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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Power Shift: How Ten Campuses Shifted to 100% Renewables
- Lafayette College (PA)
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
Many campus carbon neutrality goals are on the horizon. And yet, many campuses have also struggled to make significant progress. Renewable energy has emerged as the most cost-effective way to …
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Achieving Net-zero Energy Through LACCD's Digital Twin Meta-Tech Initiative
- Los Angeles Community College District (CA)
- Jacobs, Inc (TX)
The greatest challenge of the 21st Century is global climate change. The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the Nation's largest community college district covering approximately 900 square miles, …
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Drilling Through the Carbon Barrier for Campus Decarbonization
- Boston University (MA)
- Tufts University (MA)
- BR+A (MA)
- Salas O'Brien (CA)
Many institutions pursuing carbon neutrality are running into challenges of cost and scale. While procuring renewable energy can address emissions associated with campus electricity, decarbonizing heating and cooling loads requires …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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LGBTQIA+ Meet-Up
- University at Buffalo (NY)
This session is for any individual from the LGBTQIA+ community that wants to connect with others in the AASHE network. It will be a safe space to build relationships and …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Exploring the Intersection of EDIA and Sustainability in HEIs
- University of Toronto (ON)
Environmental issues have a disproportionately negative effect on marginalized communities. Equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) is a prevalent topic in environmental studies, and there is a growing interest in …
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Building the Pipeline (Not the Fossil Fuel One!)
- Tufts University (MA)
This session is about accelerating and diversifying climate leadership. The sustainability sector often reflects a lack of diversity, with a predominance of white employees, especially in higher-level positions such as …
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Community Colleges and Just Transition: The Tribal Stewards Program and Leading With Equity
- Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (WA)
The Tribal Stewards program in Washington Community and Technical Colleges seeks to reconstruct workforce education to support Tribal student success, leadership, and economic mobility. We will explore how we have …
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Embracing the Queerness of our Work
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
- University at Buffalo (NY)
- University of Central Florida (FL)
As the world grapples with climate change, it is essential to recognize that sustainability extends beyond ecological practices. It encompasses diverse identities, including those of LGBTQIA+ students and professionals. Our …
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Sustainability Without Equity - Responding to Anti-DEI Bills
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The three E's of sustainability are the environment, economy, and equity. Over the past year, we have seen dramatic changes in higher education concerning the third E, namely in diversity, …
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Equity in Campus Decarbonization: Insights from UC Campus Studies
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
- JLL (IL)
- Inclusiv
University of California academic and health campuses are pursuing decarbonization studies to identify how to eliminate 90% of the emissions from fossil fuels on campus. As part of the study …
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Shifting the Approach: Greening Abolitionist Teaching for Inclusive Sustainability
- California State University, San Marcos (CA)
In recent years, there has been growing criticism within environmental/sustainability curriculum and within the sustainability field, in general, regarding the implicit racism embedded in the institutions that train future environmental/sustainability …
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It's All Connected! Climate Change, Social Justice, Basic Needs Support and Student Leadership
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- Portland Community College (OR)
Implementing a new student leadership development program during a global pandemic, national uprising due to political and social unrest and climate-fueled fires was challenging, to say the least. However this …
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Meeting the "Green Skills Gap" With the Climate Action Clinic
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
Hundreds of campuses have been actively tracking and managing their own carbon footprints for years yet this has not yet translated into large scale carbon management education and engagement programs …
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Key Competencies and Best Practices for Sustainability Degree Programs
- University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)
This Learning Lab is primarily for program directors wanting to design, evaluate, or improve a certificate or degree program at a Bachelor's or Master's level related to Sustainability. Participants will …
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Education for Sustainability: Behavior Change Research
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Since the mid-1990s, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has insisted that achieving sustainability will depend on changes in behavior which need to be motivated by a …
