Unigo.com: Open Discussion on Higher Education
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffBy Sharon Hoyer The first important decision of many young adults' lives – where to apply to college -- was once made largely in the dark. Up until recently, widely accessible sources of information on colleges came ...
Unigo.com: Open Discussion on Higher Education
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffBy Sharon Hoyer The first important decision of many young adults' lives – where to apply to college -- was once made largely in the dark. Up until recently, widely accessible sources of information on colleges came ...
Providing a Completely Sustainable Campus, Inside and Out
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffWhile some campuses are focusing on physical changes that will bring sustainability to their grounds, buildings and cafeterias other schools are looking into more holistic approaches that bring the theories of sustainability into each course. We ...
Providing a Completely Sustainable Campus, Inside and Out
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffWhile some campuses are focusing on physical changes that will bring sustainability to their grounds, buildings and cafeterias other schools are looking into more holistic approaches that bring the theories of sustainability into each course. We ...
The College Sustainability Report Card
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffEarlier this month, the Sustainable Endowments Institute released a new interactive report card that indicated the sustainability trends at 300 leading schools including Columbia, Harvard and Stanford. The report card is the only independent evaluation of ...
The College Sustainability Report Card
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffEarlier this month, the Sustainable Endowments Institute released a new interactive report card that indicated the sustainability trends at 300 leading schools including Columbia, Harvard and Stanford. The report card is the only independent evaluation of ...
Sustainability Education for All Ages
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffOne thing we've found is that universities aren't the only education systems interested in integrating sustainability into the classroom. Elementary schools are working to bring these messages to the K-12 crowd, too. One example, recently ...
Sustainability Education for All Ages
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffOne thing we've found is that universities aren't the only education systems interested in integrating sustainability into the classroom. Elementary schools are working to bring these messages to the K-12 crowd, too. One example, recently ...
Colleges offer free bikes for everyone
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffAs long as you don’t bring your car to campus. College campuses that want to rein in student driving have hit on a novel solution: give all incoming students free bikes if they agree to leave their ...
Should They be Generation E?
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffA few months ago, New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin suggested that we label the next generation with the letter E, for energy and environment. I can’t keep track of what young people are being ...
Colleges Fight to Prove Their Commitment to Sustainability
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffThis week we are talking about Majors Making a Difference, focusing much of our content on how universities around the globe are integrating sustainability into their campuses and their curricula. In a special series on education ...
On-Campus Activism
Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffThis week we are talking about Majors Making a Difference, focusing much of our content on how universities across the globe are remodeling not only their campuses but also their curriculum. Students everywhere are taking ...
Back to School
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffBack to school season is helping us all live smarter. By WorldChanging Canada writer Peter ter Weeme. If the shorter days and first signs of changing leaves haven’t reminded you of the waning days of summer, all of ...