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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Students Learning Sustainable Practices in Organizations
- Morehouse College (GA)
The purpose of this poster session is to display how the utilization of an impactful pedagogy, case study method can bring interesting, real world situations in the classroom. A case …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Social Sustainability: Creating Virtual and Community Connections
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
Public institutions of higher education serve the student body and the community. Finding ways to engage both communities in emerging fields such as sustainability can be challenging, especially given the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Careers Seminar
- Environmental Career Center (VA)
During these times of increasing awareness of global environmental sustainability issues, we need talented Environmental Professionals to enlighten policy makers, embolden advocates, and change behavior. While this is not a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Environmental Leaders Program (ELP) Networking and Professional Meeting
- University of Richmond (VA)
The mission of the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is to support visionary, action-oriented, and diverse leadership for a just and sustainable future. ELP aims to catalyze change by providing emerging …
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goBEYOND: Student-led Initiatives to Bring Campuses Beyond Climate Neutral
- University of British Columbia (BC)
How can we do more to solve the problems of climate change than we do to cause them? This is the question that inspired a small group of students to …
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Creating and Implementing an Interdisciplinary Global Sustainability Minor at the University of Virginia
- University of Virginia (VA)
Together, a professor and student from a large public research university will discuss their successful efforts to establish an interdisciplinary Global Sustainability Minor. Participating undergraduate students from all majors learn …
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Zero Waste: A Model for Transformational Change
- Aquinas College (MI)
As a part of its Climate Action Plan under the ACUPCC, Aquinas College is committed to become a zero-waste-to-landfill campus by May 2014. This is the most aggressive, publically stated, …
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Expanding Campus Initiatives to Include a Water Action Plan
- Agnes Scott College (GA)
Colleges and universities are the model for environmental stewardship across the nation. At the forefront of sustainability, institutions that sign the ACUPCC have made it clear that a reduction in …
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Engaging Bike Commuters in All Seasons with a Fun and Friendly Challenge
- University of Iowa (IA)
This presentation will show how the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability created two bike challenges as fun way engage bicyclists and encourage alternative transportation on campus. The Winter Warrior …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Assessment of Education for Sustainable Development in Costa Rican Universities
- University of Phoenix (AZ)
The purpose of this two-part study is to examine relationships between knowledge of and attitudes towards sustainability in the apparel and textile (AT) industry and students' apparel purchasing behaviors.
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Levers For Change: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Organizational Change
- Linfield College (OR)
Often times sustainability is relegated to the pigeonhole of environmentalism. At Linfield College, an interdisciplinary partnership between two sociology courses and a business course found common ground in sustainability through …
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Interdisciplinary Environmental Education Programs: Three Approaches to Sustainability
- Global Council Science and the Environment (DC)
In 2009, the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors of the National Council for Science and the Environment completed an extensive research project that explored the field identity of interdisciplinary …
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WaterShed: the University of Maryland's Winning Solar Decathlon 2011 Entry
- Ayers Saint Gross (MD)
WaterShed is the net-zero home inspired by the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem that won the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011. The student-designed, student-built home features constructed wetlands, a modular …
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Tools of the Trade: How Web Apps Can Increase Energy Efficiency Impact
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
How can the right web tools help you better track and assess energy efficiency and photovoltaic projects? This workshop will bring together expert practitioners to talk about three leading web …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Optimism and Inspiration in Sustainability Education
- Empire State College (NY)
With all the depressing news on various local, national, and global problems how can we connect with students, as well as others on campus, around these issues without turning them …
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Between Two Worlds
- University of Redlands (CA)
Screening of a 15-minute video documentary film about global sustainability challenges. Between the world in which we live and the world that we hope to build lies a fundamental choice …
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Connecting Campus and Community on Earth Day
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
The Center for a Sustainable Future celebrates Earth Day as an international day of awareness of environmental policy, education, and public engagement. It is also celebrated as an anniversary for …
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Zero Waste Outreach Strategies - Operational vs. Promotional
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
A new day is dawning over the coalfields of Appalachia. A region which has been at the heart of fossil fuel dependence, leading the nation in per capita carbon emissions, …
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Re-envisioning Our Physical World to Fit Our Community's Needs Through the Use of Human Movement
- Delta College (MI)
