Your AASHE membership connects your entire campus to resources, research, learning opportunities, and a community working to advance sustainability in higher education.
Use this toolkit to find practical resources for your work, explore what’s available for different members of your campus community, and make the most of your institution’s AASHE membership.
Featured Publications
Your AASHE membership connects you to a growing collection of research, reports, and practical guides created for the higher education sustainability community. Use these resources to benchmark your work, inform decisions, and advance sustainability at your institution.
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2026 Sustainability Staffing Report: Understand the state of the higher education sustainability profession, including trends in staffing, salaries, funding, job satisfaction, and workplace challenges.
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2025 Sustainable Campus Index: Explore institutions demonstrating sustainability leadership across key impact areas, based on data reported through STARS.
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Beyond the Right Thing to Do: Make the case for sustainability by connecting it to the priorities and outcomes that matter to campus leaders and the public.
Connect With Your Community
Connect with peers who share your interests, challenges, and goals. AASHE’s Communities of Practice create spaces to exchange ideas, share resources, and learn from others working across higher education sustainability.
Keep Learning
Build your skills and stay connected to the latest ideas in higher education sustainability through AASHE events and educational programs. Members receive discounts on many programs, with free learning opportunities offered throughout the year.
Find Resources for Your Role
- Sustainability Staff
Build your sustainability program, strengthen your impact, and connect with resources designed for higher education sustainability professionals.
Sustainable Campus Index
Explore data, trends, and examples from top-performing institutions to see how colleges and universities are advancing sustainability across key impact areas.
Explore the Sustainable Campus IndexSTARS Trail Map
Navigate the STARS reporting process with a step-by-step guide that takes you from creating an account and establishing your reporting boundary through submitting your completed report.
Explore the STARS Trail MapStaffing Survey
Benchmark your sustainability office against the field with data on staffing, salaries, budgets, responsibilities, job satisfaction, and other trends shaping the higher education sustainability profession.
Explore the Staffing SurveySustainability Communications
Strengthen your sustainability communications with practical tips for reaching your campus community, building engagement, and sharing the value and impact of your work.
Read the blog postCommunities for Sustainability Professionals
Connect with peers working on shared campus sustainability challenges through communities focused on topics like Scope 3 emissions, sustainable food procurement, ecological landscapes, sustainability funding, and more.
Explore all Communities of PracticeEvents & Education
Build your knowledge and skills through AASHE events and educational programs covering timely topics in higher education sustainability. Members receive discounts on many programs, with free learning opportunities offered throughout the year.
Explore Events & Education - Faculty
Bring sustainability into the classroom, engage students in meaningful learning, and connect with resources to strengthen sustainability education.
Teaching Sustainability Competencies Across the Disciplines
Integrate sustainability into your courses with guidance on key sustainability competencies, along with curricular and pedagogical resources, approaches for assessing student learning, and examples from the field.
Explore the guideCommunities for Faculty
Exchange ideas, resources, and best practices with peers through communities like Scaling Up Sustainability Across the Curriculum and Sustainability and Sustainability-Related Degree Program Directors, and discover other groups relevant to your teaching and interests.
Explore all Communities of PracticeEvents & Education
Bring new ideas and practices into your teaching through AASHE events and educational programs covering sustainability topics from across higher education. Members receive discounts on many programs, with free learning opportunities offered throughout the year.
Explore Events & Education - Students
Turn your interest in sustainability into action with resources to help you get involved, build your skills, and create change on campus.
Students for Sustainability Community
Connect with other students advancing sustainability solutions on their campuses and in their communities through this community hosted in partnership with Earth Day Network.
Explore all Communities of PracticeEvents & Education
Build your sustainability knowledge and skills through AASHE events and educational programs featuring ideas and practices from across higher education. Many learning opportunities are free and open to students.
Explore Events & EducationAASHE Awards
Get recognized for your impact through the Student Sustainability Leadership Award, or help your institution earn recognition for outstanding campus sustainability achievements.
Explore the AASHE AwardsStudent Engagement Zine
Explore ideas, examples, and inspiration for getting involved in sustainability, engaging your peers, and creating meaningful change on your campus.
Explore the Student Engagement Zine - Senior Leaders
Understand your institution’s sustainability performance, make the case for continued investment, and connect sustainability with broader institutional priorities.
Sustainable Campus Index
Benchmark your institution’s progress and explore data, trends, and leading practices from colleges and universities demonstrating sustainability leadership across key impact areas.
Explore the Sustainable Campus IndexBeyond the Right Thing to Do
Explore how sustainability contributes to institutional priorities and creates value beyond environmental impact, from supporting student success to strengthening institutional resilience and reputation.
Explore Beyond the Right Thing to DoAASHE’s Value to Higher Education
Explore and share how AASHE helps your institution advance sustainability while supporting priorities like operational efficiency, student success, professional development, benchmarking, and peer learning. Explore AASHE’s value to your institution.
Explore the Sustainability Value PropositionStaffing Survey
Use data on sustainability staffing, budgets, responsibilities, and trends across higher education to benchmark your institution and inform decisions about staffing and investment.
Explore the Staffing SurveySenior Leaders Community
Connect with experienced sustainability leaders for peer learning, strategic exchange, and collaboration on shared challenges. Open to executive sustainability leaders and directors with 8+ years of higher education sustainability experience.
Explore all Communities of Practice