[Em]Powering Grid Resilience Student Innovation
Student applications are now being accepted for an award competition that evaluates solutions to combat the climate change impact on the electric grid. Deadline to submit is November 10, 2014.
Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards
This award recognizes companies or institutions that implement techniques or technologies that reduce or eliminate pollutants, toxicity and other environmental impacts.
Registration Opens for Campus Conservation Nationals
The USGBC Students program, Lucid, the Alliance to Save Energy and the National Wildlife Federation recently announced the opening of registration for a challenge to reduce electricity and water consumption in a conservation competition. Registration closes November 7, 2014.
AASHE, The Princeton Review and Sierra Magazine Collaborate
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), The Princeton Review and Sierra Magazine are continuing their collaboration on sustainability data collection. Please mark your calendars, both organizations request data to be submitted through the STARS Reporting Tool by February 27, 2015.
Chevrolet Promotes Clean Energy in Campaign
Chevrolet is now providing funding to purchase and retire carbon reductions arising from clean energy efficiency projects on college campuses across the U.S. in a collaboration with AASHE, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and other stakeholders across the country.
NSSE Registration Closes September 25
Registration closes on September 25, 2014 for the 2015 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) with a goal to refocus the national discourse about college quality on teaching and learning, and provide colleges and universities with diagnostic, actionable information that can inform efforts to improve the quality of undergraduate education.
Executive Education for Disruptive Sustainability Workshop
At this year's AASHE 2014 Conference & Expo, AASHE has invited Leith Sharp from Harvard University's Center for Health and the Global Environment, in collaboration with the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, to deliver a new one-day intensive session for senior leaders and experienced sustainability professionals who are wanting to integrate sustainability into the core of their university or college as a driver of innovation, effectiveness and growth. This all-day workshop is on October 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
AASHE 2014 Membership Survey Now Open
The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete and is meant to reach individuals at AASHE member institutions, organizations and businesses, who are working or interested in campus sustainability.
STARS 2014 Survey
As part of the 2014 Listening Project, the STARS 2014 Survey is now available. AASHE invites everyone, regardless of STARS participation status, to take this survey. The survey is meant to reach campus sustainability practitioners at any higher education institution who have an interest in tracking and bench-marking campus sustainability performance.
EPA Food Recovery Challenge
The new free and voluntary program from the Environmental Protection Agency challenges participants to reduce food waste and provides information on ways to save money, help communities and protect the environment. Participants choose one of three categories from which to compare baseline data against stated goals.
UN Higher Education for Sustainable Development Study
The new international survey aims to investigate critical factors that provide supportive insights for higher education institutions about how to scale and improve sustainability processes in higher education institutions, society and policy. The survey answers will provide insights on specific opportunities and leverage points to enable higher education institutions to contribute to sustainable development locally and globally. Outcomes of the survey will be sent to participants who provide contact information.
USGBC Students Regional Chair Volunteer Positions
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is in search of professionals to fill regional chair positions for its USGBC Students program. This volunteer position will build a program that works toward large-scale sustainability projects on college campuses and communities as well as impact a large number of students pursuing careers in the green building and sustainability industry.
Call for Proposals: Climate Leadership Award Design Competition
Second Nature is calling for award design proposals for its annual Climate Leadership Awards. The stipend for the creation of the awards is $180.00 per award (a total of $1260.00 for seven different award categories). Signatory institutions of the ACUPCC can submit their proposals by August 27.
Call for Presentations: Second Nature's Sustainability Showcase
The Sustainability Showcase is a public portfolio of the 2014 Climate Leadership Summit that aims to bring together diverse and innovative exhibits that engage the conference participants and present a picture of emerging knowledge and of leading change. The project may include interdisciplinary faculty research, student research and projects, staff initiatives, community programs or sustainability artworks. Submissions are accepted through July 23.
Climate Assistance for Minority-Serving Institutions
For minority-serving institutions that are experiencing challenges in fulfilling the ACUPCC, Second Nature will provide a site visit at no cost to the institution, which will provide up to two days of peer-to-peer support to individuals responsible for implementing the commitment. Ten institutions will be selected. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis throughout 2014.
Call for Proposals: AIEA 2015 Conference
The Association of International Education Administrators 2015 conference includes themes on higher education diversity and global responsibilities, and encourages innovative session proposals that explore new paradigms for leading global learning. The call for proposals ends August 15.
AASHE Member Discount: Ocean Recovery Alliance Plasticity Forum
Ocean Recovery Alliance is offering a 15 percent discount on registration for the Plasticity Forum in New York City on June 24. With stakeholders from the plastics industry, the event will focus on innovations that reduce plastic waste impact, decreasing the impact of waste on communities, and waste as a resource.
Call for Applications: Green Gown Awards
Open to universities and colleges in the U.K. and organized by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges, the annual Green Gown Awards recognizes exceptional sustainability initiatives at higher education institutions. New award categories this year include Enterprise, Food and Drink, and a new individual Leadership Award.
