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The RePaper Challenge Spurs Campuses to Reach 75% Paper Recovery Rate by 2015
With the start of a new school year, a growing coalition of sustainability and recycling organizations, including National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Campus Ecology Program, is engaging with North American campuses to help them boost recycling by tracking and improving their… Read more >
Students Are Doing It In the Dark—Are You?
Last year marked the first year of Campus Conservation Nationals—a nationwide energy and resource savings competition. This year, we are expanding and want you to be a part of the fun! Check out one of the videos from schools that… Read more >
Michigan Students Say… “Yes We Can…Stop the Pipeline!”
Over 30 Michigan students from across the state jumped at the chance to go to the Keystone XL Pipeline rally and action at the White House this past weekend, November 6th. Since the Kalamazoo Oil Spill last summer, students and… Read more >
Students and Other Clean Energy Advocates Mobilizing Against Setbacks
Two weekends ago, over 400 people gathered in Cleveland for one of several regional Power Shift meetings all across the country where the culminating event was a rally focused on stopping a Keystone XL pipeline project that would move tarsands oil through… Read more >
Join NWF for Tar Sands Rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, November 6th
On November 6th, thousands of people will encircle the White House to send a peaceful and lawful message urging the President to reject the Keystone XL pipeline–which would bring nearly one million barrels per day of dirty tar sands oil… Read more >
Weekly News Roundup – October 21, 2011
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: A First for Education: Reauthorized ESEA to Include Environmental Literacy October 21 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and… Read more >
Weekly News Roundup – October 14, 2011
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: NWF applauds Udall for bill protecting San Juans October 12 – A bill by Colorado Sen. Mark Udall that… Read more >
Campus Landscapes as Ideal Avenues for Conservation Practices
Guest post by Indiana Wildlife Federation project manager Marija Watson This season, Indiana universities and campuses will be invited to join Landscaping the Sustainable Campus, a program focused on using a more sustainable approach to manage campus grounds. Through this… Read more >
Water Conservation and Reuse Workshop at Georgia Southern University
On September 16, 2011, the Georgia Campus Sustainability Network (GCSN) hosted a Water Conservation and Reuse Workshop at Georgia Southern University. With support from National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology program and the GCSN Steering Committee, approximately 35 participants from 16… Read more >
What does your campus and community do when your natural gas pipeline is severed?
This past weekend, September 23-24th, almost 200 students, staff, and faculty were faced with this issue while at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) for the UMACS conference. The main natural gas pipeline between Benson, MN and Morris, MN (approximately… Read more >
