Student Sustainability Educators:
A Guide to Creating and Maintaining an Eco-Rep Program on Your Campus

This step-by-step guide, co-published by AASHE and National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Campus Ecology program, takes readers through the design, implementation and evaluation stages of an Eco-Rep program. Includes brief descriptions of actual programs and their best practices; case studies of successes and roadblocks; activity, event, marketing and outreach examples; and Eco-Rep recruiting tools, sample job descriptions, and other resources.

A high-resolution download is also available.

Starting from Scratch: Greening Your Game Day
The Collegiate Football Sustainable Materials Management Toolkit Version 1.0

Supported by AASHE, the College and University Recycling Coalition and Keep America Beautiful, this toolkit provides a guide for institutions of higher education across the country to implement or improve their game day recycling and sustainability efforts. Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a national panel of higher education representatives, the toolkit originated with a comprehensive survey distributed and evaluated in spring 2011 by a team of students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Sustainability and Catholic Higher Education Toolkit
In partnership with AASHE, eight national Catholic organizations have published the new "Sustainability and Catholic Higher Education: A Toolkit for Mission Integration." The toolkit is designed for Catholic colleges and universities to strengthen Catholic mission and publicly commit themselves to mission-based sustainability by becoming a Catholic Climate Covenant Partner.

Greening the Bottom Line: The Trend toward Green Revolving Funds on Campus
In collaboration with 11 partner organizations including AASHE, this Sustainable Endowments Institute publication brings to light current trends based on a 2010 survey of green revolving funds that included 52 institutions with at least $66 million invested through green revolving funds. The report details how these funds help cut operating expenses and greenhouse gas emissions and how cost savings are used to replenish the fund for investment in the next round of green upgrades.

Roadmap to a Green Campus
This U.S. Green Building Council publication, supported by AASHE, provides strategies for using the LEED green building certification program as a framework for developing and evolving campus-wide sustainability plans. The document references more than 100 tools and resources to support campus greening efforts including profiles of institutional success stories.

Climate Neutral Campus Report (available for $49.99). This second edition was released by Kyoto Publishing, USA in collaboration with AASHE and the U.S. Green Building Council. The report features white papers, case studies and interviews with practitioners to deliver a fresh perspective on how sustainability is impacting and being driven by faculty, administrators, facilities managers and students. This project aims to accelerate the adoption of green building and sustainability initiatives on campuses by educating the major stakeholders about the successful initiatives and rapid return on investment that colleges and universities are achieving.

Accelerating Campus Climate Initiatives: Breaking Through Barriers
This is a practical guide for anyone working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a college or university. Offering real-world examples from campuses around the country, the book helps readers determine and drive projects based on a different way of thinking about buildings, utilities, perceptions, institutional structures, and all the other components comprising energy systems and campuses. Topics covered include climate action planning, buildings and utilities, renewable energy, transportation, and carbon offsets.

A Guide to Developing a Sustainable Food Purchasing Policy
This guide is intended to help universities, colleges, hospitals, and other institutions - as well as those advocating for food system change - create, promote and implement practical sustainable food purchasing policies. The document is a product of the Sustainable Food Policy Project, which was initiated in 2006 to support efforts by educational, healthcare and other institutions to have a positive impact on the food system through purchasing. It was released in November 2007.