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Living & Learning Communities for Sustainability Students Studying Abroad

Danish Institute for Study Abroad (Hovestaden)

DIS - Danish Institute for Study Abroad has created a unique opportunity for American undergraduate students through their "Living & Learning Communities" in Copenhagen. What originally started as a "Green …

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Building Community Through Collaborative Education: Partnerships for Sustainable Design

San Francisco State University (CA)

As educators it is critical that we recognize our obligation to take an active role in developing curriculum that engages students in understanding the issues of environmental and social sustainability. …

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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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Low-cost, High Impact Engagement & Energy Conservation Campaigns

Western Washington University (WA)

Every campus has diverse, overlapping populations, with vastly different habits and backgrounds. Sustainability professionals and student coordinators are challenged to engage, educate and support behavior change, often with a limited …

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Just Tap It: Reducing Bottled Water Consumption through Curricular / Co-Curricular Partnerships

Muhlenberg College (PA)

We present a case study of a student-driven initiative to promote sustainability on a small liberal arts campus by reducing bottled water sales. In Spring 2008, students in "Environmental Communication"" …

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Engaging the Campus Community in Green Landscaping: A Case Study

Life University (GA)

This case study details the steps we took to revise our landscaping plan after our University was faced with lots of negative press on social media when a landscaper with …

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Design Education in the Age of Ecology

Philadelphia University (PA)

Since the year 2000, our society has faced an attack on our soil (911), a devastating hurricane (Katrina), Fossil fuel price escalation ($4/gallon), an unprecedented oil spill in the Gulf …

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Harvesting the Wind: Productive Student Engagement in Campus Sustainability

University of Texas at Austin (TX)

While students are generally recognized as critical to the success of campus sustainability endeavors - many student groups are prime movers, in fact - their rapid turnover and apparent distractability …

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Student Sustainability Centers and Offices' 3 R’s: Resources, Roles, and Revenue

University of Missouri (MO)

This round table session seeks to share the successes, challenges, and lessons learned related to founding and managing student focused sustainability resource centers. Discussion topics will include: Topic 1: Revenue …

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Lights Out!

Wells College (NY)

I was part of a small group of students assigned the topic of 'Energy Usage' as a project in our Psychology of Environmental Sustainability Class. We wanted to measure the …

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Sustainable Hospitality Symposium: Central California Coast Community Partnership Links "new" Event Standards to Economic Development

California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)

A new model for collaboration under the umbrella of the Institute of Innovation and Economic Development (IIED) was used to create a robust conference. Participants included: five different colleges, government …

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Neigborhood Resilience, Using Waste to Build Justice Locally and Internationally

Trevecca Nazarene University (TN)

Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in Manila, Philippines is a ‘sister school’ to Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) in Nashville, TN. Both schools are located in highly stressed urban environments …

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Transformative Undergraduate Sustainability Education: Dalhousie's Major in Environment, Sustainability & Society

Dalhousie University (NS)

Dalhousie University's Major in Environment, Sustainability and Society offers a unique approach to undergraduate education in sustainability, combining the rigor and depth of traditional disciplinary study with a rich experience …

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NACUFS Sustainability Guide - Sustainable Solutions in Collegiate Foodservice Operations

University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Ricca Newmark Design
Envision Strategies (CO)

On most campuses, Dining Services is the team relied upon to just get it done - somehow, some way... This often holds true for moving forward with green initiatives too …

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Transparency and Efficiency in Sustainability Implementation

Ohio University (OH)

Since your institution has adopted a sustainability and/or climate action plan, have you felt you spend more time on data collection and reporting than on actual implementation and outreach? The …

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Pumping Kilowatts: A Look at Energy Efficiency in Fitness Centers

Chapman University (CA)

Chapman University recently installed SportsArt’s Eco-Green cardio equipment in one of our residential fitness facilities. The SportsArt equipment captures kinetic energy and turns it into electrical energy that is then …

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Sparking Resilience in Your Region

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MA)

What does it take to affect sustainable adaptations beyond the walls of your university to extend into your regional communities? UMass Dartmouth is inspiring waves of resilience and solution-seeking that …

