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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Opening Keynote - Katharine Hayhoe
- Texas Tech University (TX)
Katharine Hayhoe, this year's opening keynote speaker, is an accomplished atmospheric scientist with over 120 peer-reviewed publications focusing on what climate change means for people and the environment. A professor …
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The effect of smoke exposure on the germination of native plant species of North America
- Texas Tech University (TX)
Smoke exposure is known to influence germination of a wide variety of species. However, the influence of smoke on germination of grasses is poorly studied. In order to investigate the …
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Finding Your Voice: Understanding Otherness in Sustainability Education
- Texas A&M University (TX)
This presentation aims to examine the relationship between the pillars of sustainability, and the power based relationships that are created when a dominant culture subjects others to accept the status …
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Green the Greeks at Florida Gulf Coast University
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
An in depth guide to creating and implementing a sustainability program focused on Greek organization involvement in a public university. Topics will include establishment, data recording, participation, roadblocks, collaborating with …
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In Their Own Words and by the Numbers: A Mixed -Methods Study of the Advancement of Sustainability in American Higher Education
- Florida Atlantic University (FL)
A call for the urgent implication due to the increasingly hostile environment is pressing. All social sectors should respond to the change with active participation. Notably, 'higher education institutions are …
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The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Student Experience: Sustainability by Design
- The Sextant Group (PA)
Every day we hear of a new technology that is Internet-connected, enabled, enhanced! If they can afford it, college students are eager first adopters of these gadgets and their applications. …
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Empowering Student Leadership in Tough Times
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
Our greatest legacy as campus sustainability changemakers may be the leaders we develop. National news can sometimes discourage students, yet can also be profound motivation for a life of leadership …
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How to Build Strategic Power -- Seven Secrets for Leaders to Win Change On & Beyond Campus
- Elected Officials to Protect America (SC)
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win' - Gandhi This dynamic, interactive workshop will hone your public leadership skills and …
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Promoting and Assessing Sustainability Literacy as a Learning Outcome in Education Abroad
- The Education Abroad Network (IL)
If education abroad is to fulfill its promise of fostering intercultural awareness and global citizenship, then sustainability learning must be at its core, with outcomes assessed in terms of altered …
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Literally Breaking Down Walls (Roofs and Floors too). Owner and Consultant Insight to Obtaining Sustainable Building Enclosures.
- dbHMS (IL)
Sustainable buildings require complex analysis from various participants in a project team, which is especially true for developments in the MUSH market (Municipal, University, Schools K-12, and Hospitals). In a …
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Corrugated Pallets: How Campus Procurement Policies Can Drive National Change to Reduce Emissions, Advance Zero Waste, and Protect Employees
- Change the Pallet (OR)
Change the Pallet is a national non-profit dedicated to reducing carbon emissions massively through education and advocacy with respect to the tremendous environmental benefits of corrugated paper pallets vs. traditional …
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Smart Buildings - Integrating PoE with the IoT
- Cree (NC)
The purpose of this presentation is to provide a better understanding of how the Internet of Things (IoT) and Power over Ethernet (PoE) have and will continue to change our …
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Pareto principle for your carbon reduction goals: Purchasing offsite renewable energy while addressing stakeholder needs
- BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC (CA)
You want to take a big chunk out of your university's carbon footprint with a minimum of effort. This presentation will lay out a vision for making big strides in …
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16 Billion Trees Fell Last Year, Is Anyone Listening?
- TreeZero Paper (GA)
Poster will detail impacts and risks of deforestation; opportunities for reducing paper use and example of easy solution to add to your sustainability efforts to reduce impact on deforestation, climate …
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How to achieve Silver in STARS and not die trying?
