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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
YOU get a bike! EVERYBODY gets a bike! Being sustainable in a big, bustling city is no easy task, but creating a free bike-sharing program in New York is just one of the ways students at NYU are making the city more sustainable!
Tags: sustainability, education, solar, biking, cogeneration, bike share, ACUPCC, climate action plan, NYU, New York University
Chatham University
Monday, April 01, 2013
Today, decision-makers too often look to the market or specific technologies for where to begin adopting a more sustainable approach to today's changing world. However, institutions and communities that begin their transformation by first setting in...
Tags: Campus Sustainability, Climate Leadership Awards 2013, Chatham University, Sustainability in Higher Education, Campus Transformation
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
What is cuter than little kids working in a garden? Students at the University of South Florida are including their entire community in their attempt to be more environmentally friendly. One part of their project is educating children about...
Tags: global warming, solar, green energy, Carbon emissions, global, University of South Florida, usf, climate neutrality, climate leadership, Sustainability in Schools
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A multi-university team from Washington, DC is competing in this year's Solar Decathlon and aiming for a very special end product - a house suitable as a healing home for a returning American veteran.
Tags: George Washington University, solar power, Solar Decathlon, net zero, Harvest Home, Veteran, steel, american university, catholic university
Monday, April 01, 2013
In spring 2012, Western State Colorado University student Kyle Brookens pioneered the opportunity for students to make a voluntary renewable energy contribution, in an effort to reduce WSCU’s dependence on fossil-fuel energy, while reducing our...
Tags: ACUPCC, Climate Leadership Awards 2013, Kyle Brookens, WSCU
Planet Forward
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
By Mike Sweigart (presenter), Kim Ouillette, David McCutcheon, Jennifer Clay, and Jonas Garcia.
Tags: Water, GWU, American Institute of Architects
The George Washington University
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Lawson Brigham, professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks and governor of the American Polar Society, answers the question "As climate change opens up new trade opportunities in the Arctic, how will populations be affected?".
Tags: Trade, University, alaska, Arctic, Russia, cities, ESIA, American Polar Society, population
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, March 31, 2014
Vote in the 2014 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards
Tags: American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, climate leadership awards 2014
The George Washington University
Thursday, September 25, 2014
ESF is unique among colleges and universities in that all of its educational and research programs are oriented toward natural resources, and toward the natural and designed environments.
Tags: university consortium
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sustainability at Allegheny College is a community endeavor that is as much about responsibility as it is about fun.