by Shane Henson — September 2, 2011—The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has released its 2010 Campus Sustainability Review, the first of AASHE’s e-book offerings. The publication, available in PDF format to AASHE members on the association’s Web site, is also now accessible through Amazon Kindle to members and non-members.
Revealing new ways of thinking about and incorporating sustainability into campus operations, planning and curriculum, the “2010 Campus Sustainability Review” takes a look at the higher education sustainability movement through AASHE Bulletin statistics, stories focused on notable practices, and interviews with campus sustainability champions including Oberlin College’s Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics David Orr.
Through the e-book, facilities managers working in higher education can gain insight on what colleges across the U.S. are doing to make their campuses more sustainable, and use the examples given in the e-book to help make their own campuses more green.
A few notable findings from an analysis of 2010 AASHE Bulletin stories include:
- 80 new campus sustainability resources;
- 146 new sustainability-focused academic programs—a 29% increase from 2009, which captured 113 programs;
- 84 new campus solar installations;
- 29 completed or planned campus energy overhauls with an estimated savings of up to $50 million each over 10 years;
- 180 environmentally friendly higher education structures—a nearly 1% increase from 2009, which reported 166 structures.
- 146 new sustainability-focused academic programs—a 29% increase from 2009, which captured 113 programs;
