Publications
Introduction
AASHE’s publications library is the leading repository of reports, journal articles, books, and student research on sustainability in higher education. Certain publication types are entered in the annual AASHE Awards Program.
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Measuring sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education through semantic matching
- UNSW Canberra
- UNSW Sydney
Over the past twenty years, higher education institutions (HEIs) including universities, polytechnics, and vocational education providers, have become major conduits for the teaching and dissemination of the sustainable development goals …
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A framework for climate change curriculum redevelopment within built environment professional degrees
- University of Melbourne
- Western Sydney University
Cities are important sites for greenhouse gas emission reductions and adaptation to climate change. Yet, the design, development and planning of many cities does not yet reflect this. Research reveals …
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Designing transformative interventions for a world in crisis: How the ‘Worldview Journey’ invites for personal, cultural, and systems transformation
- Utrecht University
Our world is arguably in existential crisis, with crises manifesting in nearly every facet of our existence, from education, mental health, and culture, to democracy, environment, and institutions. As our …
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Supporting students to become agents of change: Introducing and evaluating the Transition Cycle approach to teaching transformative skills
- University of Amsterdam
Human societies are dealing with urgent and daunting societal transition challenges, such as those posed by climate change, inequality, pandemics, and digitalization. In all these cases, we know that they …
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Sustainability and impact reporting in US higher education anchor institutions
- California State University, Sacramento (CA)
- California State University, San Bernardino (CA)
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess how higher education anchor institutions (HEIs) voluntarily report their non-economic impacts. Its goals are to quantify the ease of public access …
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Universities in global transformation: Re-thinking curriculum integration and collaboration to co-create our future
- RMIT University
- Università di Catania
University-based curriculum development often involves adding new content. This ‘just add’ approach has also been applied to integrating the UN SDGs into curricula, reducing them to a checklist rather than …
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Enhancing sustainable development goals or promoting universities? An analysis of the times higher education impact rankings
- Gävle University College
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
- Universitat Politècnica de València
Purpose: This study aims to analyse and evaluate the methodology followed by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings (THE-IR), as well as the coverage obtained and the data offered by …
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Conceptualizing and comparing world-class universities’ contributions to global sustainability: Pathways, priorities and potential indicators
- Changsha University
- Hunan University
Sustainability is a goal for today, with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) acting as a guiding framework in a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. As research universities …
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Towards context-independent indicators for an unbiased assessment of environmental sustainability in higher education: An application to Italian universities
- Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
- Universita degli Studi di Padova
- University of Trento
Higher education institutes (HEIs) are important drivers for the development and implementation of best practices for environmental sustainability. However, reliable indicators are needed to objectively evaluate the environmental performance of …
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Teaching under an orange sky: Toward reimagining educational purpose on a damaged planet
- University of Cambridge
I begin with an assumption that there are intersectional relations among education, humans, cyber technologies, and nature, and assert that an expansive understanding of formal educational purpose is needed in …
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Campus sustainability office representations of the DEIJ-sustainability nexus
- Central Michigan University (MI)
- University of Vermont (VT)
The number of campus sustainability offices in the USA has grown over the past two decades. These offices evolve from myriad origins such as an outgrowth of a facilities department, …
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Environmental justice teaching in an undergraduate context: examining the intersection of community-engaged, inclusive, and anti-racist pedagogy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
Since the early 1980s, the environmental justice (EJ) movement was critical in drawing much needed attention on how Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and low-income groups have experienced a …
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Exploring influences shaping university students’ attitudes toward green buildings
- Louisiana State University (LA)
Purpose: This study aims to investigate university students’ awareness of green residences and the factors influencing their willingness to pay for living in such accommodations. Design/methodology/approach: This mixed-methods research involved …
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Do higher education institutions contribute to countries’ SDG progress: Evidence from university rankings
- Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education
- Sumy State University
- University of Helsinki
- Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a universal call to action over the past few years and a basis for assessing the progress of sustainable development of countries …
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Exploring the nexus between university sustainability practices and academic performance: An empirical analysis of the QS sustainability ranking and four world university rankings
- Nanjing Agricultural University
Universities, as agents of change, are expected to contribute to society’s most pressing challenges, particularly the 21st century’s central issue of sustainability. Amid growing expectations from governments, society, and an …
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Minimum Time Dose in Nature to Positively Impact the Mental Health of College-Aged Students, and How to Measure It: A Scoping Review
- Cornell University (NY)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
