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Advancing US Workforce for 21st Century: National Thought Leaders Convene
What are the skills needed for a competitive, 21st century workforce? How are US community colleges helping to meet these needs? What is the role of employers? Policy-makers? Students and other stakeholders? Smart Grid to Battery Storage: These were among… Read more >
Florida Students Gather to Push for Climate Change Legislation
On February 19th, two days after the largest climate rally in history took place in Washington, D.C., guest blogger Victoria Griener and a large group of her fellow students led a local protest at the University of South Florida to keep… Read more >
Helping Students Cope with Hurricane Sandy
Superstorm Sandy, the clash of the first Nor’easter of the winter season and Hurricane Sandy, a final tropical storm of the hurricane season, wrecked havoc along the east coast, especially the northeastern states. As adults in communities, governments, and civic and… Read more >
What’s Your Purpose? Billy Parish asks Students at the Annual AASHE Student Summit
On October 14, almost 500 students gathered at the Los Angeles Convention center for the student summit at the AASHE annual campus sustainability conference. This was the sixth year NWF Campus Ecology helped to organize the student summit. In my opinion… Read more >
Universities as Models for Sustainability: Georgia Campus Sustainability Network’s Annual Conference
On Friday, September 14, 2012, 108 members of Georgia higher education institutions (faculty, staff, administrators, and students), as well as interested organizations, came together for the “Universities as Models for Sustainability: Georgia Campus Sustainability Network’s Annual Conference.” The conference was held… Read more >
Green Revolving Loan Funds Come of Age on Campus
The Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI) recently hosted a summit on financing the future of energy efficiency at Harvard University attended by approximately 150 higher education, business and non-profit leaders from all across the U.S. on May 15, 2012. Green Campus… Read more >
Largest Young Professional Track to Date Hosted by Society for American Indian Government Employees
As part of its 10th anniversary conference last week (June 4–8, 2012) just outside of Denver, Colorado, the Society for American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE), hosted its largest youth convening ever. The fifty-five students and young professionals hailing from more… Read more >
A Young Leader’s Call to Action
Dan Weisshar is a former NWF Global Warming Policy Intern and currently serves as a Youth Advisor on NWF’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Board Directors. Dan grew up in Colorado and Eastern Wyoming and earned his degree in Global Studies from Warren… Read more >
On-Campus Organizing: Lessons Learned From My Power Shift Experience
Guest Post by Campus Ecology Fellow 2011 Casey Wojtalewicz Power Shift is two months in the past, and I feel it’s a good time to reflect on what the event meant for students from my school, the College of Saint Benedict… Read more >
