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Initial environmental project characterizations of four US universities

Mark Starik (School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
Timothy N. Schaeffer (School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
Polly Berman (School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
Amanda Hazelwood (School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

ISSN: 1467-6370

Article publication date: 1 December 2002

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Abstract

Universities and colleges, as societal educational institutions, have relatively recently attempted to begin to upgrade their multiple relationships with their natural environments, as have other institutions. However, “greening” initiatives of higher education institutions appear to have received far less attention in various bodies of academic literature than have the environmental policies and practices of these other institutions. This article highlights four US universities’ “campus ecology” projects, initially characterizing major elements of each, using a common organizational effectiveness model which has been widely employed in organization‐related academic fields.

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Starik, M., Schaeffer, T.N., Berman, P. and Hazelwood, A. (2002), "Initial environmental project characterizations of four US universities", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 335-345. https://doi.org/10.1108/14676370210442373

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