• The Lifestyle Project
• The Lifestyle Project at the University of Redlands
• The Lifestyle Project at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• The Lifestyle Project at Malaspina University-College, British Columbia
• The Lifestyle Project at the University of North Dakota
• Action to Enhance Sustainability - This assignment is a 10-hour, out-of-class project where each student designs and carries out an action plan to enhance sustainability.
• Climate Footprint Exercise from Iowa State University
• Eco-quiz A fun and qualitative way to assess the "eco-rating" of each student (some specifics will need to be changed to fit your campus)
• Design and Construction of an Eco-House from Carleton College
• Environment and the Earth class at the University of South Carolina
• Environmental Assessment Course at Carleton College

Examples of environmental projects from college campuses

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Students from the University of Colorado pose in front of their winning solar house at The Solar Decathlon, a contest sponsored by the Department of Energy. Photo by Warren Gretz, courtesy of the US Department of Energy.

• EarthScore: Your Personal Environmental Audit and Guide This booklet can be used as the foundation for a lifestyle-based environmental project. Summary of the book ( This site may be offline. )
• Campus Climate Challenge This project leverages the power of young people to organize on college campuses and high schools across Canada and the U.S. to win 100% Clean Energy policies at their schools.
• Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (more info)
• Campuses for Climate Action (more info)
• Campus Ecology (more info) This program from the National Wildlife Federation showcases environmental conservation projects that have been successfully undertaken by various universities. The site features example projects and resources for doing your own campus project. Example projects from each of the campus ecology topics are listed below.
• Campus Ecology: Assessment Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Building Design Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Dining Services Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Energy Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Environmental Literacy Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Habitat Restoration Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Environmental Management Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Purchasing (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Transportation Projects (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Waste Reduction (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Water (more info)
• Campus Ecology: Composting (more info)