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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Current Drivers and Barriers for the Implementation of Sustainability in Germanys Higher Education System
- University of Vechta
Sustainability was meant to be implemented into all levels of the educational system in Germany within the UN-Decade 'Education for Sustainable Development', driven by the governmental level with research programs …
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Applying Environmentally Preferable Purchasing to a Community Library System
- University of Illinois, Springfield (IL)
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) came about in the 1990's to improve the purchasing habits of the federal government. Since that time, requirements for incorporating EPP at the federal level have …
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What Do the New Energy Codes and LEED V4 Mean for Campus Planning?
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
The 2012 International Building Codes (IBC) and LEED v4 are upping the ante for new construction campus projects. In Colorado, state building projects, including University of Colorado buildings, are designed …
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Education for Sustainability, Not Less Unsustainability: WCU's EFS Certificate Programs
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA)
This paper/presentation is for those who are drawn to the work of education for sustainability (EFS), yet who suspect that tinkering with or even overhauling what happens in formal education …
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Opportunities for Wind and Solar Technology Education: Stabilize Energy Costs
- MV Green Power LLC (TX)
The presenters will also describe methods of incorporating the latest information on renewable energy technologies, solar and wind, into college course curricula. We also discuss ways of integrating these renewable …
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Sustainability-Based Integrated Planning: Indicators & Alignment of Values, Principles, & Practices
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
S-BIP is a holistic, systems thinking approach to the alignment and application of sustainability-based values, principles, and practices with that of integrated planning (IP - as advanced by the Society …
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Students and Food Security in the North: UNBC's Dome Greenhouse
- University of Northern British Columbia (BC)
Northern climates present major food security challenges, but students at the University of Northern British Columbia are eager to overcome these barriers in creative and effective ways. UNBC, "Canada's Green …
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Building Blocks of Integrated Design: Goal-Setting Charettes Using the Nominal Group Technique
- Harvard University (MA)
This session uses a flash charette format to provide attendees with a hands-on opportunity to learn specific strategies to engage diverse stakeholders in an integrated process to set robust sustainability …
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Sustainable polymers in the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The topic of plastics and their negative effect on the environment and human health is a relevant and important topic appropriate for the diverse population of students enrolled in a …
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Making Short Work of a Tall Order: Maximizing Resources with STARS
- University of Calgary (AB)
How nice would it be to deliver STARS with no deadlines and unlimited resources? We all know, however, each institution is faced with its own unique constraints when implementing STARS. …
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Institutionalizing sustainability in community colleges: role of the college president
- Spokane Community College (WA)
The purpose of this completed doctoral research study was to describe and improve understanding of the meaning of institutionalized sustainability and the role that a college president plays in institutionalizing …
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Collaboration, Partnership, and Community - Development and Implementation of Waste Focus Team
- Cornell University (NY)
Proposed briefing is to discuss the Waste Focus Team; part of the Focus Team initiative developed at our university in response to the institution's 2010-2015 Strategic Plan which calls for …
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University Energy Conservation Measures: It Takes a Community
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
Energy Conservation Measures ("ECM") is an immense undertaking by the university to retrofit 45 buildings on campus with an end goal of increasing energy efficiency. A multimillion dollar project begun …
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The Hive Project: Three Short Plays with Music
- The Hive Project (MN)
The Hive Project is a triptych of short plays with music exploring the relationship between humans and bees. Inspired by the techniques Bertolt Brecht developed in the Lehrstuck (or 'learning …
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The Power of Purchasing
- Responsible Purchasing Network
The Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN) has produced a series of Guides on institutional procurement of socially and environmentally preferable products ranging from cleaning products to vehicles to computers. This presentation …
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Campus Farm to Campus Table: Highlighting Local Foods and Student Work in a Campus Harvest Lunch
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
Beginning in 2013 and continuing in 2014, several dozen students, faculty, staff, and volunteers worked together to source a campus farm lunch at Johnson County Community College, a large, suburban, …
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Student Involvement in Campus LEED Certification Projects
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Successfully engaging students in campus-wide LEED efforts is a challenge that many universities face. While enthusiasm is overwhelming, the inexperience,high turnover rates, and difficulties organizing students (from a staff perspective) …
