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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Low Income Weatherization: At the Intersection of Environmental Engagement and Community Service
- Williams College (MA)
One of the ongoing challenges in campus sustainability is the need to engage students who may not primarily identify with environmental issues. For the past four years, students at our …
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Capturing Canadian University Presidents' Conceptualizations of Sustainability and the University's Role in Sustainable Development
- Dalhousie University (NS)
University presidents are important stakeholders within the university system whose leadership extends beyond the academy into local and global communities. Yet little is known about how Canadian university presidents conceptualize …
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The Yale Community Carbon Fund; Reducing Emissions and Increasing Economic Security in Local Communities
- Yale University (CT)
The Yale Community Carbon Fund seeks both to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase economic security for low-income people living in New Haven. Funds are raised through a combination …
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Managing a Global Resource: Campus Water Management Practices
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is located approximately 2 miles from Lake Michigan, one of the six Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are the largest surface freshwater system …
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Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders with Improved Climate Literacy through AMS Climate Studies
- American Meteorological Society (DC)
It is of utmost importance that tomorrow's leaders are climate literate. That responsibility falls on institutions training today's students. But many colleges and universities still do not offer a basic …
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The Sustainable City Year Program: A Radically Simple Way to Change Campus and Community
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) at the University of Oregon (USA) is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative effort to radically alter the function of a University to meet the sustainability challenges of …
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Sustainability Education and Student Learning at the University of British Columbia
- H&A Columbus-UBC
Sustainability and student learning are key commitments of the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Place and Promise plan, with UBC's Sustainability Academic Strategy expressing the goal that every student at …
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Campus as a Training Ground for Careers in Sustainability
- Duke University (NC)
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Wake Forest University (NC)
In keeping with the theme of the conference, representatives from three universities (two private research universities and one land grant university) will present practiced and proven models for training students …
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Transformation, sustainability and HE. What's really going on?
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Education for Sustainability (EfS) is an agenda of growing significance in UK Higher Education (HE) and internationally. To date, the focus in HE has been on content rather than process; …
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Leaving a Legacy: Moving From Implementation to Integration of Student Run Projects
- University of Florida (FL)
- Better World Books (GA)
Too often our student initiated projects fizzle out when we graduate or pass the torch to another. Not only can this be prevented but also many of these projects can …
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Sustainable Food Systems: From the Classroom to the Field
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Sustainable food system courses are uniquely situated to incorporate traditional, liberal-arts pedagogies and soft skills, with innovative experiential teaching techniques that engage students in different ways than traditional methods. The …
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The CCC/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership
- Chaffey College (CA)
- Mt. San Antonio College (CA)
- California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CA)
The California Community Colleges (CCC) and Investor Owned Utility (IOU) Energy Efficiency Partnership has been helping the Community College system become more environmentally and fiscally sustainable since 2006. This innovative …
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Developing an Integrated MBA and MPA Curriculum to Spur Innovative and Collaborative Solutions for Sustainability
- Presidio Graduate School (CA)
Intractable social and environmental problems increasingly call for collaborative solutions across the public and private sectors. Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco has offered a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) …
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Transformative Data Access: Helping Students Write the Sustainability Story
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Getting access to data and information enables people to make informed decisions, be they consumer choices or living behaviors. On a college or university campus, access to sustainability data largely …
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E-trash or E-treasure: An Innovative Approach to In-house Desktop Computer Dismantling and E-waste Disposal
- Purdue University (IN)
With the current pace of technological innovation and change, e-waste is on the rise and a reality all institutions of higher education have to address. Given the recent negative media …
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Creating a "Living Laboratory" for Transportation Electrification at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
Portland State University is home to the nation's first Electric Avenue, a two-year project to understand and evaluate electric mobility strategies and technology. Located in the heart of the Portland …
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From Start to Finish (And Then Some): Collaborative Event Planning for Successful and Sustainable Projects
- Santa Clara University (CA)
