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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Greening Laboratories: US Freezer Challenge
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (GA)
In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted its first Freezer Challenge, a two-month agency-wide competition addressing cold storage practices in laboratories. CDC reduced energy use by 320,000kWH …
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Building Bridges: An Institutional Initiative to Create Dialogue Around Issues of Environmental Justice, on Campus and Beyond
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
The Office of Sustainability is currently seeking to educate, engage, and mobilize the Washington University campus on issues pertaining to environmental justice. In our presentation, we will outline the strategies …
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Learn & Grow - Educational and Community Garden
- Mississippi State University (MS)
The intent of this project is to work with the Boys & Girls Club to create a project that can be developed and maintained as a way to engage young …
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Best Practices for Solar PPAs
- State University of New York at Cortland (NY)
- Dallas College (TX)
Solar energy is now economically feasible in many states of the U.S. The question is who pays for the solar panels? The costs of design, installation, operation and maintenance of …
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Post-Paris: Climate Commitments in Action Across Higher Ed, Business, and Cities
- George Washington University (DC)
- Second Nature (MA)
- Urban Sustainability Directors Network (IL)
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (VA)
The Paris climate agreement heralded a new form of international governance combining commitments by countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with commitments from many other sectors-including universities, local governments, and …
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Interactive Freshman Orientation - 'Living Sustainably'
- University of Mount Union (OH)
In 2015 the Sustainability Assistants at the University of Mount Union, called Green Raiders, conducted a 45-minute interactive session called 'Living Sustainably' during Freshman Orientation. This was the first time …
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Sustainability Officers: The Dream, The Sometimes Harsh Reality, The Reasons You Want Us on Your Leadership Team
- University of Vermont (VT)
- Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (MD)
In 2015, we recognized an urgent need to capture and communicate the stories of campus sustainability officers - whose many hats, skills and unique abilities are often not realized by …
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Environmental Education: Youth educating kids about the environment
- College of William & Mary (VA)
Eco-Schools Leadership Initiative (ESLI) is a student-led organization in which college and high students use interactive activities to teach elementary school students about environmental topics ranging from climate change to …
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This Changes Everything: a Sustainability Revolution in New Building Procurement
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
- Seventhwave (WI)
- dbHMS (IL)
Join the University of Chicago as we revolutionize how higher ed buildings are contracted, built and operated. This residence hall panel discussion shows how performance-based procurement drives institutional change by …
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Transitioning from 'Greeks Going Green' to 'Greek is Green'
- GreeniPhi (VA)
Greek life has a legacy of producing the change makers, leaders, and power brokers of the future. Consequently, educating Greeks about sustainability, and leading them to adopt sustainability measures as …
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From San Francisco Sea Salt to Mt Lassen Trout-- Serving Up Extreme Local Theme Meals in Resident Dining Halls
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
For the past 2 years, in celebration of food day and earth day, Cal Dining has hosted 'extreme local' theme meals in each of the four resident dining halls at …
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Go Beyond Offsetting by Onsetting Carbon Consciousness
- Living Routes, Inc. (MA)
This poster will describe the pros and cons of Carbon Onsetting and explain onsetting as an alternative system that allows greater student engagement and can support meaningful sustainability projects. It …
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Engaging Partners in a Responsible Sourcing Strategy
- Aramark (PA)
Learn about Aramark's approach to responsible sourcing including how we engage with our suppliers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), industry alliances, clients and customers to develop and implement practices that guide how …
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What the bleep?
