New Book: Learning and Sustainability in Dangerous Times
This curated collection of writings by Stephen Sterling - a leading thinker in sustainability education - offers his perspective on how learning and education can make a decisive difference to securing the future in an increasingly uncertain and threatened world. The essays lay out the key elements of educational thinking and practice based on ecological and relational principles that offer a way forward.
Climate Action Roadmap for Colleges
Published by the EAUC and the Association of Colleges, the revised roadmap provides actions and guidance on how colleges can respond to the climate emergency and advance sustainability.
Indoor Waste & Diversion Practices at Colleges & Universities
The report summarizes the findings from a survey of 170 campus sustainability and facilities managers conducted earlier in 2024. Among the findings: 44 percent of participating institutions have adopted a self-service arrangement that shifts responsibility from custodians to individual staff and faculty for removing personal waste from office workstations; removing waste baskets from classrooms and directing students to use common area bins resulted in increased diversion, lower contamination and reduced labor demand for a majority of schools as well as reduced classroom litter for a third of them; and 63 percent make at least some effort to recover food waste from academic and administrative areas of campus.
Educating for Climate Action and Justice: Guidelines for Excellence
These guidelines are a set of recommendations designed to assist educators in developing and implementing effective programs that focus on climate change, address injustice, and ignite action. The guidelines offer suggestions for creating more inclusive and equitable learning environments that support learners as they make informed decisions and take collective actions to address the changing global climate. The guidelines were published by North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE).
Building Touchpoints for Equity in Sustainability Higher Education
Released by Diversity in Sustainability, this report addresses barriers marginalized communities face in accessing sustainability education. It provides tools and ideas for those in admissions, faculty, and student and career services so that they can support inclusion and accessibility.
2024 ISCN Best Practices Report
The 2024 ISCN Best Practices Report features 45 case studies from 36 International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) members, showcasing their work to advance whole-institution sustainability across teaching, learning and research, as well as campus management and community engagement.
Equity-Minded Job Description Review Guide
This guide focuses on the importance of the job description in recruitment, hiring and retention. This protocol is intended to guide practitioners through a race-conscious review of the job description to inform changes that will improve racial equity in the hiring process and success for Asian American, African American, Latiné/x, Indigenous, Pacific Islander, and other minoritized students. This resource was published by the University of Southern California, Race and Equity Center.
Green Communications Workshop Series
Designed for higher education sustainability professionals, this workshop series consists of three one-hour webinars beginning on Oct. 8 with social media. The second session is Nov. 12 on design principles and the third is on Dec. 10 on analytics. The series is being offered by Green LMN.
Teaching Sustainability Competencies Across the Disciplines
This guide is for instructors in curriculum development workshops and for others who seek to integrate sustainability across the curriculum in higher education. The guide was produced by members of AASHE's Scaling Up Sustainability Across the Curriculum Community of Practice.
AASHE Webinar Recordings
All AASHE webinars from 2024 are available to members. Archived webinars from this year span a variety of topics, such as sustainable development education, climate action planning and scope 3 emissions, foodscapes, sustainability literacy and culture assessments, and many more.
Education and Climate Change: Learning to Act for People and Planet.
The paper explores the interrelationships between education and the Sustainable Development Goals. It reviews links among formal and informal education and climate change. Based on an analysis of ‘green’ content in the national curriculum frameworks and primary and secondary education subject syllabi of 76 countries, the report also proposes a new framework for a global indicator of ‘greening education’. The new policy paper was co-published by the MECCE (Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education) Project, the Global Education Monitoring Report and UNESCO.
New Issue: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
The latest issue includes an editorial about university performance and the SDGs, and studies about sustainability education in teacher education, adoption of sustainable development goals at a medical university, the corollary between higher education institutions' sustainability actions and local sustainability performance, and more.
Campus Climate Action Toolkit
Developed and distributed by the Campus Climate Action Corps, this guide aims to help individuals and campus communities cultivate environmental awareness and climate action on campus and in communities.
Higher Education Complementarity for Climate Action
The report, released by Second Nature, highlights institutions' varied approaches, responsibilities and actions across classifications and affinities in addressing climate challenges within the higher education sector. This resource is designed to inspire and provide a foundation for collaboration among institutions and individuals within and outside academia.
AASHE Webinar Recordings
An archive of this year's AASHE webinar recordings (as well as past year's) is in the Campus Sustainability Hub and accessible to AASHE members.
