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{{Short description|American nonprofit association}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Primary sources|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = AASHE
| formation = {{start date and age|2005}}
| full_name = Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
| founding_location = Portland, Oregon
| headquarters = 2401 [[Walnut Street (Philadelphia)|Walnut Street]], Suite 102 [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]] 19103<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Home |url=https://community.aashe.org/communities/community- |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=AASHE Connect |language=en}}</ref>
| location_country = United States
| leader_title = Executive Director
| leader_name = Meghan Fay Zahniser
| leader_title2 = Director of Finance & Administration
| leader_name2 = Allison Jones
| website = {{URL|aashe.org}}
}}
'''The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education''' ('''AASHE''', pronounced {{respell|AY-shee}})<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6vV802CrM |title=About AASHE |publisher=AASHE [@aasheorg] |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Collins |first1=Denis |last2=Gannon |first2=Amy |title=Walking the Eco-Talk Movement: Higher Education Institutions as Sustainability Incubators |journal=[[Organization & Environment]] |date=March 2014 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=16–24 |doi=10.1177/1086026614521629}}</ref> is a [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] association of [[higher education institution]]s headquartered in [[Philadelphia]]. The association aims to improve sustainable practices in higher education by advocacy of sustainable innovation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AASHE |url=https://www.rhodes.edu/about-rhodes/sustainability-rhodes/aashe |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=[[Rhodes College]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2011 |title=What is AASHE? :: Sustainability @ Bellevue College |url=https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/sustainability/2011/09/28/what-is-aashe/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=[[Bellevue College]] |language=en-US}}</ref> AASHE encourages people involved in education to promote sustainable development to their communities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The {{sic|nolink=y|Associaton}} for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |url=https://www.greengownawards.org/the-associaton-for-the-advancement-of-sustainab |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Green Gown Awards}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission, Vision & Commitments |url=https://www.aashe.org/about-us/mission-vision-commitments/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |language=en-US}}</ref>
AASHE is an official partner of the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] program of the [[United Nations]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) |url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnership/partners/?id=762 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019155149/https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnership/partners/?id=762 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |website=[[Sustainable Development Goals]] |publisher=United Nations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AASHE Commitments to 2015 {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs |url=https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/aashe-commitments-2015 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=[[Sustainable Development Goals]] |publisher=United Nations}}</ref> the [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]] Better Buildings Initiative,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) |url=https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/partners/association-advancement-sustainability-higher-education-aashe |website=Better Buildings Initiative |publisher=[[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]]}}</ref> the [[U.S. Green Building Council]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collaborating for the future of higher education sustainability |url=https://www.usgbc.org/articles/collaborating-future-higher-education-sustainability |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=[[U.S. Green Building Council]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[The Princeton Review]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Our Partner AASHE |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/green-guide/aashe |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=[[The Princeton Review]]}}</ref>
The [[Academic journal|journal]] of AASHE is ''[[#Sustainability and Climate Change|Sustainability and Climate Change]]'', published by [[Mary Ann Liebert]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sustainability and Climate Change |url=https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/sustainability-and-climate-change/252 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=[[Mary Ann Liebert]], Inc., publishers |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
AASHE was founded in December 2005 in [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> At the time of their founding, they had two staff members, of which Judy Walton was the first executive director.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Their main office is currently located in [[Philadelphia]],<ref>{{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=[[Action Without Borders|idealist]] |language=en}}</ref> though they have also been located in [[Boston]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and [[Denver]].<ref>{{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)}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Conference ==
AASHE organizes an annual Conference, the "AASHE Annual Conference & Expo".<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> It was held in different locations in the United States from 2006 to 2019, with each year having a different theme.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The AASHE Conference was re-established in 2022 in a virtual format.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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)}}</ref> The conference is intended to be an opportunity for administrators to connect with companies and other institutions to exchange sustainable ideas and innovations.<ref>{{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, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Denmark]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
== STARS ==
The AASHE STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System<ref>{{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}}</ref>) program is a way for institutions to be tracked and ranked on their progress in developing sustainable solutions for their communities.<ref>{{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)}}</ref> An institution can be awarded a Platinum, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Reporter designation.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
The STARS program tracks multiple factors in an institution's overall sustainability, including purchasing of sustainably-sourced products,<ref>{{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=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency|U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) |language=en}}</ref> community outreach, and offerings of sustainability courses.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Adherence to any of the factors is self-reported.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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]</ref>
=== History ===
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== ''Sustainability and Climate Change'' ==
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| former_name   = Sustainability: The Journal of Record
| abbreviation  = Sustain. Clim. Change
| discipline    = [[Sustainability]]
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| editor        = [[Madhavi Venkatesan]]
| publisher     = Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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| history       = 2008–present
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''Sustainability and Climate Change'' is the [[academic journal]] published by [[Mary Ann Liebert|Mary Ann Liebert, Inc]], in collaboration with [[AASHE]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> It is the society journal of the association.
=== History ===
The first issue, (Volume 1, Issue 1) was published in February 2008.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The journal was published as ''Sustainability: The Journal of Record'' until Volume 13, Issue 6 (December 2020),<ref>{{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}}</ref> after which the next issue in February 2021 was published under the name ''Sustainability and Climate Change.''<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scopus preview - Scopus - Sustainability |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/16400154787 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=www.scopus.com}}</ref>
=== Indexing ===
The journal is indexed by [[SCImago Journal Rank]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Elsevier]], (including [[Scopus]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[EMBiology]], and [[GEOBASE]]), [[CAB Abstracts]], Sustainability Science Abstracts (now [[ProQuest]] Environmental Science Collection<ref>{{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}}<br>{{Cite web |title=Sustainability Science Abstracts |url=https://library.princeton.edu/resource/4695 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=login.ezproxy.princeton.edu}}<br>{{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}}<br>{{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)}}</ref>), and [[EBSCO Information Services#Green and philanthropic initiatives|GreenFILE]].
== Further reading ==
* {{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]]}}
== References ==
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[[Category:Environmental organizations established in 2005]]
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