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
This year's conference focuses on solutions in surrounding communities and the world. This assumes that 'higher education (HE) institutions have been modeling sustainable solutions on their campuses for many years.' …
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From "me" to "we" in the Academic World Towards Sustainability: Path and Purpose
- Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
My passion to create a shift in society will hopefully show you how to switch from "me" to "we" and build a Sustainable World. Two years ago, I discovered my …
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Capitalizing on Faculty-Administration Collaborations to Build Sustainable Campus Communities
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
This session will provide insight into the collaboration between administration and faculty on the creation and assessment of a sustainability-themed learning community for first-year students at a liberal arts college. …
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Year 1: Building a Sustainability Program and Culture
- Saint Mary's College (IN)
Is your school starting or contemplating a sustainability program? Have challenges such as budget, staffing, capacity, or leadership stifled your initial progress? Managing change often involves navigating inertia and building …
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Campus and Community Involvement in Move-Out Waste Reduction Programs
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (ON)
Move-Out! Classes end and our students vacate the rooms in their residence halls, cleaning up so that other students may become the new occupants. In the process, students discard lots …
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Change Makers: Innovative waste reduction campaigns and beyond
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
- Lane Community College (OR)
- Portland Community College (OR)
This interactive and action-oriented panel will look at 3 different waste reduction behavior change programs in community colleges. The panelists will address some of the specific challenges they face with …
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It's all Greek to me: leaning into bias against sustainability initiatives in higher education
- GreeniPhi (VA)
Join us for a discussion that will help sustainability staff, administrators and students develop an understanding of Greek values of citizenship and philanthropy and learn new strategies for engaging your …
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Sustainable Energy: Research and Innovation to Commercialization at the University of Missouri
- University of Missouri (MO)
In addition to leading research and innovation in alternative energy, University of Missouri has demonstrated a commitment to sustainable energy by taking discoveries to applications in the real world. In …
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Engaging your community to design tomorrow's campus: resiliency, vulnerability, and adaptation
- Boston University (MA)
- Cornell University (NY)
- Smith College (MA)
Scholars and practitioners have been arguing in favor of more holistic approaches to campus sustainability that would incorporate complex aspects of climate change. In order to address those multifaceted problems, …
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A Public Engagement Process to Create a Community-Based Vision and Open Space Plan
- Furman University (SC)
During a three-week public engagement process, a team of faculty and students facilitated community-based public participation to create a vision and open space plan for a 27-acre vacant lot in …
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STAR Certified Communities: A Case Study of Reading, PA
- Albright College (PA)
The STAR Community Rating System was released in October 2012 to address the needs of U.S. cities, towns and counties seeking a common framework for sustainability.The rating system is based …
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Beyond the Library: Librarians Team up With Campus Partners for Sustainability Education and Outreach
- Colorado Mountain College (CO)
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Collaborate with your library to disseminate and implement sustainability solutions - on campus and beyond! Join us in this networking session to share your ideas and experiences and learn about …
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Breaking Barriers to Innovation: The Sustainable Gardening Library
- Sustainable Gardening Institute (NJ)
Meet the creators of the Sustainable Gardening Library, a centralized, easy-to-use repository for science-based information on sustainable gardening and farming that's built on state-of-the-art, user-friendly, device-responsive GIS mapping technology. It's …
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Reflections from Within: Investigating the Value of Service-Learning and Community-Based Research for Undergraduate Students
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
This poster will provide a student perspective on the value of participating in service-learning experiences during one's undergraduate education. Reflecting on her recent experience in a sustainable community development (SCD) …
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Zero Waste Restroom Hand Towel Pilot: Kimberly Clark and Purdue University Partner in Mackey Arena
- Purdue University (IN)
- Kimberly-Clark Professional (GA)
Kimberly-Clark Professional and Purdue University partnered to develop and implement a zero waste restroom paper hand towel compost pilot in Purdue's Mackey Arena (seats 14,846) for the 2015-16 basketball season. …
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More than the environment! The journey to a community-engaged, multi-dimensional sustainability course
- Macalester College (MN)
In 2014, we began a program called Educating Sustainability Ambassadors (ESA) which aims to broaden the understanding of sustainability on campus and emphasize the interconnections between a healthy natural environment …
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Climate Action Planning: Making Plans that are Ambitious AND Implementable
- Amherst College (MA)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
Sustainability folk know writing a climate action or sustainability plan is only the beginning. After the initial buzz of publishing wanes, our plans begin to gather dust. What makes a …
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Unlikely Partnerships Drive on the Ground Change; An Example From the Forest Products Industry for Managing a Key Supply Chain
- Domtar Corporation (SC)
- Rainforest Alliance
- Staples Business Advantage (MA)
Sustainable forestry has been prioritized in the Sustainable Development Goals as a critical component of climate change mitigation. Following COP21, it's clear that AASHE institutions and businesses have an incredible …
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Expedited STARS Reporting: Moving from Measurement to Management
- Fort Lewis College (CO)
- Gordian (SC)
In a climate of overtaxed staff and competing priorities, institutions struggle to devote adequate resources to STARS reporting. Yet the old adage holds true: 'You can't manage what you don't …
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The Heart of the Matter: A Candid Conversation about Campus Sustainability
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
For the purpose of my research, my grounded theory addressed the intersections of interactions that impact an individual's ability to develop the core beliefs that cultivate environmental ethics and good …
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Colloquium on Research Innovation in Food, Energy, Water Systems Nexus (INFEWS) AASHE 4TH Annual Workshop Research in Sustainability
- University of Arkansas (AR)
This colloquium focuses on the direct interdependencies and connections that exist related to the production, extraction, generation and use, between food, energy, and water and the impacts at the nexus …
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Together we are Building Sustainability' - An Outreach Framework for LEED EB Projects
- University of Virginia (VA)
Though most college and university sustainability offices are charged with both improving operational efficiency AND increasing sustainability literacy and engagement, we often overlook opportunities to serve these missions concurrently in …
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Growing Community Sustainability: Student projects from the playground to the boardroom to the building site and more.