- Universidad de Monterrey
Sustainability is something quite new in universities in Latin America, specifically in Mexico. Since the launch of STARS as a pilot in 2011 our university decided we wanted to be …
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How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change film screening
- Bullfrog Films (PA)
A 127-minute feature documentary. Filmmaker Josh Fox continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change in 12 countries, acknowledging that it may be too late to stop some of …
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Beyond Offsetting: Onsetting Scope 3 Emissions and Supporting Innovative Local Projects
- Earth Deeds (MA)
Universities struggle to find meaningful ways to address their Scope 3 emissions, especially with regard to staff travel and study abroad. This session will explain carbon onsetting as a positive …
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A New Way to Benchmark Your Sustainable Purchasing Program
- Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)
The members of the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council have collaborated to produce a Benchmarking System for evaluating the maturity of Sustainable Purchasing Programs. The new tool is being used by …
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What Paper Manufacturers Know About Environmental Impact that Customers Aren't Asking About
- Kimberly-Clark Professional (GA)
In this session we will examine some key environmental considerations that are often overlooked during procurement decisions. Specifically, we will focus on the manufacturing and waste footprint created by consumable …
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Materials Health and Transparency: The Social, Physical, and Environmental Impacts
- Bruner/Cott Architects (MA)
Material health and transparency are not only issues of sustainable building, but also social justice and public health. Building construction has both upstream and downstream consequences to people and communities. …
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Techniques to Foster Interpersonal Competences
- Nanyang Technological University
Interpersonal Competences (ICs) are vital for sustainability change agents. Evidence shows that ICs are also highly-prized career skills. A student with strong ICs can productively interact and empathize with collaborators …
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Higher Education for Sustainability in Asian Contexts
- Nanyang Technological University
This poster reviews recent work developments in Higher Education for Sustainability (HEfS) and Education for Sustainable Development in monsoon Asia. Monsoon Asia accounts for over half the world's population, and …
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Reducing our Carbon Footprint: A Simple Solution to Cutting Car Reliance on University Campuses
- DoubleMap, Inc. (IN)
After the US pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, over 180 universities signed the 'We Are Still In' pledge to uphold the terms of the Paris Climate Agreement to …
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Uber Like Solution Helping with Safe Ride - Indiana University
- DoubleMap, Inc. (IN)
Sprawling campuses and students' late night tendencies can lead to a dangerous environment for those who walk home during late hours. Many universities have begun to implement a safe ride …
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Activities on campus sustainability for solidarity in Japan - A Case Study: The Green Program in Fukushima -
- Fukushima College
Involvement of many people is a key to establish sustainable campus as well as taking advantage of advanced technology. However, it is very difficult for us today to unite for …
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Multi Modal Sustainability FREE My Open Road App - A Great Tool to Reduce Carbon Footprint, Get Fit & Get Rewarded
- My Open Road (CA)
My Open Road is a multimodal sustainability FREE mobile app that can help universities, MPOs to: Reduce traffic congestion; Encourage healthy lifestyles; Measure and record reductions in carbon emissions; Raise …
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Why a majority of students don't live their 'sustainability values' and what to do about it
- GreeniPhi (VA)
While the average college student claims to value sustainability, their commitment to environmental conservation often fails to translate into action. This session uses insights from psychology and business to explore …
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By Impacting Hearts and Minds, Emergent Leadership Transforms Brick and Mortar Projects Into Much More
- The EMERGE Leadership Project (WA)
If conventional leadership was all that was needed to create a truly sustainable built environment - one that generates choices equitably -- we would be there already. This presentation offers …
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Sustainable Food Systems: Increasing Local Food Procurement on Campus
- Mohawk College (ON)
Increasing local food procurement represents an opportunity for post-secondary institutions to enhance campus sustainability, improve the student experience, and have a greater positive impact on the regional economy. Mohawk College …
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Strategic Planning for Campus Sustainability Management
- Mohawk College (ON)
Mohawk College's Environmental Management Plan is the blueprint and leading policy document for making the College a more environmentally, socially and financially resilient institution. By addressing key operational areas and …
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Sustainable Development: Transformational Outdoor Spaces
- Mohawk College (ON)
Mohawk College's Sustainable Landscape Plan provides a comprehensive vision for the design and programming of campus open spaces, supporting the creation of sustainable campuses with high quality outdoor spaces and …
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Innovatively Adding The Skills That Tomorrow's Workers Need, Into Today's Curriculum
- Sustainable Design Consulting (VA)
Sustainability is a topic that is constantly changing. Regulations are changing constantly and the market is moving so fast that the skills that entry level employees need is shifting so …