Background: Across the U.S., college and university students exhibit high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. While counseling, medications and, in more severe cases, hospitalization are …
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Exploring the moderating role of university environmental performance in shaping students’ environmental awareness and behaviors
- Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of university environmental performance in the relationship between students’ environmental awareness and behavior, with a particular focus on …
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Tree mapping and carbon inventory on a university campus in South Korea: Case study and global review
- Korea University
- Kyungmin University
- Sangji University
Campus trees have significant potential for sequestering carbon in urban environments and improving civic life quality; however, few inventories of university campus trees have been constructed worldwide (excluding North America). …
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Provoking Sustainability: The Evolving Role of Management Educators
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
Despite JME’s impactful pedagogical presence, we still fail to motivate change in a world where our planet degrades, available resources are imbalanced or unavailable to marginalized communities, and business schools …
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The GreenComp Evaluation Roadmap: a roadmap for in-depth holistic evaluation of the integration of the GreenComp framework in higher-education curricula
- University of Aruba
Purpose: The GreenComp framework identifies 12 competences for sustainability as common ground for higher-education curricula. The framework can be used for self-assessment and the review of curricula. However, a step-by-step …
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The art of arts-based interventions in transdisciplinary sustainability research
- Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
- Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU University)
- Wageningen University
Transdisciplinary, co-creative research deals with complex real-world problems, with complexity being a common denominator of sustainability issues. It is often understood as an interplay of two dimensions, collaboration and creativity, …
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Characterization of food waste in Grizzly Dining Hall at Georgia Gwinnett College: A critical step toward sustainable food waste management
- Georgia Gwinnett College (GA)
- Salt Lake City School District
This project investigated the generation and characterization of post-service food waste at Georgia Gwinnett College dining hall from Spring 2022 to Spring 2023. In Spring 2022, for three weeks, twice …
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Global Green Skills Report
This report illuminates global trends at the intersection of climate action and the workforce. It shows how government policies are already shifting the supply and demand for green skills, and …
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Understanding the Green Transition Supply and Demand Dynamics
This report analyzes global trends in the demand and supply of green talent between 2021 and 2024. It highlights a steady increase in demand for green skills, outpacing the growth …
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Global Climate Talent Stocktake: Doubling green talent by 2050 to meet global demand
This report highlights the growing global demand for green talent amid accelerating climate commitments from governments and businesses. Using LinkedIn data, it reveals a widening gap between green job demand …
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Meeting the Sustainability Skills Gap: New Research Reveals What Businesses Need to Succeed
- American University (DC)
As organizations worldwide embrace sustainability, new research from American University's Kogod School of Business uncovers the critical skills and competencies that will define success in an evolving business landscape.
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Sustainability Careers
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- City of Los Angeles
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development are the grand challenges for this century. This review assesses how sustainability and green jobs are changing in response to these formidable challenges, …
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2024 U.S. Energy & Employment Jobs Report (USEER)
- United States Department of Energy (DC)
This report is a comprehensive summary of national, state and county-level energy jobs, reported by industry, technology, and region, with data on wages, demographics and employer perspectives on growth and …
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2024 Sustainable Market Share Index
- New York University (NY)
The report analyzes consumer purchasing of sustainability-marketed products across 36 consumer packaged goods categories. As of 2023, these products hold an 18.5% market share, up from 13.7% in 2015, and …
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The Future of Jobs Report 2025
- World Economic Forum
This report forecasts a net gain of 78 million jobs by 2030, driven by technology and green transitions. Based on insights from 1,000+ employers, the report highlights climate-change mitigation as …
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Sustainability Jobs Boom as Corporate ESG Efforts Accelerate
- Sustainability Magazine
LinkedIn’s 2024 Jobs on the Rise report highlights a surge in sustainability-related roles, including Sustainability Analyst and Environmental Health Safety Manager, driven by accelerating ESG initiatives and the green energy …
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Why green jobs plans matter and where US cities stand in implementing them
- Brookings Institution
The transition to a cleaner and more resilient economy will be one of the most significant economic and physical transformations in U.S. history. Trillions of dollars will be required to …
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Growing demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector
- KPMG (NY)
Growing awareness of environmental risks and mounting regulatory and consumer pressure have driven unprecedented demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector. Recruiting skilled individuals with academic backgrounds and …
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Driving Revenue Growth through Sustainable Products and Services: Implications for Chief Marketing Officers
- The Conference Board
The business benefits of sustainability initiatives go well beyond strengthening corporate image. Chief marketing officers can leverage such initiatives to respond to the voice of the customer, address global societal …
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Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets
- McKinsey & Company (NY)
- Nielsen
A joint study from McKinsey and NielsenIQ examines sales growth for products that claim to be environmentally and socially responsible.
