AASHE: Calling all Academic Sustainability Superstars

Friday, December 14, 2012

How to Participate in the Academic Commons

AASHE's Academic Commons aggregates educating for sustainability materials from across the sustainability community.

Contributing Your Materials

Anyone can participate by providing course materials related to educating for sustainability in higher education. The course material submission includes an open-ended, rich text field for submitters to provide context, information, usage suggestions, and other tips in as much detail as they prefer and attach it to their submission. Please note: An AASHE Account login is required to upload materials.

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Supported Files

Course material file attachments are supported in the following formats:

• PDF
• Microsoft Word documents
• Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
• Powerpoint presentations
• text files
• image files (PNG, JPG, GIF)
• OpenOffice Document formats

Case Studies Content

In addition to curriculum materials, the Academic Commons includes curriculum-related case studies curated by AASHE staff and volunteers through interviews with figures in the educating for sustainability community. If you have a suggestion or would like to be featured in a future case study, please email our resources support address: resources @ aashe.org.

A Work in Progress...

A variety of potential improvements are under consideration for future versions of the Academic Commons. If you would like to make a suggestion, please email our resources support address: resources @ aashe.org.

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AASHE 2012 Hotel Discounts End September 22!

 

Upcoming Events CURC Composting Webinar SEPT 13 2012 - SEPT 13 2012 STARS Webinar: Highlighting Best Practices from the Innovation Category SEPT 25 2012 - SEPT 25 2012 AASHE 2012: Investing in the Future OCT 14 2012 - OCT 17 2012 2012 Bioneers Conference OCT 19 2012 - OCT 21 2012 Campus Sustainability Day OCT 24 2012 - OCT 24 2012 USGBC Greenbuild 2012 International Conference & Expo NOV 14 2012 - NOV 16 2012 In the September 13, 2012 issue of AASHE Events: AASHE 2012 ·         Registration Ends October 8 ·         Hotel Discounts End September 22 ·         Hunter Lovins Slated for AASHE 2012 Opening Keynote ·         AASHE 2012 Workshops, Campus Tours Filling Up Fast! ·         $100 Discount on Bulletin Sponsorships for AASHE 2012 Exhibitors Webinars ·         STARS Webinar: Highlighting Best Practices from the Innovation Category ·         CURC Webinar: Handling Food Waste in Dining Halls, Events Partnered Events ·         Take Part in Campus Sustainability Day 2012 Events! ·         USGBC Greenbuild 2012 International Conference & Expo ·         AASHE Member Bioneers Conference Discount AASHE 2012 Registration Ends October 8 Don’t miss North America’s largest gathering of higher education sustainability champions! AASHE 2012: Investing in the Future will be held October 14-17 in Los Angeles, home to more than one million college students. This year’s conference features a new advanced session track, local campus tours, curriculum and STARS workshops, and presentations by L. Hunter Lovins, Billy Parish, Tony Cortese and the Crossroads Project. AASHE has created AASHE 2012 event pages on Facebook and LinkedIn. Find hotel roommates, learn about impromptu networking opportunities, ask questions, and much more. Make sure to RSVP on these pages to stay in the loop! Hotel Discounts End September 22 Register for AASHE 2012 to receive your discounted access to reservations at our host hotels. The Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles is AASHE's general attendee hotel, with $177 pre tax rates. Students receive $99 pre-tax reservations at the student hotel. Contact events@aashe.org if you have any questions. Hunter Lovins Slated for AASHE 2012 Opening Keynote In her "Innovation in Higher Education: Leading the Change" keynote, Natural Capitalism Solutions President and Founder L. Hunter Lovins will outline ways that higher education