Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.62
Liaison Michael Kensler
Submission Date Jan. 11, 2016
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Auburn University
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Jennifer Morse
Administrator: Outreach and Communications
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:

Sustainability Story 2014- The office created a Prezi to share Auburn University's sustainability experience with other institutions. The presentation is framed in STARS and covers academics, engagement, and planning and administration.: http://wp.auburn.edu/sustainability/2014story/

AASHE 2012:
- "If You Build it Right, They Will Come: Creating an Academic Program for Sustainability" (Advanced Track session)

AASHE 2010:
- "Climate Neutrality & Land Grant Universities: Resources, Challenges, and Cooperative Solutions" (workshop)
- "Principles and Practices for Effective Leadership & Engagement" (presentation)
- "Leave-No-Trace Principles as Applied to Sustainability" (poster)

Greening of the Campus 2009:
- "Evolution and Climate Change: Learning From One Failing of Science Education to Remedy Another" (presentation)

AASHE 2008:
- "Flying Under the Radar: Quietly Transforming a Conservative Campus" (presentation)
- "Recycling Guerilla to Recycling Coordinator in a Red State: A Student's Approach to Establishing a Recycling Program in the South" (presentation)
- "Framing Sustainability Using a Range of 'Traditionally Conservative' Approaches" (presentation)
- "Sustainability in the Curriculum: A Case Study in Art" (presentation)

AASHE 2006:
- "Auburn Sustainability Action Program (ASAP): interdisciplinary cooperation with quick visible results." (poster)


The names of local, state/provincial, regional, national, or international campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:

- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

- American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)

- US Green Building Council (USGBC)

- College and University Recycling Council (CURC)

- SouthEastern Sustainability Network (SESustN)


A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :

Auburn Outdoors is a member of NRSA and AORE where they have presented, attended, served on committees, and worked with other institutions. Auburn Outdoors participates in the Alabama Meet-Up once a semester. This is a group made up of 5-6 institutions with higher education professionals in the outdoor industry.

Auburn University collaborated with Portland State University in the Urban Sustainability Accelerator. This is also a program that collaborates with the community and is detailed under EN9- Community Partnerships.

Office of Sustainability Outreach Administrator met with a representative from the University of Alabama to get ideas for ways to advance sustainability at their institution.

As a member of the South East Sustainability Network the Office of Sustainability collaborates with colleagues at more than twenty South East institutions on a wide variety of campus sustainability issues and initiatives.



The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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Additional website: http://curc3r.org/


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