Campuses all across the U.S. and Canada recently celebrated Earth Day 2008. Some celebrated it with one big single day event, and others celebrated with several smaller events throughout the entire month of April. The Bowdoin College (ME) Earth Day celebration recognized that Earth Day isn’t just a day, […]

This post is for all of the 2008 Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference Participants and to the rest of the AASHE and outside community as well.
I’m asking for feedback. You’ve just been at a 2 day conference on advancing campus sustainability. We listened to peers, students, and college and university presidents. We […]

Sonia Marcus, Ohio University
Your campus does not need an Office of Sustainability, but if you don’t have one, you’re going to struggle with:
-Communications: An Office of Sustainability becomes a communications hub. There’s no other good way of coordinating the initiatives. It’s a place for people to direct their questions and concerns. […]

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Dedee DeLongpre-Johnston, University of Florida Office of Sustainability
The University of Florida Office of Sustainability used the Puget Sound Campus Sustainability Project model to “envision success” and “empower action.” At the time, UF had taken care of all of the “low hanging fruit” initiatives, and didn’t know what the next step would be. This […]

Linda Robson, Case Western University
Nathan Engstrom, Oberlin College
So you want to green your campus, but you don’t know how or where to get started. Here’s some background work to help you get thinking in the right direction:
Find the stories your campus has to tell
Institutional history: where have we come from and what is our […]

Bonny Bentzin and Arianne Peterson, Manager and Project Coordinator respectively of University Sustainable Business Projects at Arizona State University, presented on their Campus Living Laboratory Network (CLLN, pronounced “clean”) model - which is a way to break down on-campus barriers and allow students, faculty, and staff to implement their sustainability ideas. It allows students, […]

For the first time in its 3 years of conferences, the Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference is carbon neutral. Firstly, the conference planning committee took as many steps as possible to reduce the conference’s carbon footprint. Here’s how:
Conference Materials:
The program was printed on 25% post consumer waste paper by an FSC printer, signs […]

AASHE’s currently getting ready for this year’s Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park, March 31 - April 2, 2008 and we are super excited!! If you’re planning on attending, I encourage you to come to our display table and chat with us. Niles, Judy, Julian, Matt […]

Greetings to the AASHE Community:
As of Wednesday, April 20, 2008, the AASHE Office (Lexington, KY)  has a new phone number and a new fax number.
P: 859.258.2551
F: 859.258.2264
Please update your contact list now.
AASHE Members - please be sure to update your institution’s vendor files with the new numbers as well.
As always, please visit the Contact Us […]