AASHE 2014 Listening Project Report
The latest Listening Project report is an action and status update that captures plans organized around top Listening Project themes. The focus of this report is on actions already taken and future initiatives. Planned initiatives are highlighted in bold throughout the report to help readers identify what they can expect from AASHE moving forward to address priorities related to Listening Project themes.
The Journal of Sustainable Real Estate
The journal provides current and archived issues of academically reviewed papers on sustainable real estate. The site also includes links, case studies and resources that will prove useful to industry professionals, academics and anyone interested in learning more about sustainability.
New AASHE Bulletin Website
The Bulletin now features a complementary website. Intended to be a catchall resource that mirrors higher education sustainability, the website is updated on a regular basis with contributions from the higher education sustainability community. The Bulletin website is a go-to resource for all of the latest news and information. Submit items from your campus by visiting http://bulletin.aashe.org/posts/submit/.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video
The final Sustainability Sit-Downs video is out. This week’s video features Gabriela Boscio, Communications and Education Manager at Second Nature, discussing her organization, the greatest sustainability challenges we are facing, and her hopes for the future. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of 12 short interviews with sustainability professionals in higher education and partner organizations.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video
Second Nature's Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series features Wendell Brase, administrative vice chancellor at University of California, Irvine, discussing the true costs of inaction in the face of climate change. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of 12 short interviews with sustainability leaders in higher education and partner organizations.
U Michigan Releases Progress Report
University of Michigan students, faculty and staff are addressing sustainability challenges on campus and around the world. The report highlights the impact of recent student engagement, research and campus operations projects.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video
Second Nature's Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series features Jacqueline Johnson, chancellor of University of Minnesota, Morris and former AASHE board chair, discussing sustainability challenges for higher education, specifically facilities, and higher education's role in shaping the course of the country and world. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of 12 short interviews with sustainability leaders in higher education and partner organizations.
EAUC Annual Report 2014
Released by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), the new report is framed around the its 2013-15 overarching strategies comprising member value, member impact, member innovation, member voice, and member transparency. The EAUC is a nonprofit member-based charity supporting sustainability in tertiary education across the U.K. AASHE members have shared access to EAUC resources.
Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Report
The report, developed as part of a three-year project entitled University Educators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD), funded by the European Commission and led by the University of Gloucestershire (U.K.), captures recent efforts to support the development of education for sustainable development (ESD) competences of university educators. The aim is to draw on best practices, new initiatives, and usable tools for professional development in ESD for university educators.
Environmental Education Research Journal
The special issue of the journal focuses on environmental education in a neoliberal climate. The issue covers topics relating to ecotourism, urban environmental education, and the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
New Issue Sustainable Business Magazine
The latest issue, featuring a forward from AASHE's Executive Director Meghan Fay Zahniser, highlights how environmental considerations have shaped infrastructure at University of Pennsylvania and University of Oregon, and Niagara College's efforts to use its campus as a laboratory.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video
Second Nature's Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series features Wim Wiewel, President of Portland State University, discussing town-and-gown partnerships and higher education’s sustainability leadership role. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of 12 short interviews with sustainability leaders in higher education and partner organizations.
Reclaiming Broken Places: Introduction to Civic Ecology Course
The free massive open online course, Reclaiming Broken Places: Introduction to Civic Ecology, offered by Cornell University, explores why and how people come together to care for nature and cultivate community in places marked by disaster, war, poverty and environmental degradation.
EnvironmentalScience.Org Environmental Science Schools
The website environmentalscience.org sorted, in order of the highest percentage of total students graduating with an environmental science degree, 50 environmental schools in the U.S. based on information, statistics and data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
myActions 2014 Student Actions Awards
One hundred schools were recognized in the 2014 student-led program that supports student engagement through an array of existing programs, classes, events and student organizations focused on sustainability, compassion and well being.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video
Second Nature's Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series features Richard Cook, president emeritus of Allegheny College and Second Nature board chair. He discusses trans-disciplinary sustainability education and our effects as humans on the environment. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of 12 short interviews with sustainability leaders in higher education and partner organizations.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video
Second Nature's Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series recently featured Rebecca Edler from College of Menominee Nation, who spoke about the unviersity's long history of sustainability and her hopes for our collective future. The Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series, consisting of 12 interviews, features sustainability leaders from higher education, and non-profit and private sector organizations.
