The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has been helping higher education institutions not only think about climate change and sustainability in regard to their own campuses but also connecting and coordinating these individual campus efforts across its global member network of 900 colleges and universities. Established in 2005, AASHE’s goal is to “inspire and catalyze higher education to lead the global sustainability transformation.” It does this by offering professional learning, mentorship programs, conferences and events, and other sustainability-related services to the faculty, administrators, staff and students who are trying to drive sustainability innovation on the campuses of AASHE’s member institutions.
My guest on this episode is AASHE’s Director of Programs, Julian Dautremont, a long-time leader in the higher education sustainability community and one of AASHE’s co-founders. Julian and I discuss the history of AASHE, some of the work the organization is helping facilitate among its global network of colleges, and how higher education is doing in leading the global sustainability transformation.
Guest Bio
Julian Dautremont served as Associate Director of AASHE from 2004 until 2009, when he left to pursue graduate studies. He rejoined AASHE in 2015 as the Director of Programs. In his work with AASHE, Julian played leadership roles in creating the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) as well as the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. Outside of AASHE, Julian served for two years as the Chief Sustainability Officer of Alfred State College and spent another year as Senior Program Manager with GreenerU. Julian has an MBA and an MS in Natural Resources and the Environment from the University of Michigan and a BA in Environmental Studies from Lewis & Clark College.
Show Notes
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Second Nature
American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
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