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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Gaia Education Curriculum for Sustainable Community Development
- Living Routes, Inc. (MA)
We need to continually develop curriculum that can equip citizens and decision-makers to respond to current challenges and help create a viable world. This Case Study will describe a well-developed, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Networking Session
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Members of the 28 American Jesuit Colleges and Universities are invited to join us for a networking meeting to talk about our work and common goal to advance sustainability in …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Next Disruptive Innovation in Buildings
- Atrius (CA)
Join Vladi Shunturov, Oberlin College grad and co-founder and CEO of Lucid, for an eye-opening discussion of why software is the first disruptive innovation in buildings since the Otis elevator …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campuses as Leaders and Partners in Comprehensive Food Systems Change
- Luther College (IA)
Too often efforts to enact changes to the food system are approached piecemeal with an excess focus on individual consumption. This presentation will present an alternative model of sustainable food …
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Telling Tales and Turning Heads: Communication Strategies that Work on Campus
- Luther College (IA)
In Sustainability, there is no lack for ideas to reduce campus waste and energy use. Environmental studies and sustainability programs at institutions across the country are abuzz with new ways …
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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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Using Health Care Funds to Support Employee CSAs and Food Education
- Luther College (IA)
The college’s most recent health risk assessment found that 43% of employees do not eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. Recognizing the positive health impacts associated with increased …
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The Story of Reuse at Michigan State University
- Michigan State University (MI)
With so much focus on recycling, many organizations might forget the true value of reusing and redeploying products. The reuse operation at Michigan State University creates opportunity to manage cost …
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Community Sustainability in the Post Graduate World – How Does a Liberal Arts Education Matter?
- Middlebury College (VT)
A higher education degree is a big investment. The value and relevance of that investment is a key concern of many students and their families. The numbers say that it …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Transforming the Local Food Economy in Louisville and Vermont via Summer Consulting Internships
- Middlebury College (VT)
FoodWorks is Middlebury College’s Fellowship program for students interested in food systems and sustainable development. Middlebury students participate in this for credit summer program every summer through a nine-week competitive …
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Electric Public Transportation of Rural Campuses
- Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)
The Missouri University of Science and Technology, in cooperation with the Federal Transit authority, has installed a zero emissions community shuttle to service the campus population in Rolla, Missouri. This …
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Solar Village Community Microgrid- Four Homes, Focused on Energy
- Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)
The solar village at the Missouri University of Science and Technology has installed a functioning microgrid to study power and energy systems at the residential and community level. This system …
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Engaging Sustainability Stakeholders across Cultures A How-To Guide
- Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (CA)
A generic cost-benefit analysis or a consideration of the Keeling Curve (the canonic visualization of the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1958) by itself seldom motivate potential sustainability …
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A National Online Community for Student Sustainability Leaders
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
We will share stories from student sustainability leaders from across the country that are connecting with one another, building relationships and sharing ideas about how they are making their campuses …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Online Tools to Support Offline Action and Innovation
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
If you plant a tree in the forest but didn’t tweet about it did it really happen? While the real results of sustainability projects and programs take place offline and …
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Engaging students in Years of Living Dangerously
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
The YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY is a journey into the eye of the storm, as Hollywood’s brightest stars and today’s most respected journalists explore the issues of climate change and …
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Product Based Sustainability Framework for Universities
- North Carolina A&T State University (NC)
The transformation of a University towards sustainable development requires a paradigm shift from an activity based focus to a product based focus. In an activity based focus, several projects are …
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Sustainability Service Learning Through Global Tourism Micro-Entrepreneurship
- North Carolina State University (NC)
NC State University’s Alternative Service Break (ASB) program is a unique service-learning experience in which students engage in direct service to a community, while being immersed in the culture and …
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Developing a Baccalaureate Degree in Sustainability in Canada
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (AB)
The impact of sustainability in all aspects of our life is certainly an emerging trend. All industries including the construction industry are taking active initiatives to support sustainability practices. This …
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Dynamic Assessment of Sustainability Parameters in Residential Construction: A Case Study
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (AB)
The residential construction industry in Canada is recognizing and adopting sustainable construction practices. With no recognized industry sustainability parameter standards and benchmarks, builders are challenged to effectively measure the sustainability …
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Campus Cookbook: The Real Food Challenge Sodexo Partnership; Northern Arizona University Case Study
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
The Real Food Challenge (RFC) is a national network of student leaders working to create a more just and sustainable food system. The national goal of Real Food Challenge is …
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The EcoChallenge: Bridging the Say-Do Gap, together
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
In this program we will present a free on line tool and in person program (the EcoChallenge) available for students, faculty, and staff to engage in positive behavior change that …
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Community Colleges Updates and Networking Luncheon
- Oakland Community College (MI)
The American Association of Community College is hosting this session for an update of resources now available from its Sustainability Education and Economic Development Initiative (www.theSeedCenter.org), including its Campus as …
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Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium Lunch
- Oakland Community College (MI)
The Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) is a network of over one dozen higher education associations covering many of the different staff positions that need to be involved for …
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The Implicit Nature of Holistic Sustainability Education: The Student Perspective at Green Mountain College
