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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A Better Way To Move People on Campus
- Polaris Industries (MN)
Your higher education campus needs to move people. Join us for a discussion on how to do it safely, sustainably and affordably. We will discuss outdated methods of campus transport …
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Dynamics of Campus Interconnectivity: The Mobility-Energy-Productivity Metric
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
Campuses are microcosms of emerging mobility advancement to connect people with opportunities, employment, goods, and services, and where modes such as bike and car shares, electric scooters, ride-sourcing, and ride-sharing …
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Do It Yourself Employee E-Bike Purchase Programs
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) wants to encourage its employees to start commuting more sustainably, and with our hilly topography, electric bikes are a great choice. The problem we encountered is …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Financially Justifying Sustainable Transportation Changes Through Right-Sizing the Fleet
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Polaris Industries (MN)
The campus fleet is one of the most visible areas a university can make improvements to its sustainability. However, the vehicles have a job to do, so the solution needs …
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Employer-Provided Mobility: Energy Efficient Commuting to Empower Early Career Workers
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
Higher education prepares students to succeed in their careers. This should include the knowledge that those entering the job market have substantial power toward co-creation of sustainable economic practices. One …
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Benefits of Technology Platforms for Improving Alternative Transit Modeshare
- University of Denver (CO)
Biking is one of the most efficient, environmentally-friendly, and economically sustainable ways to travel in an urban environment. Not only does it have huge financial and environmental benefits by eliminating …
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Charging Ahead: Plan and Collaborate to Support Electric Vehicle Adoption by Commuters and Fleets
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- University of Florida (FL)
Vehicle electrification is creating new demands on universities to provide electrical charging stations for commuters, visitors, and campus-owned vehicles. Rapidly increasing demand for these services is evidenced by the exponential …
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Safer Streets: Applying the Volpe National Side Guard Standard for Large Trucks on a Campus
- Harvard University (MA)
In February 2018, Harvard University announced a new initiative to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety by becoming the first higher education institution on the East Coast to install side guards …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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How Providing Public Transit Passes Not Only Helps Students Financially, But Empowers Them Too
- Augsburg University (MN)
Environmental Action Committee (EAC) is a student led campus organization working on sustainable initiatives that benefit both the campus and student body at Augsburg University. One of the group's main …
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Don't pack your bags. We can create interactive, fun and transformative e-conferences.
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- University of Alberta (AB)
Don't stress! Yes, conferences create connections and inspire new ideas; however, traveling to conferences costs time, money and increases our carbon footprint. But no, it's not the only way. E-conferences …
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Revolutionizing Transportation & Mobility Data Surveys with AI and Smart Phones: A pilot study
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
- B-Line Analytics (NS)
Data science, artificial intelligence and smart phones carry the potential to revolutionize transportation/mobility planning and scope 3 greenhouse house gas inventories. Traditional transportation surveys are conducted by hundreds of AASHE-member …
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Getting There from Here: Improving Data Collection and Reporting Related to Commuting Impacts
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- Second Nature (MA)
For more than a decade, tracking greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts of commuting has been one of the more crazy-making aspects of sustainability reporting and planning. In 2019, University …
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Using Sustainability Principles to Impact Library Education: Information Literacy, Resources and Services
- Sul Ross State University (TX)
Libraries are the ultimate hubs of sustainability on academic campuses. Libraries are built for everyone, provide services to everyone, and seek to house information - physically and digitally - on …
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Green Behaviors and Preferences Among College Students
- Manhattan College (NY)
Our article contributes to the literature by investigating college students' environmental preferences and behavior by investigating their recycling attitudes and frequencies, their preference between tap versus bottled water, their willingness …
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Questions that Need Answers: Resolving Data Gaps as an Opportunity for Communities and Universities
- United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (NY)
As research deepens around the sustainable economy, theoretical and analytical gaps in knowledge are becoming clearer. Universities can use this information, and their position as interdisciplinary institutions, to direct their …
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Native Bee Conservation: Bridging the Gap Between Research, Sustainability, and Educating the Public
- Central College (IA)
Approximately 85% of flowering plants depend on animals for pollination. Bees, one of the most important pollinator groups, not only enable reproduction of most wild flowering plants, but also play …
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The Best Worst Way to Pick a Sustainability Culture Instrument, and How to do Better Next Time
- University of Northern Colorado (CO)
Sustainability culture can't be measured using using meters or gauges, so community members and researchers need a different kind of instrument. The go-to instruments are surveys to support a better …
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Research Findings from the Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
The Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN), an international research network, has spent the last six years examining the uptake of sustainability in higher education policy and practice across Canada. …
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Improving Sustainable Purchasing Through Business Services Systems and Practices
- Stanford University (CA)
The purchase of supplies by staff in universities is connected to the use of energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste. The types and quantities of supplies purchased in universities …
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Sustainable Procurement in Laboratories: It's Time to Act
- My Green Lab (CA)
Recent years have seen an increased focus on sustainable procurement across a multitude of industries. Yet with little information or sustainability standards for laboratory products, it has been challenging for …
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Beyond Green - Can Your IT Purchasing Also Drive Supply Chain Responsibility?
