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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Leftover Food App: A Way to Address Food Waste and Food Insecurity on Campus
- Lehigh University (PA)
Every day departments, offices, and clubs hold events and meetings across campus with food. There is often leftover food at these events and meetings that gets thrown away. Lehigh University …
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Valuing What We Teach, Along With How We Teach in Sustainability Education
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
Education for sustainability is critical in preparing future generations with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to address the sustainability problems that challenge the health and stability of our world. …
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Predicting Sustainability Behavior via Attitudes, Knowledge, and Generative Concern
- Central College (IA)
Using a correlational design, this empirical study explored psychological predictors of sustainable behavior. Participants (49 women, 36 men, 4 non-binary) completed the following self-report questionnaires via Qualtrics: the Sustainability Attitudes …
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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 …
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GHG's and EIS: Automating the Greenhouse Gas Inventory Process
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
Universities nationwide have made impressive commitments to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that drive climate change. This has led to a variety of emission-tracking tools and methodologies, ranging widely …
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A Living Lab Approach to Saving The Farm
- Butler University (IN)
The Farm at Butler University has existed for 10 years without dedicated administrative funding. With no immediate funding support from the University planned, the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability …
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Open Access Sustainability Survey Data: How to integrate a longitudinal dataset into your classroom
- Michigan State University (MI)
Many people call for research data to be made publicly available and praise those who publish their work in open access outlets. But what good is such data if no …
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Creating Pathways to Empower Sustainability Professionals
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
- International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) (OR)
Sustainability professionals lead organizations and communities in driving social justice, environmental health, and a regenerative economy. For graduates of sustainability-oriented academic programs, professional, post-nominal, credentials help create an immediate on-ramp …
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Low Cost TDM Toolkit
- Harvard University (MA)
As sustainability professionals, it is our responsibility to educate our campus community about available sustainable options. The Harvard University CommuterChoice Program is dedicated to providing the best commuting information, programming …
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A Sustainability Institute at a PUI: Vision, Formation, and Our First Three Years.
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (WI)
In 2017 the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh launched the Sustainability Institute for Regional Transformations (SIRT). As an Institute at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) and with a focus on fostering …
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Developing an introductory Chemistry and Sustainability course for Sustainability majors
- The College of Saint Scholastica (MN)
This talk will discuss the pedagogical experiences and challenges of developing and teaching an introductory level Chemistry and Sustainability course as part of a new Sustainability Studies major at The …
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Visualizing Climate Change/Justice in 2020 Political Campaigns: Deep Democracy or Greenwashing
- Maryville College (TN)
Environmental issue salience in the 2020 election cycle is the highest in two generations. How are candidates presenting their sustainability and climate justice records to prospective voters? Campaign branding, print, …
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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 …
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Transitioning from Ideation to Implemention: How to Launch an Impactful Campaign or Program
- Wilfrid Laurier University (ON)
As sustainability staff or students, we often want to create innovative campaigns or programs on campus to reach a large audience. Sometimes we skip the basics of designing a program …
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Increasing Access to Sustainability Education Through Online Programs
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
Education has long been seen as crucial to supporting the needed sustainability transitions. Yet if these sustainability transitions are going to be just and inclusive than so must the education …
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Mushroom Canoe, Algae Biofuels, and Earthwalls at the Nebraska State Fair Sustainability Pavilion
- Central Community College (NE)
CCC's environmental sustainability office has hosted student projects at the Nebraska State Fair Sustainability Pavilion and at on campus Earth Month events. Sustainability Director Benjamin Newton will give an overview …
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The MycHotel: A novel mycelial building material used to augment solitary bee and wasp conservation
- Central Community College (NE)
Rapidly declining bee populations have become increasingly common across the globe. Concerns are focused on European honey bees while North America's native pollinators are in peril. Solitary bees are often …
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Can you really change behavior with an app?
