American nonprofit association
AASHE Formation 2005; 19 years ago (2005 ) Founded at Portland, Oregon Headquarters 2401
Walnut Street , Suite 102
Philadelphia, PA 19103
[1] Location Executive Director
Meghan Fay Zahniser Director of Finance & Administration
Allison Jones Website
aashe .org
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE , pronounced
AY-shee )
[2]
[3] is a
501(c)(3) association of
higher education institutions headquartered in
Philadelphia . The association aims to improve sustainable practices in higher education by advocacy of sustainable innovation.
[4]
[5] AASHE encourages people involved in education to promote sustainable development to their communities.
[6]
[7]
AASHE is an official partner of the
Sustainable Development Goals program of the
United Nations ,
[8]
[9] the
U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Initiative,
[10] the
U.S. Green Building Council ,
[11] and
The Princeton Review .
[12]
The
journal of AASHE is
Sustainability and Climate Change , published by
Mary Ann Liebert .
[13]
History
AASHE was founded in December 2005 in
Portland, Oregon .
[14] At the time of their founding, they had two staff members, of which Judy Walton was the first executive director.
[15]
Their main office is currently located in
Philadelphia ,
[16] though they have also been located in
Boston
[17] and
Denver .
[18]
[19]
Conference
AASHE organizes an annual Conference, the "AASHE Annual Conference & Expo".
[20] It was held in different locations in the United States from 2006 to 2019, with each year having a different theme.
[21] The AASHE Conference was re-established in 2022 in a virtual format.
[22]
The purpose of the conference is to be a venue for institutions, companies, and educators to collaborate in maximizing the sustainable impact of higher education.
[23] The conference is intended to be an opportunity for administrators to connect with companies and other institutions to exchange sustainable ideas and innovations.
[24]
STARS
The AASHE STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System
[25] ) program is a way for institutions to be tracked and ranked on their progress in developing sustainable solutions for their communities.
[26] An institution can be awarded a Platinum, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Reporter designation.
[27]
The STARS program tracks multiple factors in an institution's overall sustainability, including purchasing of sustainably-sourced products,
[28] community outreach, and offerings of sustainability courses.
[29] Adherence to any of the factors is self-reported.
[30]
[31]
[32]
History
The STARS program was founded with the purpose of being a sustainability rating system for higher education campuses to compliment existing sustainability plans being implemented by individual institutions.
[33]
Sustainability and Climate Change
Sustainability and Climate Change is the
academic journal published by
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc , in collaboration with
AASHE .
[34] It is the society journal of the association.
History
The first issue, (Volume 1, Issue 1) was published in February 2008.
[35] The journal was published as Sustainability: The Journal of Record until Volume 13, Issue 6 (December 2020),
[36] after which the next issue in February 2021 was published under the name Sustainability and Climate Change.
[37]
[38]
Indexing
The journal is indexed by
SCImago Journal Rank ,
[39]
Elsevier , (including
Scopus ,
[40]
EMBiology , and
GEOBASE ),
CAB Abstracts , Sustainability Science Abstracts (now
ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
[41] ), and
GreenFILE .
Further reading
References
^
"Community Home" . AASHE Connect . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
About AASHE . AASHE [@aasheorg] – via YouTube.
^ Collins, Denis; Gannon, Amy (March 2014). "Walking the Eco-Talk Movement: Higher Education Institutions as Sustainability Incubators".
Organization & Environment . 27 (1): 16–24.
doi :
10.1177/1086026614521629 .
^
"AASHE" .
Rhodes College . Retrieved March 20, 2023 .
^
"What is AASHE? :: Sustainability @ Bellevue College" .
Bellevue College . September 28, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2023 .
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"The Associaton [sic ] for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education" . Green Gown Awards . Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
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"Mission, Vision & Commitments" . The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)" .
Sustainable Development Goals . United Nations. Archived from
the original on October 19, 2020.
^
"AASHE Commitments to 2015 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs" .
Sustainable Development Goals . United Nations. Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)" . Better Buildings Initiative .
U.S. Department of Energy .
^
"Collaborating for the future of higher education sustainability" .
U.S. Green Building Council . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"About Our Partner AASHE" .
The Princeton Review . Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^
"Sustainability and Climate Change" .
Mary Ann Liebert , Inc., publishers . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)" .
InfluenceWatch . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"Learn More About AASHE's History" . The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)" .
idealist . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Brandon (May 9, 2013).
"Association For The Advancement Of Sustainability In Higher Education – Nonprofit Explorer" .
ProPublica . Retrieved March 22, 2023 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
^
"AASHE" . The Platform . The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education (EAUC). Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)" . Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) . February 25, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"AASHE Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education" . Division of Student Affairs .
University of North Texas . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^
"Gallery & Archives for the AASHE Conference & Expo" . The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education . Retrieved March 20, 2023 .
^
"About AASHE's Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education" . The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education . Retrieved March 20, 2023 .
^
"AASHE Conference & Expo | HESD – Higher Education for Sustainable Development portal" . Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development .
International Association of Universities (IAU). Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^ Lassen, Christina Markus.
"AASHE Conference and Expo" . American-Danish Business Council .
Embassy of Denmark . Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^ Newman, Julie, ed. (2011).
"AASHE: STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System)" . Green Education: An A-to-Z Guide .
SAGE Publications . Retrieved March 26, 2023 .
^
"The Association for the Advancement in Sustainability In Higher Education, AASHE – North America" . The Platform . The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education (EAUC). Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
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"About STARS" . The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System . AASHE. Retrieved March 20, 2023 .
^
"Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education – Sustainable Purchasing Guidance Profile" .
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
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"STARS, Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System" . The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System . AASHE. Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^
"Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) STARS" . NC Sustainability .
Niagara College . Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^ Bonney, Makayla; Duram, Leslie (2016).
"Applying AASHE STARS to Examine Geography's 'Sense of Place' in Sustainability Education" (PDF) . Journal of Sustainability Education . 11 .
ISSN
2151-7452 . Retrieved March 26, 2023 .
^ Tisdale, Joan Kathryn; Bielefeldt, Angela R. (2021).
Sustainability Incorporation in Courses in Mechanical, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Insights from AASHE STARS Data . 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference.
ASEE .
Content Access
^
"History" . The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System . AASHE. Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^ Smith, Kimberly (May 20, 2021).
"The Sustainability Award Winners of 2020 | Article Originally by Sustainability and Climate Change" . The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
^
"Sustainability and Climate Change | Vol 1, No 1" . Sustainability: The Journal of Record . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
^
"Sustainability and Climate Change | Vol 13, No 6" . Sustainability: The Journal of Record . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
^
"Sustainability and Climate Change | Vol 14, No 1" . Sustainability and Climate Change . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
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"Scopus preview - Scopus - Sustainability" . www.scopus.com . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
^
"Sustainability and climate change" . Scimago Journal & Country Rank . Retrieved March 20, 2023 .
^
"Scopus preview - Scopus - Sustainability and climate change" .
Scopus . Elsevier. Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
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"Sustainability Science Abstracts | Rutgers University Libraries" . www.libraries.rutgers.edu . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
"Sustainability Science Abstracts" . login.ezproxy.princeton.edu . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
"Sustainability Science Abstracts - Databases - UW-Madison Libraries" . search.library.wisc.edu . Retrieved March 24, 2023 .
"Sustainability Science Abstracts (within the Environmental Science Index)" . The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) .