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Have Some Class: Break the Addiction Challenge MTV and Campus Climate Challenge team up to get students greening	Sarah van Schagen	05 Sep 2006	Gristmill

Topics: education (all these topics)

A Touch of Class New York schools will clean green		01 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
A Touch of Class New York schools will clean green Kids in New York will breathe easier this fall, thanks to a new law requiring schools in the state to purchase environmentally friendly cleaning supplies. "It's well documented that when you clean up the quality of the air we breathe indoors, students' attendance rates go up, attention spans in the classroom improve, and students perform better,&quo ...
Topics: education, green cleaning, New York, news, toxics (all these topics)

Have Some Class: mtvU GE ecomagination Challenge Students could win 25K, Earth Day concert for ideas on greening campus	Sarah van Schagen	31 Aug 2006	Gristmill

Topics: education (all these topics)

Teach Your Children Well On toxic schools	Umbra Fisk	30 Aug 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My four-year-old daughter is attending a brand-new preschool program in a brand-new building this fall. Nothing was missed in setting up the school for the best possible education for young minds. Unfortunately, it's filled with all those toxic "new" smells. When we toured the building, I developed a headache within five minutes. Are there any known mitigators for those already-installed toxic smells, like ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, education, toxics (all these topics)

Left and Fright Is there a place for fear in environmentalism?		29 Aug 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: education, politics (all these topics)

They Walk the Line Top environment reporters talk about journalism vs. activism		24 Aug 2006	Soapbox
With global warming, biodiversity loss, peak oil, and other environmental problems looming large, those who report on the issues face a dilemma: Do they report the facts dispassionately, or shift to advocacy? How do mainstream reporters deal with this issue? To find out, we asked a few of them. As you've covered environmental issues over the years, have you found yourself conflicted over your role as ob ...
Topics: education (all these topics)

School and Unusual Punishment Temporary deal struck to prop up rural funding amid logging-revenue decline		09 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
School and Unusual Punishment Temporary deal struck to prop up rural funding amid logging-revenue decline What happens if you make funding for rural schools and roads dependent on revenues from a declining resource industry? What's that you say? Nobody would be stupid enough to do that? Ha ha. Readers, meet the federal government. A federal program that had tied rural funding to logging revenue led, as logging revenues ...
Topics: education, logging, news, politics (all these topics)

Touched by Angel Israeli eco-activist and student Roey Angel answers readers' questions		21 Jul 2006	InterActivist
Roey Angel, Arava Institute. From your experience studying at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, what examples have you seen of environmentalism breaking down political barriers or furthering coexistence? -- Hart Feuer, Portland, Ore. Environmentalists in the Middle East have an advantage over other Middle Easterners when facing the political issues of the area, especially the Zioni ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview, Israel (all these topics)

Just Call Him Angel Israeli eco-activist and student Roey Angel answers Grist's questions		17 Jul 2006	InterActivist
Roey Angel. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm a graduate student at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a regional center for academic studies and research. It's a rather unique place where Palestinians, Israelis, and Jordanians -- as well as North Americans and Europeans -- study the environment, live together, and do joint research. I also spent five years ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview, Israel (all these topics)

Have Some Class: The Big Green Bus Dartmouth students ride the future	Sarah van Schagen	23 Jun 2006	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, Bonnaroo, education, energy, green living (all these topics)

Deactivated cylinders	biodiversivist	08 Jun 2006	Gristmill

Topics: cars, education, electric vehicles, hybrids, insanity, messaging, Prius (all these topics)

How I Didn't Spend My Summer Vacation Why green-group canvassing operations need an overhaul	Nathan Wyeth	25 May 2006	Soapbox
It's that time of year again on college campuses: final exams have given way to Frisbee on the quad, boxes are packed, and every telephone pole bears a bright yellow poster that says, "Summer Jobs with the Campaign to Save the Environment!" There must be a better way. Many a student has torn off that little yellow phone number, with its tantalizing promise of virtuou ...
Topics: education, environmental non-government organizations (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Kyoto, now! Seriously! Students tell Penn State they want Kyoto now!	Sarah van Schagen	17 May 2006	Gristmill

