Request for Topics: 2023 Community Conversation Series
The Sustainable Endowments Institute, GRITS and Second Nature are seeking votes on topics for the 2023 Community Conversation Series. The conversations in the series are one-hour, monthly zoom calls about a specific topic. Participation is free and open to all universities and colleges, K-12 schools, municipal/county/state governments and healthcare institutions. The deadline to vote is Jan. 31.
AASHE Workshop: Assessing Impact: Are Your Sustainability Communications Working?
This half-day workshop, on March 16, aims to provide participants with the tools and resources to create an intentional communications strategy, set measurable goals, and evaluate key metrics in order to understand the impact of the communications strategy. While primarily focused on social media, strategies for other communications mediums, such as websites, newsletters and videos, will also be included. The deadline to register is March 16.
AASHE Course: Localizing the UN SDGs Through Education, Training & Regional Collaboration
In this cohort-based course, leaders from Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development in North America will share experiences, case studies and lessons learned that enable course participants to help lead multi-stakeholder collaborations that localize and advance the SDGs in their regions. Participants will meet virtually once per month between February and May. The deadline to register is Feb. 21.
Up to Us Leadership Bootcamp
Net Impact encourages applications from undergraduates and graduate students who are interested in skill-building and actionable learning related to fiscal policy and community organizing. Participants will receive an all-expenses paid, two-day leadership training program in Washington, D.C.
Zero Waste Mentor MatchUp Program
The Campus Race to Zero Waste Mentor MatchUp Program gives colleges and universities the opportunity to be matched up with a mentor campus to help them prepare and compete in the Campus Race to Zero Waste spring competition.
AASHE Member Discount: 10% Off Climate Change & Health Certificate
Students, staff and faculty at AASHE member institutions are eligible for a 10 percent discount on an 18-week online certificate through Yale University's School of Public Health that teaches about tools to address the health impacts of climate change. This discount expires on March 1, 2023.
Better Project Better Practice Awards
The U.S. Department of Energy's Better Project and Better Practice Awards recognize Better Buildings Initiative partners for innovative, leading accomplishments in implementing decarbonization, energy and water efficiency, or waste reduction projects/practices. Nominations must be received no later than Jan. 23.
AASHE Member Discount: 30% Off WOHESC Registration
AASHE members can automatically save 30 percent off registration to the next Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC), which aims to inspire change, and facilitate action and collaboration based on the conference theme: Mindscape/Landscape: Human Health, Social + Environmental Justice are Inextricably Linked. This event will take place March 6 - 8, 2023. The discount offer expires March 5, 2023.
AASHE Workshop: A Deep Dive Into STARS Data Quality
This AASHE workshop will offer participants the strategies, tools and activities to develop and hone literacy around STARS criteria, with the ultimate goal of helping institutions efficiently submit and publish high-quality and accurate STARS reports. Ideal for STARS liaisons, data collectors and prospective report reviewers who plan to engage in STARS data collection and/or review a report, the workshop is Feb. 9, from 2 - 5:00 p.m. Eastern.
Young Advocates 4 ESD Challenge
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) invites students to participate in a challenge that uses their voices and stories to promote education for sustainable development-related projects and activities.
2023 Sustainable Development Goals Teach-In
Educators are encouraged to participate in the Sustainable Development Goals Teach-In during March 2023. The teach-in invites educators to include the SDGs within their teaching, learning and assessment during the month of March 2023.
Sustainability in Teaching and Research (STAR) Symposium Call for Abstracts
Organizers for the Sustainability in Teaching and Research (STAR) Symposium, happening June 2 - 3, 2023, invite proposals that explore key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the member states of the United Nations in 2015. The symposium will include pedagogical and scholarly papers on certain key themes of the SDGs. The deadline to submit an abstract is Jan. 15, 2023.
2023 STARS Cohort and End of Year Discount
Through the end of 2022, AASHE is offering two opportunities for institutions to participate in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The STARS Cohort Program is designed to guide new and returning participants through the reporting process by providing hands-on training and support. AASHE is also offering a 20 percent discount to institutions without a current STARS subscription. This offer is only applicable to new STARS full access subscriptions, not renewals, which are already substantially discounted. The deadline to sign up for the cohort and/or the discount is Dec. 31.
Call for Proposals: US Summit on Transformative Education
The summit, happening virtually on Feb. 23-25, 2023, will focus on Sustainable Development Goal 4.7, including education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, environmental education, climate education, and peace and human rights education. Summit organizers are accepting proposals through Dec. 15.
2023 Colby Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities
Happening in Maine July 31-Aug. 6, 2023, the Colby Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities gathers scholars to explore how the environmental humanities contribute to the theorization, imagination and practice of socially just and ecologically hopeful futures for humans and nonhumans. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1, 2023.
Sustainable Lab Supplies Purchasing Survey
Staff at the University of Virginia and University of Alabama at Birmingham invite participants to complete a survey aimed at understanding procurement of lab supplies at major institutions. The survey is designed to collect information about researchers’ knowledge of the ACT Label and opportunities to support sustainable purchasing of lab supplies.
2023 Student Corporate Engagement Challenge
Intentional Endowment Network's Student Corporate Engagement Challenge invites students to pitch an investment in a publicly-traded company, and include in that recommendation a shareholder engagement strategy focused on addressing inequality and the climate crisis. Benefits to participation include access to mentorship and networking opportunities, free and discounted registration to educational workshops and industry events, presentation opportunities, and interview opportunities. The deadline to sign-up is Dec. 23.
Sustainability Reporting Survey
The International Sustainable Campus Network invites participation in a survey on sustainability reporting at higher education institutions. The survey aims to understand existing sustainability reporting practices in the global higher education sector. The deadline to participate is Dec. 14.