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Charting new futures for faculty development for sustainability
- Elon University (NC)
For almost two decades, the Piedmont Project at Emory University and the Ponderosa Project at Northern Arizona University have been used as models to support faculty who are interested in …
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Embracing Crisis as Catalyst: Mobilizing SDGs in Post-Secondary Classrooms and the SDGs in the Classroom Toolkit
- York University (ON)
In the face of persistent disruptions and fractures in the post-secondary education sector, exacerbated by global events, it becomes imperative to reconceptualize crisis as a potential catalyst for positive transformation …
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A Faculty Meetup – Where do we go From Here
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
- University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)
This session is a collaborative gathering aimed at fostering open discussions among faculty members about future directions in sustainability education and initiatives. Several topics at the June Sustainability Education Forum …
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TASK - A Psychometric Tool for Measuring Meaningful Impact in Higher Education
- Sulitest
HEIs aiming to embrace sustainability face a common challenge: how to empower faculty to transform the curriculum in line with the SDGs and Earth crisis. To meet this challenge, Sulitest …
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Teaching for Sustainability in the Pacific Northwest
- Seattle University (WA)
- Western Washington University (WA)
We are inviting academics and practitioners of sustainability to come to this session to discuss best practices in sustainability across the curriculum, and to share and network with other in …
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Best Practices in Using the Campus as a Living Lab
- Rice University (TX)
- Santa Clara University (CA)
Using the campus as a living lab for applied sustainability learning is a powerful way for students to learn about sustainability and develop key sustainability competencies, and is an important …
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Developing Sustainability Learning Outcomes & Assessment
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Developing a sustainability major, minor, certificate, or school? If so, you are likely crafting or updating learning outcomes and related assessments. This interactive Learning Lab will enable participants to be …
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Pathways to Resilience: A Climate Education Leap at App State
- Appalachian State University (NC)
In this session, we will describe a case study of curricular transformation and lessons learned for individuals who want to create significant change in sustainability focused curriculum at their own …
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Lessons Learned from the Organic Origins of Sustainability Curricula at Appalachian State
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Appalachian State’s deep embrace of sustainability curricula traces its origins back to an experimental general education program that existed from 1978-1983 called Earth Studies, housed in the Department of Interdisciplinary …
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Sustaining Wholeness: Reimagining a Regenerative Graduate Landscape
- Prescott College (AZ)
- University of West Alabama (AL)
Obtaining a PhD can be a dehumanizing experience, especially for systemically marginalized scholars. Dominant culture in U.S. academia is often infused with colonial, patriarchal, racialized and heteronormative epistemologies. These epistemologies …
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Essential Tensions in Graduate Training for Research-Practice on Urban Transformations
- Georgia State University (GA)
- University of Colorado Denver Business School (CO)
It is imperative that cities become more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, and society’s need to imagine, design, and implement innovative strategies has never been greater. Less clear is whether …
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STARS and Student Engagement for Sustainable Colleges and Universities
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
- Seattle University (WA)
- Binghamton University (NY)
- AASHE (MA)
The combined session features interactive discussions of three educational cases related to using STARS as a Living Lab. The first session, titled “STARS as Our Curriculum: An Institution as a …
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Campus Sustainability Strategy - Tools, Framing & Inspiration
- University of Southern California (CA)
Does your energy level swing between euphoria inspired by student creativity and severe fatigue from back-to-back engagement activities? Do you question whether your office’s efforts are moving the needle? Until …
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TRUST, FEEDBACK, GROWTH - Cultivating a Resilient and Adaptive Team
- Trust (MA)
To move at the pace demanded by the climate crisis will require quick feedback loops and ongoing iterations of our work. A team can be stacked with talent - but …
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Community College Networking Meeting
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
This session provides opportunities for community college sustainability staff/faculty/students to share their successes and challenges with each other. Additionally, the new AASHE Community/Technical College support community will be introduced.