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Much has been written about the theoretical underpinnings of a holistic approach to sustainability education, including deep learning and systems theories. Though some studies discuss the need to implement such …
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Learning at Home: Building Living Learning Laboratories for Sustainability
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
The pursuit of sustainability is ongoing effort with diverse implications and opportunities in the development of new solutions and the advancement of collective human consciousness. A powerful aspect of this …
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Creating a Sustainable Community Together
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
‘Town – Gown’ collaborations, initiated around sustainability challenges, seem to be re-defining Happy Valley, with big impacts on both Penn State and the Commonwealth. Sustainable Communities Collaborative (SCC) is an …
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Using Competencies in the Design and Assessment of Sustainability Programs
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
At Penn State University, the Sustainability Leadership Minor has been administered using a list of sustainability and leadership competencies that are the basis of the expectations of the program. Now, …
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Time is money: accounting for the true cost of a campus waste initiative
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Universities across the country are developing and implementing campus sustainability initiatives. Such initiatives may be designed to save money or reduce waste, or they may have more intangible goals related …
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Zero waste as a supply chain challenge: the importance of partnerships
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
This presentation will discuss the successes and challenges of Penn State’s initiative to move its Athletics facilities toward zero waste, and the story of how silos had to be broken …
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Addressing Campus Sustainability Challenges with the Social Sciences: Linking Applied Learning to Student Performance
- Portland Community College (OR)
What do the social sciences have to offer for understanding and addressing campus sustainability challenges? This is the question undergraduate environmental science and studies students explore as part of a …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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International Luncheon
- Portland Community College (OR)
Members of the international community who are attending the AASHE conference are invited to join in a networking luncheon to share ideas and successes in their countries. Let’s discuss ways …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The “Three Es” of Sustainability Portland Style
- Portland State University (OR)
This is a three-part poster presentation with each poster (24” x 36”) representing one of the “three Es” of sustainability: Environmental, Economic, and Equity, as can be viewed locally in …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Plenary Session 2: Indigenous Practices for Sustainability with Judy Bluehorse Skelton
- Portland State University (OR)
In a post 20th century industrialized world many may wonder, how are Indigenous ways informing regional strategies for a sustainable future and what role can colleges and universities play in …
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Systems in Perspective: Our Collective Ecoliteracy of Home
- Portland State University (OR)
For this temporary community we create at the 2014 AASHE Annual Conference, this installation provides an opportunity for us to fold together our ecological literacy, social sustainability, and collective creativity …
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Cross-institutional collaboration for compost on an urban campus
- Portland State University (OR)
Implementing an effective composting program on any campus is difficult. Common issues that may arise are public buy-in, infrastructure, information accessibility, and contamination. Appreciating the context of a new compost …
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Using Bluegrass Music to Power Careers in Sustainable Energy
- Portland State University (OR)
This presentation will analyze the problems of human capital flight and ecological decline in the coal fields of Appalachia. An affective strategy for engaging these economic and ecological problems using …
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Collaborative Vision Tree for the AASHE Community
- Portland State University (OR)
During the most recent call of the AASHE Advisory Council, incoming Executive Director Stephanie Herrera posed a question: Are there untapped methods for understanding the AASHE community’s vision? So far, …
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Science, Collaboration, and Sustainable Change
- Portland State University (OR)
Take Back the Tap is a national campaign spearheaded by nonprofit Food and Water Watch but run by students on college campuses across the nation. Portland State administration continues to …
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Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium: Networking Lunch
- Princeton University (NJ)
Join the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) for a lunch time regional networking event. Founded in 2004, each year NECSC has convened over 80 institutions of higher education from the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Pathways to Leadership: Sustainability & Career Development
- Princeton University (NJ)
As college students increasingly aspire toward careers that allow them to make a difference in the world, campus sustainability programs are uniquely positioned to provide enduring student leadership and career …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Food Collaborations
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
The way most food is currently produced, processed, distributed, and consumed has significantly negative impacts on human health & well being, climate, air and water pollution, and the viability of …
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COAL: Storytelling, Music, and Community for Climate Stability
- Santa Clara University (CA)
COAL is a national arts and culture project that combines mythical storytelling and music to engage communities for climate stability and explore the most challenging paradox of our times: the …
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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 …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Trinity Tracks
- Southern Methodist University (TX)
The Great Trinity Forest runs along the Trinity River through downtown Dallas and constitutes one of the largest urban forests in North America. This 6,000 acre swathe of vegetated, undeveloped …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Collaboration and Communication Across the Administrative Divide
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Colleges and Universities often struggle with change and innovation. In a fiscal climate of decreasing funding, changes requiring large capital investments are frequently met with skepticism at best and may …
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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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Sustainable Study Abroad: A Critical Framework
- Southwestern University (TX)
In the past decade, sustainability and global citizenship have emerged as two of the most prominent themes in contemporary higher education. Literature that specifically merges the two themes has, however, …
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100% Battery Electric buses: The future of sustainable campus transportation?
- Stanford University (CA)
Is it practical to use battery electric transit vehicles in a campus environment? This session will explore Stanford University’s use of electric transit buses on and off campus. Topics include …
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EV Charging on Campus: Graduating from pilot to program
- Stanford University (CA)
Electric vehicles are moving from the early adoption phase to the main stream market quickly. Along with the vehicles, the infrastructure that supports them is also moving from early stage …
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