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Effective sustainability education is political education
- University of Zurich
The anthropogenic nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide emissions are greater than natural sources, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 and CH4 has not been as high as it is today for …
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Student Engagement and Environmental Awareness: Gen Z and Ecocomposition
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
This article collaboration addresses the importance of contextualizing current climate change discussions in twenty-first-century ecocomposition classrooms. It specifically focuses on the practical significance of what students’ writing and research can …
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A systematic mixed studies review of civic engagement outcomes in environmental education
- Stanford University (CA)
Civic engagement is recognized as a critical process to address environmental and other societal issues. To examine the intersection between environmental education and civic engagement, as reported in the peer-reviewed …
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Environmental Impacts of Energy Saving Actions in an Academic Building
- Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo
- Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Global warming and climate change effects have been of such impact that several countries around the world are enforcing public policies to mitigate them. Mexico has shown a strong commitment …
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When Searching for Cost-Saving Measures, Colleges Go Green
- Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
Community colleges are cutting energy costs and promoting sustainability through efficiency upgrades, supported by state funding, utility rebates, and behavioral changes. These efforts have led to millions in savings, reduced …
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Economic Analysis of Sustainable Transportation Transitions: Case Study of the University of Saskatchewan Ground Services Fleet
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
The global transport sector of the world economy contributes about 15% of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the world today, and this must be drastically curbed. To reduce GHG emissions …
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Migrating towards Using Electric Vehicles in Campus-Proposed Methods for Fleet Optimization
- Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
Managing a fleet efficiently to address demand within cost constraints is a challenge. Mismatched fleet size and demand can create suboptimal budget allocations and inconvenience users. To address this problem, …
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Case Study: Arizona State University – Managing the Vehicle Fleet More Efficiently
- Smart Energy Decisions (NY)
Arizona State University (ASU), an institution serving more than 80,000 across four campuses has successfully completed the first phase of its effort to increase the efficiency of its transportation assets …
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Hybrids help University Safety & Police to Save Money by Going Green
- Utah Tech University (UT)
The Department of University Safety & Risk Management at Utah Tech is replacing older fleet vehicles with hybrid models, including a Ram 1500 e-torque and six Toyota RAV4 hybrids, to …
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Enhancing Transportation Demand Management Options at the University of Nebraska at Omaha:The Costs, Benefits and Challenges of Implementation
- University of Nebraska at Omaha (NE)
As a growing metropolitan university, UNO faces the ongoing challenge of automobile congestion and increasing demand for convenient parking. The financial, environmental, aesthetic, and opportunity costs of creating and maintaining …
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A review of operating performance in green buildings: Energy use, indoor environmental quality and occupant satisfactio
- Tsinghua University
This paper aims to review the published researches on post-occupancy performance of green buildings in terms of energy use, indoor environment quality (IEQ) and occupant satisfaction. A total of 925 …
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Green Building Occupant Satisfaction: Evidence from the Australian Higher Education Sector
- Griffith University
- Shenzhen University
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- UNSW Sydney
Universities spend billions of dollars on green buildings as a sustainability commitment. This research investigates occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality (IEQ), building design (BD), and facilities management (FM) in …
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Do ‘green’ buildings have better indoor environments? New evidence
- National Research Council Canada
A post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of 12 green and 12 conventional office buildings across Canada and the northern United States was conducted. Occupants (N = 2545) completed an online questionnaire related …
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The Business Case for Green Building: A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors and Occupants
- World Green Building Council
The Business Case for Green Building: A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors and Occupants, examines whether or not it’s possible to attach a financial value to …
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Climate Risks and Resilience at Dickinson College: Infrastructure and Continuity Planning
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson College is faced with growing risks from climate change that could significantly impact its campus infrastructure, operations, and ability to fulfill its educational mission without disruption. As climate change …
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