Extended Deadline: 2014 Green4Green Video Contest
Open to students, National Office Furniture is now accepting original 3-minute video submissions describing how cash would be used for an environmentally-friendly project. Online voting to determine finalists will run between June 2 and July 31. Deadline to submit has been extended to June 2.
2014 EPA Energy Star Battle of the Buildings
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a national competition among commercial buildings to save energy and water, and fight climate change. Competitors will work off the waste through improvements in energy and water efficiency with help from EPA's ENERGY STAR program. The last day to register is May 16.
Call for Applications: Future Organic Farmer Education Grant
The California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Foundation is now accepting applications for educational grant funding from currently enrolled students who are pursuing a career in organic agricultural production. Applications must be submitted by June 13.
15th Annual Brower Youth Awards Application Period
Hosted by the Earth Island Institute, North American college students are encouraged to apply for the award based on their demonstrated excellence in environmental leadership, and the creativity, impact, replicability and relevance of the project. Applications will be accepted until May 12.
Call for Entries: Student Sustainability Films
The Media Institute for Social Change is now accepting short film entries about programs and projects that the campus is doing to create sustainable solutions to environmental concerns. The winning film is awarded $1,000 cash.
Deadline Extended: Call for Papers: Ecomusicologies 2014
The Ecomusicologies 2014: Dialogues is a multi-day conference on the topic of music, culture and the environment. Students and faculty may submit proposals on topics such as musical collaboration in, for, or with the environment, the sound of green, acoustic ecology, race, class, gender, and academic-as-activist. Proposals are due May 14.
Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership
This new three day residential program is for senior leaders ready to integrate sustainability into their core business or mission as an innovation, growth and effectiveness driver. The event is being held in Boston, Massachusetts on June 18-20.
Call for Applications: 2014 Green Genome CC Awards
The award, sponsored by the American Association of Community College's Sustainability Education and Economic Development Center, recognizes exemplary community colleges that have demonstrated the institutional competencies in community engagement, governance, program design and delivery, and strategic partnerships for a clean and sustainable economy. Applications are accepted through April.
ACUPCC On Air Series: Earth Month
In celebration of Earth Month, ACUPCC Support Team is holding a series of webcasts. The ACUPCC On Air Series will take place every Tuesday, 1-1:30 p.m. Eastern in April. Each week will feature a discussion topic presented by experts of the ACUPCC network, as well as a FAQs session with questions submitted by ACUPCC sustainability champions. The online discussions are on sustainable endowments, Clean Air-Cool Planet, and carbon accounting for campus-owned forests.
Extended Call for Applications: AASHE 2014 Sustainability Awards
Now in its ninth year, the awards program will celebrate achievements in the following categories: campus sustainability case studies; student sustainability leadership; and student research on campus sustainability. Winners will receive complimentary registration to the AASHE 2014 Conference & Expo in Portland, Ore., where they will be honored during the opening ceremonies. AASHE is accepting applications through April 11.
2014 Climate Leadership Award Finalists Voting
Second Nature, in partnership with Planet Forward, invites voting for the national video competition in which the 2014 Climate Leadership Award finalists showcase the climate and sustainability innovation on their campus. Voting will take place from April 1-15.
AASHE Workshop: Developing Campus Living Laboratories
This AASHE workshop is intended to support teams from colleges and universities in their application of living laboratory strategies in pursuit of sustainability in higher education. Useful frameworks and related case studies will be presented in which living laboratory strategies are deployed at various scales. Individuals and teams (recommended) from colleges and universities will be offered the opportunity to learn from each other as well as develop initial concepts and applications of the instruments presented at the workshop at their respective institutions.
C2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Workshop
C2C Fellows weekend training workshop, April 25-27, sponsored by the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, focuses on concrete skills development, including fundraising and communication. This workshop is in partnership with the Southern Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium's 3rd annual Student Sustainability Summit http://www.southmetroed.org/index.php/events/2014-smhec-student-sustainability-summit.
Call for Abstracts: Book Project on Policy and Agriculture
The new book project out of the Shi Center for Sustainability at Furman University will explore the themes of and intersections among policy, food and farming, and culture in the contemporary American South. Stemming from an interest in alternative, sustainable food systems and the resurgence of the local and craft food movement, the book's focus on the South is due to its distinctive food nuances related to food policy and practice. Deadline for abstracts is April 4.
Campus Sustainability Day Logo Design Contest
Submit your designs (JPG) for the 2015 Campus Sustainability Day logo to campus@nwf.org by April 4. All entries will be posted to a Facebook album on the CSD page where people can vote for their favorite.
Energy Dept Postdoctoral Research Awards
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is now accepting applications for postdoctoral researchers to conduct energy efficiency and renewable energy applied research at universities. The EERE Postdoctoral Research Award Program supports emerging scientific leaders focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy to help solve our nation’s energy challenges. This year, the program will offer up to five recent Ph.D. recipients the opportunity to conduct applied research projects to advance breakthrough solar energy technologies at universities, national laboratories and other research facilities. Deadline to apply is April 30.
