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Jul 27 2012

AASHE Interview Series: Yoni Landau and Danny Spitzberg of CoFed

Submitted by Niles Barnes on July 27, 2012 - 10:34am

CoFED, the Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive, supports over 40 student teams in regions across North America. CoFED serves as a network and training program that empowers students to create ethically-sourced, cooperatively-run food enterprises on college campuses. AASHE recently spoke with founder and Co-Director Yoni Landau and Danny Spitzberg, Lead Trainer and Co-Director. Continue reading to learn more about CoFED initiatives, challenges, and where they see the future of student organizing for sustainable food.

If you are interested in participating in the AASHE Interview Series, email Niles Barnes at niles@aashe.org.

What are CoFED’s main areas of focus within the food systems sustainability movement, and how does CoFED fit into the larger, global movement toward a low-carbon, more sustainable future?

Mar 1 2012

Submit Your Ideas for Improving STARS

Submitted by Chris Pelton on March 1, 2012 - 2:26pm

Building on the Vision for STARS 2.0 that the STARS Steering Committee distributed last month, AASHE would now like to encourage those with ideas for improving STARS to send them to stars@aashe.org.

Dec 6 2011

Four Days, 2,200 Attendees, a 97% diversion rate, and 10 Grants

Submitted by Seann Sweeney on December 6, 2011 - 4:08pm

The 2011 AASHE Conference Moves Toward One Bag with the Help of the Glad Products Company:

Oct 11 2011

Session Recap >> Campus Sustainable Food Projects

Submitted by Sam Hummel on October 11, 2011 - 9:44am

A presentation of research conducted over the past 3-4 years on 30 campuses of varying sizes, looking at campus sustainable food projects.

Jul 6 2011

Student Sustainability Research: The Culture of Water Consumption at New York University

Submitted by Niles Barnes on July 6, 2011 - 11:31am

Similar to the highlights of campus sustainability case studies that have been profiled (here and here) we also hope to highlight the excellent student research on campus sustainability that AASHE has available in our resource center. AASHE's student research database (main interface accessible to AASHE members-only) includes papers from undergraduate and graduate students on a wide variety of topics related to campus sustainability. Many of the papers were submitted for our annual student research on campus sustainability award. Although we can only recognize a few papers as "official winners" for that program, there are many exemplary research papers in the database worthy of recognition and wide dissemination.

The issue of reducing bottled water consumption has been gaining traction with many campuses experimenting with restricted sales or with campaigns to reduce bottle water use on campus. Max Liboiron, an undergraduate at New York University wrote and submitted an excellent research paper in 2010 entitled, "H204U: The Culture of Water Consumption at New York University". Included below is the abstract. The full paper may be accessed here.

Oct 11 2010

Interview with the Chef for AASHE2010 about Sustainable Dining

Submitted by Sam Hummel on October 11, 2010 - 8:19pm

As the big Awards Banquet is coming together, I got a moment to talk with the Colorado Convention Center's head catering chef and catering general manager about the efforts they are making to make the center's dining services more sustainable and what they have done specifically for the AASHE conference. 

Oct 11 2010

Great Session: Sustainable Dining Best Practices (and new guidebook by NACUFS)

Submitted by Sam Hummel on October 11, 2010 - 11:07am

It is thrilling to see organizations like the National Association of College & University Food Services releasing books like their "Sustainability Guide: Insights and Guidance on Enhancing Sustainability in College and University Foodservice Operations. This session highlighted the utility of that book as well as case studies and great Q&A.

Jul 20 2010

Campus Gardens: A “Growing” Trend in Campus Sustainability

Submitted by Vinodh Valluri on July 20, 2010 - 2:31pm

Food is a basic necessity of life and so it should come as no surprise that a large number of colleges and universities across North America have begun to recognize food as an important component in campus sustainability as well. More than 100 higher education institutions have established community gardens on campus.

Jul 15 2010

2010 California Sustainability Best Practice Awards Winners

Submitted by Niles Barnes on July 15, 2010 - 11:50am

I had the honor to serve as a judge once again in this year’s Best Practice Awards for the 2010 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference organized by the sustainability office in the Unive

May 4 2010

Resources to Help Track and Reduce GHGs from Campus Dining Facilities

Submitted by Niles Barnes on May 4, 2010 - 10:49am

A press release from Johns Hopkins University reminded me of the important work being done to quantify and reduce GHG emissions from dining services programs.