Second Nature Pro Bono Consulting
Signatories to one of Second Nature's Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments and/or members of the University Climate Change Coalition are eligible to apply for pro bono technical assistance and consulting services to help with climate action planning and procurement of renewable power, valued up to $20,000. The deadline to apply is Jan. 6, 2023.
Campus Race to Zero Waste
Campus Race to Zero Waste, formerly Recyclemania, is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over an eight-week period each spring, colleges across the U.S. and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are ranked in various categories.
2023 STARS Cohort and End of Year Discount
AASHE is offering two opportunities for institutions to participate in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The STARS Cohort Program is designed to guide new and returning participants through the reporting process by providing hands-on training and support. AASHE is also offering a 20 percent discount to institutions without a current STARS subscription. This offer is only applicable to new STARS Full Access subscriptions, not renewals, which are already substantially discounted. The deadline to sign up for the cohort and/or the discount is Dec. 31.
AASHE Workshop: Building a Curriculum Development Program for Your Institution
This curriculum development workshop, happening for two hours each day on Jan. 5 and 12, 2023, will provide faculty leaders with the knowledge, materials and strategies to adapt the Piedmont/Ponderosa model of sustainability across the curriculum at their institutions. Activities will explore the pace, timing, funding, staffing and philosophy behind the unique aspects of the workshop model. The registration deadline is Jan. 3, 2023 at noon Eastern.
AASHE 2023 Professional Learning Opportunities
AASHE’s 2023 learning opportunities aim to stimulate professional and personal growth for higher education sustainability leaders who drive change within their institutions. Workshop and course topics cover curriculum development, STARS data quality, sustainability communications and more. The lineup also includes two cohort-based, collaborative programs–Sustainability Change Leadership Development Program and Advancing the UN SDGs through Education, Training and Regional Collaboration. Additional opportunities will be announced later in the year.
AASHE Workshop: Building a Curriculum Development Program: The Piedmont/Ponderosa Model
This curriculum development workshop, happening for two hours each day on Jan. 5 and 12, 2023, will provide faculty leaders with the knowledge, materials and strategies to adapt the Piedmont/Ponderosa model of sustainability across the curriculum at their institutions. Activities will explore the pace, timing, funding, staffing and philosophy behind the unique aspects of the workshop model. The registration deadline is Jan. 3, 2023.
2022 AASHE Sustainability Awards Ceremony
On Dec. 8 from noon to 1:00 p.m. Eastern, AASHE is hosting a live reveal of the 2022 AASHE Sustainability Award winners. From over 430 applications and nominations, the 12 winners represent global sustainability leadership from Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Fiji, Kenya, Switzerland, United States and Wales.
Online Certificate on Education for Sustainable Development
This online program, offered by Earth Charter International, is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to deepen their understanding, knowledge and skills to integrate Education for Sustainable Development and education for global citizenship into classrooms and curricula. It runs from Jan. 18 through June 28, 2023.
International Student Challenge to Achieve Zero Hunger
The International Student Challenge to Achieve Zero Hunger invites undergraduate and graduate students to generate projects that will make a meaningful impact on global hunger and nutrition problems. Students teams will develop novel ways to achieve zero hunger, Sustainable Development Goal 2. This challenge is organized by a consortium of universities as part of the University Global Coalition Decade of Action Initiative. The interest form is due by Nov. 11.
TASK Pilot Study by Sulitest
Sulitest invites students to participate in the international TASK (The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge) pilot program. The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge is a measurement tool for individuals' knowledge of sustainability. Responses to the survey will be analyzed in an effort to improve the tool. Pilot participants of TASK will receive a voucher to complete the official certificate for free once it is live in spring 2023. The pilot will be conducted until Nov.18.
AASHE Member Discount: 30% Off WOHESC Registration
AASHE members can automatically save 30 percent off registration to the next Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC), which aims to inspire change, and facilitate action and collaboration based on the conference theme: Mindscape/Landscape: Human Health, Social + Environmental Justice are Inextricably Linked. This event will take place March 6 - 8, 2023. The discount offer expires March 5, 2023.
Sustainability in Collegiate Athletics Survey
In collaboration with several members and networks focused on sustainability in collegiate athletics, AASHE is exploring the development of an assessment framework to rate the sustainability performance of U.S. collegiate athletic programs. This short survey seeks input from those involved in college athletics and/or sustainability to help inform such a framework.
WorldWide Teach-In Google Group
This Google Group is a space to connect with other climate-concerned educators across disciplines who are working to foster dialogue on the climate crisis at their institution and build collective power.
GRITS User Community Calls
Free and open to anyone, the Sustainable Endowment Institute will host a series of calls in November for GRITS users to share progress on projects, and learn from and network with peers. GRITS, Green Revolving Investment Tracking System, is a platform designed for tracking, planning and sharing energy, financial and carbon project data from green revolving funds.
Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites college students to develop and submit a compelling story about steps a company has taken to reduce toxic pollution. The story should also highlight how those practices or techniques benefit the business and positively impact communities and the environment. All entries must be submitted by Feb. 17, 2023.
AASHE Governance Call for Applications
AASHE seeks candidates to serve on its board of directors and Advisory Council that can lend their time, talent and expertise to advance all aspects of AASHE's mission. In particular, AASHE welcomes applications from Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and those with expertise in racial equity and social justice, fundraising and/or corporate engagement. Interested candidates should submit an application by Nov. 4.
Reducing Bias in Recommendation Letters Workshop
How to Reduce Bias in Recommendation Letters is a workshop for counselors, teachers and admissions representatives offered through ACCEPT (Admissions Community Cultivating Equity & Peace Today). The two workshops offered–Oct. 6 and 27–will help participants identify biases, apply an equity lens, and identify stereotypical language.
