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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Small Scale Biogas for Energy Sustainability and Education
- Dickinson College (PA)
This presentation will describe the science and practical logistics of running a small scale biogas system on campus. Biogas (also known as biomethane) is a climate-friendly, renewable alternative to natural ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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The Harsh Realities of Generating Successful Living Laboratories
- Dickinson College (PA)
Living laboratories are a growing component of sustainability in higher education, however their creation is frequently meet with stiff opposition. Dickinson College has successfully cultivated two living laboratories, The Handlebar ...
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Make a Ripple. Join a Wave: Developing experiential communication campaigns to accelerate positive perceptions in sustainability
- University of British Columbia (BC)
Encouraging positive perception & behavior change requires an integrated approach to communication, education & awareness. UBC's annual Ripple Effect is a multi-channel, student-focused campaign that explores & exemplifies all ...
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Tracking student shower usage in real-time
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MA)
Self-reported shower durations suffer from memory inconsistency and timing accuracy as humans generally have great difficulty telling time internally. Our pre- and post-program self-report surveys also introduce errors due to ...
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Exploring LEED-EB: O+M for A Smarter, Healthier and More Efficient Campus: Lessons Learned at Portland State University
- Portland State University (OR)
- Green Building Services (OR)
Portland State University is working on multiple fronts to institutionalize sustainable operations and support the campus goal of carbon neutrality by 2040. In 2015, PSU became a founding signatory of ...
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Capitalizing on Local Renewable Resources for Campus Energy Needs: The Williams Lake Campus Bio-Mass System
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
Campuses across North America are increasingly looking to renewable energy sources to help reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and provide reliable and consistent energy costs. Each university has different ...
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Sustainable and Comprehensive Utilities and Energy Management
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Texas A&M University embarked on a comprehensive program, in 2002, to better understand and improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of campus facilities. The result has been a decrease in campus ...
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Green Roof Strategies for Success: Making It Work Beyond the First Year
- New York University (NY)
Green roof failures are all too common, often leading to expensive replacement plantings, unmet aesthetic expectations, and invasive plant problems. In the fall of 2011, a 3,700 square foot ...
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Seeing STARS: Institutionalizing Sustainability Data Collection & Reporting
- University of South Carolina (SC)
- Campus Labs (NY)
Recognizing the challenges of centralizing sustainability data collection and reporting, the University of South Carolina piloted two collection systems in 2015-16. Drawing on the deployment system and existing relationships of ...
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Creating a Strategic Plan for Sustainability
- University of Regina (SK)
How do you create a powerful sustainability strategic plan with limited internal resources and what should that plan say? This session will answer these questions by providing insight into the ...
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Greening Laboratories: US Freezer Challenge
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (GA)
In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted its first Freezer Challenge, a two-month agency-wide competition addressing cold storage practices in laboratories. CDC reduced energy use by 320 ...
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Sustainability Transformation at a Rural University: Building New Linkages across the Campus
- Frostburg State University (MD)
Frostburg State University's commitment to sustainability has developed over a number of years as new linkages allowed to University to connect academic, residential, co-curricular, and community activities under the ...
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New England Farm & Sea to Campus Network
- Farm to Institution New England (VT)
Join us for this networking session. The New England Farm & Sea to Campus Network formed in 2015 in order to help connect campus-based stakeholders and other food system stakeholders ...
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What to Say and What Not to Say on the Road to Becoming Effective Communicators on Climate Change
- ecoAmerica (DC)
This presentation will showcase ecoAmerica's Solution Generation program and communications research that will empower higher education leaders to more effectively connect with campuses and their broader communities on climate ...
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Is Everybody Present? Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and a Creative Curriculum to Teach Sustainability, Healthful Eating, and Stress Reduction
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (IL)
Mindfulness based training and practice is an effective tool promoting resilience, positive health outcomes and awareness of those around us and connection to all living things. This sustainable approach reinforces ...
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Earthstock' & 'A Road to Sustainability': Creative Programming to Promote a Sustainable Campus Culture
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
- Universidad de Monterrey
Join us to learn about the crossroads between creative, educational programming and environmental sustainability at Earthstock and Road to Sustainability. By organizing campus-wide events such as documentary/movie showings, vegan ...