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Emphasizing Diversity and Equity in Your Sustainability Narrative
- Chemeketa Community College (OR)
As practitioners of sustainability, too often we take an approach that applies the dominant cultural sustainability paradigm (personal sustainability efforts and outdoor activities) and excludes social inequity (human and environmental …
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Fix It Friday
- Illinois State University (IL)
Fix It Friday is a program at Illinois State University in which students majoring in the Fashion Design and Merchandising program set up sewing machines in various locations around campus …
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Lean Green Financing at MSIs
- Huston-Tillotson University (TX)
In the rapidly evolving field of sustainability, both new technology and financing mechanisms are opening possibilities for green projects on campuses previously perceived as unattainable. Over the past three years, …
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Creating a culture of operational visibility: the data-driven future of campus operations
- Atrius (CA)
Vladi will explain how, by implementing cost-effective energy-efficiency measures, many colleges and universities have the potential to cut their energy bills by 30 percent or more. Yet campus sustainability practitioners …
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Consumer Recycling Attitudes and Behaviors
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
Keep America Beautiful conducted a nationwide survey in October 2016 to study people's recycling attitudes and behaviors. The goal of the project was to better understand how to overcome barriers …
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CURC Campus Recycling & Materials Management Survey
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
The College and University Recycling Coalition (CURC) is conducting a national survey to document recycling and sustainable materials management (SMM) trends and practices at North American colleges and universities. The …
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CURC Campus Recycling Workshop
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
Join recycling and sustainability colleagues from campuses across the US and Canada for the annual CURC Workshop. This year's workshop will be hosted by the University of the Incarnate Word …
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Doing More With Less
- Santa Clara University (CA)
In a world where information of many current events is so readily available, there seem to be countless opportunities to utilize the content for educating about sustainability. However, taking advantage …
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Sustainable Entrepreneurship into the Universidad EAN (Colombia)
- Universidad EAN
This proposal arises from the need to study the new entrepreneurship in the modern world and the factors for to obtain the sustainability as an attribute into the educational process …
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Why a Social Justice Framework Is the Only Way to Collective Climate Justice and Deep Sustainability
- Hackman Consulting Group
This poster session lays out the rationale for the absolute need for a social justice framework when doing climate justice and sustainability work by making three essential points: 1. How …
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In Serving Solidarity, Let's Talk about Privilege: Critical Conversations About 'Unsustainable' Race, Class & Gender Privilege
- Hackman Consulting Group
While attention to the ways dynamics of racism, classism and gender oppression target people of color and native people, poor and working class people, and cisgender women and trans* folks …
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To Come Together, We Must Transform What's Divided Us: Utilizing a Social Justice Lens for Collective Campus Sustainability Work
- Hackman Consulting Group
As evidenced over the last 24 months, a lack of critical understanding of social justice issues makes collaborative work across multiple lines of identity near impossible, while thoughtful attention to …
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An Introduction to the Role of Race, Class and Gender Issues On Campus Sustainability Work
- Hackman Consulting Group
This introductory session explores the powerfully important ways that dynamics of race, class and gender (RCG) impact the efficacy of our campus sustainability work, and then suggests how a racial …
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Street Harassment Assessment at the College of Charleston
- College of Charleston (SC)
Colleges and universities in urban areas are made up of many different types of environments. The nonprofit organization Stop Street Harassment, defines street harassment as 'unwanted whistling, leering, sexist, homophobic …
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Bicycle Parking Assessment at the College of Charleston
- College of Charleston (SC)
The College of Charleston's Sustainable Transportation Program, managed by the College's Office of Sustainability, is dedicated to providing accessible transportation options for students as well as advocating for a bike …
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How Learning Interdependently in Outdoor Settings can Induce a Paradigm Shift & Foster a Yearn to Protect the Natural World
- College of Charleston (SC)
As a vice president of the College of Charleston's Outdoors Club and long-time outdoor enthusiast, I have found that exposing people to the natural world has been one of the …
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Beyond the Triple Bottom Line; An Alternative Framework for Sustainability
- College of Charleston (SC)
At nearly 25 years old, Elkington's triple bottom line is nearing obsolesce. While laudable in its intent to promote full cost accounting, the TBL's inherent focus on the economic sphere …
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Environmental Education from the Caribbean to the Carolinas
- University of South Carolina (SC)
I have compared environmental education (EE) programs at USC, the greater Columbia area, and at tourist sites in St. Lucia in order to determine what methods of EE most effectively …
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