institutions can take a lead role in creating the next generation of thought leaders. AASHE 2012 Workshops, Campus Tours Filling Up Fast! Modify your existing registration to add any of these opportunities, or complete your conference registration to take advantage of these workshops and tours before they sell out: ·         AASHE 2012 Advanced Track: Sustainability Unbound New this year, this advanced track will challenge the content, design, delivery, place, purpose, intent and future of sustainability education. ·         Communicating Sustainability to Create Change Workshop Featuring the CEO of Natural Capitalism Solutions, this workshop will explore what phrases and concepts connect, motivate and generate sustainable actions that strengthen campus communities, operations and employees. ·         Designing Introductory Courses for Undergraduate Learners Participants in this workshop will come away with a deepened understanding of sustainability learning outcomes, a chance to test their objectives for sustainability learning against those of colleagues, and several proven examples of sustainability teaching-and-learning activities that have been taught successfully in introductory courses. ·         CSU Northridge Campus Sustainability Tour Attendees will visit the one megawatt fuel cell and LEED Gold Student Recreation Center. $100 Discount on Bulletin Sponsorships for AASHE 2012 Exhibitors With more than 11,000 subscribers, AASHE Bulletin is a great way to get in front of the higher education sustainability decision makers that attend our conference each year. Using up to 50 words of text, your sponsorship can be customized to let Bulletin readers know that you will be at the conference. This discount is available through October 16! Contact margo@aashe.org if you have any questions. Webinars STARS Webinar: Highlighting Best Practices from the Innovation Category Featuring presenters from Elon University, this September 25 webinar will walk through the process of documenting an Innovation credit in the STARS Reporting Tool and highlight best practices in this area. CURC Webinar: Handling Food Waste in Dining Halls, Events Hosted by the College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC) with support from AASHE, this September 13 webinar will take a detailed look at the challenges and solutions specific to campus composting. Participants will hear from industry and collegiate experts about the technologies and systems being used in successful dining hall composting programs, and learn about the challenges and solutions specific to special event composting programs. Partnered Events Take Part in Campus Sustainability Day 2012 Events! Are you ready for the 10th Annual Campus Sustainability Day? October 24 is coming up fast. Here are a few ways you can participate: ·         Add your campus celebration to the Campus Sustainability Day Website ·         Join campus sustainability thought leaders in a live, interactive panel as they discuss best practices and challenges for preparing students for a changing climate ·         Participate in a regional conversation on the same topic (Note: AASHE is hosting the Western regional conversation) USGBC Greenbuild 2012 International Conference & Expo AASHE is a sector partner for the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Greenbuild 2012 International Conference and Expo. This year's event, taking place Nov. 14-16, 2012 in San Francisco, will feature three days of speakers, networking opportunities, industry showcases, LEED workshops and tours of the host city's green buildings. USGBC Center for Green Schools and AASHE will present the Innovation in Green Building Award, recognizing a leading college or university that is transforming the built environment and creating living laboratories for sustainability. AASHE Member Bioneers Conference Discount As part of an alliance between AASHE and Bioneers’ Education for Action Program, groups of 6-10 AASHE-associated educators, students or allies will receive a group discount of $150 per person to attend the entire conference.

