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?
684 college presidents have signed a petition called the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment or the ACUPCC, which gives colleges the responsibilities that their students are calling for.
The LA Times reports on the 3 colleges in California that made the list.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The New York Times reports on a social networking plan to get people to carpool. Facebook has a new application that should entice people to share rides to get to and from campus or the workplace. Though it does serve as a reasonable way to get around, the men who opened the application are hoping [...]
Now, this is something I can agree on. Giving an institution the incentive to go above and beyond in the environmental category is something to be admired. A man named Ryan Lichtenstein began a contest for American colleges and universities in which they need to accomplish significant goals in achieving the greenest campus possible. The [...]
Oxygenecs plans on offering new shower heads for all college dorm rooms at the University of Pennsylvania. If these shower heads are to be accepted all over campus, there will be a major change in emissions from the college. 2,500 of them have already been installed into certain halls on campus and will save 17.25 [...]
A group known as the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) is throwing down a challenge to all colleges and universities throughout the globe to lower CO2 emissions caused by extensive computer usage. An issue that most universities deal with is keeping computers up and running for the convenience of the student user. I have seen [...]