- TCO Certified (TX)
IT hardware is a complex category for institutional purchasers. Institutions are concerned about not only environmental impacts of their IT infrastructure, but also working conditions in the manufacturing supply chains …
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Breaking the Cycle of Convenience Culture: Inspiring Accountability Through Ownership
- KeepCup (CA)
College and university campuses are not closed systems. The population changes day to day, depending on class, staff, and vendor schedules and activities. With an ever-changing population with diverse needs …
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Leveraging Campus Buying Power to Get Toxic Chemicals Out of Our Food and Off School Grounds
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- Center for Environmental Health
This session aims to educate, inspire, and equip purchasing decision makers, relevant staff and students to take action, collaborate with other purchasers, and employ creative solutions to eliminate toxic chemicals …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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California State University Says Goodbye to Single-Use Plastics
- California State University, Chancellor's Office (CA)
- California State University, Long Beach (CA)
- California State University, Los Angeles (CA)
The California State University includes 23 campuses, 500,000 students and sustains more than 150,000 employees. A new system policy enacted in December establishes purchasing practices aimed at eliminating disposable plastic …
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Purchasing With Your Values
- Bow Valley College (AB)
Public institutions have to be conscious stewards of public funds when making purchasing decisions. Passing Sustainable Purchasing Policies or Procedures can help empower employees of schools to be creative and …
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Supply Chain Partnerships: MSU and SPLC Pilot BENCHMARK in Higher Ed Operations
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)
Organizations around the world have recognized the need for supply chain sustainability in order to reduce the environmental, social and economic impacts of their purchasing while protecting and delivering value …
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Leveraging Institutional Buying Power for Sustainable Procurement: A Strategizing Session
- Boston University (MA)
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
Many colleges and universities have separate conversations with the same suppliers. Imagine the impact we could have on the environment if higher ed coordinated sustainability requests of these companies and …
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Outdoor Program Gear Purchasing: Applying Leave No Trace Ethics to Create a Circular Economy
- Auburn University (AL)
- University of North Carolina, Asheville (NC)
This session will explore how outdoor programs can become more sustainable in regard to purchasing, maintenance, and transportation while effectively educating the student population on these topics. Presenters are two …
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Improving Health in the Built Environment Through a Class-Based Approach to Chemicals of Concern
- Harvard University (MA)
- Center for Environmental Health
This panel introduces purchasers (and manufacturers) to the targeted chemical class-based approach to help provide clarity grounded in science about how to avoid the most common chemicals of concern in …
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Can Buying Better Products Help Reverse Global Warming? Toward Circular, Carbon-Storing Procurement
- Interface, Inc (GA)
What does Procurement have to do with global warming? Research indicates that the embodied carbon (the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere from product supply chains, manufacturing and transport) purchased by …
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Networking Session for NY Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education (NYCSHE)
- Syracuse University (NY)
Current members or anyone interested in joining please attend our meet and greet networking session. Members of the Coalition represent institutions of higher education in New York State. Membership of …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Data-Driven Sustainability: How Universities Can Use Data to Make Ethical Licensing Decisions
- Sumerra (OR)
Poor working conditions at a factory in China that manufactures t-shirts bearing a university's logo aren't that university's problem, right? Wrong. Universities are increasingly called to account (in a very …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Meeting
- Smith College (MA)
This is a netoworking meeting of the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium. See https://sustain.princeton.edu/necsc
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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NASPA Meet-Up
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Celebrating a recent partnership between NASPA (Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education) and AASHE, this networking session will provide a space for student affairs practitioners to connect with colleagues, share …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Arizona Colleges and Universities Networking
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The world is a small place, but it is easy to stay inside our bubble despite working potentially one department or city away. This networking session will bring sustainability leaders …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Green in a Red State: Working in Conservative Environments
