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| Approximately 2,000 higher education sustainability practitioners are preparing to gather in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to examine the 2018 AASHE Conference & Expo theme, “Global Goals: Rising to the Challenge”, and explore the critical role of higher education in achieving the U.N. SDGs. These conversations will take place throughout 300+ breakout sessions, 20+ workshops/tours/evening events, and 20+ networking meetings. This is a great opportunity to meet like-minded professionals as we work together to advance sustainability. We invite you to be a part of the conversation.
Please be aware that online registration will not be extended this year. Register online by Sept. 17. |
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| Opportunities |
| 2018 GameDay Recycling Challenge |
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Colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada can register for the GameDay Recycling Challenge, a friendly competition that promotes waste reduction at football games. The challenge is presented through a new partnership with National Wildlife Federation, and continued partnership with RecycleMania Inc, College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC), and U.S. EPA’s WasteWise program.
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| Three Days Left to Apply: Turning the Page on Campus Paper Use |
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Apply to be part of a new cohort of 10-12 institutions of higher education who will receive training and support to implement a behavior-based strategy to reduce paper use. This new cohort will focus specifically on campaigns to reduce the number of personal desktop printers, which AASHE and Root Solutions have identified as a high impact strategy for reducing costs and paper use. The deadline for applications is Sept. 7.
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| 2018 Campus Sustainability Month |
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Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month (CSM) this October by engaging and inspiring incoming students and other campus stakeholders to become sustainability leaders. The theme for this year’s CSM is Nonpartisan Engagement and the November Elections. Complementing Earth Day, CSM aims to provide campus sustainability advocates with a platform through which to deepen campus engagement around sustainability.
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| AASHE 2018 Workshop: Best Practices in Integrating Sustainability and Business Education |
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The focus of this half-day, post-conference workshop will be integrating the B Corp Impact Assessment framework into business curriculum while facilitating cross disciplinary engagement with non-business students and faculty. Impact Assessment frameworks help businesses identify and measure the material impacts their operations have on environmental and social resources. Participants will learn how to implement their own integration activities. This workshop will be presented by Tammy Kowalczyk and Jessica Thomas from Appalachian State University.
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| New Resources |
| Sustainability and the Humanities |
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This book explores the links between sustainability and the humanities, which attempts to go beyond the inclusion of social sciences in discussions on sustainability, and offers a holistic discussion on the intellectual and moral aspects of sustainable development. The book reiterates the need to promote integrated approaches to sustainable development.
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