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AASHE2008 Campus Sustainability Conference

AASHE 2008 Conference & Expo

Over 1,700 people turned out for AASHE's second national conference. The conference featured 400 presentations, compelling keynotes, exhibits, campus tours, and lots of fun.
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Presidents Climate Commitment

Presidents Leading the Way

More than 550 college and university leaders have committed their institutions to neutralize their greenhouse gas emissions, and to accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth's climate. Learn more.

Program Highlights

American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
An initiative addressing global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the research and educational needed to stabilize the earth’s climate.

Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability (DANS)
A network of professional associations working on professionalizing sustainability research and teaching.

Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC)
A network of higher education associations working to advance sustainability within the higher education system.

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS)
A collaborative effort to develop a formal rating system for campus sustainability, with standards by which institutions may measure themselves and qualify for different levels of recognition.


Welcome to New Members!

The following members joined in October:

Thank You to Renewing Members!

The following members renewed in October:

Antonelli College
College and University Feng Shui Initiative
College of the Siskiyous
CP Holdings LLC (Carbonless Promise)
Cuyahoga Community College
Ecoverde
Energy Strategies
Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc.
Gateway Technical College
Good Energy
Hamline University
Hope College
Inver Hills Commnunity College
Jackson State University
Kalamazoo College
Kaplan University
Lafayette College
Lasell College
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Mount Holyoke College
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
Performa, Inc.
Red Rocks Community College
Rocky Mountain Institute
Savannah College of Art & Design
Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
Simon Fraser University
Univeristy of Montana
University of South Florida
University of West Florida
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Washington and Lee University
Waubonsee Community College
Western State College of Colorado
Wofford College
WTW Architects
Young Harris College


Auburn University
Bemidji State University
Bristol Community College
Burt Hill
California Polytechnic State University
Chevron Energy Solutions
College of Marin
College of Menominee Nation
Columbia University
Columbus State Community College
DePauw University
Eastern Connecticut State University
Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Heartland Community College
Humboldt State University
Illinois State University
Ithaca College
Jenkins Peer Architects
John A. Logan College
La Grange College
Lesley University
Lewis & Clark College
Loyola University Chicago
Marist College
Marshall Craft Associates
Medical University of South Carolina
Michigan Technological University
Mills College
Montgomery County Community College
Mount Union College
North Alberta Institute of Technology
Northeastern University
Oklahoma City University
Philadelphia University
Phillips Exeter Academy
Rio Salado College
Rowan University
Sasaki Associates, Inc.
Seattle University
St. Lawrence University
Strategic Energy Innovations
The Catholic University of America
The College of New Jersey
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alberta
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
University of Northern British Columbia
University of Oklahoma
University of Puget Sound
University of Rochester
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Vermont
University of Washington-Bothell
University of Wyoming
Ursinus College
Wells College
West Chester University