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Advocating for Sustainability
- University of Arizona (AZ)
During Fall 2015, the Sustainability Advocate program was instated in each of the Panhellenic sorority chapters with house facilities at the University of Arizona. The advocate's job is to ...
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Phoenix Project: scheme of assistance to victims of fire
- Universidad de Monterrey
In the need to provide quality care to victims of fire in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Mexico, Project Phoenix was created. Project Phoenix seeks to help out improving basic ...
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Collaboration is the Path to Sustainability
- CleanRiver Recycling Solutions (ON)
Through the use of case studies and examples from real life site-tours, Bruce Buchan will identify the key challenges Higher Education facilities face when implementing recycling programs, and the critical ...
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Illustrating the 'Criterion Problem': How Starting With the End in Mind Gets us There
- Missouri State University (MO)
Virtually every sustainability problem begins with human thinking and behavior. While this may seem obvious, psychologists are rarely involved in the conception, development, delivery, or evaluation of real world attempts ...
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Understanding Sustainability in Light of Our Changing Climate
- American Meteorological Society (DC)
How can students lead the change to live sustainably? The American Meteorological Society (AMS) believes it starts with education. As students learn of their impact on the climate system, they ...
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Making a Sustainable Community Among College Theatres
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
Theatre is a creative place to share ideas with others. Theatres have done well with doing more with less, but there is a need for more sustainable practices. People have ...
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Building Student Leadership Through Networks: Connecting Higher Education Institutions Through Behavior Change Projects
- Augsburg University (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
This poster focuses on the value of connecting students, faculty and staff across boundaries. In this case, we connected across institutions, learning from each other and developing a network for ...
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From "me" to "we" in the Academic World Towards Sustainability: Path and Purpose
- Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
My passion to create a shift in society will hopefully show you how to switch from "me" to "we" and build a Sustainable World. Two years ago, I discovered my ...
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Powering a New South: Sustainabilty through Student Engagement in the University Press and Beyond
- Coastal Carolina University (SC)
Through an examination of the processes, experiences, and outcomes of a yearlong, multi-disciplinary, experiential university press project, instructors and press advisors will examine energy through the lens of our local ...
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How Higher Education can Foster Innovations for Sustainability
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Using a historical methodology to review places of innovation and intentional communities, three commonalities were identified as fundamental to the process of creating sustainable and innovative environments. For those interested ...
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Establishing a Student Green Fund at Your University
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a student-led effort recently succeeded with the establishment of a student green fund. The green fund currently provides approximately $46,000 per year to be ...
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Knowledge Flows Downstream: Partnering to Build Watershed Awareness on Campus and at Local Elementary/Middle Schools..
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
A collaboration between Pennsylvania Sea Grant and Penn State Erie, The Behrend College provided undergraduate students with science-based information about watershed health, water quality and the impacts of excess storm ...
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Creating effective service-learning projects for the sustainability curriculum
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Service-learning (SL) cultivates academic development, personal growth and civic engagement among students; enables them to contribute to community and recognize their ability to act as agents of social change. I ...
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The Tiny House at the Tiny College: Design and Assessment of a Sustainable Micro-Housing Prototype.
- Randolph College (VA)
The planned Tiny House at Randolph College is multi-function: As a public resource on sustainable design and its significance; as a teaching tool for environmental sustainability and assessment; temporary accommodation ...
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A Unique Partnership With Our Utility Company
- University of San Diego (CA)
In 2009, the University of San Diego (USD) applied to become part of the Local Governments Partnerships in San Diego through San Diego Gas and Electric. The request was approved ...
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The secret life of one 'ice cube' and it's wasteful journey to your cup at the ballgame
- Eden's Song, LLC (GA)
Environmental efforts permeate every aspect of campus life. So it may surprise some to know that in one crucial area of vigorous waste efforts, a nasty little culprit has just ...
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Zero-Waste Initiative: Paving the Way
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
As an institution with over 25,000 students, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln produces an overwhelming amount of waste. Although UNL currently has a waste diversion rate of about 50 percent ...
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Opening a Plant-forward, Farm-to-Fork cafe on the UC Berkeley campus
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Last semester, Cal Dining opened Brown's- a California Café on the UC Berkeley campus. Brown's opened with the goal of serving food that is delicious, nutrient- dense, and ...
