LibGuides: Sustainability: A Sustainable Campus

Books

Sustainability on Campus : Stories and Strategies for Change by edited by Peggy F. Barlett and Geoffrey W. Chase
Call Number: Online Book
ISBN: 9780262267717
Publication Date: 2004
Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, and Practice by edited by Peter Blaze Corcoran and Arjen E.J. Wals
Call Number: LB2324 .H54 2004
ISBN: 1402021348
Publication Date: 2004

Sustainable Campuses

Agnes Scott College
Sustainability is an integral part of the strategic plan.
Colorado State
A broad-based approach including campus-wide, curricular, and community partnership initiatives
Duke
Duke bleeds blue, lives green
Emory University
"As part of the University's vision to achieve positive transformation in the world, Emory has identified sustainability as a top priority."
GA Tech Sustainability Showcase
"The vision for the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) is to create knowledge and technologies that will improve environmental, social, and economic outcomes."
Kennesaw State
MIT Office of Sustainability
MIT's Office of Sustainability educates students about waste, pollution, and recycling.
New York University
"As a private university in the public service, NYU has a responsibility to embed environmental values at the core of its administrative operations and academic mission."
UCSB Sustainability
University of Florida
"we play a leading role in training... leaders, professionals and policy-makers... we consume significant resources... students will have major environmental impacts as consumers and conservers when they leave campus"
UGA - Sustainability at UGA
"A grassroots effort to promote environmental consciousness and responsibility on the UGA campus"

Websites

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
"AASHE is an association of colleges and universities working to create a sustainable future by making sustainable practices mainstream within higher education and facilitating the integration of sustainability into teaching, research, and operations."
Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
"...supports sustainability as a critical focus of teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities worldwide through publications, research, and assessment."
Campus Ecology: National Wildlife Federation
"The National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology® program promotes climate leadership and sustainability among colleges and universities by providing resources and technical support, creating networking opportunities and organizing education events."
Clinton Global Initiative University
"a growing community of young leaders who don't just discuss the world's challenges -- they take real, concrete steps toward solving them."
International Sustainable Campus Network
ISCN provides a global forum to support leading colleges, universities, and corporate campuses in the exchange of information, ideas, and best practices for achieving sustainable campus operations and integrating sustainability in research and teaching.
Publications on Campus Sustainability
A bibliography of publications on sustainability.
Second Nature: Education for Sustainability
"Second Nature’s mission is to accelerate movement toward a sustainable future by serving and supporting senior college and university leaders in making healthy, just, and sustainable living the foundation of all learning and practice in higher educatio
Sierra Student Coalition
A network of high school and college-aged youth from across the country working to protect the environment.
Slow Food on Campus
"Run by student members, Slow Food on Campus chapters engage their community and the next generation of Slow Food leaders in creating a good, clean, and fair food system."

Databases

Try these databases to find articles about sustainability.

ABI/Inform Collection

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
A scholarly multidisciplinary database of periodical articles, most with full-text, through Ebscohost.

Business Source Complete

Environment Complete (EBSCO)
This database contains records from domestic and international titles going back to 1888 in areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, and more.
ESA Journals Online - Ecological Society of America
Full text of six publications of the Ecological Society of America

Scopus
A major index for scientific, medical, technical, and social science journals - over 16,000 of which are peer reviewed. It also offers author profiles which cover affiliations, number of publications and their bibliographic data, references, and details on the number of citations each published document has received. It provides citation data for all 22,500 active titles such as journals, conference proceedings and books in Scopus and provides an alternative to the impact factor.