Videos & Webinars

307 resources

Digging In: Specific Examples of Diversity in Sustainability Work

  • Bemidji State University (MN)
  • Central College (IA)
  • AASHE (MA)

We all have to make sure the sustainability movement is not a white, elitist movement. Join two Sustainability Directors as they share their successes, challenges, and lessons learned through integrating …

  • Posted March 11, 2020
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Institutionalizing Environmental Justice

  • University of California, Berkeley (CA)
  • AASHE (MA)

Over the past few years, the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has been working to institutionalize environmental justice operations, programs, and projects for …

  • Posted Feb. 27, 2020
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Welcome and Unwelcome Surprises on the Path to Carbon-Neutrality

  • University of California, Irvine (CA)
  • AASHE (MA)

For many colleges and universities, the commitment to carbon-neutrality was initially a pledge based upon a leap of faith that was judged too important to delay until a clear path …

  • Posted Feb. 20, 2020
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

On 4.7.20, Focus Your Campus on Ambitious Climate Solutions

  • Bard College (NY)
  • AASHE (MA)

Solve Climate By 2030 is mobilizing US educators to engage over 100,000 students in dialog about ambitious stabilizing the climate over the next decade. It culminates on the evening of …

  • Posted Feb. 13, 2020
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Webinar: Closing the Loop: Connecting Class to Campus Sustainability with Cases

  • University of Michigan (MI)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (MD)

This webinar will discuss how multimedia, case-based learning can be used to better engage and inform students regarding sustainability-related efforts on campus and create opportunities to build upon their projects …

  • Posted Feb. 7, 2020
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

STARS 2.2 Data Quality Boot Camp Webinar

  • AASHE (MA)

The STARS 2.2 Data Quality Boot Camp webinar will help you submit a high-quality STARS Version 2.2 report in time for the March 6, 2020, data sharing deadlines for the …

  • Posted Feb. 3, 2020
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

ESD for 2030: The Future Depends on Us!

  • Portland Community College (OR)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network (GPSEN) (OR)

The United Nations has established a new decade, beginning in 2020, focused on the power of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). “ESD for 2030” calls for educators to help advance …

  • Posted Jan. 23, 2020
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Webinar: Innovation in Cleaning for Custodians and Students

  • Stanford University (CA)
  • AASHE (MA)

Stanford University’s Residential and Dining Enterprises has adopted a green cleaning standard that has reduced chemical usage in residences by over 90%. The system engineers water by infusing it with …

  • Posted Dec. 12, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Webinar: Working with Advancement and Alumni Relations to Engage Alumni

  • Lafayette College (PA)
  • Lehigh University (PA)
  • University of Virginia (VA)
  • AASHE (MA)

Many sustainability practitioners seek to engage alumni in various ways – fundraising, expertise, guest speakers, jobs/internships and mentorship for students. Lehigh University and the University of Virginia’s Office for Sustainability …

  • Posted Dec. 5, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

MCURC: Universities Scaling Up Sustainability Together

  • The Culinary Institute of America (NY)
  • Stanford University (CA)
  • AASHE (MA)

The Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) is a working group of scholars and campus dining leaders from colleges and universities interested in accelerating efforts to move American consumers—and …

  • Posted Nov. 13, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Let’s Take the Climate Back

  • AASHE (MA)
  • Interface Global (GA)

According to research conducted by Interface and Net Impact, 95% of climate experts believe that it is possible to reverse global warming and 91% of young leaders agree. The reason …

  • Posted Nov. 13, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Sustainability Education Curriculum Mapping and Assessment Planning

  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
  • AASHE (MA)

The interdisciplinary field of sustainability programs is trending at many institutions. Assessments of programs is part of that reality to be in compliance with the Higher Learning Commissions and the …

  • Posted Nov. 7, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Turning the Page: A Behavior Change Toolkit for Reducing Paper Use

  • AASHE (MA)
  • Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus (OR)
  • Root Solutions (CA)

From 2017-2019, Root Solutions trained more than 20 higher education institutions in how to use behavioral insights to save paper. Based on real-world experiences at these institutions as well as …

  • Posted Oct. 24, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Webinar: Getting the Most Out of the 2019 AASHE Conference & Expo

  • AASHE (MA)

With thousands of attendees, hundreds of sessions on a diversity of topics, dozens of exhibitors and more, AASHE’s annual conference can sometimes feel a little overwhelming. Designed to help you …

  • Posted Oct. 16, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Managing Behavior Change: Moving Past Barriers

  • AASHE (MA)
  • GreenerU (MA)

Many of us set goals for ourselves. Some goals—such as losing weight, getting more exercise, or being more sustainable—are set with the best of intentions, but the reality is that …

  • Posted Oct. 10, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Webinar: Off-Campus Move Outs… Moving in the Right Direction

  • University of Cincinnati (OH)
  • AASHE (MA)

Many colleges and universities have mastered on-campus move-out diversion, but off-campus student move-out is a much less tackled problem. Apartments, condos and single-family homes located off-campus generate different (and often …

  • Posted Oct. 3, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Utilizing Building Data for Modern Campus Sustainability