- Fleming College (ON)
This case study will demonstrate how students' participate in authentic learning through community projects across a range of disciplines- all with sustainable results. For the past forty years, our School …
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Entrepreneurial Thought and Action in Sustainability
- Babson College (MA)
In this presentation we will explore how the concept of Entrepreneurial Thought and Action can be applied to sustainability initiatives at your college or university. We will focus on: utilizing …
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The Energy Output of World Agriculture 1961-2013
- University of Arkansas (AR)
The global agricultural system is an energy transfer system converting solar radiation to stored chemical energy in the biosphere through photosynthesis and animal metabolism. Stored energy in the agricultural system …
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UMN Energy Club: Preparing Leaders in Energy and Climate through Connecting and Empowering Students
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Because energy underpins every aspect of society, it requires a diverse range of perspectives to truly understand its comprehensive role in the world. Energy influences many fields, including technology, policy, …
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Systems Thinking for Campus Sustainability: Utilizing the University of Central Florida Campus as a Living Laboratory
- University of Central Florida (FL)
In Spring of 2016, UCF's College of Engineering and Computer Science offered a new honors-level course titled Systems Analysis for Sustainability in Engineered Systems. The 14 week course introduces principles …
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Activities of Campus Sustainability Network in Japan (CAS-Net JAPAN)
- Fukushima College
In March 2014, the Campus Sustainability Network in Japan whose abbreviation is CAS-Net JAPAN was established. This is the first domestic network on campus sustainability for higher educational institutions in …
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Utilizing Carbon Offsets To Fulfil the Second Nature Climate Leadership Commitments
- Ball State University (IN)
- Colgate University (NY)
- Oberlin College (OH)
- Second Nature (MA)
This session will give an overview of the new guidelines for utilizing carbon offsets as part of the Second Nature Climate Commitments and highlight a sampling of some of the …
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How Signage Increases Recycling Rates
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
It is well known that recycling can be confusing, especially when deciding which materials are accepted into a recycling program at point of disposal (aka the bin). This can lead …
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Climate Leadership Network Carbon Offset Projects Networking
- Clarkson University (NY)
- Second Nature (MA)
This networking meeting will focus on the development of carbon offset projects for colleges and universities. An advisory group formed after a networking session at last year's AASHE conference group …
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Greek Sustainability Leadership Network
- GreeniPhi (VA)
This networking meeting invites Greek alumni and conference attendees from institutions sustaining Greek life to convene for structured and unstructured conversations about our capacity to accelerate the advancement of sustainability …
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Assessing the Campus Sector's Renewable Energy Performance
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- Trio (CA)
While colleges and universities across the U.S. have invested significant effort and resources towards using renewables for their operations, much is unknown about the campus sector's overall performance in this …
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UC Berkeley's The Green Initiative Fund: Strategies and lessons learned from renewing a green fund
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Campus green funds have become symbols of empowerment for the student body. By providing funding towards sustainability projects and initiatives, green funds promote innovation, student leadership, and help bridge the …
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Renewably Powering and Empowering our Communities
- University of Oregon (OR)
- Weber State University (UT)
- Wells College (NY)
Weber State University worked with a local nonprofit and community members to develop and implement a community-solar program during the 2015-2016 school year. The project served the three-county area surrounding …
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What to Say and What Not to Say on the Road to Becoming Effective Communicators on Climate Change
- ecoAmerica (DC)
This presentation will showcase ecoAmerica's Solution Generation program and communications research that will empower higher education leaders to more effectively connect with campuses and their broader communities on climate change …
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Colloquium on FEWS Research Needs and Opportunities
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
Regardless of all the devoted investments, too often, good, nutritious food ends up getting wasted. In the United States, food is the largest stream of discarded materials, accounting for 21 …
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