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Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (2010; Cornell University, New York; 15 staff, 500+ fellows; atkinson.cornell.edu) A research center that bases its work on the realization that "planetary health doesn’t...
Education, Environmental Education, Further Education for Sustainability, Higher Education Programs, Sustainability, Sustainability Education, Sustainable Higher Education, University Sustainability Programs
Billion Dollar Green Challenge
Mission: “Encourages colleges, universities, and other nonprofit institutions to invest a combined total of one billion dollars in self-managed revolving funds that finance energy efficiency improvements.” The Sustainable Endowments Institute, ...
Green Schools, Investment, Sustainable Universities, Universities, University Sustainability Programs
Center for Sustainability Studies
A research center associated with Fundação Getulio Vargas’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP). It seeks to inspire and incite organizations and people to create new models of...
Environment, Environmental Education, Human Rights, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, University Sustainability Programs
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (2011; New York; 11 staff; cunysustainablecities.org) CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities is an institute that seeks to “create awareness and understanding of the connections between...
EARTH University
EARTH University (1990; San José, Costa Rica; ⁓410 staff; earth.ac.cr) Is a private non-profit university. It invests in developing countries' students "working to become leaders of positive socio-economic and environmental...
Agriculture, Costa Rica, Local Agriculture Development, Social Entrepreneurship, University Sustainability Programs
Glion Colloquium
Glion Colloquium (1998; Glion, Switzerland;glion.org) A bi-annual forum where university researchers, business and government leaders consider together the role that research universities should play in addressing planetary challenges and opportunities. The...
Future of Higher Education, Sustainable Universities, Universities and Sustainable Development, University Sustainability Programs
Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry (2000; New Haven, CT; catalog.yale.edu) It aims to foster "leadership through dialogue and innovative programs, creates and tests new tools and methods, and conducts research...
Graham Sustainability Institute
Graham Sustainability Institute (2004; University of Michigan; 52 staff; graham.umich.edu) Is an institute that “mobilizes the expertise and passion of scholars, partners, and decision-makers to work together and bring world-class...
Institute at Brown for Environment & Society
Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (2013; Providence, United States; 57 staff; brown.edu) The Institute at Brown for Environment & Society is a cross-campus center conducting groundbreaking research and...
Climate Research, Environmental Research, Institution Building, Research Center, University Sustainability Programs
Institute for Sustainable Resources
Institute for Sustainable Resources (2012; London; 4 staff; ucl.ac.uk) The Institute for Sustainable Resources is a centre of research and teaching that supports cross-disciplinary approaches to the sustainable use of...
Green Leaders, Resource Efficiency and Protection, Resources, Sustainability, University Sustainability Programs
Institute for Sustainable Solutions
Institute for Sustainable Solutions (2006; Portland, United States; 7 staff; pdx.edu) The Institute for Sustainable Solutions is a diverse group of faculty, students, and administrators, which "provides leadership, guidance and...
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
A university initiative focused "to provide the best education, apply academic rigor to real-world problems, and empower leaders to act, professionally and personally, so that humans and nature can thrive...
Santa Clara University Center for Sustainability
Santa Clara University Center for Sustainability (2013; Santa Clara, United States; 6 staff; scu.edu/sustainability) A university center that aims to advance “academic and public understanding of the ways in which...
Higher Education Programs, Sustainability Education, University Programs, University Sustainability Programs
School of Sustainability at Arizona State University
School of Sustainability at Arizona State University (2006; Phoenix; ~360 staff and faculty; schoolofsustainability.asu.edu) “The first comprehensive degree-granting program of its kind in the US.” Part of the Julie Ann...
Education, Environmental Education, Further Education for Sustainability, Higher Education Programs, Sustainability Education, Sustainable Higher Education, University Sustainability Programs
Sustainability Institute
Sustainability Institute (1999; South Africa; 42 Staff; sustainabilityinstitute.net) An "international living and learning centre for theory and practice in values based, entrepreneurial empowered action towards positive social impact and ecological...
Sustainability Research Centre
Sustainable Research Center (2007; Australia ; 8 staff; usc.edu.au/research)It is one of the University of the Sunshine Coast’s flagship research concentrations. It focuses on societal adaptation, "more specifically, understanding the...
Sustainable Cities Institute
Sustainable Cities Institute(2015; Eugene, OR; 13 staff; sci.uoregon.edu) A think tank for sustainability working "across disciplines that match the complexity of cities to address sustainability challenges." Shares its "expertise with...
UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
Is one of the 13 “leading research and teaching institutes” comprising the United Nations University (UNU), a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organization. UNU-IAS aims to “advance efforts towards a...
United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects, United Nations Support, Universities and Sustainable Development, University Sustainability Programs