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Saved By the Bellwether
Some school fundraisers start hawking greener products |
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15 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:39 AM on 15 Jul 2008 Some school and nonprofit fundraisers recently have turned to greener options to generate needed cash. Instead of sending youngsters out into the community to hawk items of questionable greenness like candy, magazines, and virgin-forest wrapping paper, some schools have instead turned to greener wares such as fair-trade coffee, metal water bottles, hand-made soaps, and recycled-conten ... |
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| Topics: business, education, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Out With the Red Pen, in With the Green
House passes bill to green up schools |
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05 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:47 PM on 05 Jun 2008 The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would put more than $20 billion over the next five years toward improving energy efficiency in schools. Democrats say the modestly named 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act would save school districts billions in energy costs. In addition, said Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) ... |
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| Topics: education, energy efficiency, legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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Climate and service
Obama's commencement speech calls for service to the country, planet on climate front |
Kate Sheppard |
27 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| David beat me to a post on Barack Obama's commencement speech at Wesleyan on Sunday. The part about climate change and clean energy was good, but what I found most encouraging was at the beginning, when climate change was cited, along with hunger, war, and economic strife, as an area where our personal lives and the life of the nation should be aligned: [Y]ou are about to enter a world that makes it easy to get caught up in the notion that there are actually two dif ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, education, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Old College Try
U. of Washington to create big eco-college |
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15 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:36 PM on 15 May 2008 The University of Washington is planning to create the largest environmental college evah. The proposed College of the Environment would become the 5th-largest of U-Dub's 17 colleges, combining its current schools of forestry, fishery sciences, atmospheric sciences, earth and space sciences, marine affairs, and oceanography. "Certainly, higher education in general has a responsibility to tackle ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, news, Washington (all these topics) |
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Is Our Textbooks Misleading?
Student charges that textbook downplays climate change |
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09 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:36 PM on 09 Apr 2008 "[S]cience doesn't know whether we are experiencing a dangerous level of global warming or how bad the greenhouse effect is, if it exists at all," says a random climate skeptic the widely used 2005 version of Advanced Placement high school textbook American Government. The text, written by two prominent conservatives, goes on to imply that the cause of climate change is ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, climate change skepticism, education, news (all these topics) |
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Reading, 'Riting, and Roasting
California bill would require climate change to be taught in schools |
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15 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:02 AM on 15 Feb 2008 Science textbooks approved for California public schools would have to cover climate change, and science teachers would be required to put warming in their curricula, under a bill approved by the state Senate and heading to the Assembly. Says state Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who introduced the bill, "This is a phenomenon of global importance and our kid ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate science, education, news (all these topics) |
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The Velorution Will Be Incentivized
Wisconsin college gives away bikes to students who pledge not to drive |
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14 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:25 AM on 14 Feb 2008 Photo: iStockphoto Ripon College, a private liberal-arts school in Wisconsin, has launched a program to give new bikes to first-year students who pledge not to bring their cars to campus for the year. Prompted by concerns that the school might have to expand parking lots into green space if the growing student population keeps driving to (and parking at) sc ... |
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| Topics: bikes, education, innovation, news, Wisconsin (all these topics) |
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Focus Group
More than 1,500 schools participate in Focus the Nation events |
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01 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:58 AM on 01 Feb 2008 As part of a national teach-in called Focus the Nation, more than 1,500 colleges and universities across the country yesterday put together panel discussions, workshops, and other events to build eco-action momentum among the yoots. Professors agreed to work climate change into their biology, politics, philosophy, and everything-else classes, and some schools brought local politicians in ... |
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| Topics: climate, education, environmental movement, news (all these topics) |
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That'll Teach 'Em
Colleges around the country take green steps |
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20 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 11:32 AM on 20 Dec 2007 Are you thinking what we're thinking? Yep: It's time for a green college roundup! Maine's College of the Atlantic has made good on its pledge to be a carbon-neutral campus, say school officials. "As far as we know, [COA is] the first in the world to make the commitment, and as far as we know, the first to do it," says David Hales, president of the 300-student college, which offers one major ... |
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| Topics: climate, education, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, news, Oregon (all these topics) |
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Candid Campus
Sierra magazine names top 10 green colleges |
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30 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 3:48 PM on 30 Oct 2007 Perhaps inspired by yours truly, Sierra magazine has named America's top 10 "coolest" green schools -- from 850-student Warren Wilson College in North Carolina to the University of California, which has 214,000 students on various campuses. And that's not even to mention their eight honorable mentions. So take a break and study up. source: Sierra Magazine From the Arch ... |
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| Topics: education, lists, news, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Ed Would
Colleges graded on sustainability |
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25 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:12 PM on 25 Oct 2007 The Sustainable Endowment Institute has released its second College Sustainability Report Card, grading the environmentaliciousness of the 200 U.S. colleges with the largest endowments. Two-thirds of the schools received better grades this time around; the average overall grade was a C+, with six schools receiving an overall A- for their efforts. The colleges were graded on transportation, administration, climate and e ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, news (all these topics) |
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What's Up, Doc?
