As citizens learn more about where their food comes from, and college students look to integrate themselves into their community there is a great potential for various campus groups to …
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Building Green Bridges: Sustainability Career Paths for Students in Higher Education
- Green Training Associates LLC
Students seeking sustainability careers need supporting processes, tools and resources to enable them to follow appropriate educational paths and prepare them with the competencies, qualifications and relevant degrees/certificates to meet …
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Building Green Bridges: Sustainability Career Solutions
- Green Training Associates LLC
The poster represents the approach taken by the Sustainability Career Paths Initiative of New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS) headed by Pam Sammarco, Green Training Associates, LLC and …
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Demonstrating Affordable Net-Zero Energy on Campus
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Is it possible to achieve net-zero-energy performance and carbon neutrality in a retrofit of an historic residence with a tight budget? When this university's Office of Sustainability was presented with …
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IUanyWare: Next Steps in Sustainable Computing
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Indiana University allows individuals to virtualize software delivery for students, faculty, and staff. IUanyWare has grown in popularity as a way to deliver high-performance computing to remote users by providing …
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Teaching Business Sustainability Through Student-Led Corporate Sustainability Audits
- Ithaca College (NY)
Universities and colleges around the globe are beginning to offer more courses to teach students about environmentally responsible business practices. These courses often offer important theoretical foundations for students who …
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The Role of Dining Services in Sustainability Programming
- Ithaca College (NY)
Ithaca College and their food service provider, Sodexo Corporation, have worked together since 2009 to give continued support to the campuses Climate Action Plan through a Comprehensive Energy Initiative. Staffers …
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Suburban Composting at Johnson County Community College: Looking at the First Year of Operations.
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
The process of composting food residuals from dining service operations has been gaining in popularity at college campuses across the country in recent years. While an estimated 12% of the …
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Building Trust with Agricultural and Rural Decision-Makers through Climate Change Education in the Rural U.S. Central Great Plains
- Kansas State University (KS)
The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership is developing climate education programming for agricultural producers, rural communities, and rural schools throughout Kansas and Nebraska. It is a National Science Foundation …
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RecycleMania Update & Planning Roundtable
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
This session will combine a brief presentation with facilitated roundtable discussions. RecycleMania staff will give a 10 minute presentation previewing the 2013 program including new categories and promotional resources. The …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Introducing Sustainable Practices Into a Reluctant Environment: A Case Study of a University Library
- Lehigh University (PA)
The challenge on any University campus is too change the often headstrong mindsets of both students as well as staff when it comes to issues of sustainability. Some institutions have …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Innovating Parking; A Necessary Evil
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
This session will describe recent efforts at Lewis & Clark College to design and build innovative and more environmentally friendly parking lots. While parking lots are often associated with all …
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No Campus Is An Island: College Sustainability As Interdependence vs. Self-Sufficiency
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
Definitions of sustainability at institutions of higher education often hearken back to the 1987 Brundtland Commission report, Our Common Future, yet many fail to capture its global scope, resulting in …
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LEED Education Credit; Bridging the Gap between Design and Performance
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
In Fall 2011 Lewis & Clark began building a new residence hall that would continue its commitment to green living. The project's goal is to ultimately increase student awareness and …
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Flying our Talk: Sustainability Standards for Education Abroad
- Living Routes, Inc. (MA)
International Education exposes students to the world. It also exposes the world to the environmental, economic, and social impacts of travel and program activities. With over a quarter-million U.S. students …
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Recycling can be the Most Cost-Effective Method of Solid Waste Management for Colleges and Universities
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Collegiate recycling programs have proliferated to almost all higher educational campuses, yet many administrators from continue to believe that recycling services can add tens or hundreds of thousand dollars to …
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Researching Two On-site Food Waste Reduction Technologies at an Urban University
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
This presentation will discuss two research projects conducted at Loyola Marymount University on the effectiveness of on-site food waste reduction technologies. The first study analyzed a food waste dehydration system …
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Transitioning to Green: Implementing a Comprehensive Environmental Sustainability Initiative on a University Campus
- Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Environmental sustainability has become increasingly relevant to institutions of higher education. However, change in higher education is described by scholars as slow and difficult. This makes it complicated to effectively …
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