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Education for Sustainability Profiles

These EFS Profiles outline some of the best sustainability initiatives of higher education institutions, both on campuses and in communities. Individual profiles document efforts and accomplishments in community involvement, curriculum change, greening the campus, institutional transformation and sustainability research. These accounts help to build the EFS movement by sparking new ideas and by allowing those planning new projects to benefit from the insights of previous experiences. Educators, students, administrators and facilities managers can explore this section to learn how to promote sustainability on their campuses. Each profile is published with the institution's permission.

In addition to the profiles below, Second Nature has collected several profiles focusing on Sustainable Design.

Allegheny College Center for Economic and Environmental Development

Antioch College Green Council established to advise the Vice President

Bates College Dining services environmental initiatives

Berea College Strategic planning subcommittee on sustainability

Brown University Campus-greening program: Brown Is Green

Georgia Institute of Technology Transforming a large research institution

Middlebury College Sustainable solution: on-campus composting gets the right fit

The New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability

Oberlin College The Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies

Oberlin College Oberlin Design Initiative

Pennsylvania State University Green Buildings Initiative: The Mueller Report

Rutgers University Operations: Positive Purchasing Power Gaining in US

Salish Kootenai College Community Involvement in Aquifer Protection

Second Nature Incorporating Environmental Issues into Teaching: The Chlorine Controversy

Tulane University Greening the Campus: Institutional Environmental Change

University of Colorado at Boulder Blueprint for a Green Campus: An Environmental Action Plan

University of Texas at Houston Educating by Example: Using The Natural Step

University of Wisconsin at Green Bay New Sustainable Academic Building

Yale University The Urban Resources Initiative