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Green Protests In the North

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Campuses in many states in our country’s great north are protesting the use of coal. Finally we’re seeing some activism from the young generation on this that isn’t just signing petitions to send to Washington.  If you want to get things done, you need to make a little a noise and cause a bit of [...]

‘Going Green’ Takes a New Route

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Northern Arizona University is introducing a Green-focused curriculum.  It sounds like a great idea to me!  Educating the students on all types of green technology and whatnot, how can you go wrong?

Zip-Cars Gain Popularity

Friday, September 4th, 2009

As the programs for Zip-Cars keep getting more and more popular, colleges all across the country are touting their program.  This is Florida State’s newest addition to their campus.

Sustainability a Factor In Admissions

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

At Yale University, students are now being judged by their ‘greenness.’  After everything else is looked at, their sustainability is looked at, and it seems to be a pretty big deciding factor.
The Yale Daily News reports.

Syracuse U. Added to List of Sustainability Campuses

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Folks over at Syracuse University in New York have decided to join the bandwagon of making their campus more sustainable.  It’s always nice to see good things like this spread to other universities and colleges.  Warm my heart..

Sierra Club Notices 20 Top Eco-Friendly Colleges

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

The LA Times reports on the 3 colleges in California that made the list.

Del Tech Illustrating That the Little Steps Count, Too

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

A lot of campuses have a great deal of money or extra assets to do some pretty amazing things on their campuses in terms of switching to a greener lifestyle.  Of course, if we all had great amounts of funds we could make unending change for environmentalism.  But, what needs to be touted moreover, I [...]

Colleges Are Introduced to ARAMARK Green Initiative

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

ARAMARK, a company that deals with making colleges more environmentally friendly, is introducing it’s new line of products this year called ‘Green Thread.’  They’re planning on giving over 600 colleges the opportunity to use their reusable ‘to-go’ containers.  At every campus I’ve been to, the take out containers have always either been plastic or, more [...]

Cleveland State Students Wins Contest With Crazy Idea

Monday, August 17th, 2009

A team of students from Cleveland State University has developed the idea that will change the way you eat forever.  Using a certain type of oat, the students created an edible utensil to use for your meals.  It sounds wild, it sounds wacky, but it looks like it might just work.  They call their creation [...]

Green Campuses Get More Recognition

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Colleges and universities have been constantly trying to get their students and administrators to get off their collective asses and get their campuses working for the environment.  There have been unending initiatives, contests, and incentives for these institutions and it seems to have been working.  We’re noticing a huge turn around here at Campusology and [...]