Topics: education (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Curbing global warming UCLA student wins Larry David's hybrid in surprise giveaway	Sarah van Schagen	04 May 2006	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, education, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Bye the Book My year of teaching environmental science without a textbook	Eric Pallant	02 May 2006	Soapbox
In the first class of the 2005-2006 school year, after calling roll and introducing myself and co-professor Terry Bensel, I told our students they were participating in an experiment. An experiment that, as far as we knew, no one else had undertaken. They were taking an Introduction to Environmental Science course with no textbook. Saved by the screen. Photo: iStockphoto. Here at Allegheny Colle ...
Topics: education (all these topics)

Get smart	Clark Williams-Derry	01 May 2006	Gristmill

Topics: cars, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, travel, United Kingdom (all these topics)

A Class Act Terrain Johnson and Colleen Contrisciane of Earth Force answer readers' questions		21 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Is it fun to do Earth Force? How do you join the Earth Force project? -- Elisse Duvall, Manteo, N.C. Terrain Johnson. Johnson: Yes, Earth Force is a very fun project, and most kids get involved through their school and clubs that deal with the environment at their school. You can also call or go to the Earth Force website to get involved and learn more. Contrisciane: Yes, it's fun to do E ...
Topics: education, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Ready, set, green! An eco-pentathlon puts students to work on Earth Day	Sarah van Schagen	19 Apr 2006	Gristmill

Topics: education (all these topics)

Youth the Force Terrain Johnson and Colleen Contrisciane of Earth Force answer Grist's questions		17 Apr 2006	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? Terrain Johnson. Johnson: I'm a 6th grade student at Masterman Middle School in Philadelphia, and I work with Earth Force. Colleen Contrisciane. Contrisciane: I am a program coordinator with Earth Force, a national organization that aims to engage young people as environmental citizens. What does your organization do? Contrisciane: ...
Topics: education, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Guster's Last Stand The barnstorming band that's changing the world, one campus at a time	Sarah van Schagen	07 Apr 2006	Main Dish
Singing a new song: Guster rocks out for eco-awareness. Photo: Ian B. Johnson. After welcoming some 1,500 fans to a concert at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., last week, Ryan Miller -- the curly haired front man of pop/rock band Guster -- asked the audience if they had noticed that he changed the lyrics in the first song from "Ramona" to "Ta ...
Topics: campus activism, education, messaging, music, Washington (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Eat it up Universities up their organic offerings	Sarah van Schagen	04 Apr 2006	Gristmill

Topics: education, food, organic food (all these topics)

L.A. Story A virtual walking tour through an L.A. neighborhood with activists from Pacoima Beautiful		31 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Click image to take the tour. Photo by Mary Wiltenburg. The tiny community of Pacoima, at the north end of Los Angeles, suffers from nearly every imaginable obstacle to a healthy urban environment. That means, for starters, lead paint, freeway traffic, airports, landfills, diesel trucks, chemical manufacturing, power plants, heavy industry, an ...
Topics: air pollution, California, education, environmental justice, grassroots activism, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Integrate Expectations An interview with integration advocate Sheryll Cashin	Jon Christensen	21 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Space is the place where race, poverty, and the environment get sorted out, for better or worse. And the spaces where we live, work, learn, and play are the places where integration succeeds or fails, argues Sheryll Cashin. The Georgetown University law professor wrote 2004's The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream, one of the most important and p ...
Topics: education, environmental justice, heroes, interview, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Ward Up Houston kids living near a Superfund site tell their stories in pictures		16 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Click image to view a slide show of children's photos and collages. Collage: Wassim Elmetni (age 11). "Many Diversified Interests" sounds like a line from a college application, or advice from a responsible money manager. In fact, though, it's the name of a Superfund site in the Fifth Ward, one of the oldest and most disenfranchised neighborhoods of Houston, Texas. For the most part, children g ...
Topics: education, environmental justice, grassroots activism, Poverty and the Environment, Texas, toxics (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Colleges seek green cred, cheap electricity Campuses across the country turn to renewable energy	Sarah van Schagen	15 Mar 2006	Gristmill

Topics: education, energy, renewable energy (all these topics)

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