Campus Sustainability Resources

Books :  Listservs :  Organizations :  Sustainability Assessments :  Sustainability at Other Campuses

Books

Books that address the greening of college campuses include:

• Ecodemia: Campus Environmental Stewardship at the Turn of the 21st Century: Lessons in Smart Management for Administrators, Staff, and Students.  By Julian Keniry.  National Wildlife Federation.  1995.
• Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges, and Other Institutions.  By Sarah Hammond Creighton.  The MIT Press.  1998.
• Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change.  Edited by Peggy F. Bartlett and Geoffrey W. Chase.  The MIT Press.  2004.

Listservs

The following listservs are useful forums for learning about sustainability initiatives and issues as they pertain to university campuses:

• AASHE Bulletin:  A weekly digest of news, jobs, opportunities, and announcements related to sustainability on the campus.  Compiled by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).   
• EFS-Acad:  Features discussions of sustainability in academic programs, curriculum, and research.  Compiled by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, and hosted by Arizona State University.
• Green School:  A forum focused on sustainable campus operations.  Hosted by Brown University.
• RECYC-L:  A forum focused on campus recycling and related subjects.  Hosted by Brown University.
• Rice Student Recycling Council:  A Rice-specific recycling listserv, led by the members of the Rice Student Recycling Council.

Organizations Promoting Sustainability in Higher Education

• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
• National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Campus Ecology Program
• University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF)

Sustainability/Environmental Assessments and Related Studies

• Rice University: The Impact of CO2 (a student project that estimates Rice's greenhouse gas emissions)
• Campus Sustainability in Higher Education: A Survey of 28 Leading Institutions with Recommendations for Next Steps at Cornell University
• Sustainability at Cornell University: Current Status and Recommendations to Meet the Global Challenge
• Michigan State University Campus Sustainability Report
• University of British Columbia Campus Sustainability Office: Annual Report (see bottom of page)
• University of Colorado at Boulder: Blueprint for a Green Campus
• Cooling UVM: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 1990-2000
• Tracking UVM: Environmental Report Card 1990-2000

Sustainability Initiatives at Other Universities

• Bowdoin College - Sustainable Bowdoin
• Brown University - Brown is Green
• Carnegie Mellon University - Green Practices
• Colby College - Green Colby
• Cornell University - Cornell Sustainable Campus
• Duke University - Environmental Sustainability at Duke
• Harvard University - Harvard Green Campus Initiative
• Johns Hopkins University - The Greening of Johns Hopkins
• Michigan State University - Office of Campus Sustainability
• Middlebury College - Environmental Affairs
• North Carolina State University - Environmental Sustainability
• Portland State University - Sustainability at PSU
• Rutgers University - Rutgers Sustainable
• State University of New York at Buffalo - UB Green
• Tufts University - Tufts Institute of the Environment
• University of British Columbia - UBC Campus Sustainability Office
• University of Colorado at Boulder - Greening the Campus
• University of Connecticut - Office of Environmental Policy
• University of Florida - Office of Sustainability
• University of Maine - Sustainability
• University of Michigan - The Sustainable University of Michigan Initiative
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Sustainability Coalition
• University of Vermont - Greening UVM

Last updated: October 23, 2006