- PIPS Education Fund (NY)
The stats are stark: 1) Students may leave college over unpaid debts of as little as $1,000, contributing to annual losses to attrition among public colleges and universities of about …
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Cooking Evangelism in College Curriculum and Programs - A Pathway to a Sustainable Food Future
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Many thought leaders and organizations have charted the path to a future sustainable food system, and most of these strategies require that we regain the essential skill of home cooking. …
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Green Career Planning Toolkit: Helping You Help Students Prepare for Sustainable Jobs
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
Learn about a free, online Green Career Center featuring an annual two-day online conference, webinars, interviews, and more. View an illustration of the Green Career Planning Tool developed by the …
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Successes and Lessons Learned: Using Digital Badges to Engage Students in Sustainability
- Central Community College (NE)
In 2015, Central Community College embarked on a series of sustainability digital badging projects in an effort to engage students, faculty, and the community on sustainability topics. To that end, …
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Organizing a Campus-Community Resilience Building Workshop
- Second Nature (MA)
This workshop will train participants in how to organize and facilitate a Community Resilience Building (CRB) Workshop. The CRB Workshop is a community-driven process, rich with information, experience, and dialogue …
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Green Greeks at the University of Denver
- University of Denver (CO)
The purpose of the project is to make greek life at the University of Denver more sustainable. Right now we are focusing on performing energy audits on every fraternity and …
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Energy Challenge 2020
- University of Denver (CO)
The Energy Challenge is a month long initiative where The Center for Sustainability's Energy Team works to encourage students to reduce their energy use throughout the month. We do this …
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Breaking into Academics Without a PhD: Creating Sustainability Curriculum from Facilities
- Florida State University (FL)
How can Offices of Sustainability change the academic culture of their institutions without an academic home? Colleges and universities are institutions of learning, and sustainability curriculum that engages students in …
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Producing Podcasts in the Classroom: A Case Study from ENST 300 - Environmental Justice
- Lawrence University (WI)
This session will focus on how to guide students through the process of scripting, recording, producing, distributing, and assessing podcasts as a course project. It will draw on specific examples …
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Gear Garage: Making the Outdoors More Accessible
- University of Denver (CO)
The DU Gear Garage was established during the 2016-2017 school year by two students who were looking to make getting outside more accessible to the wider campus community. It was …
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Fair Trade and Campus Advocacy as Tools for a Just Transition
- Fair Trade Colleges & Universities
Fair Trade Campaigns is a powerful grassroots movement mobilizing thousands of conscious consumers and Fair Trade advocates on campuses and in communities across the U.S. We partner with more than …
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FOO[anaerobic]D Systems: Food Justice and the Future of Our [anaerobic] Digestion Systems
- University of Central Florida (FL)
A team of students from the University of Central Florida (UCF) have been working with campus, community, municipal, and private partners to pilot an anaerobic digestion (AD) system to divert …
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Preparing a Faculty Cohort to Facilitate Internal Curriculum Integration Workshops
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Dallas College (TX)
An increasing number of colleges & universities are working to integrate sustainability & social justice into the curriculum. This often involves faculty development workshops led by external facilitators. In-house efforts, …
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Stories from the Real Meals Campaign: Student Organizers Building a Just Food System on Campus
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
Students at campuses all across the country are building power to transform our current food system to one that is grounded in racial equity, justice, and dignity for us and …
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New Methodology and Measurement Tool Linking Curricula to the 2030 Agenda and University Strategy
- Copenhagen Business School
At Copenhagen Business School (CBS), 2008 marked the beginning of a university-wide effort towards connecting curriculum to Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainability (RES). As a United Nations PRME (Principles of Responsible …
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Racial Equity and Social Justice Essay Series: Resources for Higher Education Staff on Understanding Key Concepts...
