AASHE Bulletin

Wesleyan U Receives $18.5M Gift for Environmental College Initiatives

California State U Channel Islands Joins Green Power Partnership

U Manchester Publishes Endowment Investments Climate Impact Report

The newly released report highlights the climate impact of the university's endowment investments. It indicates that, by July 31, 2022, the carbon intensity of its endowment equity investment portfolio had been reduced by 55 percent from 2019.

Nine HEIs Receive Pro Bono Climate Action Consulting

Higher Education Climate Consortium Publishes Equitable Climate Action Plan

U Massachusetts Amherst Launches Product Sustainability Rating System

In an effort to combat greenwashing, the university recently developed and launched the TRASE (transparent, responsible, accountable, sustainable, efficient) initiative, a system of assessment that provides sustainability scores for products in campus stores.

U Washington Health Building Earns LEED Platinum

Texas Southern U Receives $5M for Climate & Environmental Justice Center

U Vermont Achieves STARS Gold

U Montréal Obtains STARS Silver

U Hawaii Windward CC Earns STARS Bronze

U Fraser Valley Achieves STARS Silver

Santa Clara U Attains STARS Gold

Northern Michigan U Obtains STARS Silver

Humber College Achieves STARS Gold

East Carolina U Earns STARS Silver

U Kansas New Welcome Center Contains 58 KW Solar + Battery Storage System

Austin CC Renovations Receive LEED Platinum

U Hawaii Manoa Receives $50K for Green Revolving Fund

Posted Mar 20, 2023
Energy News
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Columbia U Completes LED Pilot Program in Eight Buildings

Griffith U Launches Car Sharing Program

Furman U Collaborates With City on City Sustainability Plan

Sulitest Launches The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge

The new online sustainability knowledge assessment tool, known as The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge (TASK), aims to provide relevant and comparable metrics for tracking and monitoring sustainability education programs. Participants receive a certificate that allows them to share their sustainability knowledge. Approximately 20 universities and business schools have committed to certifying at least 75 percent of their graduate students with TASK within three years.

Stanford U Begins Living Laboratory Fellowship Program

U Montevallo Obtains STARS Silver

Texas State U San Marcos Receives STARS Silver

SUNY Farmingdale Earns STARS Silver

Muhlenberg College Achieves STARS Silver

Durham College Receives STARS Silver

Calvin U Earns STARS Silver

Rice U Introduces Prescribed Burns to Landscape

Western Michigan U Declares March Climate Emergency Month

Organized by the university's Climate Change Working Group, Climate Emergency Month is a month-long series of events focused on the urgency of the climate crisis globally and locally.

U California Davis Receives $20M for Sustainable Transportation Research

Boston U Pilots Residence Hall Composting

Tennessee State U Partners to Increase Diversity in the Outdoors

Posted Feb 28, 2023
Diversity & Affordability News
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U Michigan Obtains STARS Gold

Texas A&M U Achieves STARS Gold

Hanover College Earns STARS Bronze

Maryville College Receives $60K to Expand Recycling Program

Posted Feb 14, 2023
Waste News
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U New Haven Installs EV Charging Stations

Southern Oregon U Joins DOE Better Climate Challenge

Posted Feb 14, 2023
Energy News
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U California Los Angeles Releases EV Transportation Plan

The university's new EV Readiness Plan provides a framework to increase the number of electric vehicles commuting to campus, complete the university fleet’s transition to primarily zero-emission vehicles, including a fully electrified bus system, and support these goals through expanded charging capacity.

News

Washington Post Covers Campus Sustainability

Virginia Wesleyan U Achieves STARS Silver

U Massachusetts Amherst Earns STARS Gold

Laval U Achieves STARS Platinum

California State U Dominguez Hills Earns STARS Gold

New Jersey Institute Technology Obtains STARS Silver

Brandeis U to Shift to Organic Land Management