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5th Annual Climate Change Symposium at Northern Virginia Community College
Guest post by Robert Johnson, Sustainability Officer, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Robert Johnson joined NOVA in October 2012 as the College’s first Environmental Sustainability Officer. He is focused on developing a Sustainability Strategy for the College, completing its first greenhouse… Read more >
Earth Day Celebrations on Campus
Students at colleges and universities across the nation and even across the world have been celebrating Earth Day yearly since its inception in 1970. Many colleges and universities host an array of events throughout “Earth Week” and even “Earth Month,”… Read more >
Initiating Sustainability through the Production of Biodiesel Fuels
In the not too distant future, Piedmont Community College’s (PCC) lawn mowers and yard equipment could be powered by biodiesel fuels produced from cooking oils used in the College’s snack bar. PCC is taking the lead in promoting sustainability and… Read more >
Nine Community College Faculty Gather in Virginia to Integrate NASA Tools into their Curriculum
Last Thursday & Friday, February 23 & 24, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) hosted a professional development institute in Reston, Virginia, at NWF HQs for the community college faculty participants of the Building a Diverse, Green… Read more >
Building a Better Future for Wildlife and Ourselves
White House Event Honors Community College Leaders, Businesses, Entrepreneurs If I had any doubts about Americans’ ability to come together and literally build a better future for people and wildlife, an inspiring event last week helped put those doubts to… Read more >
Greenforce: Leaders Emphasize Community Colleges as Green Jobs Laboratories
As the Central North Carolina Greenforce Summit continues in Greensboro today, I bring you more constructive nuggets from on-site NWF staffers. Delicious, delicious nuggets. If you’re looking for a one-line takeaway of the event thus far, you could do a… Read more >
From the Central NC Greenforce Summit: Super CIP Reshaping Sustainable Programs Statewide
Intrepid Wildlife Promise blogger Max Greenberg here, stringing dispatches together once more from the frontlines of the green workforce development movement. Today we’re looking at the Central North Carolina Greenforce Summit in sunny Greensboro, 2004 inductee into the Department of… Read more >
Standout Community Colleges to Highlight Friday’s Greenforce Summit in Greensboro
As late winter turns to true spring, the Greenforce tour rolls on in North Carolina, setting up shop at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro later this week. Friday’s Central North Carolina Greenforce Summit, like the last event in Asheville,… Read more >
Broad Range of Green Job Training Methods on Display at First NC Greenforce Summit
The Western North Carolina Greenforce Summit kicked off this morning at the Enka site of the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Candler, NC. It was cloudy overhead, but that did little to dim the day’s can-do tone. Now, a disclosure:… Read more >
Dispatches from VA Greenforce Summit: Former DNC Chair McAuliffe Drives Home ‘No One Size Fits All’ Message
Within minutes of the kickoff of the Greenforce Summit in Culpeper, VA, today, Julian Keniry, NWF’s senior director for Campus and Community Leadership, mentioned arguably the most job-oriented icon of them all: hard hats. Namely, the green variety, worn by… Read more >