AASHE Member Discount: 20% Off The MIT Press Environmental Titles
The MIT Press is pleased to offer a 20% book discount exclusively to AASHE members on its entire list of environment and sustainability studies titles, including Mitchell Thomashow's recently published book, The Nine Elements of a Sustainable Campus. To redeem this discount, click on the title link for the discount code to use at checkout when purchasing books through the MIT Press website. Please note that this code can be applied to single or multiple purchases, and is valid for use on the MIT Press website only.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video
Second Nature's Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series recently hosted M. Lee Pelton, president of Emerson College, who shared the college's sustainability trajectory and take on higher education’s role with regards to sustainability. The Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series, consisting of 12 interviews, features sustainability leaders from higher education, and non-profit and private sector organizations.
Farm to Institution New England Case Studies
Farm to Institution New England (FINE) has recently published a series of case studies about colleges in New England that have made progress on local food procurement on their campus.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Videos
The series recently hosted Tim Carter, president of Second Nature, and Katharine Jacobs, director of the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions and former assistant director in the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President. The series, which consists of 12 interviews, features sustainability leaders from higher education, and non-profit and private sector organizations that work closely with colleges and universities as they discuss higher education’s role in creating a sustainable society.
New Issue Sustainable Business Magazine
The latest issue, featuring a forward from AASHE's new Executive Director Meghan Fay Zahniser, spotlights campus sustainability from Princeton University, Santa Clara University and Trent University.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video [Video]
Second Nature's newest Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series features Elizabeth Kiss, president at Agnes Scott College. Kiss discusses the challenges of location as it relates to energy prices, the importance of the university as a living laboratory, and being part of the solution to a more sustainable planet. The series, which consists of 12 interviews, features sustainability leaders from higher education, and non-profit and private sector organizations that work closely with colleges and universities.
SPLC Guidance for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing Program
Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council recently released its version 1.0 of the Guidance for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing (Guidance) intended to help organizations improve the environmental, social and economic performance within their supply chains, across the entirety of product and service life cycles, by implementing a strategic sustainable purchasing program.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video [Video]
Second Nature's Sustainability Sit-Downs Video series recently hosted Blaine Collison, managing director of Network Services for Altenex, to discuss higher education's role in making a sustainability society. The series, which consists of 12 interviews, features sustainability leaders from higher education, and non-profit and private sector organizations that work closely with colleges and universities.
2015 Interdisciplinary Environmental And Sustainability Ed Report
The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) released the ninth research report, 2015 Leadership and Administrative Structures, on interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) education. Findings include nationally representative data on IES administrative program structures and resources, and views of program leaders on the challenges they face and the factors important for program success.
New Release: Second Nature Sustainability Sit-Downs Video [Video]
Starting in January 2015, Second Nature released a new video series titled Sustainability Sit-Downs. The series, which consists of 12 interviews, features sustainability leaders from higher education, and non-profit and private sector organizations that work closely with colleges and universities. This first video features Meghan Chapple, director of George Washington University Office of Sustainability.
2015 AASHE Webinar Schedule
The AASHE 2015 Webinar Series consists of a number of different series aimed at providing professional development opportunities, tools, skills and support to our valued AASHE community. The first webinar, The Form and Function of the Sustainability Agenda in Higher Education Institutions, is January 14 and features two AASHE 2014 Sustainability Award winners. Join us by registering here. Stay tuned to the AASHE Events page for information on other webinar series and workshops to be released throughout the year.
New Book: 'Reconstructing Sustainability Science'
Drawing on interviews with leading sustainability scientists, the latest in the Routledge Earthscan Science in Society series examines how researchers in the emerging, interdisciplinary field of sustainability science are attempting to define sustainability, establish research agendas, and link the knowledge they produce to societal action. Pairing these insights with case studies of innovative sustainability research centers, the book reformulates the sustainability science research agenda and its relationship to decision-making and social action. A 20 percent discount is applied when the code DC361 is used.