- University of Central Oklahoma (OK)
This networking session is meant to continue the conversation started at AASHE 2018 wherein attendees can share ideas, collaborate on solutions, and problem solve together about effective ways to pursue …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Ethical Labor in Collegiate Licensee Supply Chains
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
Collegiate licensees' levels of readiness and willingness to implement ethical labor practices throughout their supply chains is a priority consideration for UCLA in selecting its trademark licensees. In 2010, UCLA …
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How Do We Build a Bridge Between Science and Decision Making? Narratives Matter
- Dallas College (TX)
Every decision is being made at in local, regional, national and global contexts. Researchers at universities are discovering solutions to be more sustainable and community colleges are equipping students to …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Catholic and Faith-Based Higher Education Institutions Networking Session
- Gonzaga University (WA)
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
- Marquette University (WI)
- St. Louis University High School (MO)
Join sustainability staff, faculty, and students from other faith-based institutions as we share updates on how this aspect of our institutional identity informs our sustainability strategy. This time will allow …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Simplifying Sustainability - Creating A Powerful, Unified Marketing Campaign For Sustainability
- Marketing Evolution (NY)
- Industry PDX (OR)
- C[IQ] Strategies (OR)
Great marketing campaigns have changed the way people think and act -- 'This Is Your Brain On Drugs', 'Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk', and 'Only You Can Prevent Wildfires', …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Leveraging Funding to Provide Student Experience and Community Enrichment
- Furman University (SC)
Would you like to learn how to provide consistent funding for a resilient student fellowship program? We have some thoughts and experiences to share. Furman University, a liberal arts school, …
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Building Bridges Through Reuse
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
For this session, the presenters will focus on the Hoosier to Hoosier Sale at Indiana University Bloomington (IU). The Hoosier to Hoosier Community Sale is a reuse program that aims …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Democratizing Capital for a Regenerative Economy
- Center for Economic Democracy (MA)
The Boston Ujima Project is organizing neighbors, workers, business owners, artists and investors to create a new community controlled economy in Greater Boston. Since launching in 2016, Ujima has built …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Rooted in Community: Collaboration with Local Land Trusts
- Davidson College (NC)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)
As higher education institutions, and specifically sustainability offices, seek to broaden and deepen collaboration with local organizations, the land trust community is a natural partner. In many cases, both the …
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Weatherization Programs: Partnerships to Address Community Issues
- Furman University (SC)
- University of Florida (FL)
The benefits of weatherization programs are extensive. These programs have the capacity to address social and economic inequality, the historical effects of gentrification, and the growing impacts of climate change …
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The Importance of Community, Culture, History, and Education for Sustainability
- Colorado State University (CO)
In this presentation I will share the story of Keokuk, Iowa - my hometown - a river town community along the Mississippi River, which is considered the most dangerous town …
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Getting WILD! Introducing Children to Nature...Why and How
- Dallas College (TX)
Research has proved individuals interacting with nature are healthier, both mentally and physically. They have higher self-esteem, are more cooperative with others and perform better at work and school. However, …
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A Collaborative Approach to Sustainability and Inclusion at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games
- Playback Sports (WA)
- Elysium Events LLC
This bright, colorful presentation and discussion will cover the value and importance of a cross-functional team and holistic sustainability strategy for large-scale events. We will share the story of how …
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Recipes for Effective Campus-Community Partnerships: Perspectives on Food Security & Justice
- College of Charleston (SC)
- University of Utah (UT)
This combined session will present two cases of campus-community partnerships centered on food. The Stone Soup Collective College of Charleston Chapter is comprised of dozens of collectivists and volunteers who …
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Breaking the Bubble: Using Video to Demystify Sustainable Living
- University of Kentucky (KY)
This poster presentation details an online video series entitled 'What Can You Do to Live More Sustainably.' Nine videos featuring students, staff and faculty across the University of Kentucky provide …
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