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Seeing the Carbon for the Trees: Offsetting Air Travel Through Avoided Deforestation in Costa Rica

American University (DC)
Pax Natura Foundation (UT)

Achieving carbon neutrality requires reducing emissions at the source through efficiency and reduced consumption, while switching to clean, renewable sources of energy. Not only are these reductions technically feasible within …

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Building Global Bridges to Sustainability Research/Collaborations in Higher Education

University of Nevada Las Vegas (NV)

The institutional repository (IR) concept was designed and created by faculty and librarians to showcase scholarly activity at the academy. The Open Access (OA) model upon which IR's are built …

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Teaching and Learning for a Zero Waste Future

DePauw University (IN)

The global materials economy is a fundamental driver of all of our most serious and urgent crises: climate change, toxic pollution, biodiversity loss, poverty, and injustice. This economic system rests …

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Optimizing and Designing Waste Diversion Programs

New York University (NY)

Typical universities waste streams – often including residential, classroom and office spaces – are varied and require multifaceted protocols to optimize the handling and diversion of materials from landfills. This …

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Zero Net Energy Tiny Houses: A Campus Sustainable Housing Solution

University of California, Berkeley (CA)

The THIMBY (Tiny House in My Backyard) Student Group from UC Berkeley will be presenting on the design process of building a pilot, zero net energy tiny house on a …

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Climate Neutral Research Campuses

Alliance for Sustainable Energy (CO)

Climate Neutral: Research Campuses

Center of Excellence Provides Resources to Achieve Climate Neutrality

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A new climate action resource center illustrates the full range of campus climate action options with …

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Executive Education for Disruptive Sustainability

Harvard University (MA)

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability of Higher Education (AASHE) presents Leith Sharp from Harvard’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, in collaboration with the Center for Green …

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Growing Veggies in Central Campus: Edible Landscaping at Luther College

Luther College (IA)

Discover how a campus with high aesthetic standards can incorporate vegetable production into the landscape of central campus. Edible landscaping can take many forms including raised beds near residence halls, …

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Using Retro-Commissioning to Increase Climate Action Plan Resiliency

Seattle Pacific University (WA)
Paladino and Company (WA)

Seattle Pacific University created a climate action plan in June 2010. The goal of the plan is to reduce natural gas consumption 20% by 2015 and be a carbon neutral …

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Cooperative Curriculum for a Resilient Future: How to Integrate Education on Cooperatives in U.S Undergraduate Programs.

University of California, Berkeley (CA)

The co-operative business model and co-operative economics are not taught as subjects in most U.S. undergraduate programs. To address this systemic lack of awareness, our workshop will explore how to …

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Go Green and Go Home! How College Administrators are Investing in the Future by Communicating with Sustainability Activists

Bridgewater State University (MA)
Global Spark (WA)

Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Tar Sands Action...this year has seen an explosion of social justice activism that continues to ignite public imaginations. This presentation looks at how colleges are …

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A trans-disciplinary strategy to energy efficiency at a university

University of Johannesburg (Gauteng)

In recent years, the costs of electricity in South Africa have increased significantly (cumulative 230% increase between 2008 and 2014), thus many institutions of higher education are seeking ways to …

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Teach the Tap

Portland State University (OR)

Safe drinking water is the core resource for all civilizations -- without it cities cannot thrive. We take this for granted when talking about sustainability and it is rarely discussed. …

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In-Vessel Composting - From Farm to Kitchen to Compost, and Back to Farm

Johnson County Community College (KS)

Space on any campus is limited especially when you mention you want to compost food. In-vessel composting is a viable way to compost all your food while keeping odor under …

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Achieving Sustainability Through Happiness

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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Sustainability Projects Assessment Tool (SPAT)

Arizona State University (AZ)

The Sustainability Projects Assessment Tool (SPAT) is an automated decision support program that seeks to identify total cost of ownership of sustainability projects, and analyzes three aspects: assessment of environmental, …

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Eco Reps and Leadership Development

Portland State University (OR)

Leadership development is taken to new depths when participants have an active and inclusive relationship with their program and its purpose. At [University], the Eco Rep program strives to go …

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The Case Study Based Research in the Education of Sustainable Architecture

University of Arkansas (AR)

Among the variety of employed methodologies, case study based research has been a commonly utilized approach in law, medicine, and business administration. As with these disciplines, case studies are also …

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Campus, Curriculum and Community - An international perspective: How students are delivering sustainability in UK higher education

National Union of Students

The National Union of Students (NUS) runs a successful programme of environmental initiatives that are proactively tackling sustainability issues at university campuses throughout the UK.

