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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sustainability at Allegheny College is a community endeavor that is as much about responsibility as it is about fun.
Tags: American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, Allegheny College, Center for Economic and Environmental Development, Gator Green
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The University of California system has already earned 87 LEED certifications and is saving $32 million annually on its utility bills thanks to energy efficiency investments.
Tags: Student activism, Campus Sustainability, Colleges and Universities, Sustainability Research, University of California, Clean Parking Power
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Georgia Tech focuses on solving real-world sustainability problems for people around the world.
Tags: Ideas, innovation, higher education, Georgia Tech, Georgia Institute of Technology, engagement
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Dude, the school wants more like buildings on campus like the one we built. In Iowa, students at Luther College are not only working together, but living together in order to make their campus more sustainable. Students created a solar-powered...
Tags: carbon footprint, sustainability, solar, energy, innovation, conservation, college, students, luther, luther college
The Inian Islands Institute, dubbed the “hobbit hole” by its residents, sits in a remote area near where the Inside Passage meets the Gulf of Alaska. This patch of land has been a hotbed of human activities for centuries; from Tlingit summer fishing camp to fox farm homestead. Now in the hands of scientists the land is used as an ecological research field camp. (Photos by Shandra Furtado/George Washington University)
George Washington University
Thursday, September 20, 2018
In this photo essay, part of our Stories of Alaska series, learn about a climate and nature research center hidden among the temperate forests speckled along Alaska's southeastern coast: the Inian Islands Institute.
Tags: Storyfest 2018, storyfest winner, Alaska, Lindblad Expeditions, inian islands institute, climate, field research
Planet Forward
Thursday, October 27, 2011
This week we're thinking a lot about Campus Sustainability with our partners at Second Nature.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Chandler-Gilbert Community College's SEE Your World initiative focuses on social, environmental, and economic issues and promotes their commitment to global learning.
Tags: Chandler-Gilbert Community College
The State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Upstate Medical University set out to cut 75% of their campus' footprint. They were able to save $1 million over 20 months by re-processing polypropylene "blue wrap" to cut its use by 23%.
Tags: sustainability, Upstate Medical University, Health Care, Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Patient Care, SUNY Upstate Medical University
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
American University
Friday, April 01, 2016
Chesapeake Footsoldiers is a 26 minute documentary that tells the stories of unsung heroes who work to confront some of the Bay’s biggest ongoing challenges.