Human movement can teach us about our physical world and present options for using our environment to fill our needs for teaching, learning, working, and engaging with our community. How …
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A Case Study of the Campus-wide Dining Waste Audit at West Virginia
- West Virginia University at Parkersburg (WV)
- West Virginia University (WV)
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, less than three percent of the 34 million tons of food waste generated was recovered or recycled in 2010. Food waste now …
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Investing in a Cooler Planet: the movement to divest colleges and universities from fossil fuels and reinvest in the new economy
- Carleton College (MN)
Since 2011, when campaigns first started popping up at a handful of colleges, the fossil fuel divestment movement has exploded onto the college activism scene and beyond. There are currently …
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Sustainable design and construction contest
- Universidad de Monterrey
Universidad de Monterrey created a multidisciplinary contest were students must develop an alternative energy systems and sustainable building proposal on a non-profit organization that attends people in situations of vulnerability, …
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Bottled Water Policy: The six-year journey
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- College of Saint Benedict (MN)
Years of thoughtful research, consideration, and communication with other universities went into the creation of the Bottled Water Policy created by the Bemidji State University Student Senate in 2015. The …
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Cultivating Community-based Food Systems via Community Connections
- University of Vermont (VT)
I focus on campus-community partnerships via service-learning courses I teach at UVM (based on the PARE model and using Clayton’s DEAL approach to foster deep reflection) that relate to the …
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Re-thinking Options for Curriculum and Faculty Development: How will we take it to the next level?
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
- University of Florida (FL)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The three organizers/presenters are university faculty and staff who have functional roles as researcher, sustainability director and sustainability practitioner. Coming from diverse institutions and disciplinary backgrounds, each organizer/presenter has a …
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SCU CLASP-Hero Projects: A Collaborative Immersion Production
- Santa Clara University (CA)
In 2012, the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University and "voluntourism" company Hero Projects partnered to create the CLASP (Co-creative Leadership and Sustainability Program) Alaska Immersion trip. The …
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Sustainability in the Business Curriculum
- Goshen College (IN)
What happens when business majors complete a hands-on course helping local business become more sustainable? This year students in the Management Policy and Social Responsibility course analyzed renewable energy options …
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Cafeteria to Community: Reducing Waste and Feeding the Hungry
- Luther College (IA)
This poster will illustrate a program that simultaneously reduces food waste from Luther College’s cafeteria while providing needed food assistance to hungry families in the surrounding community. The Cafeteria to …
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Sustainability in Higher Education (SHE) Panel Discussion: STARS in Action at Two Universities of North Carolina
- Appalachian State University (NC)
- Western Carolina University (NC)
In 2008, The University of North Carolina's 16-institution system adopted environmental sustainability as a core value. The UNC-Tomorrow Report called for individual university initiatives that move toward this goal - …
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Curriculum Convocation
- Middlebury College (VT)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- AASHE (MA)
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
What will 21st century colleges and universities look like when sustainability is the curriculum? When students leave institutions of higher learning with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to meet challenges …
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Sustainability Professionals in Student Affairs Networking Session
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- University of Oregon (OR)
This networking session is designed to give sustainability professionals that work in student affairs departments an opportunity to interact in a structured environment. The session will begin with introductions and …
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Off-site Power Purchase Agreements for Renewable Electricity
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- Edison Energy (CA)
Colleges and universities are committing to aggressive emission reduction goals as part of their efforts to reduce their carbon footprints and meet their commitments under the ACUPCC. Electricity use commonly …
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Georgia Tech’s Stormwater Master Plan - Educational Overlay
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- NextEra Distributed Water, Inc. (VA)
In an effort to use the campus as a living learning laboratory, Georgia Tech is now developing an Educational overlay to the Stormwater Master Plan. This overlay intends to supplement …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability through a Holistic Approach to Student Wellbeing
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
The Wellbeing program at Washington State University (WSU) views student health using a holistic model. One of the eight dimensions in that model used to illustrate individual and community wellbeing …
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Sustainability Tours: Using Campus as a Teaching Tool
- University of Louisville (KY)
With sustainability initiatives reshaping campuses in myriad ways from buildings to grounds to dining to energy, water, waste, & transportation systems, it is vital that we develop effective means for …
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Achieving Sustainability-related Employment- How School of Sustainability at ASU achieves success in employment for graduates.
