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September 2019
Utilizing Building Data for Modern Campus Sustainability
Debra Shepard, Sustainability Director at Wentworth, shares how activating modern energy management practices built a culture of sustainability on campus.
Find out more »Global Climate Strike
Millions of people of all ages will walk out of their workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels.
Find out more »UMACS Conference 2019
This year's Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS) conference theme is Diversity, Community, & Creativity: Elements for Sustainable Transformation.
Find out more »October 2019
The People’s Ecochallenge
The People's Ecochallenge is a 21-day environmental and social engagement program presented by Northwest Earth Institute that challenges participants to connect the dots between their values and actions. From Oct. 2 - 23, individuals make a 21-day commitment to complete specified actions. For every completed action, participants earn points, which will, if they are part of a team, contribute to the team's total points. The challenge is free to join and everyone is welcome.
Find out more »Webinar: Off-Campus Move Outs… Moving in the Right Direction
Highlights collaborative initiatives to tackle off-campus move-outs to keep good stuff out of the landfill & promote reuse and local economic development.
Find out more »Science, Engineering & Technology Education and Sustainable Development Goals
In view of the rapidly growing population and accelerating global ecological crisis, the concept of sustainability offers a promising, effective and pragmatic way to switch from a self-destructive mode of development to a balanced and sustainable way of life. There is an increasing global community consensus on the importance of education for sustainable development, which is engraved in the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is emphasized that “… none of the SDGs can be achieved without education” (Goal…
Find out more »An Interactive Summit: BE.Hive on Campus: Climate Change Needs Behavior Change
At the BE.Hive on Campus: Climate Change Needs Behavior Change, you will learn about the latest academic insights from behavior science, get inspired by the world’s leading environmentalists, be ignited by artists, storytellers and explorers, and identify some of the greatest opportunities for shifting human behavior to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Find out more »National Food Recovery Dialogue 2019
National Food Recovery Dialogue is the Food Recovery Network’s national conference. The 3rd annual conference connects professionals and those working in food recovery while building community with hundreds of FRNds. In the past, hundreds of people attended the National Food Recovery Dialogue for inspiring conversations about the future of food waste and hunger in this country.
Find out more »20th Annual Conference of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Theme: Deepening Our Roots: Advancing Community Engagement in Higher Education The conference will take a retrospective look at the driving forces behind public higher education institutions’ “return to their roots” of public trust; share insights into current engagement theories and practices; and provide perspectives on the future and next level of higher education’s engagement with communities.
Find out more »Ecocity World Summit 2019
The Summit will help to build an infrastructure of ideas, strategies, and actions we can all use to promote cities that are socially inclusive and ecologically healthy. This year’s primary theme is “socially just and ecologically sustainable cities.”
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