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15 Green Colleges and Universities		10 Aug 2007	Main Dish
See which colleges got top marks from Grist, then grade our effort in the comments section at the bottom of this page. Photo: Mauro Carballo College of the Atlantic This small school in Bar Harbor, Maine, has just one major: human ecology -- or "the study of our relationship with our environment." So it only makes sense that it was the first college in the U.S. to pledge carbon neutrality. And it kicked off quite a trend: Now more than 27 ...
Topics: education, lists (all these topics)

Vehicle of change The Big Green Bus rides again	Sarah van Schagen	10 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, education, energy, green living, innovation, placemaking, tech (all these topics)

Grist gets results	David Roberts	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: education, legislation, politics (all these topics)

PowerPoint to the planet's rescue Showing off sustainability slide shows from around the world	Elsa Mary	15 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, education (all these topics)

Bright green principles All 21 of them, from Worldchanging	David Roberts	13 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: education, environmental movement, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Back: In Black In Black, climate-conscious youth jazz band, answers readers' questions		29 Jun 2007	InterActivist
Whose idea was it to have the Solutions Tour? Are you connected to an organization? Do you talk about your ideas when you do a gig? What is the band going to do when college takes a member away? -- Elaine Sinclaire, Bloomington, Calif. The Solutions Tour was a collective idea. We wanted to do a tour, and Lati said, "We should take a biodiesel bus!" It grew from there into the Solutions ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics)

How we know we're not wrong about climate change A professor of History and Science Studies explains	Andrew Dessler	27 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate science, education, scientific research (all these topics)

And All That Jazz In Black, climate-conscious youth jazz band, answers questions		25 Jun 2007	InterActivist
In Black. Photos courtesy In Black What work do you do? We are in a jazz band called In Black. We are Carson, Christian, Langston, Lati, and Lauren, and we're all ages 14 to 16. This week, In Black is doing a Solutions Tour in Southern California to promote awareness of climate change and how individuals can help reverse its effects. Listen In Black sings a thank you to Clif Bar In Black wrote this song ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics)

Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Gameboys New U.S. coalition hopes to get vid-kids back outside		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 ...
Topics: education, green living, news, parenting (all these topics)

How Much CO2 Does a Kegger Emit? College and university presidents sign on to climate pledge		13 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
How Much CO2 Does a Kegger Emit? College and university presidents sign on to climate pledge Aiming to give greenhouse-gas reduction the old college try, 280 institutions have signed on to the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. Modeled after a pact signed by mayors across the country, the agreement commits schools to promoting research on global warming, keeping track of emissions, and aiming ...
Topics: climate, education, United States (all these topics)

Not everyone's a Feynmann Public presentations on global warming -- not as easy as you might think	JMG	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate science, education, scientific research (all these topics)

Two Green Builders Take Trains Leaving From Different Stations... U.S. schools betting on benefits of going green		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 ...
Topics: education, green building, green living, news, placemaking (all these topics)

History Belongs to Those Who Dare to Rewrite It Smithsonian allegedly revised exhibit to show climate 'uncertainty'		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 ...
Topics: climate, education, news, shenanigans (all these topics)

'Close your eyes'	David Roberts	18 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: education (all these topics)

Senior Moments On class gifts, again	Umbra Fisk	09 May 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My class also wants to give a greener gift when we graduate in 2008. We are starting to plan, and though your suggestion of solar power is awesome and very true, that will not be possible at my Seventh-Day Adventist school. We did not receive permission to do anything like that. Is there anything else that we might do to inspire our campus to become green? Heather Pfeifle Berrien Springs, Mich. Dearest Heather, I'm torn ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

No More Teachers' Dirty Looks On gifts for your school	Umbra Fisk	25 Apr 2007	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, I'm the senior president for my high school class. My cabinet and I want to leave a "green" gift to the school. We would like it to be something that is on campus or easily visible. Can you recommend anything in the $10,000 to $15,000 price range or below? I go to a public school in Northern California, if that's any help. I would appreciate a quick response; the end of the school year is quickly ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, green living (all these topics)

Oh, say can UC? Berkeley students vote on a new sustainability fund	Yolanda Crous	09 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: campus activism, education, energy, green living, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Engine On the Bus Goes Plug, Plug, Plug U.S. states beginning to invest in plug-in hybrid school buses		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 ...
Topics: cars, education, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, news, public transportation (all these topics)

Reverb rocks Campus Consciousness Tour Guster helps school students on climate change	Sarah van Schagen	30 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, education, green living, music (all these topics)

Alternative School U.S. college students are, like, totally into clean energy		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 ...
Topics: education, energy, green living, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

Child's Play Can Al Gore's message be tailored for kids?	Sarah van Schagen	16 Mar 2007	Main Dish

Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change impacts, education, Seattle (all these topics)

On a Bing and an Err Stanford and U.C. Berkeley criticized for partnerships with Big Oil		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 ...
Topics: Big Oil, education, energy, news (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Feed your Roots Win a compost bin designed and autographed by celeb-types	Sarah van Schagen	23 Feb 2007	Gristmill

Topics: education, celebrity, gardening, waste (all these topics)

Biz, Biz, Oh What a Relief It Is M.B.A. students increasingly required to take courses in sustainability		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 ...
Topics: business, education, news (all these topics)

A great resource on global warming Oceanus is for more than just middle-schoolers	Andrew Dessler	12 Feb 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate science, education, oceans (all these topics)

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