ACE Webinar: How Your Institution Can Save Money and Fight Climate Change
This American Council on Education webinar discussed how institutions can use clean energy tax credits included in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to advance institutional sustainability efforts. The event featured officials from the departments of Treasury and Education and a senior climate officer for the University of California system.
New Report: Building the Conditions for BIPOC/BAME Youth to Succeed in Sustainability
Preparing Future Generations: Building the Conditions for BIPOC/BAME Youth to Succeed in Sustainability addresses the systemic barriers faced by aspiring Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) youth sustainability leaders and offers practical tools and resources. The report features case studies and tips from young BIPOC/BAME sustainability professionals who have found success and broken through the barriers to pursue a career in sustainability.
SEPN-Canada Final Reports
Published by the Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN), these reports summarize synthesized findings from across the policy analysis, survey and site-visit case studies exploring the uptake of sustainability in education policy and practice across primary, secondary and higher education in Canada.
Transforming Business Education for a Sustainable Future
This book offers guidance on how to transform business education and integrate sustainability practices into the curriculum. With stories from 26 administrators, researchers and faculty, this book provides tools and solutions to address sustainability challenges in the business world and society.
Climate Education Policy Case Studies
Released by the North American Association for Environmental Education, these six case studies feature state and local policy initiatives that advance climate change education.
November AASHE Webinar Recording
November's webinar recording for What Is Sustainable Science, and How Can We Green Our Labs is available in the Campus Sustainability Hub for AASHE members.
New Resource: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
The latest issue of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education includes research, studies and editorials on topics including community college sustainability, integrating the SDGs, values and beliefs of sports management students, hospitality and food waste, campus engagement, and more.
Equity Toolkit
Achieving the Dream’s Equity Toolkit brings together lessons from research and experience working with community colleges to create more equitable institutions, and to help more students complete college and find careers that pay family-sustaining wages. The toolkit provides research, tools and resources to help operationalize equity-centered approaches to all aspects of the college’s work as well as provides lessons learned from colleges that have successfully increased student outcomes and eliminated equity gaps.
Youth-Led COP28 Webinar Series
This youth-led webinar series aims to provide space for young people and experts on different areas of climate to exchange insights from their respective climate journeys, offer one another guidance and encouragement, and cultivate a sense of global community. The participatory program aims to empower attendees to take their climate action to the next level leading up to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, happening Nov. 30 - Dec. 12.
Fossil Free Research Guide
This guide provides instructions for researching universities' ties to fossil fuel companies. It includes methods for finding various types of ties, such as donations, research grants, board interlock, professorship sponsorships, scholarships, etc.
2023 Survey of Sustainability in Education Abroad Results
The results of the 2023 Survey of Sustainability in Education Abroad reveal significant variations in sustainability performance of higher education institutions that facilitate education abroad opportunities for students. The survey was conducted by Bound International, LLC, in partnership with Earth Deeds.
September AASHE Webinar Recording
September's webinar recording for Rewild Your Campus With the Green Grounds Certification is available in the Campus Sustainability Hub for AASHE members.
Campus Sustainability Month Promotional Toolkit
Held every October, Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. College and university campuses typically host events in October that increase awareness of institutional priorities, celebrate campus accomplishments and inspire sustainability. AASHE provides a toolkit with sample website content, newsletters, emails and social media for promoting Campus Sustainability Month.
Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices
The book is organized around four anti-racist community engagement principles developed by the editors as part of their shared work and dialogue with colleagues regionally and across the country. There is an open access digital companion to the volume that include syllabi, agendas, handouts, worksheets and additional resources.
New Book: Education for Social Change: Perspectives on Global Learning
The book explores the different facets of education’s role in promoting social change and includes topics on education for democratic society, social justice and global citizenship. It highlights the key role education has played and continues to play as a vehicle for social change.
The Planet and Our Plates Presentation
Created in partnership between the Educated Choices Program and Earthday.org, this presentation and accompanying materials take an in-depth look at the environmental issues Earth is facing and discuss how our food system contributes to those struggles. It also discusses alternative proteins and the potential they hold to reduce the environmental impact of food production.
The Future of Food Presentation
Created and offered by the Educated Choices Program, this digital video presentation and accompanying materials explore the latest in plant-based and cell-based food technologies and how these products are shaping the future of our food systems.
