Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education#STARS

AASHE was founded in December 2005 in Portland, Oregon.{{Cite web |title=Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) |url=https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/association-for-advancement-of-sustainability-in-higher-education-aashe/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=InfluenceWatch |language=en-US}} At the time of their founding, they had two staff members, of which Judy Walton was the first executive director.{{Cite web |title=Learn More About AASHE's History |url=https://www.aashe.org/about-us/aashe-history/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |language=en-US}}

Their main office is currently located in Philadelphia,{{Cite web |title=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) |url=https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/93950ecc858e42cabc8e0c59d2386198-association-for-the-advancement-of-sustainability-in-higher-education-aashe-philadelphia |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=idealist |language=en}} though they have also been located in Boston{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Andrea Suozzo, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Brandon |date=May 9, 2013 |title=Association For The Advancement Of Sustainability In Higher Education – Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/223319874 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=ProPublica |language=en}} and Denver.{{Cite web |title=AASHE |url=https://www.eauc.org.uk/theplatform/aashe |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=The Platform |publisher=The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education (EAUC)}}{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) |url=https://www.guninetwork.org/institutional-members/association-advancement-sustainability-higher-education-aashe |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) |language=en}}

AASHE organizes an annual Conference, the "AASHE Annual Conference & Expo".{{Cite web |title=AASHE Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |url=https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/we-mean-green-fund/programs/aashe-membership |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Division of Student Affairs |publisher=University of North Texas}} It was held in different locations in the United States from 2006 to 2019, with each year having a different theme.{{Cite web |title=Gallery & Archives for the AASHE Conference & Expo |url=https://www.aashe.org/conference/about/gallery-archives/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |language=en-US}} The AASHE Conference was re-established in 2022 in a virtual format.{{Cite web |title=About AASHE's Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education |url=https://www.aashe.org/conference/about/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |title=AASHE Conference & Expo {{!}} HESD – Higher Education for Sustainable Development portal |url=https://www.iau-hesd.net/events/4748-aashe-conference-expo.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development |publisher=International Association of Universities (IAU)}} The conference is intended to be an opportunity for administrators to connect with companies and other institutions to exchange sustainable ideas and innovations.{{Cite web |last=Lassen |first=Christina Markus |title=AASHE Conference and Expo |url=https://usadk.org/aashe-conference-and-expo/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=American-Danish Business Council |publisher=Embassy of Denmark |language=en-US}}

The AASHE STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System{{cite encyclopedia |title=AASHE: STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) |encyclopedia=Green Education: An A-to-Z Guide |publisher=SAGE Publications |url=https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/greeneducation/n2.xml |access-date=26 March 2023 |date=2011 |editor-last1=Newman |editor-first1=Julie |url-access=subscription}}) program is a way for institutions to be tracked and ranked on their progress in developing sustainable solutions for their communities.{{Cite web |title=The Association for the Advancement in Sustainability In Higher Education, AASHE – North America |url=https://www.eauc.org.uk/theplatform/the_association_for_the_advancement_in_sustaina |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=The Platform |publisher=The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education (EAUC)}} An institution can be awarded a Platinum, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Reporter designation.{{Cite web |title=About STARS |url=https://stars.aashe.org/about-stars/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System |publisher=AASHE |language=en-US}}

