December, 2009

Harvard: Global Warming May Spur Public Health Risks

Harvard researchers say increased global warming may bring a spate of public health risks.   Paul Epstein, associate director of Harvard's Center for Health and the Global Environment, and leaders of other … Read more

"Generation E": Reporting Campus Sustainability Leadership For The Next Generation

National Wildlife Federation has released its new study, Generation E: Students Leading for a Sustainable, Clean Energy Future, which highlights the unique and critical role college students play in reforming sustainability … Read more

Pathways Out of Poverty

Tabari Morris, a 34-year-old Northern California resident, says he was doing janitorial work before he heard about a unique opportunity from his brother-in-law. “I was thinking, I need a real … Read more

Hurry Up and Wait: Opportunities for Green Jobs Vary by Region and Field

Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability at Johnson Community College, tracks green jobs training in the Midwest. Here, he tells us more about training for everything from … Read more

Re-Energizing the Heartland

NWF December 1, 2009 The recession has hit the Midwest hard. Traditionally home to big manufacturing plants, the latest economic downturn has been especially difficult for industry-based communities that had … Read more

Graduating in Green: Community Colleges are Making Students Marketable

NWF December 1, 2009 In the midst of record joblessness, workers from all sectors are reassessing their skills and seeking new opportunities to better their situations, and many are finding … Read more

Re-Energizing the Heartland

The recession has hit the Midwest hard. Traditionally home to big manufacturing plants, the latest economic downturn has been especially difficult for industry-based communities that had already struggled for years … Read more

Pathways Out of Poverty

Tabari Morris, a 34-year-old Northern California resident, says he was doing janitorial work before he heard about a unique opportunity from his brother-in-law. “I was thinking, I need a real … Read more

Obama Goes to Copenhagen!

A day before Thanksgiving, President Obama gave us all a little something more to be thankful for by announcing that he will attend next week’s climate negotiations in Copenhagen. The … Read more