U.K. judge rules Inconvenient Truth partisan but still OK to show in schools |
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03 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:48 PM on 03 Oct 2007 A judge has ruled on a British citizen's accusation that the United Kingdom's distribution of An Inconvenient Truth to secondary schools amounts to political indoctrination. And the strange, strange verdict is: Yes, the documentary can be shown in schools -- as long as teachers follow guidelines to not promote Al Gore's "partisan political views" to impressiona ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change skepticism, education, England, litigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Dimmockery
British citizen sues government over distribution of climate-change film to schools |
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28 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:09 PM on 28 Sep 2007 In July, a judge ruled that the British government's decision to send Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth documentary to 3,500 English secondary schools did not constitute political indoctrination of children. British citizen and fun-name owner Stewart Dimmock disagrees, and is suing his government to quash the dastardly distribution. Dimmock claims the "irredeemable&quo ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change skepticism, dimwittery, education, litigation, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Health Class
L.A. building schools close to freeways |
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24 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 11:40 AM on 24 Sep 2007 More than 60,000 students in Los Angeles attend school within 500 feet of a highway, and seven more traffic-spooning campuses are in the works, despite health experts' warnings that such pollution-proximate students are at increased risk of asthma and other illnesses. All of the schools will be built with air-filtration systems, but such systems do not reliably remove the smallest, most dangerous particulate p ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, education, health, Los Angeles, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Schoolhouse Walks
Municipalities try to encourage students to walk to school |
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11 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:21 PM on 11 Sep 2007 Cities across the U.S. are turning their attention not only to green education, but to how students get to school. Forty years ago, half of all students walked or bicycled to the schoolhouse. Today, that number has dropped to 15 percent, while 60 percent of youths are toted in a car. The shift, brought on by fears of traffic hazards and stranger danger, has contributed to increases in o ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, health, news, parenting (all these topics) |
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Teach Your Children Well
Schools across the U.S. go green |
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11 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:10 AM on 11 Sep 2007 Perhaps in an attempt to prepare students for an eco-college experience, many elementary, middle, and high schools are getting in on the green-building trend. Sixty schools across the U.S. have been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, and 360 more are waiting to have applications approved; in 2000, only four schools applied for certification. The new generation of educational edifices boasts fea ... |
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Is Our Children Greening?
Students and colleges starting to go green |
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24 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Is Our Children Greening? Students and colleges starting to go green It's school time again, and you know what that means: pencils, books, teachers' dirty looks, and ambitious eco-minded students. Thanks to the influence of today's yoots -- a generation accustomed to sorting their trash and hyper-aware of global warming -- schools across the country are greening up education. California's Green Campus Program ... |
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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Gameboys
New U.S. coalition hopes to get vid-kids back outside |
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20 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Gameboys New U.S. coalition hopes to get vid-kids back outside More than 50 business leaders, politicians, and activists have formed a national partnership to get America's kids the hell outside. Inspired by recent concerns that too much fun with video games, computers, and TV can lead to obesity and depression, the National Forum on Children and Nature is launching a $20 ... |
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Two Green Builders Take Trains Leaving From Different Stations...
U.S. schools betting on benefits of going green |
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29 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Two Green Builders Take Trains Leaving From Different Stations... U.S. schools betting on benefits of going green When we were kids, the only thing green about our schools was the vomit-hued paint on the bathroom walls. But times change, and these days, schools across the U.S. are incorporating green features that save money, improve student performance, and help protect the planet. The trend is ... |
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| Topics: education, green building, green living, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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History Belongs to Those Who Dare to Rewrite It
Smithsonian allegedly revised exhibit to show climate 'uncertainty' |
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23 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| History Belongs to Those Who Dare to Rewrite It Smithsonian allegedly revised exhibit to show climate "uncertainty" In 2003, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History was accused of pandering to the Bush administration when a photography exhibit about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was relocated and downplayed. Now former museum administrator Robert Sullivan is charging that last ... |
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| Topics: climate, education, news, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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The Engine On the Bus Goes Plug, Plug, Plug
U.S. states beginning to invest in plug-in hybrid school buses |
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03 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Engine On the Bus Goes Plug, Plug, Plug U.S. states beginning to invest in plug-in hybrid school buses Once upon a time, someone had an idea: let's transport U.S. schoolkids in big yellow buses that spew diesel fumes and have no seatbelts. The nation embraced the idea -- though oddly, the plan to dangle a knife above each seat was scrapped -- but now it's having secon ... |
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| Topics: cars, education, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, news, public transportation (all these topics) |
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Alternative School
U.S. college students are, like, totally into clean energy |
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30 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Alternative School U.S. college students are, like, totally into clean energy In answer to the loathed question "What are you going to do after you graduate?" gaggles of U.S. college students are looking into careers in alternative energy. (A group of college students is called a gaggle, right?) Green technology is having a heyday in schools from Illinois State to Harvard to Dartmouth; en ... |
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| Topics: education, energy, green living, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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On a Bing and an Err
Stanford and U.C. Berkeley criticized for partnerships with Big Oil |
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14 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| On a Bing and an Err Stanford and U.C. Berkeley criticized for partnerships with Big Oil Movie producer Steve Bing has yanked a promised $2.5 million donation to Stanford University in response to several TV and print ads wherein ExxonMobil touts its partnership with the school. Exxon is funding up to $100 million of Stanford's climate and energy research; Bing, whose family has given millions to his alma mater, is unimpr ... |
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Biz, Biz, Oh What a Relief It Is
M.B.A. students increasingly required to take courses in sustainability |
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13 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Biz, Biz, Oh What a Relief It Is M.B.A. students increasingly required to take courses in sustainability We can't say finance, accounting, and marketing get our rocks off, but we're jazzed about a growing trend: 54 percent of U.S. business schools require students to take a class in sustainability or corporate social responsibility, a jump of 20 percent since 2001. At MIT's Sloan School of Management, one popular course examines ... |
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Frosty the No Man
Washington school board puts a moratorium on An Inconvenient Truth |
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11 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Frosty the No Man Washington school board puts a moratorium on An Inconvenient Truth First sex, now science? What will they tell the kids about next? The parents of a high-schooler in Federal Way, Wash., have complained to the district's school board about a teacher's plan to screen Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, and the board has put a moratorium on the film. "Co ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, education, green living, movies, news, Washington (all these topics) |
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