  • Wentworth Institute of Technology (MA)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Atrius (CA)

Debra Shepard, Principal at Riverstone Sustainability and Sustainability Advisor to Wentworth Institute of Technology, shares how the team has activated modern energy management practices to build a culture of sustainability …

  • Posted Sept. 26, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Webinar: Sustainability Master Planning from All Perspectives

  • Texas A&M University (TX)
  • Ayers Saint Gross (MD)
  • AASHE (MA)

Using Texas A&M University as a case study, staff will introduce integrated sustainability master planning from all perspectives: social, environmental, and economic. Both a campus level and department level plan …

  • Posted Sept. 20, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Implementing Energy Efficiency through Sub-meters

  • Macalester College (MN)
  • AASHE (MA)

Participants will learn how to begin sub-metering utilities on their campus and how this data can inform and justify not only the cost of the sub-meters, but of energy efficiency …

  • Posted Sept. 12, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Celebrating Diversity is not Enough: Teaching Social Justice

  • University of Michigan (MI)
  • AASHE (MA)

Social justice and equity are a prominent dimensions of sustainability that can be overlooked or under-taught across the curriculum. Well-meaning instructors may focus on “celebrating diversity” or exception individuals rather …

  • Posted Sept. 5, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Webinar: Student Power to Fund Renewable Energy: A New Take on the Solar PPA

  • Southern Oregon University (OR)
  • AASHE (MA)

As campuses look to expand on site renewable energy generation, one of the greatest barriers to implementation is often initial project funding. Over the last year and a half, students …

  • Posted Aug. 29, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Preparing for Campus Sustainability Month 2019

  • Kentucky Community and Technical College System Office (KY)
  • Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
  • AASHE (MA)

October is Campus Sustainability Month! Join this webinar to gain ideas and inspiration for how you can leverage #CampusSustainabilityMonth to engage and inspire incoming students and other campus stakeholders to …

  • Posted Aug. 22, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Exciting and Effective Community – Higher Education Collaborations

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) (PA)

Universities are looking for new ways to benefit their local communities. Communities are looking for smart solutions to constantly changing problems. Both strive to become more resilient, sustainable, and attractive …

  • Posted Aug. 15, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

STARS Incorporation into Capability-Based Gen Ed Curriculum

  • Eureka College (IL)
  • AASHE (MA)

This session will cover incorporating STARS data collection AND report segments into an introductory sustainability course that fulfills a capability-based general education requirement (Sustainable Practices and Environmental Conscience). We will …

  • Posted Aug. 8, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Step Away from the Spreadsheet: Online Tools are Making Sustainability Management in Higher Education Easy

  • University of New Hampshire (NH)
  • Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
  • Second Nature (MA)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • US Green Building Council - San Diego Chapter (CA)

Management of sustainability data in higher education has experienced an exciting evolution over the last few years. Whereas spreadsheets used to dominate, there are now a variety of online tools …

  • Posted Aug. 7, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Understanding Sustainability Through Transdisciplinary Narratives

  • University of Michigan (MI)
  • AASHE (MA)

The concepts of “more” and “better” drive social narratives about they kind of world we’re creating: a future of more stuff and strife, or one based on a better life. …

  • Posted Aug. 1, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

A Solar PPA Designed for Positive Externalities

  • Pennsylvania State University (PA)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • The Nature Conservancy (VA)

Drs. Meghan Hoskins and Peter Buckland from Penn State’s Sustainability Institute in collaboration with Elizabeth Johnson, The Nature Conservancy, PA and Emilie Wangerman, Lightsource BP will describe the rationale for …

  • Posted July 18, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Engaging Students with University Sustainability Indicators

  • Tulane University (LA)
  • AASHE (MA)

The webinar will explore ways of engaging students and faculty with university sustainability indicators and assessments, such as AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), suggesting that asking students …

  • Posted June 13, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Opportunities for Embedding the SDGs in Higher Education

  • AASHE (MA)
  • National Union of Students

The webinar will share insight from recent research into student experiences of sustainability in higher education, and the Sustainable Development Goals. NUS UK has carried out a longitudinal study into …

  • Posted June 5, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Leading Deeper Change: The 1st Cohort of AASHE Members Share Their Experience Completing the REFOCUS Applied Learning Program

  • College of William & Mary (VA)
  • University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
  • University of Vermont (VT)
  • AASHE (MA)

Last August, AASHE hosted a workshop on REFOCUS: a leadership development program designed to enable practitioners to generate deep organizational change and establish sustainability as a strategic priority. The eye-opening …

  • Posted May 30, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Scaling the Ladder: Engagement Programs as Tools for Sustainability

  • McGill University (QC)
  • AASHE (MA)

Using examples from McGill University, this webinar covers how practitioners can use the ladder of engagement can turn small changes into meaningful, collective action. While there is often a debate …

  • Posted May 23, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Reaching Beyond the Green Population

  • AASHE (MA)
  • Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)

The world of sustainability offers something for everyone. Sadly many people on campus assume sustainability is just for environmentalists. Sustainability students, faculty, and staff would love to reach a broader …

  • Posted May 16, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Enhancing Campus Curricula and Sustainability Through UN SDGs

  • Lehigh University (PA)
  • AASHE (MA)

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are serving as a benchmark for not only development of much of the world, but also for redevelopment of the industrialized world, which faces a …

  • Posted May 2, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Internal Carbon Pricing in Higher Education Toolkit

  • Arizona State University (AZ)
  • Yale University (CT)
  • Second Nature (MA)
  • AASHE (MA)

Colleges and universities are important leaders in preventing the worst impacts of climate change. Pricing carbon is one instrument schools can use to advance climate solutions. This webinar will review …

  • Posted April 17, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Getting to Climate Neutrality: Does Bioenergy from Wood Help or Hurt?

