Event - Developing a Campus Sustainability Living Lab

Developing a Campus Sustainability Living Lab will take place on June 7-9, 2013 at Portland State University, OR. This workshop will introduce systematic efforts to break through the current curricular and operational paradigms and form a new model for both education and sustainability action—the campus living lab. Participants will leave with: a plan and a set of actions/strategies for implementing a living lab at their campus; a deep understanding about the underlying theory and value proposition in implementing a sustainability living lab on campus; clear typology and definition for a living lab program and courses that increase sustainability education; a network of peers; and more.

The Green Cup Challenge®

The Green Cup Challenge® (GCC) was launched in 2007, it is an annual month long inter-school energy challenge that takes place each January/February to call attention to peak winter energy use. Originally designed to help schools measure and reduce electricity use and greenhouse gas emissions, GCC provides hands-on learning opportunities for students and school staff, including facilities managers, to work together to reduce their school’s carbon footprint. GCC integrates education and action, quantifies progress and aggregates success.

Free Online Education

Distance learning is part of a growing trend that makes it easier for people to learn online, often in very flexible formats that accommodate busy schedules. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) is amongst a number of educational institutions that are offering free education online. Others include Academic Earth, Khan Academy and the Open University (OU). These schools provide a number of courses in a great many different disciplines including those that relate to the environment.

The Green Schools Alliance

In response to Mayor Bloomberg’s challenge to New York City (NYC) institutions to reduce their carbon footprint 30 percent by 2030, on October 11, 2007, 46 schools gathered at the Allen-Stevenson School in NYC to explore solutions to climate change. After this meeting, with support from the Mayor’s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, school associations, and numerous other partners, GSA was officially launched. Today it is a global network of schools guiding schools, which addresses 21st Century climate and conservation challenges. It includes more than 3,000 public, private and independent schools in 40 U.S. states and 12 countries, and represents more than two million students. GSA’s Student Advisory Board, comprised of high-school and college students, helps to steer its programs, mission and goals.

Princeton Review 2013 Green Honor Roll Ranking of US Colleges

In this years Princeton Honor Roll, 21 colleges earned the highest score (99). The Princeton Review's fifth annual "Green Ratings" of colleges is a measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99. The Company tallied the rating for 806 institutions based on its institutional surveys of colleges in 2011-12 concerning their environmentally related practices, policies and academic offerings.

The "Green Rating" scores appear in the Princeton Review profiles of the colleges on www.PrincetonReview.com and in the new 2013 editions of two Princeton Review guidebooks published by Random House, Inc: "The Complete Book of Colleges" published August 7, and "The Best 377 Colleges" which went on sale August 21 in a print edition and a new enhanced eBook edition.

EPA's Green Power Partnerships Top 20 Colleges & Universities

The Green Power Partnership works with a wide variety of leading organizations — from Fortune 500® companies to local, state and federal governments, and a growing number of colleges and universities. The following Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power use of leading organizations within the United States and across individual industry sectors.

Using green power helps reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and supports the development of new renewable generation capacity nationwide. Usage amounts reflect U.S. operations only and are sourced from U.S.-based green power resources. Organizations can meet EPA Partnership requirements using any combination of three different product options: (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) Utility green power products.

Searchable Environmental Education Resources

Here is the Web's most comprehensive compendium of links to help students explore their green academic options. Most of these sites are completely searchable by location and/or subject of study. Each link offers a wealth of information to help college and university students find the right green school and the right green program.

The information contained in these searchable directories and databases include listings of environmental degree programs as well as environmental opportunities and organizations at campuses around the country. These sites enable students to compare environmental schools in the US and around the world. Degree programs include but are not limited to Environmental Engineering, Wildlife Sciences, Environmental Studies, Environmental Education, Forestry, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Students looking to explore their environmental education options need look no further than the 21 links below:

Green Education
Environmental school directory
Search green MBA programs by campus or online school
Environmental programs and degrees for US colleges and universities
Green school guide
Green education online
Online environmental degree programs
Sustainability programs at California community colleges

Sierra's Top 12 Green College Curriculums
Evergreen State College
Northland College
Hampshire College
University of Vermont
Georgia Tech
University of New Hampshire
Arizona State University
Colorado State University
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Boston University
Northern Arizona University
University of Georgia

LEED Green Building
Clean Edison LEED exam prep courses
Everblue LEED accreditation
LEED resources

Online Education
Green education online
College Education Finder
Search green MBA programs by online school
Online environmental degree programs
Online University Hub
A complete listing of all online colleges
Online doctorial degree programs

All Education
College search
College directory
College navigator
Community college directory
Index of American universities
Index of Canadian universities
Index of international universities
Graduate school search


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