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Service Learning through On-Campus Technical Design Projects: Examples from Engineers for a Sustainable World
- Engineers for a Sustainable World (CO)
Engineers for a Sustainable World is a national organization whose local student chapters help students practice technical skills in real-world projects. Many chapters choose to work on their own campuses, …
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Environmental Justice: Bridging the Gap Between Sustainability and Justice
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
If we as citizens of the world are set on combatting industrial pollution, environmental degradation, and social injustices committed on Earth, we must find ways to collaborate as a collective …
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Experiencing Sustainability: Thinking Deeper About Experiential Education in Higher Education
- Earlham College (IN)
Jack Turner once wrote "we treat the natural world according to our experience of it."" How are our students "experiencing sustainability" in U.S. colleges and universities? With the rise in …
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How a Large Institution of Higher Learning can Impact Regional Growth on Sustainability Practices: Commercial Composting in the Pacific Northwest
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The University of Washington is a public, four-year institution with a 40,000 student enrollment. The campus population also includes more than 30,000 faculty and staff. The Department of Housing and …
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The Green Citizen Campaign
- Seneca Polytechnic (ON)
In 2011, Seneca College, a Canadian leader in post-secondary environmental programming, laid the groundwork for a multi-faceted initiative intended to take the college’s environmental focus to the next level. Green …
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Poster I - Sustainability on Campus: Higher Education and Leadership Role
- East Carolina University (NC)
This poster is a collaborative effort between Mansoura University in Egypt and East Carolina University. It was developed as part of a post doctoral study, focused on fostering campus-wide sustainability …
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Bringing Your Green Fund to the Next Level: Creating Tomorrow's Leaders Through Student-Driven Internal Growth and Leadership Development
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Campus Green Funds are a necessary component for any college campus striving towards sustainability goals, though few realize its full potential. Since its inception in 1999, the student organization, Associated …
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Teaching Sustainability: Engaging Students in Developing Local Sustainability Indicators
- Oberlin College (OH)
Students play an important role in defining the culture and spirit of a campus and engaging them in sustainability initiatives on campus and beyond is an important component of the …
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Partnerships Achieving Breakthrough Energy and Greenhouse Performance Utilizing Innovative Investment Strategies
- Drexel University (PA)
Innovative business models and financing solutions are required to drive the next level of efficiency and sustainability on campus. Blue Hill Partners, a Philadelphia based firm, has teamed with the …
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Growing Sustainable Economies: From Seeds to Restaurant Tables
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The case study presentation, Growing Sustainable Economies: From Seeds to Restaurant Tables, located at and near Gandhi Mahal in Minneapolis, will tell the story of a special educational and business …
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Sustainability Curriculum: Place-based Understanding Through Campus and Community Projects
- Daemen University (NY)
As proposed by Burns (2011), sustainability education should include opportunities for students to actively participate in improving sustainability through projects that connect them with the geographic region where they live. …
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Green Office Certification at Lane Community College
- Lane Community College (OR)
Many colleges and universities have Green Office Certifications. These programs can be complicated, time-consuming, and confusing. They can also be overly simplistic and not result in any meaningful changes. Lane …
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Happiness: A Vital Part of Sustainability
- University of Michigan (MI)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that, “We need a new economic paradigm that recognizes the parity between the three pillars of sustainable development. Social, economic and environmental well-being are …
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Knight Law Center: A Case for LEED EBOM on Campus
- University of Oregon (OR)
In 2011, the University of Oregon began the process of certifying an existing facility using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (EBOM). Many campuses across the United States have …
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Developing Sustainability Leaders - Skills and Experiences from a Leadership Development Program for Graduate Students
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
In this workshop participants will both experience and learn about a cutting-edge leadership development program for graduate students. The Boreas Leadership Program, at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities's Institute …
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Plenary Session 4: Data to Action: Advancing Sustainability Investment Decisions
- Denison University (OH)
- Lane Community College (OR)
- Pacific Lutheran University (WA)
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
Discover how data and metrics play pivotal roles in generating positive sustainability investments through stories of field-tested best practices on two data-driven programs that encourage bold sustainability investments: STARS 2.0 …
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Establishing Sustainability as a General Education Directive
