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Stemming the Tide: Taking Action on Campus Against Plastic Pollution
With the average college student producing about 640 pounds of trash each year, campuses need comprehensive waste management programs that provide tracking, reporting, education, awareness, fun, and creativity. Stemming the Tide is for students, clubs, resident advisors, staff and faculty to use as a resource to get started and tackle plastics on campus. This guide features smaller, individual actions, and campus-wide engagement campaigns and includes information about the plastics pollution problem, its impacts on humans and wildlife, action ideas, and educational strategies.
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EcoLeaders: A Community for Young Leaders
Connect with students and other young leaders, access project planning tools including EcoTopic pathways and earn certification for project-based leadership skills and impacts on the environment.
Career Center
Create a customized career plan, access career sector outlooks, and other green career related resources
Reports
Browse through the reports produced by the National Wildlife Federation's Higher Education program.
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Behavior Change Strategy Guide: Strategies to Motivate Students, Faculty and Staff
Campus Race to Zero Waste: Resources in Waste Reduction, Zero Waste and Recycling
Campus Sustainability Case Studies
Environmental Management Systems: A Framework for Planning Green Campuses
Higher Learning for a Higher Purpose: Part 1 (video)
Higher Learning for a Higher Purpose: Part 2 (video)
Hiring a Sustainability Coordinator (PDF)
National Trends in Sustainability Performance: Lessons for Facilities Leaders
Paper and Wood Procurement Toolkit (PDF)
RecycleMania Activity Guide for Freshmen, Dorm Dwellers and Student Leaders
Waste Reduction Case Studies: Waste Minimization, Food Organics and Education and Awareness
Partner Resources
Case Study Database (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education—AASHE)
Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement (U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools)
Paper Steps on Campus: 9 Steps to Protecting the Climate (Environmental Paper Network's RePaper Project)
Roadmap to a Green Campus (U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools)