The STARS program tracks multiple factors in an institution's overall sustainability, including purchasing of sustainably-sourced products,{{Cite web |title=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education – Sustainable Purchasing Guidance Profile |url=https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/association-advancement-sustainability-higher-education-sustainable-purchasing |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |language=en}} community outreach, and offerings of sustainability courses.{{Cite web |title=STARS, Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System |url=https://stars.aashe.org/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System |publisher=AASHE |language=en-US}} Adherence to any of the factors is self-reported.{{Cite web |title=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) STARS |url=https://www.niagaracollege.ca/sustainability/reporting/aashe/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=NC Sustainability |publisher=Niagara College |language=en-US}}{{cite journal |last1=Bonney |first1=Makayla |last2=Duram |first2=Leslie |date=2016 |title=Applying AASHE STARS to Examine Geography's 'Sense of Place' in Sustainability Education |url=http://www.susted.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BonneyDuram-JSE-February-2016-Place-Issue-PDF.pdf |journal=Journal of Sustainability Education |volume=11 |issn=2151-7452 |access-date=26 March 2023}}{{Cite conference |last=Tisdale |first=Joan Kathryn |last2=Bielefeldt |first2=Angela R. |date=2021 |title=Sustainability Incorporation in Courses in Mechanical, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Insights from AASHE STARS Data |url=https://strategy.asee.org/sustainability-incorporation-in-courses-in-mechanical-civil-and-environmental-engineering-insights-from-aashe-stars-data |conference=2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference |publisher=ASEE}} [https://monolith.asee.org/public/conferences/223/papers/33291/view Content Access]

The STARS program was founded with the purpose of being a sustainability rating system for higher education campuses to complement existing sustainability plans being implemented by individual institutions.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://stars.aashe.org/about-stars/history/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System |publisher=AASHE |language=en-US}}

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Sustainability and Climate Change is the academic journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, in collaboration with AASHE.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Kimberly |date=2021-05-20 |title=The Sustainability Award Winners of 2020 {{!}} Article Originally by Sustainability and Climate Change |url=https://www.aashe.org/the-sustainability-award-winners-of-2020/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |language=en-US}} It is the society journal of the association.

The first issue, (Volume 1, Issue 1) was published in February 2008.{{Cite web |title=Sustainability and Climate Change {{!}} Vol 1, No 1 |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/sus/1/1 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Sustainability: The Journal of Record |language=en}} The journal was published as Sustainability: The Journal of Record until Volume 13, Issue 6 (December 2020),{{Cite web |title=Sustainability and Climate Change {{!}} Vol 13, No 6 |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/sus/13/6 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Sustainability: The Journal of Record |language=en}} after which the next issue in February 2021 was published under the name Sustainability and Climate Change.{{Cite web |title=Sustainability and Climate Change {{!}} Vol 14, No 1 |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/scc/14/1 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Sustainability and Climate Change |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Scopus preview - Scopus - Sustainability |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/16400154787 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=www.scopus.com}}

The journal is indexed by SCImago Journal Rank,{{Cite web |title=Sustainability and climate change |url=https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21101050033&tip=sid&clean=0 |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Scimago Journal & Country Rank}} Elsevier, (including Scopus,{{Cite web |title=Scopus preview - Scopus - Sustainability and climate change |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101050033 |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Scopus |publisher=Elsevier}} EMBiology, and GEOBASE), CAB Abstracts, Sustainability Science Abstracts (now ProQuest Environmental Science Collection{{Cite web |title=Sustainability Science Abstracts {{!}} Rutgers University Libraries |url=https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/databases/sustainability_abs |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=www.libraries.rutgers.edu}}
{{Cite web |title=Sustainability Science Abstracts |url=https://library.princeton.edu/resource/4695 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=login.ezproxy.princeton.edu}}
{{Cite web |title=Sustainability Science Abstracts - Databases - UW-Madison Libraries |url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/database/UWI29532 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=search.library.wisc.edu}}
{{Cite web |title=Sustainability Science Abstracts (within the Environmental Science Index) |url=https://libraries.psu.edu/databases/psu01369 |website=The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)}}), and GreenFILE.

• {{Cite web |title=Beyond the Right Thing to Do: The Value of Sustainability in Higher Education |url=https://www.aashe.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/AASHE_2017_BeyondRightThingToDo_Brochure.pdf |website=AASHE |publisher=}}
• {{Cite web |title=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |url=https://greatnonprofits.org/org/association-for-the-advancement-of-sustainability-in-higher-education |website=GreatNonprofits}}
• {{Cite web |title=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |url=https://careers.usc.edu/organizations/association-for-the-advancement-of-sustainability-in-higher-education/ |website=University of Southern California}}

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