CURC Webinar Series
The College & University Recycling Coalition, in partnership with Keep America Beautiful, have announced the 2014 webinar series of six, bi-monthly programs providing technical best practices information and case study presentations to college recycling and sustainability professionals.
Sustainable Campus International Competition 2014
Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual Sustainable Campus International Competition, which is a student competition that seeks to improve campus sustainability impacts through the development and implementation of sustainability projects on campus within one academic year. The winning team will receive CA$3,000. Project submission deadline is June 30.
Travel Grants Available to Northeast Climate Change Conference
Participants from Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island are now eligible for travel grants of up to $500 per individual to the Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference. The conference is designed for participants from throughout the region to learn how to better prepare for severe weather and climate change impacts in the Northeast.
Campus Sustainability Day 2013 Feedback Request
Did your campus participate in Campus Sustainability Day 2013? If so, we'd like to hear from you! Please complete this short survey to share your campus' experience. This feedback will assist the Campus Sustainability Day Planning Committee when organizing details around Campus Sustainability Day 2014. Stay tuned for the Campus Sustainability Day 'Save the Date' announcement with additional details this Earth Day, April 22. Deadline to submit feedback is Friday, March 21.
March 17 Deadline: AASHE Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Led by Geoffrey Chase of San Diego State University and Peggy Barlett of Emory University, this workshop is for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to develop curriculum change programs around sustainability on their campus. Participants will experience a range of workshop strategies, hear local experts, enjoy outdoor place-based activities, and dialogue with faculty from around the country as they gain help in adapting this model to their own campuses. The workshop will take place July 10-11 at San Diego State University. Deadline for application submission is Mar. 17.
AASHE Member-Get-A-Member Business Challenge
We invite you to participate in our Member-get-a-Member Business Challenge! By getting another business to join the AASHE community, you are helping to grow the shared support of our sustainability community, will receive a $25 gift card to the AASHE 2014 bookstore (limited to the first 25 recruits), and an automatic entry for the grand prize drawing to win 50% off an AASHE exhibit booth at AASHE 2014 OR free registration and hotel to AASHE 2014 Conference & Expo in Portland, OR October 26-29, 2014.
NWF Environmental Journalism Competition
The National Wildlife Federation invites students to participate in the Young Reporters for the Environment competition. Participants investigate an environmental issue and report on it in writing, photography, or video. Entries must be relevant to participants’ local community, connect to a global perspective, include possible solutions, and be disseminated to an appropriate target audience. Submissions are due by March 15.
Online Conversations with 30 Global Leaders
The Whole Earth Summit, organized by Ashevillage Institute, will virtually host 30 global leaders from March 11-13 for conversations on topics such as energy, food sovereignty, appropriate technology, activism, land management and transformational leadership.
AASHE Workshop: Developing Campus Living Laboratories Workshop
Hosted by Pennsylvania State University, the two-day workshop designed to support teams from colleges and universities in their application of living laboratory strategies. A member and non-member discount is provided for groups registering as a team of three or more.
Call for Papers: International Conference on Higher Education
Taking a queue from the conference's theme, Knowledge Crossing Borders, Building Partnerships Through Shared Knowledge, paper topics can include world peace and higher education, and higher education and the reduction of poverty. Deadline for submission is June 15.
Call for Reviewers: AASHE 2014 Conference & Expo
Each year we rely on more than 200 volunteer reviewers to help meet the volume of the conference proposals received. Reviewers will be asked to review 15-25 submissions on topics in which they offer the strongest level of expertise.
DOE Postdoctoral Research Awards in Energy Efficiency/Renewables
The U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is offering recent recipients of doctorates in psychology the opportunity conduct applied research at universities, national laboratories, and other research facilities. The objective of the EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards is to create the next generation of scientific leaders in energy efficiency and renewable energy by attracting the best scientists and engineers to pursue breakthrough technologies. Application deadline is April 30.
Second Call for Papers: World Symposium on Sustainability
As a follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2013, the World Symposium on Sustainability at Universities (September 3-5, 2014) is accepting papers regarding practical initiatives and projects aimed at promoting sustainable development at universities, or where universities transfer information and know-how to developing countries. This conference closes out the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development. Deadline for paper submission is Mar. 30.
Call for Proposals Due Feb. 28: AASHE 2014 Conference & Expo
AASHE 2014: Innovation for Sustainable Economies & Communities, taking place October 26-29 in Portland, OR will draw together a diverse group of campus representatives including faculty, sustainability officers, presidents and students. In one of the most innovative sustainable cities in North America, we will gather to examine how communities and higher education institutions can come together to create vibrant local economies to help guide the sustainability transformation, how higher education institutions are serving as a model for sustainability in the communities they are located, and campus and community partnerships that are creating innovative solutions to current environmental, social, and economic issues. The deadline for abstract submission is Feb. 28.