AASHE Education for Sustainability Survey September 2012

 

AASHE is expanding its professional development offerings for higher education faculty and staff. As a newsletter subscriber and a recent AASHE conference attendee, your input will be highly valuable to our work of building new workshops, retreats and online resources. This survey will not only help us understand how faculty, leadership and sustainability staff are involved in providing education for sustainability, it will also help us design the best professional development to support your efforts. The survey will be open through October 22, 2012. It should only take you about 10 minutes to complete...thank you for your participation: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AASHEfacultysurvey

Sincerely, Cindy Thomashow Education and Professional Development Officer AASHEcynthia.thomashow@aashe.org

AASHE 2012: Registration Opening Shortly + More!

Upcoming Events New and Improved AASHE Brand: What this means for STARS Institutions MAY 29 2012 - 2:00PM - MAY 29 2012 - 3:00PM EDT Workshop for Integrating Sustainability in Education (WISE) JUN 4 2012 - JUN 6 2012 (ALL DAY) Call for Papers: Symposium on Campus Sustainable Development JUN 5 2012 - JUN 6 2012 (ALL DAY) Academic Impressions Webinar: Creating a Bike-Friendly Campus Culture JUN 6 2012 - 1:00PM - JUN 6 2012 - 2:00PMEDT In the 5/17/2012 Issue of AASHE Events: AASHE 2012 AASHE 2012: Registration Opening Shortly Accepting Applications: AASHE 2012 Awards Program Webinars New and Improved AASHE Brand: Where we were, where we’re going, and what this means for STARS Institutions Academic Impressions Webinar: Creating a Bike-Friendly Campus Culture Webinar Recording Available: “How to Establish and Maintain an Eco-Rep Program” Workshops Sustainability and Curriculum Design: Place-based Case Study Approach, U Alberta Campus Sustainability Professionals Retreat, Arbor Day Conference Center, Nebraska City, NE AASHE 2012 AASHE 2012: Registration Opening Shortly 2010 pricing for AASHE 2012 will be offered June 1-8. Don’t miss out on AASHE 2012, North America’s largest Sustainability Conference and AASHE Student Summit in Los Angeles, California. This year we will offer more workshops, Arts and Culture displays, an Advanced Track, CEU’s through UCLA’s Extension Office, and more! AASHE Host Hotel information is now available! Students will have very reduced hotel costs and will receive hotel information after registering. Thanks to our Host Campuses: California State University, Channel Island; California State University, Northridge; Marymount College, Palos Verdes; San Diego State University; Soka University of America; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Riverside; University of San Diego. Learn how our host campuses are bringing groups of attendees to the conference through collaboration! Accepting Applications: AASHE 2012 Awards Program AASHE invites applications for its 2012 sustainability awards. AASHE will present four Campus Sustainability Case Study Awards, one Student Sustainability Leadership Award, two Student Research on Campus Sustainability Awards and one Faculty Leadership Award. All winners will be announced at the AASHE 2012 conference and will be featured in Sustainability: The Journal of Record. Applications will be accepted through July 2. Webinars New and Improved AASHE Brand: Where we were, where we’re going, and what this means for STARS Institutions AASHE has been working on its branding and will soon unveil new AASHE and STARS logos. We’ve taken a very close look at how our organization functions, the purpose it serves, and the best way to communicate who we are with the higher education community and beyond. This webinar will share the details of the branding process, from concept to implementation, as well as how the new brand will affect STARS Institutions. The webinar will take place 2 p.m. Eastern, May 29. RSVP for this event. Academic Impressions Webinar: Creating a Bike-Friendly Campus Culture Best for those institutions that are still in the foundational stages of developing a campus-wide alternative transportation strategy, this Academic Impressions webinar will take a step-by-step approach to creating a bike-friendly culture on any campus using Duke University (NC) as an example. Supported by AASHE, this event will start with basic initiatives including bike racks, bike storage rooms and bike maps, and move into deeper investments like developing effective town/gown relationships. The webinar will take place 1 p.m. Eastern, June 6. Webinar Recording Available: “How to Establish and Maintain an Eco-Rep Program” AASHE was pleased to co-host this informative webinar with National Wildlife Federation on April 18. A recording of the webinar is now available, as well as a written transcript. The webinar celebrated AASHE’s and NWF's joint publication, “Student Sustainability Educators: A Guide to Creating and Maintaining an Eco-Rep Program on Your Campus,” by Dr. Christina Erickson, Sustainability Director at Champlain College. Other resources highlighted in the webinar include: 1)Student Peer-to-Peer Sustainability Outreach Programs (AASHE resource) 2)Eco-Reps - How students and staff are facilitating sustainability through peer-to-peer education on campus (NWF webinar) Workshops Sustainability and Curriculum Design: Place-based Case Study Approach, U Alberta Register now! This intensive 2.5 day workshop, June 12-14, will allow participants to creatively engage with sustainability and each other in their roles as educators, curriculum designers and mentors. Through a highly collaborative process participants from multiple disciplines will bridge the breadth and complexity of sustainability with learning goals and pedagogical practices. Registration Deadline May 31 Campus Sustainability Professionals Retreat, Arbor Day Conference Center, Nebraska City, NE Register now!Held June 24-26, this retreat will offer professional development and support for staff managing institutional transformation for sustainability in higher education. Attendees will build relationships, develop leadership and change management skills and generate ideas to contribute to the development of the field. The event will provide space for learning tangible skills, sharing best practices, and learning from each other and from those with more experience. Registration Deadline June 4