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Colleges and universities nationwide continue to struggle with strategies for integrating sustainability within higher education curricula. While many universities have encouraged faculty to develop one or more courses that introduce …
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STARS 101 (2010)
- Delta College (MI)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
- AASHE (MA)
Since 2006, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), a membership organization of colleges and universities committed to building a sustainable world, has engaged in a …
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Formalizing a Sustainability Engagement Strategy at Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Niagara College Canada (ON)
The journey of sustainability engagement at Niagara College has come a long way, with origins in an informal outreach strategy that tracked participants through excel, to utilizing a more formally …
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Student sustainability grants for campus projects at Ohio State
- The Ohio State University (OH)
All across America, institutions struggle to expand programming and to provide meaningful learning opportunities to their students during times of shrinking budgets, increasing costs and reduction of state support. Oftentimes, …
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Cultivating Sustainability Scholars
- George Mason University (VA)
George Mason University committed to greatly expanding opportunities for undergraduate scholarship through a Quality Enhancement Program associated with the university’s re-accreditation in 2009. Core faculty from Mason’s Environmental and Sustainability …
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ACUPCC Implementation Liaison Networking Meeting
- Second Nature (MA)
The ACUPCC Implementation Liaison Networking Meeting provides an opportunity to get to know your colleagues, share stories, and learn from your peers. Engage in lively small group discussions to identify …
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Renew Crew Honduras: A Replicable University Service-Learning Initiative for Hands-On Experience in Renewable Energy Technology
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
As part of an embedded energy and engineering service learning initiative, the Renew Crew, eleven university students, installed a solar photovoltaic array for a community owned and operated well in …
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Christian Perspectives and Approaches to Sustainability in Higher Ed
- Center for Environmental Leadership (CA)
More and more Christian institutions of higher learning are starting to embrace sustainability, and as they do a nexus of faith and practice issues arise. This workshop is devoted to …
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Campus Recreation: Bold Partners in Sustainability
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
- NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation (OR)
Join a panel of NIRSA (National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association) leaders to hear examples of best practices in the field of campus recreation and understand the significant influence these units can …
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State of the Campus Sustainability: Campus Carbon Calculator
- Clean Air-Cool Planet (NH)
Over the past decade, college and universities have often been at the forefront of action and leadership on the issue of climate change. They have convened teams of environmental advocates, …
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Minding the Gap: Connecting Academic and Operational Sustainability
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
This workshop considers three different models currently in practice to bridge operational and academic sustainability in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system. An interactive beginning will lay the groundwork …
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Sustain U: Centralizing the University Community Around Sustainability
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Sustainability has always had a presence on the Carnegie Mellon campus, but not one widely acknowledged. Students and staff often pass by the Solar Decathlon house or the recycling room, …
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Building a Vision and Culture for Safety and Sustainability
- CDM (MA)
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) has a vision to achieve outstanding health, safety, environmental, and sustainability performance as the foundation for integrating excellent sustainability, risk management, environmental, health, and …
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Investing in the Future: Extending Enterprise Innovation through Biomimicry, Living Systems Design, and Systems Ecology in a Graduate Ecopreneurship Course
- Prescott College (AZ)
Two graduate faculty share their success strategies for cultivating student leadership in ecopreneurship to take sustainability deeper designing regenerative enterprises. Businesses using green practices and operations are a positive step; …
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Young Sustainability Professionals in Higher Ed. Networking Lunch
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Indiana State University (IN)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
As you walk the halls of your college or university do other employees sometimes mistake you for a student? Were you hired by your alma mater to continue working on …
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Imagining a Sustainable World: Duquesne University's Multi-Disciplinary Course on Sustainability
- Duquesne University (PA)
In mid-2012 the University Academic Sustainability committee at Duquesne University began
development of a three-credit undergraduate course on sustainability to be taught by a multi-
disciplinary team of faculty from …
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Go Fish: the New Rules of Sustainable Seafood in College Foodservice
- Monterey Bay Aquarium (CA)
Whether wild or farmed, marine conservation is driven by which fish we choose to eat. And, in North America, more than 2/3 of meals with fish and seafood are served …
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