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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The Road to AASHE STARS Gold: Changing the Face of Sustainability
- California State University, Dominguez Hills (CA)
There are several common challenges for higher education institutions when it comes to prioritizing sustainability on campus: lack of interest or support from upper administration, lack of resources and funding, …
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Navigating AASHE's STARS v3.0: Reporting with Data Excellence and Stakeholder Engagement
- American University (DC)
In today's rapidly evolving sustainability landscape, accurate and transparent reporting is crucial for higher educational institutions to communicate progress and benchmark sustainability goals. This presentation will provide insight on lessons …
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International Networking Session
- AASHE (MA)
Join this session to network with attendees from outside of the US and Canada, learn about AASHE's work with campuses around the world, and the variety of global organizations that …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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AASHE Member Meeting
- AASHE (MA)
AASHE Member Meeting
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HEI Administrators and Managers Networking Session
- University of Toronto (ON)
A “whole-institution approach” — involving departments, operations, and governance — is required to achieve sustainable, climate-positive campuses. The community actively engaging in and incorporating sustainable practices on campus now extends …
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Take the SDGs Global with Education Abroad & International Services
- Texas A&M University (TX)
This session will examine the powerful synergy between sustainability initiatives and global programs. Presenters will demonstrate the impact of forging strategic alliances between your sustainability office and key players like …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Faith-Based Higher Education Institution Networking Session
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
- Oklahoma City University (OK)
Faith-Based Higher Education Institution Networking Session
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Elevating Impact Through Local Government Partnership
- Northeastern University (MA)
- Stanford University (CA)
Colleges and universities cannot solve the climate crisis alone. We are deeply connected to our surrounding neighborhoods and the cities and towns that host and partner with us. Much like …
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Sustainability Offices of One Networking Session
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
- University of Louisville (KY)
We all know that Sustainability Coordinators are amazingly talented and highly motivated. We can do anything, right? Well, the truth is that we cannot do EVERYTHING; and yet so many …
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Behind the Curtain: How to Create & Deploy Creative Funding Constructs That Get @!%$ Done
- Emory University (GA)
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
Have you tried to get a revolving fund or student sustainability fee and failed? Do you know certain efforts pay back financially, academically, and/or in advancing solutions to complex challenges …
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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Sustainable Practices & Resiliency: Higher Ed. Strategic Planning
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
- Deloitte Consulting LLP (TX)
Presenters describe Florida Gulf Coast University’s (FGCU’s) journey leading up to and since the incorporation of sustainability and resiliency into the University’s new five-year strategic plan. During the session, attendees …
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Student Sustainability Leadership Development at the College of Charleston
- College of Charleston (SC)
Leadership is a concept that has many definitions and can be a very difficult thing to understand, yet so many people seek to understand it. The same can be said …
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From Ideas to Action: Using the STARS Reporting Process to Develop a Strategic Plan
- Brailsford & Dunlavey (DC)
Congratulations! You've completed a STARS Report! Now what?! The value of the STARS reporting process is more than a STARS Rating. Relationships built, data collected, and key insights highlighted throughout …
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Building Communities of Practice Among Sustainability and Racial Equity Leaders
- Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (WA)
We would like to convene those working at the intersections of sustainability, climate solutions and resilience, and racial equity. Come and share what that work looks like in your organization(s) …
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Climate Action Planning, Different Approaches, Common Themes, and Resources
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (WI)
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
This learning lab highlights climate action planning, stakeholder identification & engagement ideas, hazard & impact mapping, resources, etc. The Universities of Wisconsin include 13 public universities across the state. Eight …
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STARS External Review as a Collaboration Tool
- University of Utah (UT)
- Utah State University (UT)
- Weber State University (UT)
Learn how three Utah higher education institutions work together to strengthen their sustainability efforts through the STARS external review process. Weber State University, Utah State University, and the University of …
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From Data to Action: Using Surveys to Drive Sustainability Programs
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
At a large university, it can be difficult to determine what campus sustainability programs should be prioritized. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Office of Sustainability (OS) tackles this challenge by …
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Sustainability, Y'all! Southeastern Schools Meet Up
- Kennesaw State University (GA)
- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (NC)
- University of Georgia (GA)
Do you attend or represent a college or university in the southeastern US? Do you want to connect with folks from other schools from this distinctive part of the continent? …
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Networking Session for Canadian Institutions
- McGill University (QC)
- University of the Fraser Valley (BC)
Networking session for sustainability practitioners from insitutions in Canada.
- Posted Feb. 28, 2025
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STARS Town Hall
- Colorado State University (CO)
- The New School (NY)
- AASHE (MA)
The STARS Town Hall is an opportunity to learn about the ongoing development of the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System and provide feedback on the program. Participants will hear …
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