  • Tufts University (MA)
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
  • AASHE (MA)

Bioenergy has been declared a carbon neutral energy source by the US, EU, China, and other governments around the world. In alignment with these national policies, AASHE-STARS and other sustainability …

  • Posted April 11, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Sustainably Developing Sustainability Programs and Curriculum

  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
  • AASHE (MA)

The climate is changing in higher education today with unpredictable state funding, evolving student populations and dialog about sustainability of higher education itself. With the urgency for sustainable solutions to …

  • Posted April 4, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Hampshire College’s R.W. Kern Center- A Living & Learning Building

  • Hampshire College (MA)
  • AASHE (MA)

Located at the heart of Hampshire College campus, the R.W. Kern Center is a certified Living Building: generating its own energy, capturing and treating its own water, and processing and …

  • Posted March 21, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

The WaterHub at Emory - A Case Study for Water ReUse

  • Emory University (GA)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • NextEra Distributed Water, Inc. (VA)

The Atlanta region has witnessed numerous water-related stresses, including severe drought, EPA mandates resolving critical infrastructure issues, and an extended political dispute over water rights. In 2013, Emory University explored …

  • Posted March 15, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Connecting Sustainability Competences and Pedagogical Approaches

  • AASHE (MA)
  • Tecnológico de Monterrey (Nuevo Leon)

Research into and practice of Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) have been increasing during the last two decades. These have focused on providing sustainability education to future generations of …

  • Posted March 11, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Zero is Hero: Use a Zero Waste Events Program to Re-Teach Recycling

  • Johns Hopkins University (MD)
  • AASHE (MA)

Do you know how many events occur on your campus every year? Can you guess how many of those events use disposables? Do you have a hard time engaging your …

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Webinar Series: Planning & Administration

  • AASHE (MA)

Expanded from last year, the STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Series will help you gain the insights you need to submit a high-quality STARS report in time for the 2019 …

  • Posted Feb. 6, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Webinar Series: Operations

  • AASHE (MA)

Expanded from last year, the STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Series will help you gain the insights you need to submit a high-quality STARS report in time for the 2019 …

  • Posted Feb. 1, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Webinar Series: Engagement

  • AASHE (MA)

Expanded from last year, the STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Series will help you gain the insights you need to submit a high-quality STARS report in time for the 2019 …

  • Posted Jan. 30, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Webinar Series: Academics

  • AASHE (MA)

Expanded from last year, the STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Series will help you gain the insights you need to submit a high-quality STARS report in time for the 2019 …

  • Posted Jan. 25, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Webinar Series: Overall Tips

  • AASHE (MA)

Expanded from last year, the STARS Data Quality Boot Camp Series will help you gain the insights you need to submit a high-quality STARS report in time for the 2019 …

  • Posted Jan. 23, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

How to Prove ROI and Get Funding for an Energy Management Information System (EMIS)

  • Weber State University (UT)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Atrius (CA)

Still on the fence about purchasing an Energy Management Information System to manage your university’s resource data? The time to act is now.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, …

  • Posted Jan. 17, 2019
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Setup a Food Hub as a Community Resilience Tool

  • Black Hills State University (SD)
  • AASHE (MA)

Black Hills State University (BHSU) and Spearfish community partners are seeking to create a culture that supports and values local food in order to expand the reach and depth of …

  • Posted Nov. 15, 2018
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

A New Way to Benchmark your Sustainable Purchasing Program

  • AASHE (MA)
  • Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)

The members of the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council have collaborated to produce a Benchmarking System for evaluating the maturity of Sustainable Purchasing Programs. The new tool is being used by …

  • Posted Nov. 8, 2018
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

JUST Label and STARS – Comparison and Synergies

  • AASHE (MA)
  • International Living Future Institute (WA)

The JUST Program has been adopted by organizations worldwide as a robust organizational transparency platform with a specific lens into social equity performance. As organizations and institutions seek to be …

  • Posted Oct. 31, 2018
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more

Position your Student Sustainability Committee as a Leadership Training Opportunity

  • Johnson County Community College (KS)
  • AASHE (MA)

Johnson County Community College’s Student Sustainability Committee is our campuswide student sustainability leadership group. The Committee, formed in 2011 as part of a student-led initiative for a dollar-per-credit hour fee …

  • Posted Oct. 25, 2018
  • Videos & Webinars
  • View more