New Issue of Sustainability: The Journal of Record
The latest issue of the journal includes commentaries on climate resilience planning and the ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit, sustainability education in marketing, and an editorial about gardening for education and activism.
A Guide to Effective Climate Change Communication
A joint project between ecoAmerica, the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Earth Institute and Columbia University, Connecting on Climate: A Guide to Effective Climate Change Communication is a resource that includes research from a range of social science fields and is designed to be useful for experienced and novice communicators to engage the American public on climate change. Included in the guide are strategies to boost engagement, common mistakes to avoid, and best practices that organizations have used to meaningfully engage individuals and groups on climate change.
Presidents United to Solve Hunger
Presidents United to Solve Hunger (PUSH) is an initiative that unites universities in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. By signing the PUSH Presidents' Commitment to Food and Nutrition Security, university leaders are agreeing to make food and nutrition security a priority. The website includes a comprehensive toolkit with a guide, student delegation registration, fliers and banners.
SEPN Sustainability in Canadian Post-secondary Institutions
Research from the Sustainability Education and Policy Network analyzed and scored all 220 accredited post-secondary institutions in Canada on their uptake of four high-level sustainability initiatives. This research identifies strong linkages between the three sustainability initiatives of assessment, office and policy, suggesting that the uptake of one might encourage the uptake of others. In contrast, there was a weak relationship between signing a declaration and undertaking other sustainability initiatives.
A Guide to Climate Resiliency & The Community College
The American Association of Community Colleges Sustainability Education and Economic Development (SEED) Center released the new report focuses on community colleges as a stakeholder in the quest to create climate change resiliency through local workforce development.
Guide to Creating & Managing Sustainability Internship Programs
This how-to guide explores best practices for establishing and managing highly effective Sustainability Internship Programs (SIPs). It presents valuable information for individuals seeking guidance on creating new SIPs (Chapter 2), or for those looking to change or improve the ongoing management of existing SIPs (Chapter 3). This guide outlines a culmination of conversations with sustainability professionals currently working in internship programs at colleges and universities across the United States.
The Sustainability and Education Policy Network
The Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN) a Canadian national network of researchers and organizations advancing sustainability in education policy and practice. SEPN's research examines the relationships between sustainability education policies and practices in post-secondary education in Canada with the goal of enabling educational change for a more sustainable future. Membership is free.
International University & College Campus Sustainability Listserv
Inspired by the Making Universities Sustainable Conference in Copenhagen 2014, this list is for the international university community to discuss sustainability issues and solutions. The aim is to provide a global network for sharing best practices in the field of sustainability and its application to university operations.
New Issue Sustainable Business Magazine
The latest issue, featuring a forward from AASHE's Executive Director Stephanie A. Herrera, spotlights the Houston University, Duke University, Central Connecticut State University, University of Prince Edward Island and University of the West Indies.
2014 Campus Sustainability Day Keynote Broadcast [VIDEO]
The theme for this year's Campus Sustainability Day (CSD) was Empowering Change on Campus and in the Community. In this year's video, higher education sustainability leaders and partners discuss ways in which students can make a difference, be a part of sustainability solutions, and build a career in the sustainability field.
Aramark's President Perspectives 'Sustainability: Then and Now'
Aramark's Presidential Perspectives 2013-2014 Series Elevating Sustainability Through Academic Leadership Chapter 8, penned by president of Southern Maine, walks the reader through the sustainability movement beginning in 1970 with the birth of the environmental movement and its relationship to higher education.
Campus Fair Trade Procurement Resources
Fair Trade Colleges and Universities recently released a set of resources and links that guide a campus through the process creating a fair trade policy, help with determining what could be sourced via fair trade, and support for campus procurement staff.
Green Guide for Universities
Released at the international conference Making Universities Sustainable, the free guide, developed by the International Alliance of Research Universities and Sustainia, provides 23 case studies of environmental, financial and social successes to show universities how to become more sustainable.
Net Impact's Business as UNusual Guide to Graduate Programs
With information compiled from a written questionnaire by Net Impact chapter leaders and a online student survey, the newly released 2014 Business as UNusual Guide for students by students highlights the social and environmental impact of graduate programs.
