The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching
With contributors from a variety of disciplines, this book offers a way for higher education institutions to implement sustainability goals in their curricula and provides guidance to educators, researchers and practitioners. The authors discuss recent developments in technological innovations, best practices, lessons learned, current challenges, and reflections. They also examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainability education.
Towards Climate Sustainability of the Academic System in Europe and Beyond
This report delves into academia’s negative impact on the climate through its own operations from the perspective of various stakeholders that play a key role in shaping the academic system. It also makes a series of tailored recommendations to mitigate detrimental effects of the academic system.
New Issue: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
The most recent volume of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education includes articles on the Sustainable Development Goals, social responsibility, engaged teaching, sustainability action archetypes, and circularity and sustainability within waste management.
Re-Purposing Universities for Sustainable Human Progress
This collection of 24 articles focuses on the transformational role of academic institutions by breaking disciplinary silos and bridging theory and practice through purpose-driven organizations to make societies more sustainable.
The State of Ecological Campus Land Management Across the US
Released by Herbicide-Free Campus, The State of Ecological Campus Land Management Across the US details the current status of collegiate land care practices, as well as the costs and benefits of transitioning from conventional land care rooted in synthetic pesticides to organic land care. Based on interviews and survey data, this report shows that transitioning to organic land care can save water and money, and highlights the best practices currently employed by colleges across the country who are spearheading the movement to organic land care.
The Future of Academic Research on Climate Solutions
Released by Second Nature, the report evaluates the current climate research landscape supported by the U.S. federal government and highlights key levers to improve the effectiveness of academic research for climate solutions. Researchers compiled and analyzed a dataset of over 1,800 recently awarded federal climate solution grants to universities and colleges, totaling $1.42 billion dollars, and performed stakeholder interviews to produce five recommendations.
Procurement Guidance for Sustainable Research Laboratory Supplies
Published by the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council, the document provides a systems-level approach to guide the purchase of more sustainable laboratory supplies and services. The guidance includes targeted strategies and supporting resources to address specific impacts within the laboratory goods and services sector. Additionally, it provides systems-level approaches to integrating these strategies into procurement processes such as RFPs, supplier sustainability performance tracking, and more.
2021 Canadian National Student Food Insecurity Report
Meal Exchange’s 2021 National Student Food Insecurity Report highlights the experiences and demographics of students in Canada facing food insecurity and outlines key barriers that prevent students from accessing affordable, diverse and healthy food.
Leading With Justice: Net Zero Investing & Conversations on Climate Justice
Released by the Intentional Endowments Network, this paper explores climate justice and aims to do three things: provide a background and working definition of climate justice; argue that climate justice is central to reaching net-zero goals; and provide practical methods to implementing climate justice.
Toward a More Equitable Future for Postsecondary Access
This new report from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) seeks to reimagine college admissions and financial aid through an equity lens. The report recommends a series of actions for admission and financial aid practitioners, educational institutions and policymakers.
Planetary Health Education Framework
The Planetary Health Education Framework aims to guide the education of global citizens, practitioners and professionals able and willing to address the complex planetary health challenges of the world today. The framework considers five foundational domains–interconnection within Nature, the Anthropocene and health, equity and social justice, movement building and systems change, and systems thinking and complexity. To ground the framework in action, each domain includes suggested process outcomes and key planetary health themes and concepts.
2021 Survey of Sustainability in Education Abroad Results
The results of the 2021 Survey of Sustainability in Education Abroad illustrate sustainability performance across four dimensions and several indicators. The survey was conducted by Bound International, LLC, in partnership with Earth Deeds.
New Issue: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
The latest issue includes research articles on sustainability in lab curricula; the Sustainable Development Goals; the role of sustainability in media and communication studies; competence-led structuring and understanding of sustainability education; and social impacts, university social responsibility and campus sustainability.
A Framework for Advancing Anti-Racism Strategy on Campus
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education released a new guide for higher education leaders to foster diversity, equity, inclusion and justice on their campuses. A Framework for Advancing Anti-Racism Strategy on Campus is a comprehensive tool to support students, faculty and staff as they work to shift culture.
Storied Doctorates: Studying Environmental Sustainability Education Internationally
This book brings together the diverse narratives of researchers doing research in the field of environmental and sustainability education. The narratives go beyond the academic to discuss the different ways in which doctoral study in the field of environmental and sustainability education is experienced at the personal and professional level.
No Sustainability Without Justice Anthology: Volume II
Volume II of No Sustainability Without Justice: An Anthology on Racial Equity and Social Justice shares perspectives on how racial equity, social justice, diversity and inclusion are integral components to sustainability. Composed of eight thought-provoking essays written by higher education sustainability and social justice practitioners, this anthology aims to serve as a tool for developing literacy around the intersections of sustainability, racial equity and social justice for higher education sustainability practitioners.
October AASHE Webinar Recordings
The recording of Academics, Equity, and Resilience: Building Pitt’s First Climate Action Plan is now available in the Campus Sustainability Hub.
New Issue: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
The latest issue includes articles about engaging students as co-creators of knowledge in a sustainability-oriented educational initiative, addressing sustainability problems with a complex systems view, sustainability in media and communications curricula, the social impacts of transnational universities, and more.
Education for Sustainable Development in Foreign Language Learning
Showcasing a variety of approaches to using content-based instruction in college-level courses, this book utilizes the UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development framework to illustrate successful integration of sustainability education in post-secondary foreign language learning. Chapters draw on case studies from colleges throughout the U.S. and consider theoretical and practical concerns relating to models of sustainability-based teaching and learning.
Anti-Racist interventions to Transform Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology
A group of faculty, staff and students in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz has compiled a set of recommendations for departments of ecology, evolution and conservation biology to address shortcomings in equity and inclusion. The recommendations are based on a review of the literature in an effort to identify evidence-based interventions for fostering anti-racism in the classroom, within research labs, and department-wide.
New Issue: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
The latest issue of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education features research on knowledge, attitudes and practice of sustainability by university students, integrating sustainability into master of public administration curriculum, integrating and reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals, and strategies and a model for implementing a sustainability internship program.
Climate Solutions 101
Climate Solutions 101 is a series of six short videos produced by the nonprofit organization Project Drawdown that not only explores the problem of climate change but also introduces a set of economically and technologically viable solutions that science has shown can put the brakes on climate change by 2050. The videos are available at no charge to educators, along with supplementary video conversations with experts from around the world, and downloadable graphics they can share with students or add to their own presentations.
Guide to Sustainable Retirements
The guide, released by Intentional Endowments Network, aims to address misconceptions related to the use of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) funds in retirement plans. In addition, the guide contains modules on fiduciary duty concerns, a how-to guide for plan sponsors evaluating the addition of ESG funds to retirement plans, and steps outlining how to advocate for ESG integration in retirement plans.
Net Zero Endowments Briefing Paper
Net Zero Endowments to Address the Climate Crisis and Lead a Just Transition is a briefing paper that provides a basic overview of the concept of net zero portfolios and its intersections with racial equity and a just transition. The paper also includes links to key reports, resources and initiatives in the field designed to help investors make a net zero commitment. This resource was developed and published by the Intentional Endowments Network.
Partnership Pedagogy Toolkit
The Partnership Pedagogy Toolkit, developed by the University of Oregon’s Center for Environmental Futures, provides faculty and other parties with information about how and why to do community-engaged learning and participatory action research, with an emphasis on social justice, economic dignity and empowered communities.