Have you ever gotten really excited about a campaign only to have it fizzle-out due to lack of awareness? Have you had a great idea but got stuck because you …
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Campus Farmers' Market: An Innovative Partnership Approach to Building Consensus and Gaining Approval
- Purdue University (IN)
A successful farmers' market on campus provides access to local, healthy food, connects the campus to the local community and the regional landscape, and teaches students about where their food …
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A Roadmap Toward a Future Where Social Equity, Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Inclusion Promotes Student Success
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System Office (KY)
Based on the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) initiative to facilitate cultural change and diversity across the system of 16 colleges, the presentation will use open space technologies …
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Green Cup: The Greek Energy Saving Competition
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Energy saving outreach efforts focused in the residence halls, such as an energy-saving competition between residence halls are effective because they can reach a concentrated student population. Unfortunately, students who …
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Green Funds 1.0: Getting a Fund Started
- College of Charleston (SC)
- College of Lake County (IL)
- Pacific Lutheran University (WA)
Green Funds 1.0: Getting a Fee Started will explore the stories, challenges and success of different institutions on their journey to adding a green fund to their sustainability initiatives. Each …
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International Sustainability Travel Courses for Working Professional Students
- University of Redlands (CA)
There are a great number of international travel programs for traditional students, but very few for working professionals, and even fewer that focus on the business case for sustainability. This …
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Engaging Fellow Students in the Less Glamorous Components of Campus Sustainability Work: University of Michigan Campus Farm Implementation Case Study
- University of Michigan (MI)
When students at the University of Michigan are asked if they would like to help start a campus farm that will grow sustainable food for the University, they oftentimes get …
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Sustainaility Action Planning and Implementation
- Wilfrid Laurier University (ON)
Creating action plans for institutions is an involved process that includes consideration of institutional background, policy frameworks, assessments, emissions summaries, stakeholder involvement, and finally, steps on implementation. Much of the …
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Living and Learning Communities: Developing Sustainability Leaders Through Residential Programming
- Temple University (PA)
This session will provide a case study of how a university can develop leaders in the campus sustainability movement through an innovative partnership between Residential Life, the Provost and the …
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Higher Education and Student Affairs Networking Luncheon
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Oregon State University (OR)
- Waubonsee Community College (IL)
Drop by and join your student affairs colleagues for a conversation about the role of student affairs professionals in the sustainability movement. Hosted by the NASPA Knowledge Community on Sustainability, …
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A Recipe For Success: Collaboration and the Sustainability Master Plan Process
- College of Saint Benedict (MN)
At last, the Sustainability Office is created and has facilitated a few highly effective initiatives on campus that have saved money, resources, and created more equity! The Sustainability Council meets …
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Planning for the Future: Creating and Achieving Campus Sustainability Goals
- Emory University (GA)
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
- University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)
This panel will include case studies from campuses that have set rigorous sustainability goals. Presenters come from a variety of universities, including both public and private institutions that are in …
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Sustainable Grounds Practices in a Northern Climate: Three Minnesota Campuses Share Their Experiences
- Bemidji State University (MN)
- Macalester College (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Experienced sustainability coordinators from three institutions in Minnesota will share their varied experiences working to create a more sustainable landscape at their individual campus. Macalester College completed a Sustainable Landscape …
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The Commons Movement: A New Lens for Sustainability Education
- Portland State University (OR)
A growing number of scholars and change agents have embraced a commons framework for raising consciousness and action related to sustainability. The national "On the Commons" movement describes the commons …
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Financing Large-Scale PV for a College or University
- Appalachian State University (NC)
How can students bring about a desired change in the energy source profile of their college? How can a university student group help their school take advantage of government incentives …
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Connecting Campus Sustainability at Macalester College with the United Nations
- Macalester College (MN)
At Macalester College, internationalism remains a long-standing part of our college mission. More recently, sustainability rose as another strong commitment. However, these two areas have been parallel, but separate, activities. …
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Tracking the Campus Carbon Footprint through Student Engagement
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WI)
Since signing the President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in 2007, our university's Greenhouse Gas Emission (GGE) inventory reports have been completed by students enrolled in a course now in its third …
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Community Energy Generation and Storage (CEGS): Missouri Homes Will Share the Load
- Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)
Community Energy Generation and Storage (CEGS) is a new project beginning at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. This CEGS concept describes a new vision for renewable energy generation, …
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Getting the Word Out
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
Universities do a great job of educating their students in their chosen fields of study. Why is it then that it can be such a challenge to educate students, faculty, …
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Fostering Sustainable Behaviour Through Energy and Water Reduction Competitions: Best Practices from Campus Conservation Nationals 2012
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
- Elon University (NC)
- Atrius (CA)
During fall of 2010 and spring of 2012 hundreds of colleges and universities participated in Campus Conservation Nationals, an electricity and water use reduction competition in residential housing. The goals …
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Strategies for Building and Reinventing Effective Sustainability Committees
- New York University (NY)
Since 2006, our institution's sustainability initiatives have been shaped by a participatory, grassroots, volunteer-driven body comprised of faculty, students, and staff from across our decentralized urban campus. This Sustainability Task …
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Institutional Transformation: Leadership Challenges in Achieving a Net-Zero Building
- Portland Community College (OR)
- Hennebery Eddy Architects (OR)
Meeting the end-goal of the 2030 Challenge and achieving Net-Zero energy is an uphill climb. Creating a paradigm shift within a large, public institution is on par with scaling Mt. …
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Getting Help for Large Energy Efficiency Improvements at a Small College
- Wartburg College (IA)
- Schneider Electric (TX)
In 2009 our small liberal arts college partnered with an international firm to review and analyze our energy use. Since then improvements have been installed saving us over $270,000 a …
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Green Cleaning: Your Janitorial Service as a Recruiter
- Green Seal (DC)
- ServiceMaster Building Maintenance
Using a certified green cleaning service, whether an outside contractor or in-house staff, has many benefits for a college or university. Protecting the health of students, faculty and staff, as …
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Achieving Long-Term Energy Conservation Through Partnerships and Collaborations.
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The Evergreen State College has achieved and maintained an 18% reduction in total campus energy consumption since 2009. This presentation will describe the partnerships, projects, and internal behavioral changes that …
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Partnering With Utilities for Energy Efficient Dorms - Water Heating Project Study and Other Ways to Reduce Energy
- Pepperdine University (CA)
- Enovative Group Inc
Higher Education Institutions are continually striving to reduce energy consumption for both environmental and cost reasons. As concerns rise with the cost of tuition, the institutions need to look at …
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Assessing Sustainability Literacy: An Instrument to Measure Knowledge of Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Properly assessing the sustainability literacy of an institution's student body is an important means of understanding the current level of student knowledge, gauging the effectiveness of sustainability focused courses, and …
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Students Collaborating and Organizing Opportunities and Projects for Sustainability (SCOOPS): Supporting student leaders, fostering collaboration, enhancing events, preventing burn-out
- Santa Clara University (CA)
Oftentimes student leaders have a lot of great ideas and want to do them all, but can't do it alone! Sustainability also is personal sustainability: people over-commit and get tired. …
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Sustainability Leadership Programs: An Assessment of Paradigms and Methods
- University of Michigan (MI)
Academic programs purporting to create "sustainability leaders" are emerging at institutions of higher education across the U.S. and world. Designed to capitalize on student interest and professional development needs, these …
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The Campus Sustainability Cultural Indicators Project: Focus Groups Results
- University of Michigan (MI)
The University of Michigan is undertaking an ambitious project to identify, track and improve cultural indicators of sustainability on campus. The goal is to assess and find leverage points to …
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Social Sustainability Month: Creating Campus-wide Networks to Build a More Holistic Sustainability Movement
- Portland State University (OR)
By institutionalizing an annual designated time for dialogue between students, staff, faculty, and community, projects like Social Sustainability Month (SSM) can increase capacity for university collaboration and partnerships. This session …
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STARS Introductory Workshop: Learning the Basics of Completing a Comprehensive Campus Sustainability Assessment (2012)
- Denison University (OH)
- AASHE (MA)
This workshop will focus on sharing basic information about the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) Program created by the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE). Join the …
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Turn Your Dorm into a 'Super Dorm'!
- New York University (NY)
Student residence halls have a unique ecological and cost footprint within most Universities. As a result, taking advantage of the many options to improve environmental performance in dorms can save …
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USGBC Students: An Untapped Resource
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
USGBC Center of Green Schools Mission: Green Schools for everyone within this generation. Students and staff at UC San Diego have proven that engaging the emerging generation in this mission …
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