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The desired end result is career employment for graduates with degrees in sustainability. Yet we continually hear that green jobs and opportunities are limited and stagnant at best. At the …
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Assessing the Impact and Potential of a Student-Initiated and Maintained Small-Scale Biodiesel Production Facility: The Biodiesel Facility at Appalachian State University
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Since 2006 Appalachian State University (Appstate) in Boone, North Carolina has had a small-scale Biodiesel Research and Educational Facility capable of producing 100 gallons of biodiesel a week. The facility …
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Bridging the Town Gown Gap: A Case Study of Civic Engagement and Sustainability
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
For most of us in higher education, service is typically seen as a second class activity worth little note; a burdensome but necessary duty to participate in a campus committee …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Environmental Caucus: Breaking Down Silos to Create a Culture of Sustainability
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
In 2008, the Environmental Caucus formed to facilitate creative and strategic communication across campus. The caucus is a voluntary association of faculty, staff, students and administrators, not an appointed body …
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Drink Local, Drink Tap: Turning On a New Campus Water Culture
- Pacific University (OR)
The privatized water industry has subtly grown during the past few decades, establishing itself in American culture as the sole source for clean drinking water. Most consumers are unaware that …
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Fostering Behavior Change: hosted by the organizers of RecycleMania and Campus Conservation Nationals
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
The coordinators of RecycleMania and Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), two of the largest behavior change competitions in higher education, are inviting campus stakeholders to a networking session designed to share …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Why Your Campus Needs an Office of Sustainability
- Ohio University (OH)
Sonia Marcus, sustainability coordinator at Ohio University, will discuss the benefits of creating a dedicated office of Sustainability to address green campus goals. In this presentation, you will learn why …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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COP21 : Making the Most Out of Your Trip to Paris in December
- University of Connecticut (CT)
If you're planning to send a team of students, faculty, and/or sustainability staff to COP21 this December, please join us to share information about schedules, including educational and cultural events, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Installing an Organic Garden on Campus
- LaGrange College (GA)
Beginning an organic garden on a college campus poses more challenges than one initially assumes, as the community of LaGrange College quickly learned; issues that arose included administration buy-in, construction, …
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Showcasing Sustainability: Engaging the University & Community in a Successful Public Event
- Princeton University (NJ)
In the fall of 2010, the Office of Sustainability at Princeton University produced its second successful Sustainability Open House. The event highlighted numerous sustainability initiatives underway on campus and in …
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Using Experiential Activities to Introduce and Enhance Sustainability Education
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
Through experiential games and activities, student leaders and faculty/staff can provide a framework and enhance understanding of sustainability concepts in a variety of settings including boardrooms, classrooms and workshops. Experiential …
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A holistic approach to culture change on campus: a new model of liberal arts education
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Making the transition to sustainability in higher education will require a significant culture change across the campus. The current approach in which sustainability is pursued as a collection of isolated …
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Green Campus 2.0 in Korea
- Korea National University of Education
Since the last 5 years after the establishment of the Green Campus movement in Korea, with a discussion related to the international environmental issues such as climate change, the recognition …
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Sustainability Literacy--Assessment Development by Carl Obermiller & April Atwood
- Seattle University (WA)
Introduction This presentation will provide an overview of the ‘measuring sustainability literacy’ project that is underway at Seattle University. A sustainability literacy scale (SUstlit) has been developed, tested, and refined; …
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Institutionalizing sustianability within Student Government
- University of Florida (FL)
Institutionalizing Sustainability and infiltrating into your universities Student Government can open up many doors and opportunities for campus, local, and national sustainability campaigns. In 2009, the University of Florida founded …
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