Inspired by our member students' …

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Engaging Students in Sustainability Efforts on College Campuses

University of Central Missouri (MO)

How many times has your office wanted student input on sustainability projects and didn't know how to engage students? Perhaps you are having trouble rallying students around a proposed sustainability …

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Applying Integrated Assessment to Establish Campus Sustainability Priorities at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan (MI)

Some research is conducted solely to gain knowledge or understanding, while other research is conducted with a specific use in mind. Integrated Assessment begins with a structured dialog among scientists, …

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Mapping Sustainability - Interactive tools for tracking and outreach

Loyola University Chicago (IL)

This presentation will share the latest tools in interactive mapping of sustainability features for a campus. GIS Specialist, David Treering and Director of Sustainability, Aaron Durnbaugh will share their experience …

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Non-Profit Non-Starters? Using Creative Economic Levers on Campus

Colby College (ME)
Harvard University (MA)
University of Virginia (VA)

Financial limitations are often a primary barrier to sustainability implementation at colleges and universities. Often, universities share best practices, and occasionally lessons learned, but less frequently do they describe the …

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Partnerships with Campus Administration: Initiating Collaborative Change

Second Nature (MA)

Discussion of successful partnerships students have made with administration to achieve sustainability and climate neutrality goals, ensuring long-term carry through of student projects and initiatives, and challenges to creating mutually …

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Multi-phased Evaluation of Occupant Perception of Sustainable Buildings as Measured by LEED®

Bryant University (RI)

There is a need for the proliferation of sustainable buildings and for enhanced strategies to attract customers to such an initiative. This study presents the results of a multi-phased study …

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Cognitive Apprenticeship through Documentation Projects in Digital Media

University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College (HI)
University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)

Given the expense and time intensity of educational projects that involve video or other digital/image production equipment, editing software, production costs, end product management and maintenance etc. sustainability educators need …

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Composting Inside of a Greenhouse: Exploring the Benefits of an Integrated Composting/Growing Operation.

Green Mountain Technologies (WA)

Gustavus Adolphus College has created a unique and innovative model for integrating a commercial composting operation into a growing operation. Gustavus has installed an Earth Flow composting system from Green …

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Sustainabillity by Collaboration: Partnering Facilities with Instruction

Sierra College (CA)

Sierra College utilizes a unique partnership between the facilities and instructional divisions to provide high-level workforce development training for students while expanding the college's renewable energy portfolio. The Energy Technology …

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How can we know that our educational efforts are working?

University of Otago (Otago)

Some higher education institutions aspire to transform students into global citizens, able and willing to address the sustainability needs of the planet. Yet these institutions have limited capacity to evaluate …

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Intellectual Property and Sustainability

Marymount Manhattan College (NY)

This presentation is a briefing on Intellectual Property and how it may be a factor in promoting and managing sustainability effort. Intellectual Property has many aspects. It is understood as …

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Teaching Skills for Sustainable Development, Countering Assumptions

Kansas State University (KS)

An eight-week pilot was conducted in an apparel and textiles (AT) course in which three skills considered paramount to education for sustainable development (ESD) (collaboration/cooperation, communication, and conflict resolution) were …

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Revamping Your University Waste and Recycling Program

Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) (MI)

Creating sustainable waste and recycling operations throughout large universities is a daunting task as you deal with a variety of audiences and system users. This task can be especially challenging …

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The Green Auto Show

Presbyterian College (SC)

Recognizing that vehicle choice by young buyers has a profound and lasting effect on consumption of fossils fuels, pollution, and our nation's national security, Presbyterian College sponsored a Green Auto …