- Boston University (MA)
- Portland Community College (OR)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- AASHE (MA)
Better understanding, supporting, and addressing racial equity and social justice issues as they relate to sustainability work in higher education is paramount in creating institutions that welcome and nurture intellectual …
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Embedding SDG competencies into global education curriculum
- The GREEN Program (PA)
This session will discuss the process of designing global education programs that educate for SDG competencies and measure progress in SDG comprehension through pre- and post-program assessment. The session will …
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University Sustainability Funds 2.0: A Model for the Next Generation
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
- McGill University (QC)
The University of Washington's Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) and McGill University's Sustainability Project Fund (SPF) are two of the largest university sustainability funds in North America with yearly budgets of …
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Engaged Learning in the Landscape
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
Land grant institutions have historically used the campus landscape as a classroom and laboratory for teaching, research and outreach on agricultural topics. Contemporary challenges urged us to expand this model …
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Social Justice in Learning Outcomes: Environmental Literacy in an Indigenous Language Hotspot
- Everett Community College (WA)
This session introduces a bottom-up approach to curriculum in environmental literacy, aligned explicitly to social justice learning outcomes at a state community college in Everett, Washington. Presented herein are three …
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Accelerating Just Energy Transitions by Inviting Faith Communities to the Table
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Pressures to solve the climate crisis through clean, inclusive energy transitions are intensifying. Scientific indicators and natural disasters draw perspective to how human suffering and environmental stresses breach ecological and …
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Meeting Immediate Needs: A Curriculum for Worker Cooperatives
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- Cooperacion Santa Ana (CA)
UCI Community Resilience Projects fosters people-centered and inclusive solutions to climate challenges. Our community-driven academic partnerships work from a shared understanding that the problems of climate change, racism and all …
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Embedding sustainability in Colombian higher education institutions' strategy
- Universidad EAN
With the objective of to build capacities for all relevant actors in embedding Sustainability in Higher Education in Colombia, based on PSU's and the known AASHE experience for integrating sustainability, …
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Enlightened Education: Solar Engineering Design to Energize School Facilities
- Madison Area Technical College (WI)
This presentation will explore the potential for universities, colleges, and K-12 schools to implement solar electric infrastructure projects on their campus that also provide a learning environment and instructional opportunities …
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A Global Affairs Office and a Sustainability Office: What's the Connection?
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Over the past year, the University of California, Davis Global Affairs office and the Office of Sustainability have collaborated in ways that are mutually supportive of each office's mission on …
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Building cross-institutional sustainability and equity partnerships
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
This workshop will include real-life examples, strategies and tactics to support successful cross-institutional partnerships that promote interconnectedness and integration of equity, diversity, inclusion and sustainability. Learn why a strong partnership …
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Sustainability Strategic Planning: Meaningfully Integrating Sustainability into Campus-Wide Planning
- Williams College (MA)
During the 2019-2020 academic year, Williams College embarked on a college-wide strategic planning process. Sustainability was designated as one of the eight working groups and as one of three principles …
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Student Leadership Institute for Climate Resilience: A Just Transition Introductory Curriculum
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
Developed at UC Irvine and in its ninth year, the Student Leadership Institute for Climate Resilience (SLICR) is an annual three-day residential program that provides a select cohort of incoming …
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Student Voices in Sustainability: Incorporating Student Interns In Sustainability Communications
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Student interns play a critical role in communications initiatives at the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability (OS). In this informational session, attendees will learn how the OS incorporates student voices into …
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Mentoring Underrepresented Students in Sustainability: Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders!
- University of Iowa (IA)
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential in the field of environmental sustainability. However, it's often the people most impacted by unsustainable practices and climate change who have the least representation …
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Approaches to Strategic Zero Waste Planning and Implementation
- Boston University (MA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Zero Waste requires reimagining the notion of 'waste' and navigating the tension between meeting the desires of a University's young, climate-concerned community and convincing University leadership and staff to move …
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Leverage Your Renewable Energy Impact Through Avoided Emissions Power Purchase Agreement Strategies
- Boston University (MA)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- Edison Energy (CA)
Renewable energy procurement is a critical strategy for reducing an institution's greenhouse gas emissions, however not all renewable energy projects avoid the same amount of GHG emissions per kWh. With …
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