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Management Strategies for Carbon and Nitrogen: Using a Combined Footprint Tool to Reduce Environmental Impact
- University of Virginia (VA)
How can institutions assess and manage their impact on the environment? A newly combined tool for carbon and nitrogen footprints offers a platform for institutions to manage their emissions both ...
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Helping Students Lead on Solar: Collaborations to Advance Renewable Energy on Campus
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Despite having some of the lowest-priced electricity in the nation, our students forged ahead to identify opportunities for solar energy and the ways it will fit into the energy future ...
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Showcasing Community Sustainability Champions on Campus: Why? How?
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
For several years, the IU South Bend Center for a Sustainable Future has held a Sustainability Lecture Series on campus. The format has evolved over time to best meet the ...
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Measuring Undergraduate Students' Learning Over Time
- James Madison University (VA)
The Environmental Stewardship Reasoning and Knowledge Assessment (ESRKA), a validated, 50-question test with good reliability, is being used to measure undergraduate students' learning over time at a large, public university ...
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Key Facilities Metrics; Gateway Survey for Collegiate Improvements
- National Association of College & University Business Officers (NACUBO) (DC)
For the third year, the joint APPA/NACUBO 'Key Facilities Benchmark' survey is being offered and results will be highlighted. The five simple measures instigated by the NACUBO Sustainability Advisory ...
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Mapping the St. Croix Valley: Beyond Sustainability
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
The St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development, established on the UWRF campus in 2007, branched out across the watershed and state boundaries to become the St. Croix Institute LLC ...
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Classroom, Campus and Community Sustainability Engagement: Resources for Engaging the Social Dimensions of Change
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
Sustainability education and engagement should encompass more than mere knowledge acquisition, instead integrating a transformative learning process that engages the whole person. This 30 minute workshop highlights why participatory, dialogue-based ...
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Systems Thinking for Campus Sustainability: Utilizing the University of Central Florida Campus as a Living Laboratory
- University of Central Florida (FL)
In Spring of 2016, UCF's College of Engineering and Computer Science offered a new honors-level course titled Systems Analysis for Sustainability in Engineered Systems. The 14 week course introduces ...
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Compost Cats in the K-12 Classroom: Building a Zero Waste Culture from the Ground Up
- University of Arizona (AZ)
The Compost Cats program at the University of Arizona has diverted 10.5 million pounds of material from local landfills. While turning garbage into gardens is important, changing the culture ...
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Carbon and the Compost Cats: Evaluation of Carbon Offset Impacts for a University Affiliated Compost Program
- University of Arizona (AZ)
The University of Arizona Compost Cats program has performed a life cycle assessment (LCA) greenhouse gas emissions analysis to quantify the benefits of composting waste from campus and local participating ...
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Integrating Resilience Across the Campus and the Curriculum: The Climate Change Risk and Resilience Open Lab
- Plymouth State University (NH)
Within higher education sustainability efforts have integrated resiliency by creating a new generation of climate commitments that combine existing pledges to reduce carbon emissions with new frameworks for engaging stakeholders ...
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Greening the Mullins Center at UMass Amherst
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
UMass Amherst, a three time STARS Gold Rated institution, has made great strides in creating a more sustainable campus. As a prior student, I take pride in this. As a ...
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Healthy Materials: Agents of Change
- Bruner/Cott Architects (MA)
Building materials can create adverse effects in built and natural environments. In addition to depleting natural resources and causing pollution, certain materials expose us to harmful chemicals. Advocating for transparency ...
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Cold is no Excuse! Campus Sustainability in Cold Climates
- Western Colorado University (CO)
Western State Colorado University is committed to sustainability throughout campus. WSCU is situated in Gunnison, CO., a unique valley that experiences extremely cold temperatures. Sub-zero temperatures are not uncommon on ...
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Breaking Barriers to Innovation: The Sustainable Gardening Library
- Sustainable Gardening Institute (NJ)
Meet the creators of the Sustainable Gardening Library, a centralized, easy-to-use repository for science-based information on sustainable gardening and farming that's built on state-of-the-art, user-friendly, device-responsive GIS mapping technology ...
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Importance of Student-led Efforts in Initiating Sustainability Programs in a Location With Predominantly Conservative Values
- Tarleton State University (TX)
Tarleton State University provides an interesting dichotomy It is located in a small town in rural Texas where sustainability has neither been promoted nor required. For years, faculty were stymied ...
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